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Lipz Release Video for "Get It On"

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Get It On Lipz New Single New Song News Videos Lipz Release Video for "Get It On"

Lipz has released a new video of the song called "Get It On". Check it HERE .

Levels Releases New Song "Bloodstream"

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Bloodstream Levels New Single New Song News Videos Levels Releases New Song "Bloodstream"

Levels has released a new song called "Bloodstream". Check it HERE .

WISDOM IN CHAINS RELEASES NEW SONG "BETTER THAN I WAS"

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Better Than I Was New Single New Song News Videos Wisdom In Chains WISDOM IN CHAINS RELEASES NEW SONG "BETTER THAN I WAS"

Wisdom In Chains have released a new song called "Better Than I Was". Check it HERE .

BLACK LIGHT DISCUSSES HOW EXCITED THEY ARE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WILL COME FOR THEM!

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Metalcore band <a href="https://blacklightofficial.com/">BLACK LIGHT</a> have their first album "Storms and Shades" tucked under their belts, that came out in the summer of 2016. Then are currently at work upon their upcoming EP released titled "Set Yourself Ablaze", with their single off it called "Map Of Truth" out now found <a href="https://blacklightofficial.com/map-of-truth-now-available-on-youtbe/">HERE</a>. The band goes into much discussion about themselves, their music, and wanting to grow as not just musicians but as a band as well. 
 
 
1. Give a brief history of your band, and the members. 
 
Oh yeah so , where to start…the current band line-up is completely different from what it started and we almost come from different places, except for Nicholas (guitar) and Mattia (drums), who are brother and started it all. The starting sound was also another thing, it was kind of a hard rock/alternative rock mix, and then we ended up playing metalcore! Kinda different, don’t you think so? 
 
2. Where did you get the idea for the band name, you planned it or came out just like that? 
 
We could say it quite came by itself. The "Black" was chosen to express our inner darkness, which is nothing different from someone else’s one like, we’re not satanic, cursed of what, but everyone’s got a dark, pissed-off, sad and tired side. You can let it destroy yourself or make it useful, and so we wanted to turn it into something we could be proud of, and so, that’s what the "Black" means. One word to describe this all! For the "Light" we were thinking about our future. Like, yeah we liked that contrast this word made with the "Black" but we chose the "Light" to give clarity to our path. It is the hope we have on the rudest step, the warmth coming when our future seems to freeze, and it’s a way to view the finish line of what we want to achieve, like "there is always light at the end of the tunnel." 
 
3. What genre does the band play and why did you want to play this particular genre? 
 
As we said before, after have experienced many genres before finding ourselves, we settled in metal core, because you can find everything into it, aggression, depth, emotion….you know the particular thing in metalcore is that all the heaviness can flow into an unexpected catchy chorus, which can be super-melodic, and intimate. It’s like when the sun starts to show up after a full night into mosh pits. Then this changes again, and you end up in the bridge which is often the heaviest breakdown of the song, and that’s where you can go crazy and destroy everything around you, and feel every part of your body filled with adrenaline. We want to give this to our audience, because we feel like that, all the time! 
 
4. Did you know each other before the band was formed? 
 
Not really, only the two brothers did, obviously, Lou (vocals) is french and quit his home country to join the project, Matteo was found in a hidden village between two hills. But we are the line-up this band needed, we want to get over ourselves and spread our music in all the world! 
 
5. Do you write your own songs? 
 
Of course we do, everything that we feel can be found into our music, that’s the great thing about writing it ourselves. 
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6. What are the songs about? 
 
The songs are often about social topics. We spit our hate to everything that makes us "fit" into something, we try express the feeling of being about to explode. Not necessarily the four of us, we want everybody to find some parts of themselves in our music. it speaks of insecurity, anxiety, and very often about the daily questions of what everything you fall into so fast when you grow up means. 
 
7. Who are your musical and non-musical influences? 
 
It depends a lot on the members, each members have different musical influences, and so that gives various tastes to our music. Mattia and Nicholas are huge Asking Alexandria, Bad Omens and Miss May I fans, that’s how the band started taking the metalcore way, Matteo likes Ryan Martini’s from Mudvayne baselines a lot, and his bassist inspiration comes from that, while Lou is a big Corey Taylor’s fan, that made him wanting to switch between melody and heaviness even more. Our non-musical influences can come from sci - fi movies and TV series, but also social comedy - dramas, or dark humor cartoons. Then we can also get inspired by the world surrounding us, it can be a sound from it, something we see, a person which stays in our mind…there’s so many things you can get inspired from! 
 
8. What releases do you have under your belts thus far into your career as musicians? 
 
We released our first studio album, "Storms and Shades" in June 2016. It was with a small Italian label and our style was still not completely settled. You can find grunge songs, alternative metal ones, some kind of thrash metal-inspired metalcore….. our upcoming EP’s style is way more solid. It will be called "Set Yourself Ablaze" and is gonna be released on label Sliptrick Records, which we work with now. Our debut single is already out, by the way! It's name is "Map Of Truth" and it’s  available 
for purchase. You could find the links to buy it on our website now here: <a href="https://www.blacklightofficial.com/">https://www.blacklightofficial.com</a>. 
 
9. Do you have any new music in the works at this time? 
 
Of course, and its shape is keep changing, for both the musical and lyrical style! Metalcore is one of the most recent-born metal styles, and so its constantly evolving, so we want to experience all its depth and the new elements it can give us, then we will give this all to our audience. 
 
10. What other plans do you have for this year? 
 
Oh, well, we have a lot of. We’re planning an European tour, a video clip, and we’re working our ass off to settle us into the music business and grow as a full - working band. We moved to Latvia some 
months ago and have the luck to be supported by Sliptrick Records for every aspects of our path. We are very excited for everything that will come after!

Black Light Interviews BLACK LIGHT DISCUSSES HOW EXCITED THEY ARE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WILL COME FOR THEM!

Metalcore band BLACK LIGHT have their first album "Storms and Shades" tucked under their belts, that came out in the summer of...

The Riff Goes Into Chatter About Singles, Music, and More!

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Indie alternative rockers <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Theriffuk">The Riff</a>, have a handful of singles out there, with more coming soon. But for the mean while, the band goes into chatter about how they came to be, what music it is they create and why, to everything else in-between. 
 
 
1.Please tell us about the history of your band and its members. 
 
We’re a four piece band made up of two school friends and a set of twins. Ben (frontman/guitarist), Sam (keys), Chris (bass) and myself Tommy on drums. The twins were in a covers band with other members and so were me and Chris, I’d heard their band had come to an end and so did ours. About two weeks later a sent Ben a text asking If he fancied filling in for a few gigs but it seemed to all go a lot better than I expected. It ended up as a permanent thing with Sam joining shortly after, this all happened at the perfect time. 
 
2. What’s the origin of the band’s name? 
 
We came up with the name a couple of days before our first gig, really last minute. We originally wanted to call the band "The Riv" for some reason but we thought The Riff stick in people’s heads a lot more. It’s just a name that’s stuck with us really. 
 
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend? 
 
We all come from Swansea, recently the original music scene has flourished a lot more in comparison to a few years ago. There’s always been a heavy metal vibe in Swansea but we’ve noticed there’s loads more variety in bands and genres now. The Indie/rock scene is coming to life now which we’re proud to be part of. Pastel and The Zinvandels are smashing there gigs lately, their good mates of ours. Check out the Swansea music hub on social media, all bands and acts on their are well worth a watch in the future. 
 
4. How would you describe your style? 
 
We’d like to label ourselves as Indie/rock, we’ve tried to develop a sort of raw sound to our singles especially our hooks on the keys. We take influence from bands from the mid 90’s to early 2000’s, that’s what we’ve grown up with so it’s all we know I suppose. 
 
5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works? 
 
So far we’ve released 4 singles ( Jezebel, Show Me, Weekend Schemes, Nothing Lasts Forever) with "Jezebel" featuring a bonus track called "better than that". What should people expect? Depends on the track! Some of our tunes are uptempo and in your face like Jezebel and others you could describe as a bit more melodic and pop-ish like "show me". All in all something exciting to get behind and believe in! 
 
6. Do you have any new music in the works? 
 
We’re focusing on releasing a new single in the next couple of months called "Lonely". It’s currently being mastered at the moment but hopefully we can plug it out there ASAP along with a music video. 
 
7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out? 
 
Of course, we’ve got some festivals to play this coming summer which we really look forward to. One of them being welsh fest in Cardiff on the 26th of July along with some great bands. We’re taking on as much as we can gig wise... we love it. 
 
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We’re trying our best to work towards a record deal, that’s the dream. And obviously to keep on writing and gigging to make out set as dynamic as it can be. 
 
9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff? 
 
All our stuff is shown on social media but you can check us out on Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud and the rest of it. We also bring hard copies of all our singles to gigs which you can get from us at any time really. 
 
10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time? 
 
People who have already been to our gigs will understand that we try and be a energetic as we can both through performance and the music itself. If someone gets a hint of that energy just by listening to one of our tracks then we’re happy.

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Indie alternative rockers The Riff , have a handful of singles out there, with more coming soon. But for the mean while, the band goes in...

Cohesive Talks of Conquering the World, Like Obviously!

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Industrial rock outfit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cohesionhq">Cohesion</a>, is a music making machine, whose engine is put into overdrive, as they are driven into creating fast, hard hitting, no need for brakes type of material! With that said, the band has a current single out and about,with more underway! Discover all that was said about why, how, and where this act plans to be between now into this next year coming forth! 
 
 
1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members. 
 
It all started as a solo project for Skink (singer) and from there expanded into what is now Cohesion. We've all been involved with each other in some format or another since going to uni together and after years of back and forth and swapping things round we're now at this period in the evolution of the band and it's great - things sit a lot nicer now, the instruments gel more, the rehearsals are smoother and each member is getting more involved with writing so all these great influences from each of our backgrounds are seeping through which makes it sound more...Cohesive! 
 
2. What’s the origin of the band’s name? 
 
Everyone asks this and I wish I had a better answer than: Honestly I can't remember! Had a long list of all possible names that I was working through, one day Cohesion came about and stuck and I loved it...it wasn't even on the list! 
 
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend? 
 
We're based in London, UK. The scene is quite crazy...competition is through the roof and it's just oversaturated with bands, both good and bad, and it can be really hit or miss with how supportive everyone is. But then again the opportunities (if you can get them!) are more worthwhile, you know? 
 
4. How would you describe your style? 
 
Alternative Metal with a dash of Industrial just for edge. Think NIN, Tool and Deftones had a baby, and you'd be on the right track... 
 
5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works? 
 
Our new single "Avarice" is what we're pushing right now, we fucking love it. We've had a couple singles before to various effect but this one is the first one we've really got behind and though "yeah, this rocks" and all our new ones lined up are like this, we've been heavily self-critical and culling all the weaker ones to shorten the set. Hard to do at first but man do we feel more into the ones we've kept. Our new stuff is full on, got the chops, the grooves, the production is great...it's like, "Yeah, we're Cohesion, we've arrived." 
 
6. Do you have any new music in the works? 
 
Of course! We already have the next two singles ready to go, in the final stages of mixing with both - next one should be out June/July time - we're letting 'Avarice' have its chance to shine first though aha! 
 
7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out? 
 
Shows we've got a couple, a festival in May and a couple of small local ones - we're planning a mini UK tour for late 2018 but to be honest, we've been so busy in the studio and trying to sort our through our songs we've put gigging on the back burner. All about to change very soon though! 
 
8. What plans do you have for the future as a band? 
 
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9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff? 
 
Anywhere - Spotify, iTunes, Facebook, Youtube - "all good retailers" and that ol' spiel. 
 
10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time? 
 
"Wow - these folks can groove!" If we can get a chorus line stuck in someone's brain for a week and can get them to do that mini headbang you always do at home to your favorite tunes, we've won. Cohesion Out!

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Cortex Complex's Panayiotis Chrysostomides Details About the Future of Music and Our Well Being

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Sci-fi rock n' metal go getters <a href="https://cortexcomplex.bandcamp.com/">Cortex Complex</a>, consists of numerous humanoids from the future, year 2177,where they have traveled back in time to return to 2015, where they will warn the world of an imminent machine apocalypse on the horizon. Panayiotis Chrysostomides goes into details about how this project came to be, what sort of material they have released thus far, and what the future holds. 
 
 
1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members. 
 
I personally had the idea for a Sci-Fi virtual band in mind for many years, even before we started making the first, instrumental, album, titled "The Final Great Awakening," with Andreas (Drummer) in 2015 as part of a university project. Later on, Andreas moved out of the country and even though he remained as a session drummer, Cortex Complex was now my own solo project. I hired Mike and Valentina for the vocals and put out "Memoirs of an Apocalypse" which is our latest album! 
 
2. What’s the origin of the band’s name? 
 
As I said, this started as part of a university project! We were really pressed with the deadline and had no clue what to name the band, so I asked an author friend of mine and came up with it instantly! I loved it, and here we are! 
 
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend? 
 
We are currently based in Brighton, UK. There is an awesome metal music scene here and many great bands! I highly recommend King Goat! 
 
4. How would you describe your style? 
 
Progressive rock/metal is probably the closest. I really like to experiment with various styles when composing music, so you'll find many elements from many genres in our music. But rock and metal is always at the heart of it. 
 
5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works? 
 
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We have released two albums. The first one was Instrumental, titled "The Final Great Awakening," and the second one also features vocalists and it's titled "Memoirs of an Apocalypse!" 
 
6. Do you have any new music in the works? 
 
Of course! I am currently in the first stages of composing the third album. I plan on a 2019 release! 
 
7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out? 
 
Cortex Complex are currently just a studio band. We are a Sci-Fi themed virtual band, so the most important elements are the story, the music and the animation videos we make. I also play multiple instruments in the band, so taking it live would require a huge time investment in forming a live band. A tour is low on my list of priorities, but it's something I'd like to do one day. 
 
8. What plans do you have for the future as a band? 
 
As I mentioned, a third album and a whole lot of animation videos! 
 
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Everywhere! We are on Spotify (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Ne8lFAId76bfSdVSwkJWN">https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Ne8lFAId76bfSdVSwkJWN</a>), Bandcamp (<a href="https://cortexcomplex.bandcamp.com/">https://cortexcomplex.bandcamp.com</a>) and most online music vendors! You can also find our animation videos on our YouTube channel (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Pbjq8ZKoKywsNfQiRIMHQ">http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Pbjq8ZKoKywsNfQiRIMHQ</a>)! 
 
10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time? 
 
Our very unique melodies and our the Sci-Fi story we tell in the lyrics!

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Yoshikitty in 3-Way Race for Top Spot in Worldwide Sanrio Ranking

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Fueled by massive international fan support, Yoshikitty — the popular Sanrio character based on X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI — is now in a close 3-way race for the top spot in Sanrio’s annual Character Ranking Contest. 
 
In this week’s midway results announcement, Yoshikitty achieved #1 in the regional rankings in five countries (South Korea, China, Italy, Germany, and France), scoring #1 on Rakuten Ichiba’s official Sanrio shopping site “Sanrio Zone” and #3 overall worldwide. Only 20,000 total votes separate the top 3 characters, with the remainder of the 100 eligible characters trailing by large margins. 
 
Yoshikitty, the first Sanrio character based on a living person, has surpassed even the original Hello Kitty character in this year’s voting and has strong momentum leading into the final weeks of the contest which ends June 11. Final results will be announced at Sanrio Puroland on July 1. 
 
YOSHIKI aims to have the character rank first this year, with the help of powerful backup from fans across the globe who can vote daily to support the spiky-haired, headbanging rock star of Sanrio’s lineup. YOSHIKI also created the “Hello Kitty Theme Song”, titled “Hello, Hello”, which was dedicated to the late Sanrio VP Kunihiko Tsuji. 
 
Fans can vote at this link every day from any device: 
<a href="https://sanriocharacterranking.com/en/characters/yoshikitty/">https://sanriocharacterranking.com/en/characters/yoshikitty/</a>. 
 
Video: Headbanging Yoshikitty 
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The "Sanrio Character Ranking Contest", held for the 33rd time this year, is a month-long voting event featuring the top 100 Sanrio characters selected out of more than 450. Every year, Sanrio fans wage a fierce battle in order to achieve victory for their favorite. Yoshikitty placed 12th in 2015, when she was featured in the contest for the first time, and 7th in both 2016 and 2017. She has succeeded in ranking in the top 10 for 2 consecutive years alongside very popular characters such as Pom Pom Purin, My Melody, and the original Hello Kitty. Yoshikitty’s popularity has been increasing yearly, and she continues to establish herself more and more as a prominent Sanrio character.