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DRAGONLORD RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM, RELEASE NEW SINGLE "DOMINION" AND LAUNCH PRE-ORDERS FOR ALBUM!
A decade after the release of "Black Wings of Destiny" - the most recent acclaimed full-length release by DRAGONLORD, the passion project of Testament guitarist Eric Peterson - the wait is finally over for fans of the high-fantasy symphonic black/death metal project. Peterson is thrilled to reveal details regarding the long-awaited third DRAGONLORD album, entitled "Dominion". The album is scheduled to hit stores on September 21, 2018 via Spinefarm Records, and will feature eight tracks of devastatingly unrelenting black and death metal assault. Digital and physical pre-orders are live today via: Physical + Merch HERE and Digital HERE.
Get your first taste of "Dominion" now by streaming the album's title track via a new lyric video here: https://youtu.be/zweLMniS-fQ.
DRAGONLORD mastermind/vocalist/guitarist/bassist Eric Peterson says: "I'm super stoked for you all to finally hear "Dominion"! This song has all the arsenal to engage any metal appetite! From the first drum cannon-walloping performed by Alex Bent, to the melodic discorded sounds of my guitars and haunting choirs performed by Celtic singer Leah, entering in my lyrical blackened satanic tongue followed by unholy orchestrated strings and violas performed by Mr. Livingston - this song has it all! A beautiful violent storm whirls your way! Breaking down to two old school influenced guitar solos voiced before and after some cleaner melodic singing, only to be sucked back into the vortex... Enjoy!"
"Dominion" features Eric Peterson on vocals, guitar and bass, Lyle Livingston (Psypheria) on orchestrated keys and pianos, Alex Bent (Trivium) on drums, and notable fantasy metal singer Leah - who has performed/recorded with members of Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Delain and others - on female vocals and choirs.
As aural the gates to "Dominion" creak open on the first track, "Entrance," you descend into the dark world of DRAGONLORD and there's no turning back. "Dominion" explores themes of darkness owning and influencing these times we now live in, and things that have come to pass. It also delves into other eras, real and imagined. The pummeling begins with the title track, "Dominion", welcoming all who dare enter into an eternity of misfortune. Then it's into "Ominous Premonition", which Peterson likens to "the soundtrack to the gates of hell". The track "The Northlanders" is about brutal 11th century Northmen, while "The Discord of Melkor" will thrill Lord of the Rings fans with an untold tale-- "my take on Tolkien's "Silmarillion," the first age of the Lord of the Rings saga genesis," says Peterson. Then there's the surprise of the slower, Black Sabbath-influenced duet with "my amazing Celtic vocalist friend and collaborator Leah," Peterson explains about "Love of the Damned," an abstract piece that still explores a love story - with the devil, of course. "Almost like a switch-up story of if Beatrice from "Dante's Inferno" did fall for the Prince of Darkness!"
Dominion's eight songs create a deep and heady musical journey rife with meaning and menace, from the blackest and loudest recesses of Eric Peterson's mind.TRACKLISTING:
1. Entrance
2. Dominion
3. Ominous Premonition
4. Lamia
5. Love of the Damned
6. Northlanders
7. The Discord of Melkor
8. Serpents of Fire
Recorded at Trident Studios near Peterson's Northern California home, "Dominion" took about four years to complete, between Testament tours and albums. Peterson produced the album with an assist from engineer/mixer Juan Urteaga (Testament, Machine Head, M.O.D.), and mastering by famed producer/engineer Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studios in Sweden.
If the road to "Dominion" was long, it's only because Peterson strives for perfection. He says, "The biggest obstacle was getting the vocal patterns and lyrics right; telling the story of the music. Maybe I was a little too picky, but at the end of the day I'm glad we didn't settle for things that I wasn't feeling right about."
Eric Peterson is tuned to E Flat on "Dominion", and used his two favorite Les Pauls for rhythm and some solos; his Ritchie Blackmore Fender Strat for other solos, as well as his signature Dean Old Skull Flying V. "I used a lot of different guitars to get various sounds. I didn't want my tone to be too close to Testament, but wanted to still maintain my signature sound. I really felt I needed to lay down the kind of stuff I do on my own - but not necessarily on records," he explains. "I'm pretty stoked of the outcome on the soloing end."
Peterson formed DRAGONLORD in 2000 as its singer and guitarist (with keyboardist Lyle Livingston and now-ex-members Steve Di Giorgio of Testament and Jon Allen of Sadus), and notes that the growth from DRAGONLORD's first two records to the cinematic triumph and brutal blast-beats of "Dominion" has been immense. "Dominion'"s stellar, complex, brutally symphonic metal is triumphant in its execution, bringing together layers of meaning and musicality into an unholy whole.
"Dominion" will more than satisfy the legions greedy for DRAGONLORD's beautifully pulverizing metal. Within the highly detail-driven but heavy-as-hell band, Peterson has total dominion.
Stay tuned for information on the official DRAGONLORD comic, "THE BURNER", which is scheduled to be released during this year's San Diego Comic Con!
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ANTHONY ANZALDO ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO EP "GET OVER U" AND RELEASES TITLE TRACK SINGLE
Anyone who has heard Anthony Anzaldo’s endowments to Ceremony’s sound knows that he has a story of his own waiting to be told. Wait no longer—Anzaldo has announced a follow-up to his 2017 single "We All Die Alone" under the moniker ANTHONY. Entitled "Get Over U", the EP runs rampant with the sugarcane sweet vocal harmonies and Morriconesque guitar tones. Watch a video for the EP’s title track today right HERE.
"It’s unfortunate what we allow to happen to our ourselves when we are driven by emotion. There are things that we wouldn’t otherwise justify and would advise against when consoling a friend of loved one," Anzaldo says of the EP’s inspiration. ""Get Over U" is a state of panic where we ignore what we know is right for us and instead act under the influence of false intuition."
ANTHONY’s self-assured blend of opulent riffs, art-rock lilt, and americana glamour makes for a radical departure from his well-known co-founding status and guitarist for Ceremony. As members of the California punk outfit splayed across the country, ANTHONY found it essential to crystallize his new artistic identity one song at a time. The crops of these auditory diary entries comprise "Get Over U", four tracks recorded by by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor, Hard Girls).
"Get Over U" is due out on May 18 via Anzaldo’s imprint First Letter Press. An extremely limited run of 12' vinyl copies will also be available for purchase - order HERE. Check out the artwork and tracklisting below.TRACKLISTING:
1. Get Over U
2. I Swear, I Tried
3. 6 A.M. In London
4. I Hope I Never See Your Face
TUSMØRKE RELEASES TITLE SONG FROM UPCOMING ALBUM "FJERNSYN I FARVER"
Norwegian progressive folk rock four-piece Tusmørke return with a new album entitled Fjernsyn i Farver on May 4th, out via Karisma Records. The band has teamed up with The Prog Sphere for an exclusive premiere of the title song. Listen here: http://www.prog-sphere.com/specials/tusmorke-fjernsyn-i-farver-premiere/.
JUDAS PRIEST UNLEASH TITLE TRACK FROM "FIREPOWER"
The buzz surrounding legendary metal band Judas Priest’s forthcoming album, "Firepower," is undeniably growing louder - on the strength of the video clip for the track 'Lightning Strike," as well as many of the attractive/limited edition purchasing options made available for fans via PledgeMusic already being sold out. And it will soon reach a fever pitch with the unveiling of another new killer track, plus another limited edition of the forthcoming album being made available for purchase.
Fans can now hear the title track from "Firepower" via this link [smarturl.it/Firepower], and can purchase a metallic silver-colored cassette version of the album on PledgeMusic via pledgemusic.com/projects/judas-priest, and is being issued in an extremely limited pressing of only 300. And if judging from how quickly some of the previous limited edition bundles sold out via the site (such as signed guitars from Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, various colors of autographed vinyl, etc.), this rare cassette version will be an instant rarity and collector’s item. If you haven’t checked out the “Lightning Strike” video or pre-ordered the album, you can do so now by visiting the follow respective links: smarturl.it/Firepower and smarturl.it/JPLightningStrikeVid.
Set for release on Friday, March 9th, 2018 via Epic Records - the album is comprised of fourteen tracks of pure and highly inspired metal. And to mark the occasion Priest (singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis) has reunited with producer Tom Allom (the man behind the board for all of the band’s releases from 1979-1988, including such stellar classics as "Unleashed in the East," "British Steel," 'Screaming for Vengeance" and "Defenders of the Faith") and with Grammy Award-winning producer Andy Sneap also helping to raise the sonic bar even higher.
"Tom Allom has got this classic metal thing," explains Halford. "And Andy is a bit more of a ‘modern metal producer’ but his thinking is a little bit different to Tom’s. And I think to get this balance between that classic old school metal to what Andy’s world is was just a remarkable coalescence." "Tom Allom has been with us since 1979, so his knowledge of ourselves and our music in general is immense," adds Hill. And according to Travis Priest returned back to a recording method that worked incredibly well on the band’s earlier classics - "We went back to the organic way of recording where it’s all of us in a room and we got to play together."
With the impending arrival of "Firepower" and its ensuing tour (which kicks off on March 13th 2018), THE PRIEST IS BACK!TRACKLISTING:
1. Firepower
2. Lightning Strike
3. Evil Never Dies
4. Never The Heroes
5. Necromancer
6. Children of the Sun
7. Guardians
8. Rising From Ruins
9. Flame Thrower
10. Spectre
11. Traitors Gate
12. No Surrender
13. Lone Wolf
14. Sea of Red