Rockshots Records have announced the signing of Hilltops Are For Dreamers for the release of their debut album “In Disbelief” due out on March 25th. A thirty two minute, eight track affair, the album is said to be a world of extremes and vastly different to the band’s musical past, blending black metal with acoustic
Named in tribute to Horror movie master John Carpenter, Italian Alternative Metal band Karpenter formed by former Fightcast vocalist Filippo Tellerini and rhythm section Francesco Vicini (bass) and Marco Biondi (drums) in 2019. Joined by guitarist duo Federico Conti of Creep fame and Manuel Nucci alongside Figure of Six keyboard and programming mastermind Michele Mingozzi,
Named in tribute the the Grand Master of Horror that is John Carpenter, Italians Karpenter will be unleashing their album “Sleepless” via Rockshots Records at the end of the week. A gateway to a new kind of hell, a tormented and hostile World in which time and space are perceived in a distorted way, each
Monday saw us not only sing the praises of “Vital Alchemy” by Nahaya which was unveiled today by Rockshots Records but also ask the simple question – just where do they find the time? A Texan based outfit comprising many a familiar face from other much loved bands, this sophomore album marks something of a
Founded in 2013 by Ryan Peters with Semir Ozerkan, who immigrated to the US from Istanbul, Turkey to pursue career opportunities in Metal, one being with Oceans of Slumber, Texan outfit Nahaya is something of an amalgamation of American melodic Groove Thrash, Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal sounds and Middle Eastern influences. Featuring in their ranks
Is it a risk to name a track after your band? If it’s an anthem like “Bury Your Dead” by Bury Your Dead, that you’re going to close every single show with as long as you shall live and breathe as a band, then no way. In the case of Italian Thrash Metallers Soul Dragger,
Firmly in the highly anticipated bracket is the upcoming album from Karpenter; a record which has each track run on horror movie themes and characters and pays homage to Tremors, the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho and Jaws to name but three. That album, “Sleepless” was recorded and mixed by Gabriele Ravaglia (Extrema) and Gianmarco Bambini at
Can you name a Texan-based band that is an amalgamation of American melodic groove thrash, Gothenburg sounds, and Middle Eastern influences? That would be Nahaya who feature in their ranks members of Oceans of Slumber, Vesperian Sorrow, ex-Kingdom Collapse, Painting The Massacre and Cerebral Desecration who will be unleashing their new album, entitled “Vital Alchemy” via Rockshots Records
Horror film themed Metal albums might have been done before but not like this. Naming their band in tribute to acclaimed horror movie master John Carpenter, former Fightcast members Filippo Tellerini, Francesco Vicini, and Marco Biondi, along with Federico Conti (Creep), Manuel Nucci and Michele Mingozzi (Figure of Six) formed Alternative Metal act Karpenter who will
Featuring within their ranks members and former members of Oceans of Slumber, Vesperian Sorrow, Kingdom Collapse, Painting The Massacre and Cerebral Desecration, the re-tooled Nahaya have been quietly working on the follow up to their well received EP pairing “Transcendence Pt. II” (2020) and “Transcendence” (2018). The result of their industry will be unveiled on 21st May via
