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(news – new video) Dead Serious welcomes THE YEAR – new video ‘Overthinker’ out now!

It’s with great pleasure to announce that THE YEAR signed with DEAD SERIOUS Recordings. We can’t wait to show you the next moves! Expect some new killer tunes very soon! Meanwhile listen to the new single OVERTHINKER on Spotify or all other digital outlets.

The Year (based in Lisbon, Portugal) is a band that creates a eclectic blend of genres to produce a sound that is both timeless and cutting-edge. Their music is characterized by dynamic arrangements, soaring vocals, and simple instrumentation that evokes vivid musical emotions. With each song, The Year explores themes of growth, change, and self-discovery, creating a sonic journey that is both introspective and universal.

A band made up of a hardened music outfit who have not only worked together but toured many countries in previous years. They may have only officially got together in the Summer of 2012 but all the systems and processes were in place way before then! The self titled debut album received very positive reviews from across Europe. The Year have been the support act for bands such as Architects, More Than a Thousand, Comeback Kid, Devil In Me, Desolated, Deez Nuts, Your Demise, Martyr De led and many others.

(new single) No Drop For Us released new single ‘Delirios’!

This new single deals with the theme of insomnia. There are feelings that begin to prevent the protagonist from resting, which can be a gateway to major problems or increase those that have been dragging. Both compositionally and thematically, it tries to convey the strong anxiety that can produce to face this sleep disorder. The Iris has been chosen for the art of this theme because this flower has sedative properties that can facilitate the conciliation of sleep. The color purple has been chosen for the visual art of this theme as it tends to represent or induce a state of relaxation.
‘Antesis’ is the latest work of the band. A conceptual EP that addresses one of the most important taboo topics in today’s society, mental health. The work is composed of 6 tracks. In each one of them, a hypothetical situation is shown in the different phases that a person can suffer in his fall towards depression. Anthesis, in botany, means the development of flowers from birth to withering. A concept that ideally represents the theme of the EP creating a parallelism. In addition, we wanted to find a relationship between art and theme, where each of the themes have a certain color and a figure that helps to emphasize the message that each song wants to express. The figures make reference to different plants to give meaning to the name of the EP. This album has been produced by No Drop For Us and recorded, mixed and mastered at Baboon records, Albacete, studio where bands like Angelus Apatrida have trusted for the recording of their new album.

Prog metal act Murky Claw release single and lyric video for ‘Heroes’!

The Venezuelan group Murky Claw, today with its members residing in various latitudes, has just presented their new song ‘Heroes’, with which they reaffirm their return as a band, experimenting with new sounds that transcend alternative metal, progressive metal and alternative rock. Félix Allueva, in the book ‘ROCK VZLA’, states that Murky Claw is one of the bands that gave aggro metal a seal of quality in the country.

‘Heroes’, which is now available on all streaming platforms, is the first single from their upcoming EP, which will be called ‘M3TAVERSE’. This work is being mixed, mastered and co-produced by the well-known Dj Zardonic, a Venezuelan based in Germany, who in addition to being a producer, audio engineer and composer with twenty years of experience in the music industry, is one of the most touring Venezuelan musicians. in Europe and their credits are shared with world-renowned music projects such as Fear Factory, Bullet for my Valentine, Sonic Syndicate, Arturia, Slate Digital, IK Multimedia, Public Disorder, and their music is heard on high-end channels like TNT, NBC Sports, among others.

“Heroes is inspired by the events that are now in the news in the world and is dedicated to all those people who defend their history, their families, their lands and above all the heroes who risk their lives in the wars of this century. Music is a auditory film that reflects the feelings of human beings who have gone through situations of war and attacks with massive weapons. The musical evolution is remarkable in relation to their previous works and it is precisely this direction that marks the new facet of Murky Claw, preserving the essence of the their ‘guaro metal’ with alternative elements and the explosive melody that has characterized them since their creation”. – Mention the band.

Murky Claw is a band from Barquisimeto, state of Lara, formed in 1996, recognized at the time among the main alternative metal bands in Venezuela along with Candy 66, Subsonus, Liquêt, TrasDeVieja, Decibel and Agresión. In 2004 they released their first EP called ‘Jibaku’, from which songs like ‘Hypocrite’, ‘Pástima’ and ‘So Cold (feat. Jean Carlo De Oliveira)’ were released. In 2007, Murky Claw took a break while its members settled in different cities and in 2020 they resumed activity with the publication of the song ‘Red Monkey on the Train’. Later, they released the EP ‘Far Away… Close Enough’ in 2021.

Heroes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9vU31eMFI
https://open.spotify.com/album/6vcbC1Jf3nx9tJYp7H5tBz