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NEW PROMO RELEASE Rockshots Records: Finnish Rockers SERPICO Drops Power Ballad "Dark Energy" New Album "The Chosen Four" Coming Summer 2022 ​ Finnish sleazy rockers Serpico are unveiling the power ballad "Dark Energy", which will be featured on their forthcoming album "The Chosen Four" due out summer 2022 via Rockshots Records. The album is produced by platinum-selling Finnish record producer Anssi Kippo (Children of Bodom, Hanna Pakarinen, Teräsbetoni) who had this to add about the track. "From the very first demo version, this song stood out by having something magical! Usually, with a song like this, you'd stack a huge wall of guitars, record dozens of backing vocals and at least as many keyboards. On Dark Energy, we took a completely opposite approach and ended up having a wall of just two rhythm guitars, only one keyboard and a single vocal track. With a song of this magnitude, any additional tracks would simply have decrease...

NEW PROMO RELEASE Canada's THUNDEROR (ft. members of Skull Fist) Release Title Track Single From Upcoming NWOTHM "Fire It Up" Debut Album "Fire It Up" Out Feb 25, 2022 via Boonsdale Records ​ Thunderor is a relatively new band, just having started up in the midst of the Covid pandemic when drummer JJ Tartaglia (Skull Fist) felt a calling to develop his singing and front his own band. He is joined by ex-Skull Fist bandmate Jonny Nesta and Oscar Rangel (Operus, ex-Annihilator) to create a heavy 80's influenced power trio that knows how to rock fans. They are releasing their debut album "Fire It Up" this February, and now have a video up for the title track, which can be heard and viewed at https://youtu.be/6t_KqTq7OOE ​ "Fire It Up", as the name suggests, is an up-tempo, cheery track with two different choruses, massive hooks, and invasive melody. The lyrics are about motorcycle riding, romance, and escape. It's a fun song that will...

Rockshots Records - Cosmic Metal VANDERLUST Rockets Debut Single "Scavengers of Kuiper Belt" Do you like Tolkien tells? What if we would transpose his stories in space? Listen to Scavengers of Kuiper Belt and join the race to find the most precious object of the entire Solar System! Debut Self-Titled Album Coming Spring 2022 Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of cosmic metallers VANDERLUST (ft. members of S91, Dreal) for the release of their self-titled debut album due out Spring 2022. Birthed to travel the cosmos, Italy's Vanderlust is a power-heavy metal band with prog-thrash influences that tells tales of space travels, astronomy, space engineering, and sci-fi adventures. "We tried to mix a prog-thrashy riffing in the roots of Megadeth, Vektor and Tool with epic vocal parts like Iron Maiden, Helloween, Angra, and Lione's Rhapsody. We also put sci-fi elements in our songs, so you can hear also something from Voivod." adds the band. This ...

Rockshots Records – Finland's AMOTH (ft.Ensiferum's Pekka Montin) Posts Lyric Video "The Hour Of The Wolf" New Album "The Hour Of The Wolf" Out January 28, 2022 ​ Finland's Amoth featuring Pekka Montin of Ensiferum on vocals are sharing their next single and title track from their forthcoming album "The Hour Of The Wolf" due out on January 28, 2022. "This is a very very personal song lyrically. There was a time when I couldn't even listen to the song without getting emotional. I think many people can appreciate the lyrics and reflect them to their own life. Musically there's a lot going on. Lots of cool melodies and riffs and A LOT of solos. Many parts in this song, including the solos, were played and recorded at the hour of the wolf. "The hour of the wolf is the hour between night and dawn. The hour when most people die, when sleep is deepest, when nightmares are most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted ...

​ TYMO Flirt With Progressive Thrash On Latest Single "Age Of Deception" Off Upcoming Album "The Art of A Maniac" New Album "The Art of A Maniac" Out Feb 2022 North American / EU Release Date Feb 5th Japanese Release Date Feb 16th via Spiritual Beast Edmonton, Canada's TYMO have a third single coming out off their solidly thrash metal album "The Art of A Maniac" slated for release next month. The single "Age of Deception" is a groovy, progressive, jazz fusion inspired track, reminiscent of early Megadeth. The song touches on the subject of social media abuse and how people change under the influence of technology and how the human race is now very connected yet still so very distant from each other. TYMO explain the track further: ""Age Of Deception" was an instrumental that Nick Schwartz had written over 12 years ago, which was sitting in his computer. He showed it to the rest of the band and everyone was blown awa...

Rockshots Records – Latvian Rock n' Rollers QUICKSTRIKE New Music Video "Cheats n' Liars" Debut Album "None of a Kind" Out February 11, 2022 Latvian classic rockers QUICKSTRIKE will be releasing their debut album "None of a Kind" via Rockshots Records this coming February 2022. The full-length, clocking at over 40 minutes will feature 10 songs along with a bonus track exclusively on CD. A no-nonsense experience of raw guitars, sweet tones, genuine vocals, and sweet emotions, each Quickstrike song is an event of its own and it's all real to reel. Offering an all-around chamber of good ol' classic rock n' roll, the band delivers an authentic "what-you-get-on-the-record-is-what-you-get-live" experience. Take it or leave it, no refunds, as you will not want any – guaranteed. They are an encounter that will leave you dazed, amazed, crazed, and definitely craving for more. From the beautiful harmonies to flamin' high-octane pe...

For fans of  Fleshgod Apocalypse, Between the Buried and Me, Diablo Swing Orchestra, The Agonist, Jinjer Sanguine Glacialis Invite You To Dance In The Deep With New Music Video "Kraken" Music Video Premiere via Bravewords Album "Hadopelagic" Out Now! Pictured L-R: Jérémy Racine (Drums) Marc Gervais (Bass & Backing Vocals) Maude Théberge (Vocals & Keyboard) Alexandre Lépine (Guitar) Jonathan Fontaine (Guitar & Backing Vocals) Photo Credit – Dani Rod Montreal, QC's Sanguine Glacialis have a new music video for the track "Kraken" in support of their 2018 album "Hadopelagic" . The band experiments with a vast array of musical styles such as jazz, classical, folkloric music, and Latin music while keeping a very strong melodic death metal accent. Today, the band is asking fans to come dance La Valse des condamnés! with the premiere of the video for  "Kraken" via Bravewords HERE .  Sanguine Glacialis explains t...