Rockshots Records and Secret Rule are excited to announce the release of the band’s new single ‘Echoes Of The Earth,’ accompanied by a music video. The track is the second preview of Secret Rule’s highly anticipated tenth studio album X, due for release late 2025.
With ‘Echoes Of The Earth’, Secret Rule explores a more introspective and spiritual side of their sound. The song blends heavy grooves, atmospheric tension, and layered electronics, creating a powerful and immersive soundscape. Lyrically, it reflects on the human need to reconnect with what is real and primordial in a chaotic, artificial world.
“It’s about listening for something ancient to guide you. I wrote the lyrics during a time when I needed to feel grounded again. That chorus is the moment of awakening,” says vocalist Angela Di Vincenzo.
Guitarist and producer Andy Menario adds: “We wanted a track that felt direct and alive—something that could carry both chaos and order, like a dialogue between the modern world and the earth itself.”
Edmonton, Canada’s Famous Strangers, unravels their new music video for their latest single ‘L.S.C.’ as they gear up for performances at this year’s festival appearances at Armstrong Metal Fest and Loud As Hell Open Air along with upcoming tour dates to be announced.
As one of the first songs that all four of them in Famous Strangers wrote together from start to finish, the track is raw and intense. It represents exactly where they are as a band right now: fearless in their songwriting and unafraid to blend melody with brutality.
“’L.S.C.’ is meant to take you on a ride. It starts soft, like it is letting you in slowly, and then it flips the switch. The heaviness hits out of nowhere. It grabs you, shakes you, and then drags you through the rest of the track without letting go. It eases you in, then completely takes over, and by the time it is done, it feels like it has drained the life out of you in the best way,” adds guitarist Jeff Kittilitz.
Lyrically, the song is told from the perspective of a female figure who is part human and part spider. It is inspired by the mating behavior of black widows, where attraction, intimacy, and destruction all collide. At its core, it is about obsession, power, and survival. It speaks to the emotional weight of wanting something that was never meant to be yours, and the strength it takes to pull yourself back from that edge.
“What we hope is that this song opens people up a little, even if it’s not what they usually listen to. There’s so much music out there that people miss out on because they’re stuck in one genre or one mindset. We’re trying to break through that and just write what feels real, no matter what it sounds like. We are about being fearless in our songwriting. Put everything on the table, be yourself, and don’t hold back. That’s the energy they’re trying to give people when they press play,” says Kittilitz.
Black metal trio Witch Club Satan have just unveiled a powerful new single and accompanying music video, ‘You Wildflower’.
The rising Norwegian group explain that they’re “exploring gentleness as a resistance movement” on their newest effort, revealing in a statement: “If you make art today, you have to engage with global issues. You must show where you stand: that you stand for all human life, and that no-one should be oppressed.
“Hope is a radical act in today’s world – and it’s also a choice. Giving up can be tempting – it means you don’t have to fight. But ‘You Wildflower’ is a rallying cry to persevere.”
Touching on what’s going on in today’s climate, Witch Club Satan continue that this track is “also about contrast – the world is scarred by war, where the violence seeps into those who care. When you care, you’re marked by the violence taking place. But through that awareness, we’re trying to show that the cycle of violence can be stopped.”
Vitally, they add that, “If you have a microphone and an amplifier, you have power. And then music can’t be separated from politics. At its core, black metal is punk – that’s how we see it: raw, defiant, and uncompromising.”
FACE YOURSELF have released a new music video. The new music video, for the track ‘Ov Agony’, is the brand new single from from the American and French deathcore band and follows hot on the heels of their new EP, Martyr, which was released back in April, via Sumerian Records.
Speaking about the new single, vocalist Yasmine Liverneaux says, “we are proud to release our new single ‘Ov Agony’ via Sumerian Records. This song is for anyone who has ever felt like giving up. I wrote the lyrics based on a suicide letter that I wrote for my parents when I was 15, that I ended up never giving to them. Now that I have reached a certain peace in my life, it is easier to go back to those darker places, and heal these old wounds through music. I no longer have to hold this pain inside, and now that it has been freed through the music, this pain doesn’t have to be mine anymore. I hope this can resonate with anyone who has shared this feeling, and hopefully let go of their pain knowing that artistic expressions can save lives, and unite people.”
The words of Sages and the sins of the father. With ‘His Dark Materials’, Wailing Banshee bring the whisper and the thunder, combining their NWOBHM inspired sound with modern prog elements.
The track explores the historic waste of life and purging of history and culture by organised religion. It’s a song about no matter how much we step forward as a species, we always seem to regress back into a cycle of manipulation and corruption.
The epic harmony guitar intro subsides quickly to show a more raw and vulnerable side to the band, followed by the track’s gradual crescendo into its heavy metal climax to show both the light and the dark of the song’s themes.
