GLORYHAMMER
Mighty warriors of the galaxy! The day has finally come to dive into the next galactic chapter of the remarkable GLORYHAMMER universe, as the pioneers of power metal will lift the starlit sky to unveil their brand new digital single, entitled “Fly Away”, out April 28, 2022 via Napalm Records. After releasing their chart-breaking studio album, Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex (DE #6, CH #8, AT #16, SC #25), in 2019, making numerous appearances at sold out venues as well as performing at all major metal festivals, GLORYHAMMER continues to conquer yet unexplored territories to infinity and beyond! The introductory vocal lines of Angus McFife, Crown Prince of Fife, in “Fly Away” set the tone for a captivating anthem with bombastic, sparkling keys kicking straight in with fast-driven guitars, topped by a storyline that tells of traversing the wide universe as the mighty battle calls. Don’t miss this adventurous ride and first glimpse of everything that is to explore within this interstellar powerhouse!Gloryhammer Website Gloryhammer @ Bandcamp Gloryhammer @ Facebook Gloryhammer @ Instagram Gloryhammer @ SoundCloud Gloryhammer @ Spotify Gloryhammer @ Twitter |
WARKINGS
To spend eternity in the realms of the gods is the ultimate honor for all brave and courageous warriors. Odin himself selects the warriors worthy of entering his halls. And so these four heroes of war had a very unlikely meeting: a Roman tribune, a savage Nordic warrior, a determined Crusader and a lethal Spartan.Warkings Website Warkings @ Bandcamp Warkings @ Deezer Warkings @ Facebook Warkings @ Instagram Warkings @ Spotify Warkings @ Twitter Warkings @ YouTube |
ELVENKING
Considering the impressive history of ELVENKING, there is no chance to deny it: The Italian Folk Power Metal band belongs to the most important and unique bands of the scene. Founded in 1997, the musicians soon made their way and established themselves among the leading acts of Europe when it comes to powerful Metal music with Folk and Pagan influences. Since the beginning of their career, ELVENKING worked together with AFM Records – a strong connection that resulted into nine albums so far.In 2019, the band released their latest and tenth masterpiece: “Reader Of The Runes – Divination”. The concept album is an adventurous journey into a mystic world of runes, magic and ancient powers far away from the visible. The band about their new album: “For the first time in our career we’ve created a whole world that will accompany the songs. We were finally ready to write a story that could embrace and contain the essence of this band, the concept of our message and the atmospheres of our music. “Divination” is the first chapter of the “Reader of the Runes” story that will continue and will be developed in our next albums. In this first chapter you will get to know the characters of the story, through the songs and the lyrics, through the runes and magic.“ But not only the overwhelming concept makes „Reader Of The Runes – Divination“ the maybe most epic album ELVENKING ever recorded. Musically, it is definitely an album that breathes freshness while still being totally loyal to the unique sound of the band. „A renewed excitement and a song-writing that has hardly been this brilliant for us. The new material explores all our sounds and influences, and it probably contains the straighter material ever done by the band as well as the most extreme one. Expect big melodies, folk tunes, lots of acoustic breaks and heavy stuff in an album that those who already listened to it already consider (one of) our best ever”, the band states. With „Reader Of The Runes – Divination“, ELVENKING started a completely new chapter in the band’s existence and opened a new world to their fans and listeners. Let the story begin – the power of the runes and the mysteries of divination are waiting for you! Elvenking Website Elvenking @ Facebook Elvenking @ Instagram Elvenking @ ReverbNation Elvenking @ SoundCloud Elvenking @ Spotify Elvenking @ Twitter Elvenking @ YouTube |
NO OFFENCE!
Nesnažni punk za nesnažne ljudi.No Offence! @ Bandcamp No Offence! @ Facebook No Offence! @ Instagram No Offence! @ YouTube |
DISLOCATED BRAIN
Punk trio.Mičo - bas Davko - bubanj Leki - gitara, vokalji Dislocated Brain @ Facebook Dislocated Brain @ Instagram |
POTATO MUSHROOM
A punk rock band from Slovenia which will make sure your feet won't stay still and your beer won't stay in your cup!Don't believe us? TRY US! Potato Mushroom @ Facebook Potato Mushroom @ Instagram Potato Mushroom @ YouTube |
MARJANA TRENCH
Who is Marjana?She is a deep sea monster disturbing mariana trenchs peace with two times four fat strings, synths that were maybe peed on and cauldrons. Marjana Trench @ Facebook Marjana Trench @ Instagram Marjana Trench @ YouTube |
RAFUDA
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KIWI FLASH
Kiwi Flash je štiričlanska slovenska glasbena skupina, ki v sedanji zasedbi deluje od leta 2018. Izvajajo rock glasbo, v katero mešajo tudi druge glasbene zvrsti.Rok in Aljaž sta že od mladosti nastopala skupaj in ustanovila več glasbenih skupin kratkega roka. Sčasoma se jima je pridružil Jure, po več menjavah članov se je zasedba ustalila pri današnji postavi. Svoj prvi singl, Dežela Nela, so izdali in premierno predstavili 9. maja 2019 na portalu YouTube. Nastopili so na številnih koncertih, bili med drugim predskupina Koala Voice in MRFY. nastopili so tudi na Trnovfestu, ljubljanskem Vičstocku, festivalu Gora Rocka 2019 in leta 2019 zmagali na tekmovanju mladih rock skupin; Špil ligi. Dežela Nela je julija 2019 postala popevka tedna na Valu 202. 8. februarja 2020 je sledil drugi singl, Gramofon. Izdaji naj bi sledila turneja po Sloveniji, ki pa je bila prekinjena zaradi izbruha COVID-19. Kiwi Flash se ne ustavljajo pri rocku, vanj radi inkorporirajo številne druge glasbene zvrsti, predvsem funk. Svoj stil označujejo kot spicy rock in ga primerjajo s sladko-kislim okusom kivija - odtod tudi ime skupine. Besedila pišejo tako v slovenskem kot angleškem jeziku. Kiwi Flash @ Facebook Kiwi Flash @ Instagram Kiwi Flash @ YouTube |
MACBETH
Maaa punk, synth, športni copati in veliko dobre volje.Macbeth @ Facebook Macbeth @ YouTube |
RYVERTONE
Four guys who play music.Ryvertone @ Facebook Ryvertone @ Instagram Ryvertone @ Spotify Ryvertone @ Twitter Ryvertone @ YouTube |
METALSTEEL
Metalsteel was formed in 1999 by Rok Tomšič and Benjamin Kic on guitars and Alex Škofljanec on drums although the band claims that their music career officially started in 2001 when they performed at the School`s Out Festival in their hometown Medvode. The band`s line-up at the time was Jaša Bizjak on drums, Beny Kic on guitar and vocals, Matej Sušnik on bass and Rok Tomšič on the second guitar.Beny`s lead vocal was soon replaced by Alex Škofljanec who used to play drums in the band. Metalsteel recorded their first Demo simply entitled DEMO 1. The reviews of the demo were published in many foreign magazines including Metal Maniacs. Later on, the band recorded a new song »Novi Svet« (New World) which was placed on the Slovenian Metal Vol. 1 Compilation. This song became an anthem of the band and still remains one of the classics on the Slovenian rock and metal scene. As the band gained more and more interest and support from the Slovenian metalheads, Jaša Bizjak left the band. He was replaced by a female drummer Daša Trampuš. In 2003 the band released their first album entitled »Usoda« (Destiny). The album was sold out twice. Metalsteel played numerous shows in Slovenia including Metalcamp 2004 where they shared the stage with Destruction, Apocalyptica, Hypocrisy etc. In 2005 Alex left the band due to different musical interests. Beny took over the lead vocals once again and the band recorded their second album »Taste The Sin« which made them one of the most important metal acts in Slovenia. The album was also distributed in Germany and Japan. The band performed a lot of major shows and shared the stage with Helloween and W.A.S.P. In 2007 the band went to the studio to record their third album »Bad In Bed«. First single from the album was a ballad »Spomin« (Memories) which was chosen for the song of the week on the Slovenian national radio. Metalsteel`s fan base was growing with every gig and the band`s plan became to cross the border and introduce their music to the people from abroad. Soon the band was invited to play in Serbia on the Gitarijada festival where they shared the stage with Steve Lukather. In August 2009 Metalsteel joined forces with American singer James Rivera (Helstar, Malice, Seven Witches) and formed the European chapter of Sabbath Judas Sabbath performing Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Metalsteel songs. The Band played numerous shows all around Europe. In December 2010 Metalsteel released their 4th album entitled Entertainment. As the band celebrated their 10th anniversary, they decided to record a live album. The live album entitled »Steel Alive« was recorded in August 2011 in their hometown Medvode. The band continued their performances in Slovenia and some European countries and gained more and more attention in the underground scene. They also performed at the METALCAMP and later on METALDAYS festival and played as an opening act for Saxon in Ljubljana. In 2013 Metalsteel once again entered the studio and recorded their fifth studio album »This Is Your Revelation«. The album was mastered by legendary Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom,…) at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The band once again proved they are a force to be reckoned with after receiving excellent international reviews. In 2015, the band appeared in TOYOTA commercial along with their song “THIS IS YOUR REVELATION”. Metalsteel has recently recorded an official anthem for one of the leading European festivals – Metaldays. And so the story continues… Metalsteel Website Metalsteel @ Bandcamp Metalsteel @ Facebook Metalsteel @ Instagram Metalsteel @ ReverbNation Metalsteel @ Spotify Metalsteel @ YouTube |
HELLSWORD
Hellsword was created in 2009 by Mike Manslaughter and Mark Massakre but it was not until Ironfist joined that the band found their true calling – to play simple, fast and evil no frills speed metal akin to the groups that formed the so called first wave of black metal: Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Possessed etc. Their first album, Cold is the Grave was released on 24 September 2021.Hellsword @ Bandcamp Hellsword @ Facebook Hellsword @ Instagram Hellsword @ Spotify Hellsword @ YouTube |
DUST COLLECTOR
Formed in 2017.Out of tune music for people with great taste. Special as a middle aged guy with braces. Line-up: Jernej Podgoršek - guitar, vocals Aleksander Jovanović - bass Martin Drole - drums Rok Legat - guitar Dust Collector @ Bandcamp Dust Collector @ Facebook Dust Collector @ Instagram Dust Collector @ YouTube |
BLACK IVY
New Wave Of Bistrc Heavy MetalLovro Bizjak: Vocals Luka Hrvatin: Bass Luka Zadel: Drums Tine Baša: Guitars Tevž Sedmak: Guitar Black Ivy @ Bandcamp Black Ivy @ Facebook Black Ivy @ YouTube |
BACKSTAGE
Backstage so novodobni punk-rock band, ki obstaja od oktobra 2001. Njihovo glasbo bi bilo moč opredeliti kot mešanico punk-rocka in pop-punka. Novembra 2002 so se odpravili v studio, kjer je luč sveta ugledal njihov prvi singel Confused. Kmalu zatem so pod okriljem Mitje Okorna za omenjeni singel posneli še videospot, ki je med drugim osvojil nagrado spot meseca na Videospotnicah na nacionalni televiziji. Aprila 2004 je bila podpisana pogodba z Nika records, fantje pa so se maja odpravili nazaj v studio in posneli svoj prvenec Backstage, ki je izšel jeseni 2004. Izdajo albuma je promoviral spot za pesem Misel Nate, ki ga je ponovno režiral Mitja Okorn. Sledila je klubska turneja po Sloveniji, med katero so obiskali tudi nekaj večjih odrov in festivalov. Odpravili so se tudi v tujino, med koncerti, ki so jih tam imeli, pa velja še posebej omeniti najodmevnejše: koncert z Beatsteaks v Zagrebu, festival Aerodrome v Avstriji, Viva la Pola v Puli in Popkomm v Berlinu. Še vedno so sledili svojim sanjam in posneli še drugo studijsko ploščo z naslovom Trends are changing, ki jo sestavlja 12 spevnih in tekočih punk-rock pesmi. Album je izšel pod okriljem založb Kapa records in Nika records. Pozitivni odzivi kritikov albuma in kvalitetni nastopi v živo so skupino pripeljali do sodelovanja z booking agencijo Roadshock, ki jim je priskrbela kar nekaj nastopov po Avstriji in Nemčiji. Novembra 2007 so se z njihovo pomočjo podali na tri tedensko turnejo po Južnoafriški republiki. Po vrnitvi iz Afrike so najprej posneli singel Trust, nato pa je sledil daljši premor. Konec leta 2008 se je skupini s kitaro pridružil Tomaž, kmalu zatem pa še Andrej. S prihodom obeh so poleg dveh kitar razširili tudi vokalne aranžmaje v štiriglasno petje. V oktobru 2009 so posneli prvi singel v sveži zasedbi, z naslovom Dougcajt. Komad je kmalu osvojil radijske postaje, lestvice in popevko tedna na Valu 202. V januarju 2010 so v prostorih RTV SLO, posneli videospot za singel Bitter End z uvodnikom Borisa Kopitarja. V maju so sledile Križanke z punk legendami Niet. Konec leta so zaključili z izdajo tretjega studijskega albuma z naslovom Independent. Plošča vsebuje deset skladb, med drugim, poleg omenjenih Dougcajt in Bitter end, tudi singla v slovenščini; Nov dan, nov svet in Kadar v mojih mislih si, ki sta postala popevka tedna na Valu 202. V letu 2011 so poleg številnih koncertov po Sloveniji nastopili na festivalu Punk Rock Holiday na katerem so si delili oder z legendarnimi NOFX in The Toasters.Backstage @ Facebook Backstage @ Twitter Backstage @ YouTube |
MULTIBALL
Formed in 2001, Multiball have played more than a 100 shows through-out Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Italy and Croatia in only two years and released their debut album »At last!« in 2004. After a few changes in the lineup, the current lineup is together since the fall of 2004. It includes Gregor on guitar and vocals, Jan on drums, Enzo on bass guitar and Goran on guitar. After their debut album, the band found themselves on the road again playing and supporting bands like the Beatsteaks, Strung out, Good Riddance...In the summer of 2005, the band went in the studio, recording a more mature sounding second album »Endless Journey«, which is a concept album with a wide ranging slew of songs. It came out on Cela Pametna Založba in Slovenia and on Indelirium records in Italy.The band was featured in the June 2006 issue of Metal Hammer magazine in the Incoming section and has played a live show on the Slovenian national radio station. Once again, the release of the record was followed by more shows and a tour of Slovenia together with labelmates Leaf-Fat. In 2007 the band took part in the Punk Is Dead tour together with bands like Vanilla Sky, 3 Feet Smaller and Guadalajara, also bringing the otherwise Austrian tour to Slovenia. At this time, the band also became a member of the Arcadia agency from Vienna. In the summer of 2007, the band played a great deal of festivals all over Austria, Germany and Slovenia, among them the Two days a week festival in Wiesen, supporting the likes of Turbonegro, Dinosaur Jr., and the Draft. Since december 2007, the band is hard at work on their upcoming third record "The days that follow", which is slated for release in the february of 2009 and they are not playing as much as in the past year. But eventhough they are busy, they had one remarkable appearance in 2008. In June they supported punk rock favorites Bad Religion. Multiball @ Facebook Multiball @ YouTube |
LIM SMRAD IN ŽILA
Panksi iz Lublane, iz Centra, iz Bežigrada, iz Šiške!Lim Smrad in Žila @ Bandcamp Lim Smrad in Žila @ Facebook Lim Smrad in Žila @ Instagram Lim Smrad in Žila @ YouTube |
NOT LOOKING PRETTY
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NOCTIFERIA
Since the beginning of the Ljubljana underground Noctiferia has been spreading its unique style of the Slovenian Extreme Metal Movement. Few could predict what the band and its members would mean for the whole scene in the years to come. Today, just as it sometimes seems that the artists have drained all genres of originality and that all the new musical styles have already been discovered, here comes Noctiferia, bringing something fresh, a style that is uniquely theirs. Their fifth studio album will present Noctiferia at its best up to date!In 1997, there were not many active bands in Slovenia, or other parts of Balkan. Noctiferia started breaking new ground, proving that nothing, either origin or anything else, can not stop you if there is enough will and determination. Despite being bound to a southern European scene Noctiferia broke off that chain and followed their own path. For a long time. Noctiferia was the only Slovenian metal band surviving all the bad and good times. The founding members, Igor Nardin (guitars) and Uros Lipovec (bass), started recording demos and soon they recorded their debut album in 1997 – Baptism At Savica Fall. If we listen to this album today, we can easily say that at that time, Noctiferia represented probably the only black pagan metal band with flutes and themes that became popular some 10 years after. Yes, Noctiferia is before the time. Their debut was reviewed 4/5 in the Kerrang magazine and the doors for the band opened. First, Noctiferia toured with many foreign artists that started performing in Balkan, with Baptism At Savica Fall album they shared stages with Enslaved, Cannibal Corpse, Absu, Rotting Christ, Deicide, Dark Funeral, Marduk. They recorded a list of cool underground sessions. In 2002, after their second studio album Per Aspera was released in Slovenia, they embarked on their first European Tours- with Marduk/ Kataklysm/ Immolation. In 2003, Per Aspera was released by the Arctic music group worldwide. Per Aspera was an obvious progression of the band. They changed their old school pagan black metal into very technical extreme death black metal and the reviews for Per Aspera were amazing. Gianni Poposki stepped in as a main vocalist. The album and the single Fond Of Lies was charted at #1 for entire 8 weeks on Slovenian National TV. Noctiferia toured Europe with Malevolent Creation in 2003 and same year with Immolation and Aborted. They became a cult for the Slovenian underground, but it was time to change the nature again. They were the headliners (after Danzig) at the first edition of the Metalcamp festival 04, Tolmin, Slovenia and this is where they met with Peter Tägtgren. The band started working on their third album Slovenska Morbida. They entered a well-known Slovenian Studio in 2006 and started recording Slovenska Morbida. This was a different album, full of different cultural influences from female vocals, unknown sounds for metal and strange national instruments. The band flew to Sweden to The Abyss studio and started mixing the album with Peter Tägtgren. The album did well in the extreme underground and received excellent reviews. Two videos were recorded for this album and both got great airplay, video Mara charted on the MTV Adria charts and many sold out shows over the Southern Europe followed. The album was promoted with several tours- two UK tours with Hypocrisy, a couple of shows with Cradle of Filth and Pain, two appearances at the Metalcamp's main stage, a co-headlined metal stage at Wave Gothic Treffen, a headlined metal stage at the Exit festival, opened for In Flames and Dimmu Borgir. Slovenska Morbida was re-released for GAS market by Danse Macabre in 2008 with 3 bonus tracks in German. The South-Eastern European tour with Samael and Keep of Kalessin in January 09 was the last under the mark of Slovenska Morbida. In cooperation with the Master of Metal, their debut Baptism At Savica Fall with complete demo collections was released in 2007 and completely sold out. After that period the band felt that with a new drummer Mathias Gergeta stepping in the line-up, the new approach was needed. They turned back to the technical Per Aspera style and mixed that with the power of Slovenska Morbida. The process of recording Death Culture started in 2008 when the band worked on the preproduction in Switzerland with Mass of Samael. In beginning of 2009 Noctiferia entered DB Recordings studio with a talented producer Dalibor Strniša. Once the material had been prepared, it was send to Peter Tägtgren's The Abyss Studios and Peter started working on it just while working with Overkill, Dark Funeral and Immortal. In order to get the maximum possible quality of the recording, Peter suggested to send it to the Black Lounge studio for the mastering, where Jonas Kjellgren delivered the final blow of Death Culture. The cooperation Noctiferia- Peter Tagtgren- Jonas Kjellgren turned out as the best combination and its result- Death Culture speaks for itself. In first days of 2010 Noctiferia signed a worldwide deal with Listenable Records who released Death Culture in March 2010. Same year album was nominated at Metal Storm's best industrial album of the year 2010 (won 2nd place in company of Fear Factory, Killing Joke, The Young Gods, Blind Guardian, Triptykon...) In October 2011 Noctiferia got deal with Artworx merchandising from Germany and toured as exclusive support through Europe with swedish metal giants IN FLAMES. Tour lasted over 20 days and Noctiferia performed in front of more than 50.000 people on that tour. Same year Noctiferia was invited by Castrol oil company to be featured in their promo video and to use song “Slavedriver” as a soundtrack. Also song “Demoncracy” was and will be also used in Slovenian movie Exit (2013) and in English movie The King’s Men (2014). In summer of 2012 the band performed at Bloodstock festival (UK) and later same year at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana at National Athlete of the year award ceremony which was broadcasted live over national TV. First time in history an extreme metal band performed two songs live for president of Slovenia and other VIP persons of the country. In early 2013 Noctiferia was featured in VICTORJI annual ceremony, Slovenian version of Grammy’s. In 2014 Noctiferia released their fifth studio album PAX. the release was supported with balkan tour, China tour (where Noctiferia performed as first slvenian band ever) and with performance at Wacken Open Air 2015 where they also performed as fisrt sloveninan band ever! In 2015 NOCTIFERIA was invited to perform an acoustic set live on national radio RTV SLO. Seeing as the group apparently has no difficulties switching styles, it responded to the challenge of the legendary “Unplugged” (Izštekani) radio show on Val 202. The band stripped songs from its last three albums into acoustic versions, changing their sound and arrangements and shuffling them into various genres – even jazz, gypsy swing and country – or peppering them with Spanish temperament. Enhanced by a horn section, a string quartet and female vocals. Due to the great response of audience band decided to record newly arranged songs for their next studio album. As a result band released completly acoustic record under the name TRANSNATURA in 2016 and as double LP in 2017. In 2018 band started working on next studio album 'Reforma - tribute to Laibach'. The album will feature 7 re-makes of legendary Slovenian avant-garde act Laibach. Album also features three famous special guest (David Vincent, Attila Csihar, Jorgen Munkeby), renowned visual artist (Valnoir of Metastazis) and award winning producer (Henrik Udd)! Album is planned to be released May 2021. Noctiferia Website Noctiferia @ Bandcamp Noctiferia @ Facebook Noctiferia @ Twitter Noctiferia @ YouTube |
ARMAROTH
Armaroth je petglava entiteta, ki prebiva nekje v obskurnem podzemlju Kranja. Od prvih zapisov iz leta 2008, pa do danes, se je bend vzpostavil kot ena najbrutalnejših sil slovenske metal scene. Po demu Burning Execution (2010), ki je prave podvige šele nakazoval, je band leta 2013 izdal EP False Vision, ki je visoko čislan tako med podporniki, kot med recenzisti. Jeseni 2015 sta bend okrepila Rok Lukavečki na bobnih in Vid Pobegajlo na bas kitari. Leto kasneje sta najprej izšla singla Diamox in Deep Of Throats, ki sta napovedala težko pričakovani prvenec ZENITH. Ta je izšel decembra 2016 in bil odlično sprejet kot nekaj svežege in izvirnega na metal sceni.
Čeprav Armaroth najraje ustvarja v svojem betonskem brlogu, pa svoj pravi obraz pokaže šele, ko zavzame oder. S svojo naravno karizmo in odrsko prezenco, bend zastruplja in zapeljuje občinstvo. Band je oborožen z izredno glasno in precizno ritem sekcijo, mastnimi in sprevženimi kitarskimi riffi ter psihadeličnimi vložki, na čelu pa rohnijo trije peklenski vokali, ki se jim uklanjajo strahovi sami.Armaroth @ Bandcamp Armaroth @ Facebook Armaroth @ Instagram Armaroth @ ReverbNation Armaroth @ YouTube |
SIDEREAN
Astral Death MetalMembers: Jan Brišar – vocals David Kocmur – guitar Darian Kocmur- drums Lovro Babič – bass guitar Matija Dolinar – guitar Siderean @ Facebook Siderean @ Instagram |
