December 2021 | Music Junkie Press

Memphis May Fire share new video for “Left For Dead”

December 17, 2021

Memphis May Fire close the year 2021 with another new song. Today the band released “Left For Dead”. It’s obvious – the quartet wants to end the year with a sonic highlight. “It’s definitely not the ‘norm’ to release such a heavy song shortly before christmas, but the truth is, there are so many people that suffer through the holidays”, Mullins explains. “Pain is an unavoidable part of human expierence and it doesn’t magically disappear at this time of year. I hope, that everyone who can identify with “Left For Dead”, feels less alone with their pain, especially in a time, where on social media you feel like you’re the only one who’s struggeling. We will donate 100% of our earnings of the “Left For Dead” t-shirt in our online merch store to Beneath the Skin, a charitable organization, which gives young women who feel alone, a real connection through peer-to peer monitoring.” Since 2021 MMF released new songs through their longtime label Rise Records. With both explosive songs “Blood & Water” and “Death Inside” [Read More]

Holding Absence release live video for “Drugs And Love”

December 17, 2021

Earlier this year Holding Absence performed their latest album ‘The Greatest Mistake Of My Life’ live & in color during a stream from the beautiful Portland House in Cardiff. To mark the band kicking off their UK tour supporting Creeper, they have released a video taken from the livestream of their performance of album track ‘Drugs and Love’. Frontman Lucas Woodland comments “We are once again super excited to show you guys some more footage from our live-streamed album-in-full performance from earlier this year! Drugs and Love is one of our favourite songs on the record, and we’re hyped to release this version for everyone to enjoy.” Determined to make the stream as special as possible, the band enlisted not only Grammy-nominated producer Romesh Dodangoda (who produced previous singles ‘Gravity’ and ‘Birdcage’ and mixed the Bring Me The Horizon ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ DVD) and director Zak Pinchin (who worked with the band on ‘Like A Shadow‘, ‘In Circles‘, ‘nomoreroses’ and more) to work on the project, but also additional musicians Toby Evans [Read More]

Diablo announce new album “When All The Rivers Are Silent”

December 17, 2021

One of the biggest names in the Finnish metal scene, the masters of outlaw metal DIABLO, will release their long-awaited seventh album When All The Rivers Are Silent on February 25th, 2022. With singles “Grace Under Pressure” and “The Extinctionist” already out, the album is now available to pre-save on all DSPs at this link. Physical pre-orders will be available soon. Diablo albums are known to be carefully handcrafted, and WATRAS makes no exception. The leading duo of the band, Rainer Nygård (vocals & guitar) and Marko Utriainen (guitar), have written an intense collection of songs which radiate great care for detail. The album concept and visuals take the band back to its very roots, river Kalajoki in the Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. WATRAS was recorded by Samu Oittinen (Insomnium) and mixed by Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator). Rainer, also known as a huge fan of Kris Kristoffersson and outlaw country music in general, describes the lyrical concept as follows: Basically the album is an honest and merciless story collection about a person who has [Read More]

As It Is share new single “In Threes”

December 10, 2021

International pop-rock band As It Is — Patty Walters, Ronald Ish, and Alistair Testo — announced their brand new album I WENT TO HELL AND BACK. It will arrive on February 4 via Fearless Records. Pre-order it here. The band has dropped the new song “In Threes,” featuring Set It Off’s Cody Carson and Jordy Purp. “I Went To Hell And Back” is As It Is’ fourth studio album. The band burst into the scene and dropped Never Happy, Ever After in 2015 and followed with 2017’s okay. In 2018, they returned with the critically lauded studio album The Great Depression. The band boldly and ambitiously reimagined the entire album and released the songs as a series of four EPs in 2019. Having perfected their blend of pop, punk, and rock over time, As It Is have truly found their groove with “I Went To Hell And Back”. “‘IN THREES’ was inspired by spending too much time all alone in your head,” says Walters to AP. “You start to build an alternate reality, where what’s [Read More]

Kat Von D announces European tour dates for 2022

December 10, 2021

Gifted multi-hyphenate Kat Von D will bring her ‘Love Made Me Do It’ Tour to Europe next Spring with tickets now on general sale on http://Katvond.com. The multi-city tour is set to start in North America earlier in the year, with the dates covering three months and two continents, joining Kat on tour will be her full band; Gregg Foreman AKA Mr. Pharmacist (synth 1/Cat Power, The Gossip), Sammi Doll (synth 2/IAMX) and Brynn Route (contortionist), while opening the shows will be electronic rock outfit Prayers. The upcoming tour will feature the opportunity to meet and hang out with Kat Von D and her band through Meet & Greet and VIP upgrade packages. Translating the essence of Kat’s music and the album’s underlying themes of love, loss, and loneliness for the live stage will be renowned visual artist Linda Strawberry, known for her work as Smashing Pumpkins’ Creative Director – who also directed the music video for Kat’s second single ‘I Am Nothing’. The on-stage production, designed to be visually dramatic and musically thrilling sees [Read More]

The Rumjacks release “Bloodsoaked In Chorus”

December 10, 2021

Worldwide Celtic Punk heroes The Rumjacks have released “Bloodsoaked in Chorus”, the riotous second single off their forthcoming “Brass For Gold” EP, due out on February 11th. In the true nature of a lovesick songwriter, “Bloodsoaked in Chorus” is a ska anthem that belts out in passion. Irish instruments replace the traditional horn section with the song perfectly blending two genres. The follow-up to their critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2021 fifth studio album “Hestia” (which introduced new singer/songwriter Mike Rivkees on lead vocals and rejuvenated the band’s collaborative spirit, and marked an explosive new era of energy and creative release), the upcoming “Brass For Gold” EP finds The Rumjacks capitalizing off their new sense of artistry. “After the amazing response we had from Hestia’s release, we knew we had to back it up, do it justice and show we aren’t messing around with any of this” says bassist Johnny McKelvey. The “Brass For Gold” EP is a clear representation of a band finding a new voice and making sure that voice is heard as [Read More]

Zero Trust share new animated video for “Clouds”

December 9, 2021

Experimental hardcore outfit Zero Trust shared their ambitious new video for recent single “Clouds”, out now on Rude Records/EVR. The band is a coalition of NJHC and NYHC talent, featuring vocalist BJ Allen (Full Scale Riot, Ghidrah, GMK) guitarists Zack Thorne (Bulldoze, Agents of Man, Skarhead) and Mike Milewski (Bulldoze, Homicidal), bassist and backing vocalist Travis Stever (Coheed and Cambria) and drummer Evan Rossiter (Full Scale Riot, Organyc). The group pushes the boundaries of hardcore, metalcore and jagged alternative rock, creating music that is intensely melodic while remaining undeniably aggressive. “Clouds” is a continuation of the bands history of emotive lyricism supported by lighting-in-a-bottle instrumentals. The song oscillates between alternative rock inspired vocals and crushingly heavy breaks that propel the song forward while creating a masterful sense of tension. The angular riffs weave in and out of the melody with caustic results – the song crescendos to an explosive peak that doesn’t sacrifice melodic beauty for heaviness (or vice versa). The official video blends animation with live shots of the band to create a compelling [Read More]