“Freak Street Blues” captures the nostalgic essence of Kathmandu’s historic hippie marijuana haven Freak Street, offering a danceable groove with rich melodies and evocative lyrics that celebrate a vibrant past.
Release date: July 18, 2024
Label: Kali Psych Records
Genre(s): Psych/Stoner
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French post-black metallers Silhouette reveal the new video for the song “Silhouette.” The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Les Dires de l’Ame, set for international release on October 20th via Antiq. Born in 2019 in Montpellier, the French sextet of Silhouette were able to make a name for themselves with the debut EP Les Retranchements, released in 2022 by Antiq, and build up a strong live experience at several events in France. With their incisive, post-metal-tinged black metal and the strength of their two singers, Ondine and Yharnam, the band invites introspection and tackles the theme of dreams, nightmares, and lost ones. Now, two years after that celebrated EP, Silhouette will release their debut album, Les Dires de l’Ame. Taking listeners on a long, dreamlike journey, the band’s first full-length spans extremes of sound – beauty to darkness, violence to repose – and shows Silhouette masterfully combining a black metal base with the skyscraping melodicism of shoegaze and the deft textural shifts of post-rock. Although comprising ten songs across 46 minutes, the album feels far more epic than that conventional construction may suggest; Silhouette’s songwriting simply stuns with its acute balance of drama and flow, hypnotizing and dazzling at every turn. The same can be said for the layered dual vocals of Ondine and Yharnam, working a stronger spell that’s at times almost crushingly beautiful. But to call Les Dires de l’Ame a “black metal” record or especially a “post-metal” one misses the point: while the destination is no less important, that journey the band take you on is, in essence, the “destination.” Either way, Silhouette now come strongly recommended to fans of Alcest, Sylvaine, Cult of Luna, Amenra, and Darkher. Pre-orders for Les Dires de l’Ame are available on Bandcamp here. Release date: October 20, 2024 Label: Antiq Genre(s): Post black metal Find Silohouette: Instagram | Spotify
Boston-based Major Moment produce compelling pop-metal comprised of modern production, heavy riffs, and melodic vocals. Filled with catchy hooks and hard hitting rhythms, the new single “Staged” delivers an impressive anthemic sound. “Staged” lands ahead of the forthcoming album The Pain That Makes Us Grow set for release in late 2024. Fusing intriguing electronics with bombastic heavy instrumentation, “Staged” successfully embodies the personal experiences and emotions that inspire Major Moment’s creations. With an ethos built around sharing, exploring and celebrating the human experience, and connecting on a deeper level with their listeners, “Staged” is a powerful alternative/pop metal offering. About Major Moment: The independent Boston outfit released their debut EP One Small Step in 2018. This was just the beginning of their hard work carving out a path for their distinctive and driven sound. Followed in 2019 by The Sequel, the EP soon gained recognition with its first single, “Living Your Life Like This,” achieving over 100K streams on Spotify in its first month. Their forthcoming album, The Pain That Makes Us Grow, sees the band push themselves further in the diversity of their sound, and delve into an array of dark and emotive themes including toxic relationships, personal growth, warfare, dangers of propaganda and living in the past. The band’s charismatic style lends itself perfectly to the live stage. Major Moment performed on Hilton Stage at the Winter NAMM Show 2019 and went on to Monster Stage of the Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2021 among a line-up including Skillet, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Bad Omens, and more. In 2023, the quintet shared the stage with Enter Shikari at Louder Than Life. Major Moment have also supported national touring artists such as Adelitas Way, Gemini Syndrome, Cold, Ra, Shallowside, Makari, Calling All Captains, and Outline In Color. Phenomenally, Major Moment have received over 40 songwriting and music awards and nominations, including the most notable “The Lennon Award” and “Rock Song of the Year” at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, “Best Rock Production” and “Best Lyric Video” at Independent Music Awards two years in a row. To date, they have obtained over 5 million streams on Spotify, 1.8 million views on YouTube, and half million streams on Pandora. Release date: TBA, late 2024 Label: Independent Genre(s): Alternative, pop metal Find Major Movement: X | Facebook |
On September 27, Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride) will release a new album with his new band High Parasite, title Forever We Burn. Get ready for a healthy dose of gothic metal. Check out the video for “Wasn’t Human” below. Tracklist: Forever We Burn My Syndrome Grave Intentions Wasn’t Human Concentric Nightmares Hate Springs Eternal Parasite Let It Fail Widowmaker We Break We Die You can pre-order Forever We Burn from Candlelight Records here. Release date EU: September 27, 2024 Label: Candlelight Records Genre(s): Gothic metal Find High Parasite: X | Facebook |
Prepare to have your sanity surgically removed as thrash metal maniacs Trip To The Morgue unveil the lyric video for “Tribal Lust,” a brutal slice from their latest album, Toe Tagged And Body Bagged, released via Wormholedeath. “Tribal Lust” thrusts you into a nightmarish encounter with a savage tribe deep within an uncharted jungle. As you navigate cannibalistic threats and primal fear, Trip To The Morgue’s relentless soundscape ensures survival is far from guaranteed. Release date: September 24, 2024 Label: Wormholedeath Genre(s): Thrash, punk Find Trip To The Morgue: Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
With less than a month to go until the release of their self-titled album, Sydney glam rockers Starcrazy have released a video for their single “What It’s Worth”. The band comments “What It’s Worth is a reflective song about the value of creative endeavors, it questions the validity of the work that we produce as artists ie are you getting back what you put in? Does your work mean anything to other people? Is it connecting? These are the questions I think are necessary to ask yourself when writing/creating. Musically, this song draws from late 70s power-pop with a huge backbeat that drives the song, we like to think of it as Jellyfish meets Supergrass…” You can pre-order Starcrazy’s self-titled debut here. Find Starcrazy: X | Facebook
