A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Tankard, In Flames, Beast In Black and Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons.
The German thrash metal legends TANKARD released their highly praised 17th studio album »One Foot In The Grave« on June 2nd via Nuclear Blast Records.
Order »One Foot In The Grave« physically here: http://nblast.de/TankardOFITGNB
Digital here: http://nblast.de/TankardDigital
Today, the band presents a lyric video for the song ‘Pay To Pray’.
WATCH HERE
Frontman Gerre states:
“‘Pay To Pray’ is about ‘prosperity belief’! The theory says that God blesses you with material things, and if you’re poor, then there’s something wrong with your beliefs! Clerical institutions receive a lot of donations and that’s why they are rich – due to their beliefs. These donations are supposedly then meant to be passed down to the poor… but not before stopping to visit the pockets of Bishops on the way. This is all portrayed in our latest lyric video for ‘Pay To Pray’. It’s also one hell of a live song! See you in hell… or on tour first!”
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While Gothenburg legends IN FLAMES finish the last shows of their extensive Co-Headline arena tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, they are already keeping fans on their toes for next year. Today, IN FLAMES announces their very own two-day festival called “Borgholm Brinner”, or “Borgholm is Burning”, which will be held at the infamous Borgholm Castle of Eastern Sweden’s island of Öland. On each evening, IN FLAMES will perform an exclusive headline set after a lineup of around 5 bands – soon to be announced. The dates to remember are Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28. “Borgholm Brinner” allows fans to be part of a milestone in the band’s history – an exclusive weekend filled with the best food and drinks (including Anders Fridén and Björn Gelotte’s beer brand, Frequency Beer Works and an exclusive batch of In Flames Gin), fantastic bands and a few more surprises in an intimate setting.
Tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime festival experience go on sale January 29 at 10.00 am CET. Make sure to visit www.borgholmbrinner.se and subscribe to the RSVP link to receive all updates immediately.
Singer Anders Fridén states: “I think every band dreams of being able to do this one day – at least for us it’s always been in the back of our minds and right now feels like the best time to do it. Whether or not it’s putting on your own festival, it’s an indescribable feeling to have created a community from your music, and even crazier to have the ability bring that community together in a physical place – playing and enjoying music together, drinking together etc. And in a castle of all places. That’s another thing. It wouldn’t be an IN FLAMES festival if it were just happening on a plot of dirt. It’s got to be special so our fans can have the ultimate experience, so we can pay them back for being so great to us for 20 years with an awesome weekend they’ll never forget. We’ve also hand picked the best bands for everyone to enjoy and although we can’t say who’s playing yet, we can promise there will be no disappointments.”
IN FLAMES recently released a digital EP »Down, Wicked & No Good« featuring cover versions of DEPECHE MODE‘s ‘It’s No Good’, ALICE IN CHAINS’ ‘Down In A Hole’, CHRIS ISAAK’s ‘Wicked Game’, and a live version of NINE INCH NAILS’ ‘Hurt‘. Due to high demand from the Jesterheads, the songs will now be released as a 10” mini-LP on March 16th, 2018 and be available in clear, blue-black splatter and light blue. You can now pre-order the vinyl editions here.
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BEAST IN BLACK, the band featuring former BATTLE BEAST guitarist Anton Kabanen, has just concluded its first hugely successful tour in support of their highly-acclaimed debut album titled »Berserker«. The band played 9 well attended shows with BEYOND THE BLACK and KOBRA AND THE LOTUS in Germany. But the next chapters of their young history are already set to be written: After performing their very first two headline concerts in Finland in early February 2018 and joining RHAPSODY on their forthcoming »20th Anniversary Farewell Tour« afterwards, BEAST IN BLACK will fly over to Japan next May to be part of the 3-show »Suomi Feast 2018« with TURISAS, FROSTTIDE, MORS SUBITA and more bands, which will be announced soon. Several festival performances have also been announced, with more to come. All details can be found below.
In celebration of all these upcoming shows and a successful 2017, BEAST IN BLACK have launched a brand new lyric video for ‘Zodd The Immortal’, based on a picture of the band’s cover artist Roman Ismailov, over on YouTube. Check it out, here.
Anton commented:
“‘Zodd The Immortal’ is the most aggressive song on the album, especially vocal-wise, and it’s related to the anime/manga »Berserk«, so I hope that all the fans of »Berserk« will like this one too.”
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PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have released a live video for their cover of the HAWKWIND classic ‘Silver Machine’ (feat. original HAWKWIND member Dave Brock) honoring Campbell‘s long-time friend and companion, the late Lemmy Kilmister. The song will be available as a bonus track on the CD version of the band’s upcoming debut album, »The Age Of Absurdity« (out January 26, 2018).
