Brooklyn Based Makes My Blood Dance Unleash “Heavy Metal Armour”

Brooklyn-based Makes My Blood Dance is the perfect kinetic storm—a kind of sonic concoction only made possible with the exact right ingredients shaken, stirred and darkly decorated. Makes My Blood Dance’s adrenaline, vibrant personas, and powerful melodies undoubtedly compel listeners to do one thing; get moving. One could argue that they merely pull aspects from lively genres like disco, glam, electropop, and metal, but it's evident that this fusion-oriented group crafts a sound so alive it demands to dance on a massive scale.

MMBD evolves and improves with each pulse-spiking release. This band lives in the road or in the studio and has been honing their craft with style and sweat. Now that founders EV0 and lead guitar/programmer Jon Kristian are joined by two recent additions: Lucy on the Bass, G-Rex on the beats- this fearless quartet of road warriors is as focused and fiery as ever. Working towards the release of their debut full-length album produced in collaboration with Mikal Blue (One Republic) and Bret "Epic" Mazur (Crazytown), the “leveled-up” songcraft of Makes My Blood Dance is ready to sweep listeners off their feet and transport them to their sexy, supercharged, blood-dancing-world.

“Heavy Metal Armour,” the first-released single for Makes My Blood Dance’s upcoming album, melancholically copes with the difficult barriers too often put up in relationships, but also calls lovers to “remember who they are,” and snap back into the romance, spice and everything alive! Its thick, growling guitar riffs are electrifying and relentless, yet, the song weaves through delightfully unexpected twists and turns as EV0’s raw vocals convey surrender to an electrifying love language. As the chorus hits, the sound mellows, like the song is pausing to catch its breath, just for the thundering drums and ripping guitar to come thrusting back in with carnal intensity. Whether one is a disco lover, metalhead, or an exotic dancer this wickedly enjoyable and exuberant track has something for all ears. Providing listeners with a satisfying “happy ending,” Makes My Blood Dance continues to surprise listeners with an expression of life that captures both the chaos and beauty of making a visceral human connection. “If I’m going to live the fantasy, we might as well have a happy ending” ~EV0

Like most videos from Makes My Blood Dance - risqué choreography marrying rave-metal is the main event. Heavy Metal Armour is basically Dancing with the Stars meets Softcore Porn. I suppose that’s why there is also a director’s cut floating around the internet. The “Heavy Metal Armour” music video is captivating from the moment the drums take hold to the moment the final shot fades to black. Makes My Blood Dance shows off their toe curling, face melting stage presence in costumes teeming with personal touches—like EV0’s hand-painted suit, Jon Kristian's studded jacket and Lucy’s glittering corset. It’s a testament to Makes My Blood Dance’s alluring, one-of-a-kind artistic edge that excites audiences and leaves an indelible impression with every performance. The band's fusion of music, fashion, and showmanship speaks for itself, solidifying their place as masters of enlivening audiences at every tour stop.

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Brooklyn Disco-Metal Group Makes My Blood Dance Drop Their Lyric Video for "Heaven Collides"

Brooklyn's sensational disco-metal group Makes My Blood Dance is an endless experiment in creativity for its founders. Frontman Evan Russell Saffer met his songwriting partner and MMBD's lead guitar/synth player Jon Kristian at a transitional time in life; early in recovery from addiction, the two connected over their mutual passion for metal and bonded over their personal journeys. While Polimeni brings a deep technical knowledge and curiosity for the epic sounds of metal, Saffer lights up both stage and studio with his musical-theater-informed performances. Whether they're fusing genres or nonchalantly hawking MMBD-branded panties at their merch table, this team knows no bounds to expression. Backed by badass bassist Filia Luna and drummers Allan Zaparoli (studio) and Crow Starbird (tour), the foursome blasts speakers, hearts, and expectations everywhere their tour bus rolls. And beneath the glitz and "turned up to 11" distortion, they continue to promote messages of compassion, growth, healing, and wholehearted, balls-to-the-wall living. Stay tuned for more killer releases by MMBD and snatch a ticket to their Heaven Collides Tour (www.makesmyblooddance.com for tickets), bringing electric energy to the people this summer.

The title track of their upcoming tour, Makes My Blood Dance's latest single "Heaven Collides" delivers all we've come to know, love, and expect from MMBD—and then some. Opening with a dramatic choral crescendo, Kristian thunders in on guitar as Saffer wails his agonizing despair—longing for connection in a dark place. Over crashing drums, the song revs into mounting desperation through the bridge, escalating into a ripping solo. Whether you're a metalhead, a theater kid, or just plain looking to rage, this song is the perfect place for all those respective heavens to collide on the dance floor.

Thrash deeper in the sound and fury of MMDB with the official lyric video for "Heaven Collides." Steeped in tortured imagery ranging from the mystical to the occult, the video hyperdrives the sense of agony already dripping from Saffer's sanguine voice. With night-club neon graphics echoing Kristian and crew's ferocious instrumentals, the visuals beckon viewers into this installment MMBD's ballroom bacchanal. Dig in for a spell, and hear a band that hears your pain and passion loud and clear.

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Rust Belt Metal Consortium Changing Tymz Share Their New Single/Video "Shark Attack"

It's time to meet your face-melter: Rust Belt metal consortium Changing Tymz is here to rock your socks off. With a line-up of seasoned veterans hailing from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, this group puts the best of metal riffs, runs, and rhymes to service, ailing the woes of our changing and difficult times. While tackling issues like addiction, spirituality, and relationships through a mature lens, no member of the band holds back their respective contribution. Drummer Tony Rossi hammers out rhythms with passion and precision. Coupled with the imaginative bass runs of Bryan McQuade, they lay a foundation for dual guitarists Timmy Wysong and Brian Weber to shred the intervals between lead singer JoAnn Wolfe's vocal firework displays. And the result isn't some cacophony but an orchestrated message—often of hope and freedom. After releasing 2020's self-titled album Changing Tymz, the group's been hard at work producing an upcoming 11-track album to be released later this year. Along with a string of singles and music videos, the band has primed their fans for an epic series of live shows.

Changing Tymz's new single, "Shark Attack," is a promising example of what we can expect from their upcoming album. The song is a touching and masterful tribute to drummer Tony Rossi's late brother and former bandmate, Peter Rossi. They wrote the towering first riff together before Peter passed from a fentanyl overdose in 2017, and the song draws a parallel between the suddenness of his passing and a shark attack. The maze-like series of guitar runs resemble the tangled paths of grief, while Wolfe's melodies and lyrics speak to the psychological pains of addicts and those close to them.

The music video for "Shark Attack," directed by Rossi and friend Tom Fox Davies, explores the damaging consequences of drugs. In the film, a group of martial artists becomes confronted by the real violence that drugs bring to their community. While we'd expect them to be prepared to fight, it takes more than fists of fury to overcome addiction and its miscreants. They suffer losses but ultimately find peace and recovery in connection. As the video fades out, the band stands almost at salute behind Peter Rossi's guitar, a remembrance and memorial to a life lived in music.

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Eclipseye Addresses Ukraine's Humanitarian Crisis in His Single/Video "Whap Clatter"

Although some people place artistic expression squarely in the 'entertainment' category, an artist's job is to reflect life as authentically as possible. So when life is brutal, heartless or war-mongering, these are the times when the artists stand up and express themselves fearlessly. Eclipseye is one of those artists. During our current times of war, multi-genre rap artist Eclipseye is himself an anti-war statement, at once condemning the Ukrainian war and expressing a gothic sentiment alongside ominous undertones in his new Rap Metal single "Whap Clatter". Recorded only a few month's prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Whap Clatter stands as a statement against war mongering among other global issues. The single uses vivid imagery and symbolism to explore the pretenses, impacts and aftermath of war, as viewed from both sides of the new iron curtain.

The official music video for "Whap Clatter" is a labor of love, having been produced entirely with the help of Ukrainian videographers, Eclipseye hopes it can raise awareness about Ukraine's growing humanitarian crisis. As such the artist has also vowed to donate 10% of royalties made from first month of this release towards Ukraine relief.

This is bold and daring art with a clear message - Support Ukraine and stand against war-mongering in all it's malicious forms. Challenging, heavy and soaked in doom, "Whap Clatter" is a protest anthem for the times.

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Heavenly Trip to Hell Release the Visual For the Title Track of Their New EP "Pumpkin Man"

Californian industrial metal band Heavenly Trip to Hell cultivate a palpable sense of danger on fast-paced, hard-hitting new EP "Pumpkin Man", out now on streaming platforms. Devotion to their heavy craft has allowed Heavenly Trip to Hell to share the stage with artists like The Dead Kennedys, Soulfly, Body Count, Transmetal, L.A. Guns, Bang Tango and Too Short. Their music was also featured in the documentary Road Dogs, which followed the craziest and most extreme L.A. Bands for four years on tour.

With aggressive songs based on real stories, real life, and real struggle, "Pumpkin Man" compels with a pure, uncompromising hardcore energy.

Speaking on the EP, the band says:

“Our new EP Pumpkin Man is inspired by the dangers of rock and roll. They are all songs about real life and real tragedy. Because rock and roll can be really dangerous. No money, fast drugs, fast women, fast death.”

Check out the music video for the title track right now, stream the EP on Spotify and connect with Heavenly Trip to Hell on their website and social media.

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Watch "Inception of Fear", the Clip Off Israeli Rock/Metal Band Mental Fracture's New Album "Disaccord"

Israeli purveyors of thought-provoking progressive rock & metal Mental Fracture sound united on powerful new album "Disaccord". Fans of artists like Opeth, Leprous, Rush and Tool should find much to unwrap in this collection that showcases Mental Fracture's technical wizardry and wanton experimentation. The album's high-minded lyrics and themes, coupled with the band's undeniable passion for composition, make this one of 2022's 'must hear' progressive rock/metal albums.

Disaccord, the band's first full-length album, contains nine tracks with themes revolving around cognitive dissonance. The record is full of ever-changing, complex music toeing the line between progressive rock and metal, drawing inspiration from Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, and many more.

Check out the music video for “Inception of Fear”, one of the many standout songs on the “Disaccord” album. Also, stream the album on your preferred music service and connect with Mental Fracture on their social media.

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Japanese Metal Band BRIDEAR Reveal Their Brand New Video For "Bloody Bride"

Japanese metal band BRIDEAR have unveiled a brand new video for their recent single ‘Bloody Bride’, the title track from their debut international album release out May 7th via Setsuzoku Records.

Brimming with big riffs and even bigger hooks all tastefully laced with both classic and J-metal characteristics, ‘Bloody Bride’ showcases everything that the band are capable of in one five-minute-long package. It serves as a whistle-stop tour of their vast musical ability complete with mesmerising licks, a relentless thrash-like pace and a surprising, unexpected dark turn that the new music video makes even darker.

“‘Bloody Bride’ is an intense tribute to our love of heavy metal history,” explains Haru, bassist and composer of the track. “Before we performed in London in 2019, we went to the site of the old Marquee Club where the New Wave of British Heavy Metal began. I was so inspired by the history of that music and of the mystery and lore of great cities so fantastic to us. I really wanted to express a fantasy world: a castle dungeon, demons, a trapped bride. We can't wait to perform it live for everyone!"

Speaking on the video, Haru explains, “The video reflects the imagery and mood of the song. Heavy and haunting!”

Accompanying the video, the band have also announced ‘Global Metal Connection’, a very special on-demand livestream event filmed from a limited capacity club in Tokyo. Featuring a support performance from fellow Setsuzoku Records artist IBUKI, the stream will see the band tearing through new material from the album for the first time as well as journeying into their back catalogue to perform fan favourites. The stream will be available for on-demand viewing from May 28th and details about how to secure a ticket are coming soon.

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Watch "In Dust We Trust", the New Video by Northern Ireland Industrial/Metal Band System Machine

"Pay attention to what Mother Nature says," growls Rab Meharg of System Machine on the menacing – but awfully catchy – chorus to "In Dust We Trust," the latest single from the Northern Ireland industrial and metal band. It's sage advice, but who among us is heeding it? Mother Nature has rarely spoken as forcefully, or as harshly, to us as she has in 2020. It's more than likely that we're all missing a learning opportunity that might hold us in good stead in an indefinite and increasingly terrifying future.

Meharg is listening and watching. Better yet, he's telling us all what he's seen. System Machine has always been Meharg's vehicle for engagement with the outside world – and fans know that the music he makes with the group will be unflinching in its intensity and unsparing in its honesty. No words minced, no punches pulled. Confirm Humanity, the upcoming EP, is ferocious. It's also socially conscious. Sometimes Meharg expresses himself through tight, epigrammatic, hard-hitting verses. Sometimes he lets the distorted guitars, overdriven synthesizers, and relentless beats do the talking.

"In Dust We Trust" is a fierce reaction to the global health crisis, and all of the discontent, bottled-up rage, and distrust of authority that we've all felt over the last nine months are audible in its brutal groove. Yet the sentiment applies just as well to other cases of widespread human negligence. In a world out of balance, System Machine offers a wake-up call – a song that asks whether the way we're living is sustainable, and wonders aloud whether we've got what it takes to adapt to crises. Can human beings make sacrifices for the common good? Meharg doesn't pretend to know for sure, but in every line he sings, his meaning is clear: we'd better learn how.

The critique is carried over into the stinging clip for "In Dust We Trust." In it, Meharg and System Machine imagines a representative human being choosing societal values from an app on an iPhone. Reality TV, materialism, social media obsession, and armed conflict – all of these things get the thumbs up, while science, humanity, and humility all receive the thumbs down. It's a grim picture of our priorities that System Machine is painting, but it's an accurate one. We can reorient ourselves; we've still got a choice. But time is running out.

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UK Trap Metal Alchemist BVDLVD Unleashes His New Music Video For "SHUT DOWN", Featuring Jasiah

With BVD having already dropped an impressive 6 videos from the project, he’s looking to continue his run of exciting and unique visual accompaniment - making a name for himself as one of the most determined and hard-working artists of recent years.

The 19-year old has been very busy over the past couple of years, dropping his first two albums ‘Project Jinchuriki’ and ‘BVDIDEA’, which saw BVD sign to independent UK label MOVES Recordings in 2019 and gain a cult following that most artists could only dream of which spans from the UK to Russia, to the US. The trap metal prodigy has gone from strength to strength, earning major praise and credibility as an artist who’s truly in his own lane, passionately pushing forward his own unique and experimental sound with the hunger of an artist who’s destined for greatness. BVD’s music is a tribute to all the misfits and outcasts of the world and a message for anyone listening to trust in your own essence, and that real creativity has no boundaries, with his music being a shining example as he slashes and burns through existing genres to create a raging new and pure sound set to define the 2020s.

With every piece of work he delivers being a pure and impassioned labor of love, as well as adding to the ever-growing wave of hype around the fiery young artist, ‘SHUT DOWN’ is set to add to BVDLVD’s incredible body of self-produced, high quality DIY music visuals, further evidence that this young talent is fast-rising star of the UK underground music scene. Sleep on him at your peril.

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Brooklyn Metal Band Sun and Flesh Unleash Their New Clip For "Bored"

Being a metal band in Brooklyn, where everyone lives on top of each other, and drivers hate the pedestrians, who hate the bikers, who hate the drivers, the aggression embedded in the genre's DNA can go one of two ways. You can hate every other ant in the ant farm, or you can rise above and blast furious anthems of disenchantment that speak for everyone. And that kind of empathy is a hell of a lot more metal than a permanent middle finger. Don't misunderstand; there's anger in Sun & Flesh's music, a pit's worth and more, but it's focused, given voice through bruiser riffs with unexpected atmosphere and melody. Sun & Flesh smash up the ground rules of metal's salad days with the farther-flung influences of the 90's resurgence, to forge records that promise to live fast, and die never. Metal Injection is already on board, and no wonder: these guys are doing it for real, living in the van, fan by fan, cranking out life-threatening rippers like "Bored."

If this is boredom, Sun & Flesh have weaponized it. Producer/engineer Dan Korneff (Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Killswitch Engage) has given the track a killer brilliance that leaves every bit of abrasion intact. Every thwack, rumble, bark, and roar catapults from the speaker with all the abandon and fury of a live show. Throughout "Bored," the band's dynamics, harmonies, and mood shifts recall Deftones at the height of their power. The track's breakneck churn switches up halfway through when they flip a schoolyard chant on its head. And may Baphomet help you if their finger lands on you when they get to "miney… moe." In "Bored," Matt Brewster, Stefan Reinberger, Jon Serwinowski, and Christoph Manuel have locked in a perfect calibration of heart, smarts, and all-out assault.

"Bored" establishes its grim worldview immediately, opening on some pretty dystopian news and infomercial footage. People walk the streets and go about their day oblivious to their surroundings, faces buried in their phones. They are separate from the world around them, zombified by constant news reports, info aggregators, consumer goods sites. Instead of interacting, they absorb a steady flicker of data and info, bathing their unblinking eyes in a cold blue LED wash. The band is in a world of their own as well, tearing through the song in a bare concrete warehouse. Manuel and Brewster pulled double duty here, conceiving and directing the clip. They create an ominous juxtaposition of a band giving it all the blood and sweat they've got, while right outside, their fellow Brooklynites wander numbed to the good, blind to the bad, locked inside their own heads.

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Industrial Rockers KMFDM Unleash Their New Music Video "PARADISE"

KMFDM doesn’t beat around the bush with their views of the world around them, and they shouldn’t have to. They’re fired up, energized, and ready to expose any nonsense they see. KMFDM has always been credited for their creative blend of industrial rock, sprinkled with aggressive and blunt lyrics that challenge our current social and political landscape. Their newest album, “PARADISE”, has dipped into other genres besides industrial rock including abrasive hip-hop, dark alternative rock, and avant-electro-metal. The lyrical daggers are performed by Sascha Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli, while the percussive fury comes from Andy Selway, joined by Andee Blacksugar on guitar.

KMFDM formed in Paris in 1984, crossing techno/dance and heavy metal to create their signature sound. The band is no stranger to success; they rode the wave for a long time throughout the 80s and 90s. During the 2000s, they focused heavily on touring and making music. Through each tour and album released, KMFDM redefined their sound, bringing you the best work they have now.

“PARADISE” is so brutally honest, it’s almost scary. While we live in our vanilla bubbles, we barely think about the chaos that happens globally except for when we turn on the news for a few minutes. The music video shows raw clips from war, shootings, crimes, protests, etc. Unlawful, inhumane, and disgusting actions humans do to one another out of fear, greed, and power. The destruction of the planet is to be blamed on the human race, and still, nothing is done to reverse the impact. Koneitzko and Cifarelli shout, “Prejudice so rotten it stinks / The whole world on the brink.” If we don’t change our morals or ethics, we are dooming ourselves into premature extinction.

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Rap and Metal Connect in Andrew W. Boss's New Video "Avengers"

Drive east on Fort Union Boulevard from Salt Lake City, and just before the road is swallowed by the immensity of the Wasatch Range, you’ll find Alpha Coffee. It’s the last pit stop before you reach the foothills of the mightiest mountains in Utah – and if you’re thinking of taming them, or skiing them, or even rolling through, you might do well to begin your adventure with a cup of their brew. And if you were lucky enough to visit Alpha on the right day this year, you’d have found the state’s finest rap-metal band rocking the main room, shooting a clip for “Avengers”, the lead track on their ferocious Invincible album. The music of Andrew W. Boss has much in common with the coffee at Alpha: it’s invigorating, it’s served piping hot, and it tends to make those who experience it feel like the tallest peaks in the Rockies are no great obstacle to hurdle.

Boss and his bandmates strongly support Alpha’s mission. The coffeehouse was founded by veterans, and though they’re demobilized now, they haven’t forgotten where they came from or the challenges their brethren have to face. Alpha has sent thousands of dollars – and thousands of bags of coffee – to active military personnel. In Robert Eddowes’s kinetic clip for “Avengers”, we watch Alpha staff pack the good stuff in cardboard boxes for shipment overseas. As workers at the coffee shop prepare their donation for the troops, Andrew W. Boss and his band blast out the rapid-fire verses and muscular choruses to “Avengers”, pointedly waving an American flag as they do.

It’s that absolute conviction that makes Andrew W. Boss stand out among other genre practitioners. Everything he raps is straight from the gut, and he stands behind all of it with his arms crossed, ready to take on all comers. Boss makes his patriotism explicit in “Avengers”, and argues that some things – sacrifice, guts, love of country – ought to be beyond politics. The track is a good indication of the sort of heat that Boss and his band can bring in a concert setting, and it sets the tone for Invincible with a cannon shot. The set was produced by Jim Fogarty, who has also manned the boards for Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, and Shadows Fall, and he’s captured the incendiary force of the Andrew W. Boss live show with unerring accuracy. But don’t just take our word for it – ask anybody who caught the band’s wildly successful 2018 national tours with Bobaflex and Head P.E. They’ll tell you what every music fan in Salt Lake City knows: these guys are unstoppable.

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Sin7 Share Their New Music Video "Erased"

What do you think of when you think of Halloween? Black cats, jack-o-lanterns, horror movies, to start… what about some heavy metal? Just in time for the spookiest holiday of the year, hard and fast rockers Sin7 have shared their new video for “Erased” – and it’s sure to freak you out.

Composed of Rev Bliss on vocals, Nelly on guitar, and Hammer on drums, Sin7 formed in 2012 in Twin Cities, Minnesota. But while the band have been together for six years, each member has over 20 years of performing and touring experience from their previous bands , giving Sin7 a crowd-commanding personality to perfectly complement Nelly’s screaming guitars, Hammer’s earth-shaking beats and Rev Bliss’s skull-crushing vocals. The songs are carefully crafted with each note and lyric placed to complement one another, and each visual and live show is bound to grab your attention and leave a lasting impression.

The “Erased” music video looks like footage from a horror film. The clip opens with a woman walking down a hallway in an abandoned building, opening mysterious windows in doors to see the band members rocking out but with masks obscuring their faces. Soon, a demon makes his way creeping through the halls, attempting to steal away the members of Sin7 one by one. Throughout the three-and-a-half minute video, there’s a hazy, unsteady quality to the footage that makes it seem more documentary (and therefore more terrifying!) than theatrical.

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Bad Wolves Honor The Cranberries' Dolores O’Riordan With Their "Zombie" Cover

There are some songs that have an impact that lasts far longer than their initial release, and anyone who remembers the alternative rock world of the mid-1990s will tell you that The Cranberries’ “Zombie” is one of those songs. Yes, “Zombie” topped charts around the world and went Platinum in three countries (Australia, Germany, and Italy) and Gold in two (Austria and United Kingdom), but its largest impact is that the song’s message of protest and political unrest still rings true more than two decades later.   

Los Angeles metal band Bad Wolves have yet to release an album (their debut LP Disobey is due out this May), but their members are no strangers to the world of rock and roll. John Boecklin (drums; formerly of Devildriver) and Tommy Vext (vocals; also of Divine Heresy and Snot) began bouncing around ideas for experimental, progressive metal songs in 2015; the group is now completed by guitarists Doc Coyle (formerly of God Forbig) and Chris Cain (Bury Your Dead), as well as bassist Kyle Konkiel (formerly of In This Moment). After releasing their singles “Learn to Live” and “Toast to the Ghost” last year, Bad Wolves got to work on their cover of “Zombie.” They sent the song to Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, who described their version as “killer”; O’Riordan was slated to record vocals on Bad Wolves’ version of the track in January, but unfortunately she passed away that day. To the band’s surprise, Bad Wolves’ version of “Zombie” has since gone viral: it’s the number one rock song in nine countries and the number one metal song in thirteen countries, it reached number one on the iTunes main US chart and iTunes rock chart, and it has over three million streams between Spotify and Apple Music. 

Directed by Wayne Isham and Ryan Ewing and produced by Dana Marshall at Prime Zero, Bad Wolves’ “Zombie” video is performance-driven, as Vext and co. are shown giving it their all. Vext’s chilling vocals add a somber, yet invigorating tone to the song, as he and his band mates are shown dressed all in black in an otherwise desolate black room. Of course, they pay homage to the original: the video features a girl covered in gold paint and wearing gold head-to-toe, just like how O’Riordan appears in the original. With over 17 million views on Youtube and 22 million on Facebook, the success of the “Zombie” video is undeniable, and Bad Wolves have decided to pay it forward, giving all proceeds from their cover to O’Riordan’s three children.

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Gabriel And The Apocalypse - Thrill Of The Kill

Gabriel and the Apocalypse have been around in their current incarnation since 2011, but frontwoman Lindy Gabriel has been singing since she was six years old. Her parents were in rock bands, so it comes as no surprise that she’s always known she was destined to be a performer. Gabriel is joined by Jake LaCore on guitar, Zach Williams on drums, JACE on bass, Figgles McGee on keys/samples, and Joey Connelly on guitar for a sound that’s heavy metal meets hard rock meets industrial.

With their second full-length album and Pavement Entertainment debut The Ghost Parade, Gabriel and the Apocalypse are dramatic and theatrical, but, as Gabriel tells Devils Gate Media, like the 90s rock, metal, and industrial she listens to- it’s “not over polished. You can feel the emotion. You can feel the anger.” As LaCore tells National Rock Review, this “Marilyn Manson meets Shirley Manson” vibe makes them “a little different than many of the other popular rock bands” in the Minneapolis music scene.

Gabriel and the Apocalypse have always had strong visuals, but the “Thrill of the Kill” music video is their best effort to date. It’s a brutal clip that is disturbing and fascinating all at once. In between ferocious performances by the band, a twisted variety of experiments are performed by an immoral group of “doctors” whose research seems limited mostly to inflicting pain and suffering. Shades of Mengele and cosmetic animal testing push the visuals to the limit, but the theatrical presentation is masterfully executed and not just check shock value. 

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Kivanc Kilicer - Devil's Thought

Kivanc Kilicer is an artist who has seen all sides of the metal and hard rock scene, both as his time as a band frontman and now as a solo artist striking out on his own. His brand new video and single, “Devil’s Thought,” is an ambitious, impressive sample of his new Dew of Roses EP. On this new EP he has found the sound he believes he has been chasing all along.

Kivanc’s first taste of success came as the lead vocalist for Element, a band whose accomplishments across Europe are nothing short of impressive. The band opened for the legendary Scorpions and Europe (the band), had their music featured in jingles and commercials, and finding fans in every corner of the continent. After Element he launched Gravity, a project that explored mixing various genres into hard rock songs.

Finally stepping out on his own, Kivanc is fully embracing his lifelong interest of combining progressive rock and symphonic arrangements. It’s no easy feat, with Kilicer noting that both “require special attention on emotions, balance and clarity.” After building his own home studio, he was able to fully immerse himself in this new form expression and art!

The “Devil’s Thought” video is sure to send chills up even the firmest spines. This haunting clip tells the tale of a young woman caught up in a frightening game of cat and mouse within her own home. With all of the suspense and gripping nature of a classic horror movie, she hides in terror as her home is burned to the ground. An attempted escape by car proves equally futile, ultimately bringing her face to face with the devil she has brought unto herself. Amongst the chaos and fury is Kivanc, ripping off a flurry of blistering riffs, rocking out like a heavy metal Nero as the world burns around him.

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