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]]>Here we have another part of Promoting Bands for you. Hope you enjoy the bands in here!
If you want to check the earlier parts of Promoting Bands, you can do so at the following links:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
Part 19
Part 20
Part 21
Part 22
Part 23
Part 24
Part 25
Part 26
Part 27
Part 28
Part 29
Part 30
Do you want your band to be part of an upcoming part of Promoting Bands? Don’t hesitate to send us an email, Facebook or Twitter message!
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Tim van Velthuysen
Fister
A bit longer than a year ago I already mentioned them in our 16th part of Promoting Bands: the sludgers from Fister. At that moment their fourth full-length, No Spirit Within, was a few months old. Soon bass player/vocalist Kenny Snarzyk, drummer Kirk Gatterer and guitarist/vocalist Marcus Newstead will release No Spirit Within‘s successor, on September the 27th to be more precise. This successor is titled Decade of Depression and will be released, just as No Spirit Within, via Listenable Records. However, Decade of Depression doesn’t contain any new songs. With Decade of Depression Fister delivers seven covers in Fister-style and a re-recorded version of their own song The Failure. So, they may be covers but Fister executes them in their own, very nice way, giving songs such as Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls and Danzig’s How The Gods Kill an extra raw and sludgy edge. You can see an album trailer for Decade of Depression below.
Fister Facebook
Fister Instagram
Fister Twitter
Petbrick
It may not directly be metal, but it surely is related to it and very nice. Petbrick, consisting of Iggor Cavalera and Wayne Adams, released their self-titled debut EP in May last year. Petbrick surely is recommended to everyone who likes the heavier sorts of electronical music such as industrial, but metalheads who can appreciate a bit of musical experimentation should also definitely check this out. In October Petbrick will be releasing a successor to this self-titled debut EP. This successor, a full-length, is titled I. I‘s opening song Horse is already available for a while, it kicks very heavily. On I Horse is followed by Radiation Facial, a song that also contains guest vocals by Full of Hell’s Dylan Walker. They recently released Radiation Facial, including a video.
The Hu
Maybe you already know The Hu from their viral videos for Yuve Yuve Yu and Wolf Totem. In July I interviewed The Hu’s Gala (throat singing/morin khuur), Jaya (jaw harp/tsuur/flute/throat singing) and Enkush (morin khuur/throat singing) before their show in The Melkweg, Amsterdam. You can read that interview here and our live review of that show here. At that moment The Hu already announced that they were going to release their debut full-length, titled The Gereg, on September the 13th. In my live review I mentioned one of their new songs coming from The Gereg, The Great Chinggis Khaan, giving me goosebumps. Recently The Hu released this song, together with a video. Whether you already know The Hu or not, you have to check this out. It’s a very nice song and it is very promising for The Gereg.
The Hu Official Website
The Hu Facebook
The Hu Instagram
The Hu Twitter
Māra
Recently I received the debut album of the Latvian metal band Māra. This debut is titled Therapy For An Empath and is already almost a year old. They released it in November last year. However, I hadn’t heard about Māra before. After the short up building intro of Therapy For An Empath‘s opener Label Me Insane Māra convinced me pretty fast. What power! Therapy For An Empath grooves very nicely, while it also contains quite some melody. This album is a very strong, heavily pounding debut on which vocalist Māra Lisenko, guitarist Denis Melnik, bass player Dmitry Lisenko and drummer Alberts Mednis show what they are capable of in a very awesome way. Māra really suprises me with this debut and they made me very curious about the full-length album they are currently working on. That full-length album is expected early 2020.
Vestigial
Vestigial, consisting of Tyler and Michael Stellema, both taking care of vocals and guitars, bass player Joey Barnett and drummer Mike Miller, released their debut full-length, titled Fallen Skies, in June last year. Fallen Skies surely is an album that’s worth checking out, for those who like pounding grooves as well as for those who like melody. However, since Vestigial released Fallen Skies they didn’t sit on their hands. In November Vestigial are going to release Fallen Skies‘ successor. This successor, again a full-length, is titled Crown of Serpents. Recently Vestigial released the first single coming from Crown of Serpents, Dethroned, which sounds very promising for Crown of Serpents!
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Vestigial Twitter
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]]>It’s already been a while since the last part of Promoting Bands (part 15).
This is partly due to the fact that we’ve been working on a new website which will be viewable soon.
Besides of course some nice bands that are really worth checking out, this sixteenth part of Promoting Bands is also the official announcement of our new website.
In case you want to read our earlier Promoting Bands parts (again), here they are:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
And remember: don’t hesitate to send us an email, Facebook or Twitter message if you want to be featured in the next part of Promoting Bands!
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Tim van Velthuysen
New website
As mentioned above this part of Promoting Bands contains, besides the usual content, also the official announcement of DutchMetalManiac’s new website.
On July 27th, DutchMetalManiac hits its 4 year mark!
Due to the fact that the new website is ready and this date is near, our new website will be viewable for everyone on July the 27th as a celebration of this 4 year mark!
The new URL www.dutchmetalmaniac.com already works for a while, but now it will still redirect you to our blogspot. This won’t happen anymore as of July the 27th, from that moment on you will stay on www.dutchmetalmaniac.com. So, if you normally use our direct blogspot URL (timvv9.blogspot.com) to go to DutchMetalManiac, remember to change this before July the 27th.
We hope to welcome you on the new DutchMetalManiac-website on July the 27th, so be sure to note this on your calendar! \m/
Of course, we also have five nice bands in Promoting Bands Part 16:
Fister
Fister, consisting of Kenny Snarzyk (bass/vocals), Kirk Gatterer (drums) and Marcus Newstead (guitars/vocals) brings a mix of inert doom and intense sludge. When you want extreme speed, this probably isn’t a band for you. When you dig heavy, inert guitars, deep, intense drums and crushing vocals that go through marrow and bone, you can’t pass on Fister! Coming from St. Louis, USA this heavyweight band already released 7 splits, 2 EP’s and 3 full-lenghts. Until a short while ago, because on April the 27th (EU)/May 18th (USA) these guys released a fourth full-length. This fourth album is called No Spirit Within and is released via Listenable Records. It is heavy as fuck! Almost 49 minutes of heavy doom/sludge booming out of your speakers and leaving you crushed. Many people probably need some rest after listening this album. Can you handle it? You can try below.
Mos Generator
The next band also sounds a bit doomy, but in a totally different way than Fister. Mos Generator is more like Black Sabbath’s doomy hardrock sound. Some influences from ’70/’80/’90 rock and progressive rock are also to be heard. Mos Generator already released 6 full-lengths, a compilation, a live album and some splits. Now, founding member Tony Reed (guitar/vocals/keyboards) and his new rhythm section (since 2015), Sean Booth (bass) and Jon Garrett (drums) are back with Mos Generator’s seventh full-length. This seventh album is titled Shadowlands and is out since May via Listenable Records. Recommended for sure, so start listening below. You can also read our review of Mos Generator’s Abyssinia here.
VELD
The third band of this Promoting Bands hails from Belarus and consists of Kirill “KILLRY” Bobrik (guitars/vocals), Zlatoyar Siversky (bass) and Mike Ponomarev (drums), together they are VELD. Since their formation in 2001, VELD released 3 full-lengths and a DVD. The last of those full-lengths is 2015’s DAEMONIC: The Art Of Dantalian. Now, these Belarus’ blackened death metallers have added a fourth full-length to this list. This fourth album, titled S.I.N. is released on June 15 (EU, USA: July 6th) via Listenable Records. However, VELD’s line-up on S.I.N. is different compared to their earlier mentioned, current line-up. The only stable member is guitarist/vocalist Kirill “KILLRY” Bobrik, but as he is VELD’s mastermind and founding member, this is logical. On S.I.N. Tomasz Wawrzak takes care of bass duties, while Romain Goulon handles the drums. The latter one you may know from Benighted and/or Necrophagist. Besides them there is also a guest on S.I.N.: Karl Sanders, known from Nile. This new VELD album is definitely great! You can listen to it below!
Novaria
The next band is still pretty new. Novaria, consisting of Kelly Thans (vocals), Moniek Roeloffs (guitars), Cas de Riemer (guitars), Jasper Velberg (bass/vocals) and Rob Dekker (drums) just formed last year and released their first EP, which can be listened to here, in December. Hailing from Amersfoort, The Netherlands, these atmospheric metallers deliver a very promising sound on their first EP. Very well played, heavy, dark and atmospheric combined with the strong vocals of both Kelly and Jasper, this for sure is a band to keep track of. This EP is, especially for a debut, fantastic and is very promising for future Novaria-material. Below you can watch their recently released video for Blindsight, a song coming of their EP.
Mouflon
The last band of this part of Promoting Bands comes from Arnhem, The Netherlands. RJ (vocals), Richard, Peter (both guitars), Tijl (bass) and Rutger (drums) together are death metal band Mouflon. RJ is the newest member of this quintet, he is Mouflon’s frontman since last year. Mouflon’s music is heavy, inert and destroying. This bulldozes everything and everyone. This year, their debut full-length, titled Devastations, will come out. This will be accompanied with an album release show in De Brigant, a venue in Mouflon’s hometown Arnhem. Below you can listen to Remembered By Skin, coming of Devastations. Do you like it and do you think you can handle getting bulldozed by Mouflon? Yes, then De Brigant in Arnhem is the place to be on November 30th!
Mouflon Facebook
Album release show Facebook Event
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