MUSIC VIDEOS (May 2013)

Another month! Another video round-up...!!!
Including two bands with videos for tracks with the same name...

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ANARKANGEL  -  'Sick'

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Well! This one managed to sneak past me...
ANARKANGEL have been floating about for a few years new. Keeping bloody quiet too, I might add. However! A few months back they released a video for the track 'Sick' and followed it with the release of their album 'This Moral Void' last March on their bandcamp. The band features former/current members of GHAUL, CORRUPTED, A DISTANT SUN and AETERNUM VALE.

MAHEENA (ex-HELLO JACKIE)  -  'Sick'

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The second 'Sick' track to be featured. Our Dublin based Polish brothers and sisters formerly known as HELLO JACKIE have re-branded themselves MAHEENA... This video here was released last year under their old monicker. Check out their facebook page to enter a competition to win a copy of their 'Unspeakable Territories EP' released last year.

MAGGY SIMPSON  -  'Gun Fun'
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Another track from Bat Kinane (GLYDER, CURSED EARTH) and Shane Counter's new collaboration MAGGY SIMPSON. The upcoming album due for a mid-Summer release on the 15th July is called 'Lab Rat And Lobster'.

Obviously the band/album names aren't meant to be taken too seriously, folks!

PUSSY WILLOW  -  'Have Ya Gotta Light'

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As far as I know, PUSSY WILLOW (not sold on the name, Lads!!!) are from Cork. Groovy Heavy Rock/Metal on offer from these Lads. Pretty catchy stuff! Only two tracks available online, so far. Check out their bandcamp to hear both. And this video, obviously...!!!!

FOLLOW MY LEAD  -  'Crestfallen'
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This one's for "Da Yuff!!!!"...

FOLLOW MY LEAD's music video for their single 'Crestfallen' taken from their 'Sleepless EP'. Not my smelly bag o'shite, I have to say! But obviously the littl'uns are into it.

 "It's Metal, Jim! But not as we know it!"

GUTTRENCH  -  'Sadistic Slaughter'

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(The 'Caveman' look must be in this year...)

Brutal Death Metal is the order of the day with this lot.

Killer track! Fucking EPIC video...!!!

The band features former/current members of DEADSPEAK, CRUCIFRACTURE and SKEWERED.

BLACK STAR RIDERS  -  'Kingdom Of The Lost'
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Seeing as the band is technically an extension of the legendary THIN LIZZY, I'm going include them here.... Scott Gorham's BLACK STAR RIDERS have an album of new material coming out next week called 'All Hell Breaks Lose'.
Not quite sure what to make of the 'Kingdom...' track below, if I'm honest! Seems to be trying too hard to sound like LIZZY.

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TWISTED WRATH - 'Madman’s Chorus EP' (2013)

THRASH METAL
Mayo / Galway

CURRENT LINE-UP ;
Vocals/Guitar - Patrick Fitzgerald
Lead Guitar - Colin Dunne
Drums - David Mahony
Bass - Niall McGuinness

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'Madman’s Chorus EP'  -  (2013)
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Originally formed back in 2007 as REBORN. They released a couple of demos under this name. The first being an 11-track self-titled demo in 2008, and the second 'Blood And Hell' the following year. Come 2010 and after some line-up changes the band travelled to LSD Studios in Lubeck, Germany with European producer, Lasse Lammert (ALESTORM, GLORYHAMMER) to record their 'Hath Fury' EP. This EP was initially released online as REBORN, but they changed their name to TWISTED WRATH for the eventual CD released. And in January 2013 they recorded the follow up to 'Hath Fury', entitled 'Madman’s Chorus', once again with Lasse Lammert at the helm, showcasing a faster, heavier and more technical sound.

A solid opening riff breaks out of the speakers for 'North Titan' and sets a tone for the rest of the EP. No bullshit! Just pure and honest "bang your fucking head" METAL…!!! The band don’t let up for one second during the course of the whole EP. It rolls along relentlessly like a tank, and God help anything that crosses its path. Excellently written and executed, there isn’t a hair out of place on this EP. It’s precise and to the point and there isn’t a dud track in the bunch! Their previous 'Hath Fury' EP was more straight-laced metal and also to a similar standard of quality, but far too short at only two tracks. Where 'Madman’s Chorus' at four quick-fire tracks is a heavier and richer sounding affair compared to it's predecessor.

Highly recommended folks! And it's free! Get this shit in your ears.... Pronto!

 

 

SLEEPING VILLAGE

THRASH METAL
Kildare

LAST KNOWN LINE-UP ;
Vocals/Guitar - Paul Doyle
Guitars - Ger Wall
Bass - Eamonn Fitzpatrick
Drums - ??????

FORMER MEMBERS ;
Bass - Barry Ryan
Drums - Aidan Quinlivan
Bass - Shane Quinlivan 

SLEEPING VILLAGE were a Thrash band active in the early 1990's. I din't really know a whole lot about the band up until last week. All I had of there's was the track 'The Ripper' which was featured on the 1992 Irish Metal compilation tape, 'A Compilation Of Nursery Rhymes in A Minor'. Original bassist Barry Ryan left the band just before the recording of their first 'Eternal Darkness' demo tape, which the 'The Ripper' was lifted from, towards the end of 1991. Drummer Aidan Quinlivan's cousin, Shane Quinlivan, filled in on bass for the recording. Eamonn Fitzpatrick then joined the band. More tracks for their second and final 'Sleeping Village' demo which were at recorded at Poppyhill Studios in Naas, Co. Kildare the following year. Both these demos and the 'Eternal Darkness' demo tracks were all included on the CD of this release. More line-up changes followed, but the band broke up not long after.

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Thanks a million to Aidan Quinlivan for getting in touch and passing on the demos. 

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'Eternal Darkness' (Demo 1991) / 'Sleeping Village' (Demo 1992)

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SONUS MORTIS

ATMOSPHERIC BLACK/DEATH/DOOM
Dublin

SONUS MORTIS is a new one-man project from VALEDICTION bassist, Kevin Byrne. 

'A Pale Reflection' was recorded only last Friday in Trackmix Studios with Michael Richards. It's an 11 minute beast of a track and is the first to be recorded and released online for the project, with possibly three more planned for a complete demo set.

The track sounds absolutely huge, given that all the guitar/bass/vocals/keys/synths were recorded by Kevin himself, with drums being a combination of programmed and live. There's equal measures Black/Death/Doom in the pot, all complimented with excellently placed keys/synths/samples. If this one track is anything to go by, then I for one can't wait to hear more...!!!

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