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  • BLOODBOUND Releases Video For “The Nine Crusades” Featuring BRITTNEY SLAYES Of UNLEASH THE ARCHERS

    Having ridden into their latest battle with their eleventh epic full-length Field Of Swords, Swedish power metal warriors Bloodbound have released another video single from the album. “The Nine Crusades” is another historically-themed anthem, retelling the titular events in typical Bloodbound style: A sweeping blend of melodic and heavy power metal. Joining their conquest is powerhouse vocalist Brittney Slayes of Canadian band Unleash The Archers, on a duet with Patrik J. Selleby in a glorious mid-tempo anthem. Not only is “The Nine Crusades” the perfect album closer, but also a powerful herald of what’s to come.

    Bloodbound are currently getting ready to share their new songs live. Starting March 12 in Hamburg, they will be on tour supporting labelmates Angus MCSIX, with additional support from Brainstorm. Their run will take them to eleven cities, ending in Eindhoven on March 22. Following, Bloodbound will play European festivals, including mountainous Full Metal Mayrhofen, organized by Wacken Open Air, and Alcatraz Festival in Belgium.

    Fredrik Bergh comments about “The Nine Crusades”: “The major part of this song was actually written by myself and Tomas back in 2018, and it was written especially for the band Sabaton! Joakim Brodén from Sabaton liked the rough demo and wanted to work further on this song together with us, but the collaboration never materialized. I have always felt it was a very strong track, so we decided to record the song ourselves for the new album instead. I am super proud of this song. I feel it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever been involved in writing! The song features the great Brittney Slayes from Unleash The Archers, who sings the song as a duet together with Patrik.”

    Tomas Olsson commented about “The Nine Crusades”: “This song is a summation of the Crusader era, 1096–1291. During this period nine crusades took place. It is estimated that over 2 million people died.”

    Brittney Slayes says about “The Nine Crusades”: “It is such an honor to be featured on this Bloodbound track; I have been a fan of the band for well over a decade so when they approached me about doing some guest vocals of course the answer was a resounding yes! This song is quite different from what we do in Unleash The Archers, and is not at all like my own writing style, so I was excited to be able sing something new and to put my own spin on it. The whole collaboration had been a blast, and I’m glad I was able to make it into the music video as well; it was very nice of them to include me. Hopefully the fans enjoy this song and feel I added something worthwhile to this already amazing band!”

    Bloodbound‘s first release with Napalm Records adds another 11 captivating battle hymns to their repertoire. A diverse record with aggressive songs and epic tracks alike, their eleventh album also contains some of the band’s fastest material ever written.

    The opening title track, “Field Of Swords”, immediately storms into Bloodbound‘s signature sound, braiding stories of glory with a sweeping blend of melodic and heavy power metal. The dominant “As Empires Fall” follows the crusaders east and powerfully depicts said glory in epic battle in contrast with sacrifices made on the way. “Defenders Of Jerusalem” cleverly expands on the topic of loss, leaving listeners to wonder which side is holding their heads up high in the face of imminent defeat. Catchy flutes have the heroes take heart in “The Code Of Warriors” to guide them into the “Land Of The Brave” and “Field Of Swords” to new heights at the same time. “Light In The Sky” further illustrates Bloodbound‘s battle scars turned electrifying sound, while the mature “Teutonic Knights” opens up the bleak reality of the tragedy that undoubtedly accompanies this battle-torn era of history. Yet, “Forged In Iron”, “Pain and Glory”, and “Born to be King” hold their ground as equally unforgettable tunes, all leading up to the brilliant finale with Brittney Slayes of Canadian band Unleash The Archers joins “The Nine Crusades” as another valuable fighter to lead Field Of Swords to greatness.

    Field Of Swords is available here in the following formats:

    • Deluxe Box 350g Cardboard Box, incl. 1CD Digipak, Flag, Patch, Live Album in Slipcase, Autographed Card – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive (strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide)
    • 1LP Vinyl Gatefold Marbled Oxblood Red, incl. 12-page booklet – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive (strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide)
    • 1LP Vinyl Gatefold Black
    • 1CD Digipak
    • Digital Album

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  • Decrepit Birth, The Convalescence, Casket Robbery, Etc. Set For Inaugural ‘Vegas Un Alive Fest’

    The final roster is out.

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  • Sprints – “Trickle Down”

    Look, don’t be alarmed. The combination of the words “Sprints” and “Trickle Down” might immediately conjure some kind of bathroom-emergency situation, perhaps a memory of doing the pee-pee dance in the driver’s seat while desperately attempting to find a parking space before something goes terribly wrong. Don’t worry. That’s not what’s happening here. It’s just…

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  • Nervosa – Drop New Single & Music Video

    One month prior the release of their sixth full-length instalment Slave Machine, Brazil thrashers Nervosa present a music video for the latest new single “Ghost Notes”.
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  • Blast Worship: Cavity Injector

    Where they from?
    Monroe, NJ. The World Baseball Classic starts this week. A lot of baseball purists are against it because of the injury-risk to players (Edwin Diaz tore his ACL celebrating a couple of years ago #LOLMETS) but I am fond of it because if nothing else it gives us a chance to beat Canada again, which was so exciting when it happened in the Olympics that I walked around with an erection all day.

    Why the hype?
    Mike Mayo is grindcore royalty. The guitarist has spent time in Waking the Cadaver, Compulsed and most notable Ground, the undisputed kings of beatdown grindcore. Well the Mayo man hath returned with a one-man project focused on PATHOLOGICAL GOREGRIND. Think early Carcass and Dead Infection paired Mayo’s penchant for intimidatingly mean guitar riffing. He even did the toilet vocals himself! Bravo!

    Latest release?
    Demo 2026, self-released. Cavity Injector avoids all the trappings that usually turn me off from Goregrind, mainly the overly long samples and intros. Instead we get five hard minutes of biting riffs and razor-tight computerized drums. Everything this man touches is gold, he is the King Midas of grindcore.

    The post Blast Worship: Cavity Injector appeared first on Decibel Magazine.

  • “We saw the end coming.” How the 90s’ last big rock band reinvented after their frontman went off the rails – courtesy of one of the best singers in the game

    Velvet Revolver’s loss was Alter Bridge’s gain when Myles Kenendy helped his bandmates shake off the bad taste of Creed

  • Villagerrr Announce New Album Carousel: Hear “Locket”

    Over the years, Columbus singer-songwriter Mark Allen Scott has expanded his solo project Villagerrr into something like a real-deal band, and they’ve recently become affiliated with one of the most reliably great record labels in indie music, Winspear. The label reissued Villagerrr’s 2024 album Tear Your Heart Out last year, and they’ll release the next…

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  • PURE WRATH – album details & first song

    PURE WRATH were formed 2014 in West Java, Indonesia as the anguished, atmospheric and affecting Black Metal project of multi-instrumentalist Januaryo Hardy. Year-on-year the raw, visceral and tangible have seeped further into the band’s music, culminating in fourth full-length “Bleak Days Ahead“, recorded together in Bekasi with drummer Yurii Ciel (ex-WHITE WARD) for the first time. The result is […]

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  • Album Review: Prong – Live and Uncleansed

    Album Review: Prong – Live and Uncleansed

    Reviewed by Dan Barnes

    Formed back in 1986, when guitarist/ vocalist – and sole remaining member – Tommy Victor was a sound engineer at New York’s GBGBs, recruiting club doorman, Mike Kirkland to play bass, and ex-Swans drummer, Ted Parsons and issuing their Primitive Origins EP and Force Fed full-length debut before the Eighties ended.

    Even back then, Prong was always at the forefront of experimentation which would later explode into ‘The Next Big Thing’. Starting as a crossover thrash outfit, before introducing groove on to their 1990 record, Beg to Differ, way before Groove Metal broke into the mainstream.

    Alternative and industrial aspects had been introduced by the time the fourth record, Cleansing was released in 1994, as Prong found themselves touring with Sepultura and Pantera, two of the era’s most powerful metal acts. Reportedly eschewing the early thrash influences for this one, Tommy cites The Sisters of Mercy as being an inspiration.

    The follow-up record, Rude Awakening would repeat the sound, before the band took a hiatus in 1996, with Tommy joining Glenn Danzig’s band – and later Ministry – before Prong’s return.

    Albums released since the reconstitution have found Prong reconciling themselves with their trash roots and have successfully blended all influences on the likes of Carved into Stone, Ruining Lives and, most recently, 2023’s State of Emergency.

    In the summer of 2025, Prong – Tommy, with bassist Christopher Dean and drummer Tyler Joseph – headed out across Europe, well-rehearsed, and with recording equipment at the ready, to celebrate thirty-one[!] years of the Cleansing album; the result is this hour-long treat, Live & Uncleansed, in which Prong can be heard at the top of their collective game, blasting through album highlights and tracks from various other parts of their history.

    There’s no atmosphere-building intro here, only feedback and Tommy announcing he likes his revenge best served cold; his guitar is fat, the drums booming and the riff beguiling for the earworm that is Revenge… Best Served Cold from the Carved into Stone record. We get all manner of additional guitar accoutrements and flourishes, without once disrupting the dynamism. Found on the Airheads’ soundtrack, Inheritance is heavier and darker, showing another side to the band. The Descent is the newest and most urgent of tunes, finding Tommy putting both his vocal cords and guitar strings through their paces.

    Album Review: Prong - Live and Uncleansed

    We’re three tracks in before Cleansing gets any attention. One Outnumbered opens with a soundbite stating how fractured American society has become – odd how somethings don’t change – before becoming lush and hypnotic; No Question follows and both are imbued with Nineties Alternative vibes. The same could be said of Not of this Earth and Home Rule, which each have sounds that remind me of The Smashing Pumpkins and Helmet respectively. Sublime is pure bouncing groove and, listening to these five tracks back-to-back it’s easy to forget just how progressive and forward-thinking Prong really was.

    The heaviness returns with 2016 album, X: No Absolutes’ opener, Ultimate Authority, which goes a long way to capture the sheer energy of a live Prong show. Cleansing’s lead single, the anthemic Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck has a massive bass intro as Tommy invites chaos through crunching riffs. The first verse is to ease the audience in, but there’s no compassion shown as the chorus hits heavily. Considering Prong is a three-piece, the sound is immense on this one.

    Still wanting more, the set ends with Zero Days’ However It May End, which harkens back to the band’s early crossover direction. Raw and pummelling, even on record, by this point it’s clear Prong have battered their crowd into submission.

    But mercy is for the weak – or so I learnt from Cobra Kai – and Prong haven’t finished with their audience quite yet. The equally Helmet-like deep cut, Out of this Misery, feels as though it needs more attention; Broken Peace B-side, Corpus Delecti lets us know we’ve missed out on a gem of a tune; and no Prong show is complete without Whose Fist Is This Anyway? Imagine Sabbath not doing Paranoid – I know, unthinkable!

    Recorded across a hectic week last summer, at venues and festivals in Germany and the low countries, Live & Uncleansed serves as a reminder that Prong is, and always has been, a devastating live band. Their musical output has been ahead of the curve much of the time, often to their disadvantage, with other artist taking influence from them and being lauded as scene-leaders.

    Such is life, I suppose, but if you’ve not listened to Prong in a while or, heaven forbid, at all, Live & Uncleansed is a fine way to introduce or reintroduce yourself to one of the most inventive bands of the genre.

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  • Zao Appear To Have Been In The Studio Recently

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