Stitched Up Heart roll heavier through the USA

In fact the Los Angeles based heavy rockers began to start making noise already way back in 2010 but Stitched up Heart came around as a completely new band to me.

The colors underline the dark and heavier music of Stitched Up Heart.

The newest single "Conquer & Divide" combines a fine mixture of lighter verses that leave the music room to breathe and vibrate along with much heavier refrain parts that fly through the air but never overload the ears of the listener too much.

It's still possible to locate all the musicians contributions properly, a fact that is much welcomed to me because everyone has it's moments to shine especially in this particular song taken of the newest album "To the wolves" that came out the start of this month.

The video underlines this showing the performance in a well to follow perspective. It's in fact a dark video shot but doesn't roll over your feelings with negativity.

Sure the best way to experience music is at a live situation. 

Stitched Up Heart are currently on tour with ESCAPE THE FATE along with D.R.U.G.S., POINT NORTH, AND GARZI in the United States. Pick your chance to see them if they're performing close to you.

Sept. 12 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Jergels

Sept. 13 - Columbus, Ohio @ King of Clubs

Sept. 15 - Pontiac, Mich. @ Crofoot

Sept. 16 - Covington, Ken. @ Madison Theater

Sept. 17 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Brooklyn Bowl

Sept. 19 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Masquerade Heaven

Sept. 20 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Iron City Birmingham

Sept. 22 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live - Ballroom

Sept. 23 - Dallas, Texas @ The Factory

Sept. 24 - San Antonio, Texas @ Vibes Event Center

Sept. 26 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Marquee

Sept. 27 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Belasco

Sept. 29 - Riverside, Calif. @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium

Sept. 30 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Brooklyn Bowl

Oct. 1 - San Francisco, Calif. @ DNA Lounge

Oct. 3 - Seattle, Wash. @ The Showbox at the Market

Oct. 5 - Portland, Ore. @ Bossanova Ballroom

You can listen to more of the band on Spotify and follow the combo through Facebook for all updates.

Kings Bounty preview album and open for Korn and P.O.D.

I like to have a sneak into new material from time to time.It's exciting to know things are in the makings out there and to have a thought what 2017 may have in store for us.

Kings Bounty from New York City give us a taste of the debut album "Broad Daylight" they are currently working on with Chris Collier who is known for his work with bands like Prong and Korn. The last mentioned band comes to my mind at the first run-through of the video but as quick as you realize they have something in common with them you also know they put in their very own personality. It's the special potion of heavyness I like so much in this one all along with the vocals changing all along the whole track. The drums are kicking in with much groove. A good positive push comes along with this one.

If you're quick enough you may be able to check out the band live as they've been picked to open up for P.O.D. and Korn this very weekend and the upcoming week:

Saturday March 4th 2017 – with P.O.D. Morongo Casino Resort Cabazon, CA
Monday March 6th 2017 – with Korn House of Blues Anaheim, CA SOLD OUT

The full album "Broad Daylight" is set for release during the latter part of 2017.

A live shot of Kings Bounty, (c) by Like no Other Photography, used with kind permission

Anyway, make sure to have a look at their brand new website which holds more album teaser material. Their social sites are available on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 

Manach Seherath to play first show with new guitarist

Happily Symphonic Heavy Metal Band Manach Seherath found a new guitarist after some time of rehearsing several candidates. The new man on the guitar is called Joe Dardano (ex-Marshall; ex-Heavenshine).

In addition to this already great news the band announced their next live show, which is going to take place on 30th of September 2015 at Hades Pub in Naples. The band will play stuff from their first demo as well as give a insight into the upcoming album. There will be no entrance fee taken so don't miss out this show and band. See the promo poster for all the details of this event.

Posted by Avernus Media on Dienstag, 1. September 2015

The opening act on this evening will be thrash-black metal outfit Terrorfront, a band from Naples,too. They have a EP coming up called "We don't come in peace" and will kick in to the evening with a very raw and heavy package of music. The single for the EP already sounds promising so get ready for them.

Make sure to let the people out there know that you'll take part on the show through the Facebook event page and invite all of your friends to this special night full of metal!

In the meantime check out some music from both bands in the player below.

Strangelet hitting the road 2015

In the very first days of 2015 I discovered a young band called "Strangelet". I remember it was a very cold day I heard and saw the video for "Privilege of Power" on the screen and was immediately blown away. This brandnew band provided this feeling of a typical hungry underground band that is going straight to the heart with it's direct and raw power.

What me amazed even more was the fact that the band produced the whole album "First Bite" on their own (except for the mastering) and that the sound comes in crashing as a full blown, professionell production. I think that's besides all the other stuff that bands have to fight with something not too many acts come around with. But you can easily check out the quality of the band for yourselves in the video below.


In the time since those days the band was able to do a couple of shows and will do some more in 2015. You can see them on the following dates here in southern germany.

(c) by Strangelet, used with kind permission

If you would like to buy a copy of their album "First Bite" for 10 Euro you can contact them at their website or Facebook page. After all I know: I'm tainted forever. ;-)

Update 2015/09/18: The band currently is taking part in a online voting for a slot on this years  METAL HAMMER PARADISE Festival (13.11.2015) featuring acts like "Helloween", "J.B.O.", "Black Label Society", "Destruction", "At The Gates", "Rage" and "Sepultura". Please take a minute and support them by voting for Strangelet. Your vote could really help to push the band further on their way. Thanks!

Kontra return to the stage with free liveshow

Are you already making plans what to do in the upcoming days / evenings? Where can I go to see bands playing live and have a good time? Well, then maybe I've got good news for you.  :-)

Kontra will mark their return to the stage on 16th of July 2015 at the Hades Pub (Via Gemito, 20) in Naples! The thrashers are confirmed to be the opening act on this evening. Heavy Metal formation Last Frontier, also based at Naples will be the headliner.

The start for the show is set for 22.30h. The best comes at the end of this article: There will be no entrance fee taken on this evening! So please show up with as many people as you can and give both bands a great time on stage and make this a moment in your lifetime to be remembered.

Go to the official event page on Facebook to keep track on this so Facebook will notify you when the event is taking place and make sure to invite as many of your friends as possible. If you'd like to check out the venue first you can take a look on the Facebook page of the Hades Live Music Club.

(c) by Kontra, used with kind permission

Ventenner release thrilling video for new track Six Blood

After all of the traditionell metal posts here on the site I think it's time for something different to get a fresh look upon things. This doesn't mean the site will change in any way it's just that I like to come around with some diversity to break out of the everyday structure.

This time I took a look upon Ventenner's new video "Six Blood". The track is very catchy with a very constant rhythm in it. Nevertheless the track offers a lot of details in there that make it well worth checking out. It's the fine use of instruments in the different phases of the song that makes it giving me chills. Plus there is this video with the overall darkness all around just with some silver lining every here and there. Just like life feels every here and there...

Musically the band reminds me a lot on the older Depeche Mode in a positive way but surely they've not only taken the old style and that's it. They've added these fines notes in between I was just talking about which give the track a lot of replayability - you'll need several rounds to get all of the little diamonds put into the track. Speaking of other compareable bands I think Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Atari Teenage Riot with hints of early Marilyn Manson and Smashing Pumpkins could be added here.


The band is also going to do some live shows in London, here are the dates:

6th September – London, Electrowekz
18th October – London, Electrowerkz w/ Hanzel Und Gretyl
30th November – London, O2 Academy w/ Orgy

The song is taken from the upcoming album "Distorture" which will be released on 1st of September 2014 through Sonic Fire Records.

For further informations take a look on the band's Facebook page or click on through on their Homepage.