During a recent appearance on the Hardlore podcast, Hatebreed guitarist Frank Novinec offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the effort is “pretty much done.”
Novinec said the following:
“[It’s] coming out this year, yeah. Most, of it’s pretty much — I mean, it’s done.”
He also discussed the group’s latest single “Make The Demons Obey”:
“The nice thing about in this era — I was telling somebody the other day that’s not in the music business like we are — the nice thing about the way things are rolled out now, I think, is you can drop a single even if you have the whole record done, and be, like, ‘All right, now there’s all this time’, where you can really review what you’ve done and you could really change something that you didn’t like or even make another song and all that. It’s not, like, ‘Okay, there’s the record, there’s the two videos. Here’s what are supposed to be the singles. And that’s it.’ So it’s nice to be able to drop the single, which we had a great response for. We love the song. As far as the band’s concerned, we’re real happy with ‘Make The Demons Obey’. And we’ll probably leak another one here soon. And there’ll probably be proper videos coming after that.”
He continued when asked if he has a major role in the songwriting process:
“No. I think I have one riff on one song. It was always [former bassist] Chris [Beattie] and [vocalist] Jamey [Jasta] writing the music. That’s it. From day one, it’s Chris and Jamey. They’re the guys [who wrote all the music] from day one, for the most part.”
He also added the following when asked if Beattie’s departure changed the songwriting dynamic:
“[Guitarist] Wayne [Lozinak], I think, is… We all have our ideas about songs. Songs are presented, [and then we say], ‘Hey, I think we should change this,’ ‘Hey, I think this riff should go longer.’
I’m not a groove dude like that when it comes to writing. I’m not somebody that’s trying to show up and break something that’s not broken.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Vulvodynia have pulled out of their North American tour with Defeated Sanity and Organectomy. Inferi will now be taking their place. Excresence, Scasm, and Horrific Visions will also perform on select dates.
Tour Dates:
With Excrescence:
04/16 Anaheim, CA – Parish (HOB)
04/17 Fresno, CA – Fulton 55
04/18 Santa Rosa, CA – The California
04/19 Sacramento, CA – Starlet
04/21 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
04/22 Portland, OR – Dante’s
04/23 Boise, ID – Shredder
04/24 Salt Lake City, UT – Ace’s High Saloon
04/25 Denver, CO – HQ
04/27 Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade
With Scasm:
04/28 West Chicago, IL – Social Club
04/29 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle
04/30 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
05/01 Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
05/02 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
05/03 Baltimore, MD – Metro
05/04 Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones
05/05 Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross
05/06 Tampa, FL – Orpheum
05/07 Orlando, FL – Conduit
With Horrific Visions:
05/08 Pensacola, FL – Handlebar
05/09 Houston, TX – Pub 529
05/11 Dallas, TX – Three Links
05/12 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
05/13 Lubbock, TX – Jakes
05/15 Phoenix, AZ – Nile Underground
05/16 Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar
The Amity Affliction have shared an official video for the title track of their new album “House Of Cards.” That effort will be released on April 24.
Vocalist Joel Birch commented on the single, which focuses on the complicated relationship he and his siblings had with their late mother:
“Our mother died in 2024 and none of us had a healthy relationship with her. She was very self-involved, aggressive, abusive in our early years, and in her later years, spent a good amount of time trying to put a wedge between the three of us. Thankfully, once she passed, the three of us actually became closer as we realized we had individual, but shared trauma related to her.”
“House Of Cards” Track Listing:
01. “Vida Nueva“
02. “Kickboxer“
03. “House Of Cards“
04. “Heaven Sent“
05. “Bleed“
06. “Break These Chains“
07. “Beso De La Muerte“
08. “Swan Dive“
09. “Speaking In Tongues“
10. “Afterlife“
11. “Reap What You Sow“
12. “Eternal War“
Flatwounds have revealed that they will be releasing a new EP, titled “Chain Of Command,” on March 20. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
“Chain Of Command” Track Listing:
01. “Emulator“
02. “Separate“
03. “Face It“
04. “Inertia“
Vocalist Colin O’Hare commented:
“‘Chain Of Command‘ represents how we’ve evolved and matured as musicians. This is our sound. It’s a little weird, dissonant, melodic, and heavy when it needs to be. The title works because most of the songs are about apathy and a lack of action. There’s always a ‘chain of command’ in life, and it keeps you from doing what you want. It could be societal or in your head. You always have to answer to something, though.”
A video for the opening track, “Emulator,” can be found below. O’Hare added the following about that:
“I’ve transitioned from talking about inner subjects to the exterior world. ‘Emulator‘ is about not being who you actually are. You’re living life without any real meaning. There’s no substance. Instead, you’re the type of dude who works a job he doesn’t like, drives a car he doesn’t like, and complains about everything being awful. It’s because he’s not doing anything he loves.”
Bilmuri, aka Johnny Franck (ex-Attack Attack!), will be releasing a new album, titled “KINDA HARD,” on April 10. Pre-orders can be found HERE. The effort’s next single, “TWICE,” will debut on February 6.
“KINDA HARD” Track Listing:
01. “KINDA HARD“
02. “TWICE“
03. “WORST PART OF YOU“
04. “ROCK BOTTOM“
05. “MORE THAN HATE“
06. “HARD2TELL“
07. “WHERE TO FIND ME“
08. “ST4RF1SH SPR34DR“
09. “SHYT FYST“
10. “ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN“
11. “BACK, THEN“
12. “HONEST“
13. “WAVES“
Waking The Cadaver, Stillbirth, and 9 Dead will be hitting the road on this year’s “Slam Domination” tour in Europe. That trek will take place this spring.
Tour Dates:
05/15 Alkmaar, NET – Hemelvaartse Herrie
05/16 Antwerp, BEL – Antwerp Metal Fest
05/17 Basel, SWI – Kaschemme
05/18 Lyon, FRA – Rock N Eat
05/19 Paderno Dugnano, ITA – Slaughter Club
05/20 Ljubljana, SLO – Menza Pri Koritu
05/21 Budapest, HUN – TBA
05/22 Belgrade, SRB – Krmaca Uzvraca Udarac Vol. 2
05/23 Kosice, SLO – Colosseum Club
05/24 Brno, CZE – Klub Melodca
05/25 Vienna, AUT – Viper Room
05/26 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, GER – Jugendkulturzentrum Areal
05/27 Oberhausen, GER – Helvete Metal Club
05/28 Hamburg, GER – Logo
05/29 Berlin, GER – Berlin Desecration Fest
Amira Elfeky has cancelled her shows in Australia and Japan. The dates were scrapped “due to health circumstances and challenges beyond [her] control.”
Elfeky commented:
“To my fans in Australia and Japan,
This is really hard to post, and I know how disappointing this is. Due to health circumstances and challenges beyond my control, I have to cancel my upcoming support and two headline dates in Australia. I never take a decision like this lightly, especially knowing how much time, excitement, and planning goes into showing up for a show.
Knowing that my first ever shows with you sold out makes this even harder to share. I’m incredibly grateful for the love and support you showed.
More than anything, I want to be able to give you the show you truly deserve that feels complete, powerful, and fully present. Right now, I wouldn’t be able to deliver in the way I want to, and I have to honor that for both you and myself.
I will be back, and I can’t wait to perform for you. Thank you for your patience, your love, and for believing in me. I feel it always.
To all ticket holders for my headline sideshows, ticketing outlets will be automatically in touch in the coming days to arrange refunds”
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