Tag: Arising Empire

NEWS: Spoil Engine trapped in a “Golden Cage”!

When you’re lucky enough to be joined by Jeff Walker of Carcass fame for a single, you know that you need to make the most of it. Female fronted part Belgian part Dutch Arising Empire signings Spoil Engine did exactly that with single “The Hallow” one of the stant out tracks on their November 2019

NEWS: Annisokay debut “STFU”!

Having announced their new vocalist Rudi Schwarzer and shared a couple of his vocal takes and live footage, German Metalcore act Annisokay have now let us have a first single written with him. Going by the titled of “STFU“, Mixed and mastered by Christoph Wieczorek at Sawdust Recordings and with a video from Peter Leukhardt,

NEWS: Cro-Mags go back to the beginning?

It seems crazy to think but on 19th June, seminal crossover hardcore act Cro-Mags will be releasing their first album in 20 years. “In The Beginning” is slated to appear via Arising Empire and given the quality of the bands past two EPs along with this new track “The Final Test“, it’s going to be

NEWS: Annisokay October European Tour!

Fresh and rescheduled tour dates continue to trickle out with German Metalcore act Annisokay being the latest to do so. They’ll be playing in Russia in September leading into this October run with a pair of UK shows announced. The burning question is very much ‘is this a release run for a new album?‘ with

Bootleg: Cro-Mags perform “The Quarantine Show”!

Arising Empire streamed the entirety “The Quarantine Show“, a full pro-shot live set in the studio from legendary Crossover Hardcore act Cro-Mags. As the World is gripped by a Pandemic the likes of which we have never seen, Harley Flanagan has dedicated this one to the fans with classics like “We Gotta Know” and “Hard

NEWS: Novelists cover… K/DA…?!

What’s the weirdest cover song a band could whip out? Well… Novelists guitarist Flo Durand has taken the cake by dropping a cover of a song from Japanese virtual K-pop girl group K/DA! They feature in a program called League of Legends. To be fair they’re calling the cover a remix of “Pop/Stars” and if

NEWS: Vitja want “Payback”!

The bills for their 2019 Arising Empire album “Thirst” might still be coming in but Progressive Metalcore act Vitja have surprised with the release of a brand new single today going by the name of “Payback“! They’re on the road starting tonight in Germany with Our Mirage, Breathe Atlantis and The Narrator.

Interview: Novelists talk “C’est La Vie”, in trilogy!

Normally during the phase prior to an album release you get staggered tracks or playthroughs or interview and making of snippets. Arising Empire have surprised in dropping a trio of separate parts spliced from an interview with Novelists about their third album “C’est La Vie” which came out last week, on the same day…  

Review: “C’est La Vie” by Novelists

It’s rare that a band that have been around the block and then some get legally challenged over their name but in the case of Parisian DJentlemen Novelists who were formed as long ago as 2012 by brothers Amael and Florestan Durand, that’s exactly what happened. Forced to re-brand as “Novelists FR” during a period

NEWS: Novelists ode to the “Modern Slave”!

French DJentlemen Novelists dropped their third studio album via Arising Empire earlier today and to celebrate they’ve shared a music video for “Modern Slave“. The third single from “C’est La Vie” should be followed by a playthrough video in a week’s time. No crystal balls or soothsayers involved, they’ve done it that every other time