Having reached the end of a four album contract with Century Media Records, US metalcore band In This Moment signed with corporate giant Atlantic Records at the start of 2014. Their first release for the major label, ‘Black Widow’, is set for release on November 17th.
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Bloodshot Dawn: new video
Bloodshot Dawn’s second album ‘Demons’ is released in the UK on October 26th. Ahead of the release, the band have issued a video for ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ which you can view in full below.
WITCH CHARMER – The Great Depression
The debut EP from Sunderland’s Witch Charmer – 2013’s ‘Europhoric Curse’ – presented four slabs of top-class metal. As a near-perfect example of the more accessible end of the doom metal/occult rock genre, they needed to work hard to surpass its greatness on any follow-up recording.
Collisions: Upcoming live dates
Brighton’s electro-metal fusionists Collisions have a few live shows upcoming over the next few weeks.
All details of confirmed shows are below.
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EVIL SCARECROW – Galactic Hunt
Novelty bands are a tricky proposition. If too heavily reliant on quick, easy laughs (as per early 90s oddballs Lawnmower Deth) any novelty is in danger of wearing off extremely fast; if played to deliberately offend (as was often the case with the early Bloodhound Gang recordings), the amusement is equally limited, perhaps even more so. It takes more than a few gags to make things work, too: broad musical talent is absolutely essential – and it’s often something a huge proportion of novelty bands lack. Just look at the Insane Clown Posse: there’s not much musical interest there…and there’s nothing insane about two middle-aged men daubed in clownface, impersonating Cypress Hill extremely badly, all the while throwing soda pop over adolescent males in some bizarre bonding ritual. They can keep their magnets. Indeed, novelty acts are an odd breed and often best avoided…but as always, there are exceptions.