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Published: 05 August 2014

The title track perfectly showcases the many versatile sides of Lord Of The Lost. Intro and verse have harsh guitars meeting thudding Electronica and a Club-compatible beat, while front man Chris Harms juggles with the many facets of his charismatic voice, easily moving from deep, spine-tingling singing to death grunts and demonic Black-Metal-style screams. In a constant balancing act between dark atmosphere and pumping aggression, the song culminates in an anthemic chorus that will prove earworm-worthy even to those who have not been initiated into the wild world of Metal. The single includes the album version of “Six Feet Underground” plus two exclusive remixes. With the first mix, German Electro-band CHROM proves that the song also works perfectly well as a Synth-Pop-anthem, by creating a top notch floor filler.

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Published: 04 August 2014

After the worldwide success of 2010’s “7th Symphony”, the innovative Finnish cello rockers engaged in a variety of critically acclaimed projects and are currently finishing their 8th full studio album to be released early 2015.

Since their inception in 1993, Apocalyptica have been mining classical form and structure, ever coming up with unpredictable new musical projects. Twenty-one years into an inimitable global career exceeding well over 1000 live concerts, performed in over 50 countries, they are still reinventing themselves – creating massive attention in media as well as the charts on all continents.

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Published: 01 August 2014

Rumours told it before and now it is official! ALT FEST 2014 is cancelled. Here's the official statement:

"It is with a heavy heart that we must confirm we have had to cancel Alt-Fest. We tried to put on a ground-breaking event for you & the alternative scene, and it was your support that was helping to make it happen. From our early days on Kickstarter through to all of you who have purchased tickets we thank you. We the organisers of Alt-Fest have done everything we can to save it, but this week we ran out of time to raise all the required funds that was needed upfront of the festival.

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Published: 01 August 2014

The dark brotherhood embarks into the cold. The Medieval-Electro-pioneers open up a new chapter of their saga, driving the listener on a journey into the eternal frost on a unique foundation of synthetic beats and deep sequencers, garnished with medieval instruments, walls of guitars and choral chants. The new chapter in the fantastic journey of Ashlar von Megalon and his fearless friars seamlessly continues the story of the previous album releases of Heimataerde. On “Kaltwaerts” (= into the cold), the dark antagonist Zebaoth has captured friar Andreas and is now setting out to bring fear and horror unto the world. The brotherhood wants to stop this evil force at all costs and embarks into the cold to destroy the demon once and for all times and to rescue the friar. In this, Heimataerde manage to shake the floor yet again with a unique mix of club-compatible Electro-sounds and medieval atmosphere, while captivating the listener with an epic and moving story, at the same time.

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Published: 01 August 2014

Commemorating the 25-year anniversary since the recording of their first EP, Sweden’s extreme musical deviants MESHUGGAH have announced the artwork and the track listing to their upcoming live DVD / 2-CD release 'The Ophidian Trek', due out worldwide this fall and also available in Blu-ray. With visual footage shot in the U.S. & Europe during 'The Ophidian Trek' tour and festival footage from Wacken Open Air 2013 in Germany, the live audio was processed & edited by MESHUGGAH guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, mixed by Daniel Begstrand (MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR, BEHEMOTH), and mastered by Mats “Limpan” Lindfors (ROXETTE, OPETH, MANDO DIAO).

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