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DEBUT ALBUM, IT IS GOING TO GET DARK, OUT JULY 10TH
VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS

Alabama’s meteoric, metallic hardcore crew NO CURE have released their devastating new single, “Slowly Turning Blue,” the latest offering from their highly anticipated debut full-length, It Is Going To Get Dark, due July 10th via SharpTone Records.

Combining crushing metal aggression with razor-sharp songwriting, “Slowly Turning Blue” showcases another side of NO CURE’s evolving sound. Built around massive riffs and the band’s trademark intensity, the track balances raw emotion with the kind of mosh-inducing energy that has made their live performances increasingly notorious across the underground.

Regarding the song, vocalist Blaythe Steuer comments:

“‘Slowly Turning Blue’ is a song I needed to write before No Cure was even an idea. Unfortunately, it’s pretty emotionally challenging for me, so instead I will talk about how much I love the static pinch riff, the harmonized guitars in the bridge, and the Sepultura drums section. I can’t wait to play this one live starting next month across the US because to be honest you are dancing.“

Stream “Slowly Turning Blue“: https://bfan.link/slowly-turning-blue
Pre-order It Is Going To Get Dark: https://bfan.link/it-is-going-to-get-dark

“SLOWLY TURNING BLUE” MUSIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AgK553jJnE

Produced, engineered, and mixed by longtime collaborator Kevin Langley, It Is Going To Get Dark finds NO CURE expanding beyond the boundaries of their previous releases while retaining the ferocity, precision, and confrontational spirit that have fueled their rapid ascent. Written and recorded in Alabama between extensive touring cycles, the album channels personal turmoil, social unease, and unfiltered aggression into the band’s most ambitious statement to date.

With It Is Going To Get Dark set for release on July 10th via SharpTone Records, NO CURE continue proving why they have become one of the most talked-about names in contemporary hardcore and extreme music.

Watch the video for the band’s previous single, “Convulsing In The Dark“: https://youtu.be/JyJz5GsjQEc 

It Is Going To Get Dark Track-list:

1. When The Spasms Cease
2. Oblivion Crusade
3. Brain Matter Displacement (Ft. Jayway)
4. Slowly Turning Blue
5. Ironclad (Ft. Tyler Short)
6. Starved In Sanctuary (My Hands Are In Your Chest Cavity)
7. My World In Flames
8. Convulsing In The Dark
9. Sharpen The Blade (Ft. Skyler Condor)
10. Purity Spiral (Ft. Vincent Bennett)
11. I Am Still Fucking Straight Edge
12. Everything I Love Is Dead or Dying

Fans can witness the mayhem live this summer as NO CURE embarks on their headline tour, featuring support from BIG ASS TRUCK I.E., BAYWAY, and BOLTCUTTER.

NO CURE Tour Dates – W / BIG ASS TRUCK I.E., BAYWAY & BOLTCUTTER:

July 9 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
July 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
July 11 – Albany, NY – Empire Underground
July 12 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
July 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Ukie Club
July 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
July 15 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
July 16 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck
July 17 – Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
July 18 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
July 21 – Denver, CO – HQ
July 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
July 24 – Palmdale, CA – Transplants
July 25 – Oxnard, CA – Mystery Shop (★)
July 28 – Dallas, TX – RBC
July 29 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes Underground
July 31 – Orlando, FL – The Abbey
Aug 1 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Aug 2 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
Aug 3 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
Aug 9 – Houston, TX – The End
Aug 11 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street (★)
Aug 13 – Las Vegas, NV – American Legion Post 8
Aug 14 – San Diego, CA – Corazon Del Barrio
Aug 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Sound And Fury (☆)

★ = No BIG ASS TRUCK I.E.
☆ = NO CURE Only

Follow NO CURE: 
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

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Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

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Documentary filmmaker Wes Orshoski has opened up about how Iron Maiden ultimately came through for his film Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer — despite initially declining to participate when he first approached the band’s camp in 2017. Orshoski, co-director and producer of the acclaimed 2010 Motörhead documentary Lemmy, was speaking on the latest episode of The David Ellefson Show, hosted by former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson.

Orshoski recounted how he captured the first face-to-face meeting between Di’Anno and Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris in nearly three decades at a May 2022 Maiden concert in Croatia. He said (transcribed by Blabbermouth): “The day after I signed the contract to make this film in 2017, I called [Iron Maiden’s longtime manager] Rod Smallwood. He said, ‘I love the Lemmy film and I love what you do, but we’re not gonna be involved in this.’ And so five years later, I snuck my camera in with Paul. I guess if you wanna get into a concert in Croatia, go in with the rock and roll legend in the wheelchair. I didn’t wanna take my camera out, so when Steve came into the room, I just filmed it on my phone — and a couple other people were filming it on their phones. Whether Maiden would sign off on it was a big stressful situation for years. And Maiden, in the end, were super cool and allowed me to [use the footage in the film].”

Orshoski said only Harris came to meet Di’Anno that night: “Yeah, that broke my heart. I was, like, ‘Oh, man, how cool would it be if Dave [Murray] walked in, or Adrian [Smith], or even Bruce [Dickinson]?’ But, no, Steve was the only guy. In that moment, if you guys re-watch it, it’s all about that initial moment when they see each other and they smile. Because they haven’t hung out in 40 years, so they don’t really know each other anymore, but in that moment, there’s tenderness. And then they kind of default to that shy British thing.”

Orshoski also reflected on what Di’Anno’s financial trajectory might have been had he not sold his Iron Maiden songwriting rights for a modest sum years ago. “I’ve often wondered if Paul had never sold those rights, what his situation would’ve been like,” he said. “Instead of living in a small three-room apartment in Salisbury, would he have a house and money to afford private health care?” He suggested, however, that given Di’Anno’s personality, the money likely would have been spent regardless: “The big problem with Paul — somebody says it in the film — is whereas when Ronnie James Dio went solo or when Ozzy [Osbourne] went solo, they had infrastructure. They had good management. They had a great band. And Paul didn’t really have any of those things. He made an AOR album out of Maiden.”

Maiden’s cooperation extended to the most poignant moment in the film. Di’Anno died on Oct. 21, 2024, at his home in Salisbury at the age of 66. The following evening, Iron Maiden — who happened to be playing the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Oct. 22 — held an unannounced moment of silence in his honor. Orshoski said: “The next morning I got a call from Dave Shack in Iron Maiden’s office, and he’s, like, ‘We wanna give you this footage.’ It’s just another example of them being super cool. They allowed me to license the music and video elements, and then they called and gave me this, which I augmented with fan footage so that you could feel what it felt like to be in the rafters in that arena.”

Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer features appearances by James Hetfield (Metallica), Gene Simmons (KISS), Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris and members of Exodus, Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill and Sepultura. Metal Hammer describes the film as “a harrowing insight into Di’Anno’s frustration and frailty at a desperately low ebb with an abrasively real, warts-and-all approach.” Metal Talk calls it “a raw, dark and intimate documentary detailing the tragic final years of Iron Maiden’s original singer.” Orshoski began shooting in 2017; his other directing credits include The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead.

One of the icons of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Paul Di’Anno — born Paul Andrews on May 17, 1958, in Chingford, East London — fronted Iron Maiden on two of heavy metal’s most foundational albums: the 1980 self-titled debut and the celebrated 1981 follow-up, Killers. He left the band in 1981 and was replaced by Bruce Dickinson. His subsequent career included work with Battlezone and Killers, as well as numerous solo releases. His final career retrospective, The Book of the Beast, was released in September 2024.

Di’Anno spent the final chapter of his life wheelchair-bound but defiant, ultimately relocating to Zagreb, Croatia, where crowdfunding organized by Kastro Pergjoni — who runs the Cart & Horses pub in London, birthplace of Iron Maiden — and Croatian fan Stjepan Juras helped him access affordable medical care and turn his health around. He performed more than 100 shows after 2023. He died of a tear in the sac around the heart, which caused blood to fill around it from the main aorta; the death was instantaneous. He was laid to rest on Nov. 21, 2024, at the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium in Manor Park, East London.

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