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NYC alt-industrialists, Heavy Halo, recently shared their latest single, “Die Cast Down,” with a visualizer video, and featuring guest vocals by Shannon F. of Light Asylum. The duo also drop their new album, Damaged Dream, on July 25th via Silent Pendulum Records. Further, both bands set off on a North American tour, running until just after the release date. Keep reading below for the live listings, video, and more.
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Cryptodira, the Long Island, New York-based progressive/experimental metal band, have just shared their latest single, “No Monuments,” accompanied by a music video. The track comes off the band’s Genesis Of Error EP, set for release on July 25th through Silent Pendulum Records. Watch it below and find out more.
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La Suspendia is an acclaimed Jazz Metal Opera that has earned rave reviews from the music community. Ghost Cult covered one of the debut performances and it was wild! The project will release its self-titled debut album on March 15th, via the respected Silent Pendulum Records. Today they team up with Ghost Cult to share their new music video, “Laudes Mortuorum and Roll Call Of The Newly Dead!” Pre-order the album at the links below and watch the video now! Continue reading
My first encounter with SEVEN)SUNS was two weeks into 2023 at La Suspendida, the Jazz-Metal-Opera brainchild of Kilter and William Berger, a massive undertaking in which the string quartet played a vital part. (Editor’s Note: read our review here.) Wait – violas and violins in metal? Of course. Connoisseurs of the progressive would expect violin in bands like Ne Obliviscaris, but the less familiar may be surprised to find strings in heavier, speedier bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse. While such symphonic metal may not be for everyone, let’s not pretend the haunted wailing of orchestral instruments has no place in metal.
Sludgey L.A. hardcore band Black Sheep Wall has streamed a brand new single – “New Measures of Failure’ from their forthcoming new album, their first in five years, Songs for the Enamel Queen – its first new music in five years, out February 26th on Silent Pendulum Records. The track is brutal and a fresh blast of fierceness. Check it out!