Italian metallers Sick N’ Beautiful are excited to share their new single and official video, ‘Hate Manifesto’, taken from their highly anticipated new studio album Horror Vacui, set for release on April 18 via BLKIIBLK.
The band described the track as “a powerful and provocative new single that channels raw energy into a rebellious anthem. The song is an intense outburst of sound and emotion, built for those who have ever felt like outsiders, pushing them to turn their frustration into strength”.
“The meaning of ‘Hate Manifesto’ is deliberately ambivalent – it’s a battle cry against those who try to label and limit us, but also a reflection on the destructive power of hatred. The lyrics walk a fine line between defiance and self-destruction, asking: what do you do with your anger? Do you use it to fight back or let it consume you?”, they added.
Talking about the video, they commented: “It plunges into a world of late 19th-century occultism, drawing inspiration from colonial-era America, voodoo rituals, and the dark shadows of superstition. Haunting imagery and ritualistic performances set the stage for a feverish descent into hysteria and revolt, where the line between persecutor and outcast blurs. Steeped in mysticism and unrest, the video mirrors the song’s raw energy – an invocation of defiance against those who seek to control and condemn. A song for the misfits, the rebels, and anyone who refuses to be silenced”.
Transcontinental deathcore collective, FACE YOURSELF have announced their brand new EP Martyr. The five track offering is set for release on April 18 via Sumerian Records and raises the modern deathcore bar to an unprecedented level. Punctuating today’s news is their blistering new single ‘Predatory’ which offers a brutal yet haunting exploration of trust and betrayal, diving deep into the dark undercurrents of vulnerability and self-preservation.
‘Predatory’ is out now alongside the accompanying music video – directed by FACE YOURSELF drummer, Eric DiCarlo.
Speaking on their latest single and upcoming EP, the band shares: “FACE YOURSELF is proud to release our newest single ‘Predatory’, alongside the announcement of our new EP Martyr via Sumerian Records. ‘Predatory’ is based on a modern story with some metaphoric images. It’s about going to a dance with a stranger and quickly finding yourself in a dangerous situation. Martyr explores struggles through difficult mental health battles. The lyrical content on the EP is based on vulnerability, and confronting your own demons. The record flirts between standing up for yourself, but also getting back to this dark place, as no one has a perfect linear mental health. Sometimes it takes a few trials to heal old wounds.
“With our producer Joey Sturgis, we tried to translate the theme through the impacts, melodies, vocals, making those emotions loud.”
FRANTIC AMBER have announced a new album. Titled Death Becomes Her, the upcoming album from the Swedish melodic death metal band is the follow-up to 2019’s Bellatrix, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via RPM ROAR.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Hell’s Belle.
Speaking about the new song, the band shares, “Death Becomes Her is a concept album about female serial killers and includes different kinds of killers and categories of serial killers. Hell’s Belle Gunness was a particularly gruesome Black Widow type serial killer, who lured unsuspecting men to her Indiana farm with promises of love, only to poison and dismember them for their money. She also orchestrated multiple insurance frauds and many suspicious deaths, including those of her husbands and children. Her gruesome legacy, spanning from 1884 to 1908, left a trail of at least 14 confirmed victims, with estimates reaching as high as 40 murders. Belle most probably faked her own death by burning down her farm, leaving behind a headless corpse and a farm full of buried body parts.
“The song ‘Hell’s Belle’ has a lot of black metal inspiration and combines a waltz with blast beats giving it a ruthless sway. We also incorporated a lot of orchestra to set the mood and tone together with the guitar melodies and tremolo. The lyrics tell the story of Belle Gunness and her bloody activities on her farm. The writing style is brutal with a little tongue-in-cheek undertones and the vocals have a wide range going from vicious growls to a little sprinkle of clean classical vocals in a three-part-harmony.”
HÄXAN have announced a new EP. Titled Death Of Me, the upcoming EP from the Welsh hard rock band is the follow-up to 2020’s White Noise, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via self-release.
The upcoming EP was recorded at Longwave Studios and was produced by Grammy nominated Romesh Dodangoda. Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming EP; the title track ‘Death Of Me’.
Speaking about the new song, the band shares, “it was one of the later songs we wrote for the EP, and we played around with lots of ideas for the melody in the verse as we wanted something quite rhythmic but still melodic and catchy. Once we had this melody, albeit with very different words, we all couldn’t stop singing it days, even weeks, later so we knew it was the one.
“This is the first new song HÄXAN fans will hear since our debut album release in 2020, so we hope they will see and love the band’s and our sound’s evolution. It’s still HÄXAN. Still big riffs, big choruses, but bolder, heavier, and bigger than ever.”
Symphonic metal frontrunners EPICA return with a spellbinding third single off their upcoming album, Aspiral, which will see the light of day on April 11 via Nuclear Blast.
‘T.I.M.E.’ is a track that takes listeners on a journey through self-discovery, as the title stands for “Transformation, Integration, Metamorphosis and Evolution” and delves into the art of dying — more specifically, the death of the ego, and the necessary steps one must take to achieve personal and spiritual growth. Bringing this vision to life is the new music video created by Dave Letelier, which captures the song’s haunting aesthetic.
