Jack Latham, the UK producer known as Jam City, recently assisted on Logic1000’s single “Jersey,” and he’ll release his own new album My World later this month. We’ve already posted the title track, which featurees Aidan, Bawo and Ox Eye. Yesterday, Jam City followed that track with “2am,” a new collaboration with the London singer-songwriter Gianna.
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The latest from “ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED: CIRCULARITY”.
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Helsinki, Finland-based metal group Beast in Black — led by former Battle Beast guitarist Anton Kabanen — has announced a new album, Fear The Beast, and shared the music video for the title track, which serves as the band’s new single. The song was written and produced by Kabanen, with artwork by Roman Ismailov and the video directed by award-winning director Katri Ilona Koppanen.
Kabanen explains the inspiration behind the track: “The song is about Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien. But the main reason to write about it was my fascination with the biomechanical nightmare art of Hans Ruedi Giger.
“Ever since I was a teenager I’ve seen recurring nightmares about a xenomorph hunting me in dystopian themed environments, yet never quite catching me (thank goodness!). Beside the creature’s downright perverted and extreme appearance I find it sensual, elegant, intense, fierce, horrifying, exotic and mysterious — almost as if it’s a beauty and a beast merged into one. And in a funny way it turned out that it’s I who captured my assailant, the xenomorph, inside a song after all these years!
“Though the song is solely based on the first film, James Cameron’s sequel Aliens is equally important to me in terms of an emotional impact. We tried to blend some of the feel from both films into our music video, with Cameron’s influence weighing more on the visual side of industrial elements.
“We’re absolutely thrilled about this beautiful cinematic video which wouldn’t have been possible without Katri Ilona Koppanen and Emil Pohjalainen of Nestruction Studios, who pushed their abilities to the extreme and beyond. We, the band, salute you!”
Fear The Beast is the band’s long-awaited fourth studio album, following 2021’s Dark Connection. Kabanen sat out Beast in Black’s recent North American tour as support for Helloween in order to focus on completing work on the record. With new lead guitarist Markus Venehsalo recently joining the band, “Fear The Beast” showcases Beast in Black’s trademark dance beat-driven heavy metal — instantly memorable riffs and melodies, raw vocal power and fiery solos.
Beast in Black is known for its dynamic blend of power metal, 1980s pop and electronic music. Its critically acclaimed albums Berserker (2017), From Hell With Love (2019) and Dark Connection (2021) have solidified the band’s global presence through notable tours and festival appearances. Beast in Black is: Yannis Papadopoulos (lead vocals), Mate Molnar (bass), Atte Palokangas (drums), Markus Venehsalo (guitars) and Anton Kabanen (guitars, vocals, virtual instruments programming).
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Ahead of Louder Than Life kicking off next week, the festival have revealed that they have joined forces with Spotify for some special collaborative treats.
The pair have created some ways for you to get ready for the big four-day bonanza before you even step on site, with a curated playlist you can check out here. There is also a Louder Than Life experience that takes place with the Spotify app and can be accessed right here, where performance footage will be shared, allowing you to enjoy the festival vibes whenever you want.
Additionally, there will also be a dedicated Louder Than Life x Spotify merch tent on site throughout the weekend, where exclusive merch will be on sale.
Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of Danny Wimmer Presents, had this to say about the collaboration:
“Louder Than Life has always been about more than four days of music, it’s about the community that surrounds this festival and the connection our fans have with these artists year-round. Partnering with Spotify gives us an opportunity to extend that experience well beyond the festival grounds, creating new ways for fans to discover the lineup before they arrive in Louisville and relive some of those incredible moments long after the weekend is over. Spotify is already where so much music discovery and fandom happens, which makes this a really natural partnership for Louder Than Life.”
Whilst Chissy Nkemere Cherian, Artist Partnerships at Spotify, had this to add:
“Rock and metal fans are some of the most passionate in the world, and Spotify is always looking for new ways to celebrate and deepen their connection to the music they love,” says.The partnership with Louder Than Life brings that to life, showing up for the community in a real way and amplifying the listeners and moments that make this scene unlike anything else in music.”
Set to take place between September 17-20 in Louisville, Kentucky, Louder Than Life brings together the biggest and best in rock, metal, hardcore, metalcore, pop-punk and everything in between for one giant celebration of this special scene.
Headliner-wise, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit and Tool are right up top, with A Day To Remember, Megadeth, Sublime, Danny Elfman, The Prodigy, Bilmuri, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria, Alice Cooper and more supporting them.
Then further down you have Pierce The Veil, Papa Roach, Gojira, Killswitch Engage, The Pretty Reckless, PRESIDENT, Sleep Theory, Halestorm, Underøath, Black Veil Brides, The Used, Ice Nine Kills, BABYMETAL, The Home Team, and SO. MANY. MORE.
There’s also Sleeping With Sirens celebrating 15 years of ‘Let’s Cheers To This’, Jimmy Eat World celebrating 25 years of ‘Bleed American’, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus celebrating 20 years of ‘Don’t You Fake It’, and reunion sets from Get Scared and Circa Survive.
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Back in 2016, Jenny Lewis formed the indie supergroup Nice As Fuck with Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Forster and the Like’s Tennessee Thomas, and they played their first show at a Bernie Sanders benefit. The surprise-released their self-titled debut a few months later. They toured. They played Colbert. And then they were gone. Now, they’re back.
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Slayer’s “God Hates Us All” turns 25 tomorrow, September 11th.
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Kings Of Leon’s catalog is about to hit the double digits. In November, the longstanding Southern rock family band will release O My Beloved, their 10th album. Lead single “My Whole World” is loose and easygoing, with Caleb Followill declaring, “I’m grateful today for my whole world/ That sweet peace of mind.” I mean it as a compliment when I say it has a stretching and yawning vibe, a real warmth and intimacy that this band wears well. It makes me feel like these guys took some influence from their recent collabs with Zach Bryan.
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