“Hanzel und Gretyl returns with Hexennacht, a bestial feast of mechanized blast beats, earsplitting guitars & shrieks from the very bowels of heLL! With Hexennacht, HuG continue their dark descent into the forest of an imagined Bavarian Halloween, blending black metal themes & aesthetics with industrial strength power. Surrender to the dark side of the galactic forest & enjoy the evil madness of Hexennacht! calling you to join them in their glorious damnation from an otherworldly vortex.”
Hanzel Und Gretyl
Hexennaucht
December 13th, 2013
Metropolis Metal Records
MET1212
KICK ASS METAL RATING
TIMELESS MASTERPIECE
100 OUT OF 100 BLOOD DRIPPING MOTHER FUCKING CRUSHED SKULLS
FUCKING ESSENTIAL
The Definition of KICK ASS is something heavier, faster with better riffs, and superior song-writing, than there predecessors. And Hanzel Und Gretyl for sure is in the big league of heavy metal gold standards of the greatest bands of all-time.
Hazel Und Gretyl, are ranked / rated here as the greatest industrial band of all-time. I know this because the fuckers at Industrialized Metal, circa 2007 made me listen to every fucking album in that genre.
Because they did not like there raking here. They wanted them down in rankings. But the more i listened to the other bands in that genre The more i realized why this band is one of the greatest bands of all-time in the heavy metal genre.
Hanzel Und Gretyl has one of the World’s Greatest Guitar Players of all-time. For sure in the top 10. Killer Bone Crunching Guitar Tone, and perfect understanding of how to write headbanger music that will whip you into a frenzy. Where you will bang your head like a fucking pancake, until your brain goes flat, and maybe even a nosebleed. And there Bassist/ Vocalist is one of the best World-Class Vocalist in heavy metal.
And as far as live bands you will see a few hundred concerts each year. If your a metal lifer. Birth, I had those cool parents, to well Birth, School, Hanzel Und Gretyl and Death!!!!. that is a big chunk of the bands featured all over the metal press, that covers the World-Class Heavy Metal, and some cool cult bands, that released some killer albums, but never made it on to the Metal Archives Or BNR.
Hazel Und Gretyl is the greatest live band of all-time. If you never seen them live and can not figure that out, why is say this. That speaks volumes about you, and says nothing about me.
I do look for the new artist that will be the trail-blazers who are the future of heavy metal, but if a band stays true to there artistic vision. Then they get coverage. This is a no-brainer. Everyone in the world wants to own the greatest records from the greatest bands. Every metallic maniac is trying to build altars of metallic mayhem and turn there house into heavy metal hall of fames. Realized or unrealized.
Each Hazel Und Gretyl album must be in each room of your house, in the work truck, and the work place, in each house you own. I have there albums in 2 Military footlockers, One is the top 150 albums of all-time, and the other one is the top 700 albums of all-time.
The more you look for and notice authenticity. Too know what it is one must have it themselves. Your building serious metallic record collection, not building a mother fucking rocket ship.
In the future heavy metal bands will sound exactly like Hazel Und Gretyl. Nothing you can not really do about that.
Any webzine that gives any Hanzel Und Greytl a review less than 100. FUCKING STOP READING them. If it is a print magazine, burn that publication, Wrap a fish with it, or pick up dog shit with it.
I have 1 music library. Where is is just heavy metal from 1980-1986, and it has only Snakepit Magazines in in. I Do live in that time-warp. For the purpose of looking for successor and predecessors, in that style of music.
But the other music libraries in my house have tons of music from other golden ages of heavy metal.
KICK ASS METAL is a Death Metal/ Avant-Garde/ Gothic Metal-age publication. Meaning the best bands in the world we feature in this style. But if a band has a top notch. MUST HAVE, Fucking essential album that is a timeless masterpiece.
Hexennaucht is a total timeless masterpiece, and is supreme immortal metallic art of the highest order.
I wear my influences on my sleeve.
Avant-Garde Metal print editions, and webzine
James L. McHard “The Future of Modern Music” — Classical Avant-Garde
Snakepit Heavy Metal France
Sounds of Death Magazine – The World’s Only Death Metal publication, that is serious.
Metal Maidens Print and WebZine
Sonic Cathedral Webzine.
Industrialized Metal WebZine
Vampire Freaks WebZine
The Gothic And Avant-Garde Metal Age Started on July 1st, 1987 With Celtic Frost & The Death Metal age started with Deicide, in July 27th, 1990. I never looked back and championed innovation as long as it was respectful to tradition. But when it comes to my taste in the avant-garde. Oh yeah make it weird as fuck. And from time to time i do find some of the tasteless heavy metal around. There is good taste, bad taste, and tastelessness.
Hanzel Und Gretyl is good taste. And part of the gold standard in serious heavy metal with bone crunching riffs which YOU ARE judged against.
If you only buy one fucking album in your life if your new to heavy metal….this is it!!! Buy or die !!! That albums is a timeless masterpiece. If you don’t know that definition. It means the whole album is a total banger, with no filler tracks, and all the song-writing is at the highest level of refinement.
With 9 albums in the top 100 albums of all-time. Why would Haznel Und Gretyl and “Hexennaucht” not be featured here or any other serious heavy metal publication.
Below is From A Previous KICK ASS Metal Article A CD Reveiw Of Cybil & The Beast “Get Cybil-ized Which Was Release On September 28th, 2019
Cybil & The Beast
Get Cybil-ized
Friday, September 28th, 2019
KICK ASS METAL HALL OF FAME RECORDING
TOP 100 HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF THE 21st CENTURY
TOP 100 HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF 2019
KICK ASS METAL RATING
100 out of 100 Burning Flying V’s
Perfect High Energy Performance Rock
Line-Up
Cybil * Vocals
Leppard * Guitars
Zap * Bass
Jim Drums
Track listing
Hey Goggle
The Only Thing
Red Rides
Special
What is the deciding factor if a band goes on the best of the best of all-time list. Well it is the live show. And one of the coolest live bands of all-time is Cybil & The Beast. They give 100 perfect, and have talent, genius and charisma to pull off the style of High Energy Performance Rock. My favorite albums in the heavier hard rock/ heavy metal style is the debut album from is Mötley Crüe “Too Fast For Love” the November 10, 1981 Leathür Records Version & The Debut Album from The Runaways. I actually listen to them everyday. And watch the 2010 Runaways Movie every night when i get home from work. And in between these two points. There are tons of other bands in this big league. And Cybil & The Beast “Get Cybil-ized” are in this big league for me.
And this will get tons of play in my CD player, and i recommend everyone getting a few copies. For those readers over seas.
The biggest influence on these pages is the book, Encyclopedia Metallica, Metal Maidens web-zine and print editions, Sonic Cathedral, Sounds of Death Magazine, and Snakepit Heavy Metal France, and Avant-Garde Metal print editions. And James L. McHard’s The Future of Modern Music.
But we have the most in common with Metal Maidens. It does not matter if you been to 50, 550 concerts or 5,550 concerts in your lifetime. Seeing Cybil & The Beast Live is something you will never forget, because of the high energy, talent, genius charisma, but one way the stand out. If there sound is one of the best of all-the live bands i have ever seen. They know how to balance out there dynamics, and they are loud, and after the concert you actually feel pump up and energized for days after words. Cybil & The Beast have the best positive vibes when it comes to my favorite bands.
“Get Cybil-ized is one of the most anticipated releases in 2019 for me this year. And the song-writing is top-notch, and there original material is just as good as there influences, and play in the upper echelon of bands in there style. The live show is what seperates the bands that go on a top 500 list and ones that goes on a top 100 or top 150 list.
“Hey Google could be THE SONG OF THE YEAR in 2019. Love the Riff, The Guitar Ton, and how it is executed with a driving edge that this music has to keep one pumped up and psyched out of the mind, and floored. The Only Thing this is a very awesome song, and everything in this song is perfect. Been a big fan of this band since i started to see them live, and each time out they keep getting better and better and heavier and heavier. And all there talent, natural gifts of song-writing and composition skills are firing on all cylinders. Red Rides has a killer vibe, and is bad ass and kick ass all the way, love this song. The lyric writing on this album is pretty awesome. And Cybil & The Beast are the real deal. This Extended Play rules, and is like a holy grail in a serious hard and heavy record collection. If your not big on physical releases and a 200 concert a year concert-goer. Cybil & The Beast are a must see band. Special has a killer riff, and love the guitar tone and the rhythm section is killer through this whole extended play. This is one of those albums i will be playing for pure pleasure, since i am sure we have the same influences on taste in music, and it is one of those albums i will be looking at song-writing, since i know this is a band i will be a life long fan of. It is just a case of looking at the stage, and going whoa…cool they look like me and are cool down to earth people, and are very serious at there brand of high energy rock.
This extended play i am totally floored and it give me goose bumps and whips me into a frenzy, this is music that will never leave me. I just know since i will be listening to it alot, everything will be burned into my dna as well as my psyche.
Play this loud and proud. To appreciate this bands sound, and how awesome they are live. You have to see and hear there music in a live setting. As to appreciate why there are featured here.
Everyone on this release is a BAD ASS, and “Get Cybil-ized” is the definition of KICK ASS, no doubt about that!!!
I Have been involved with this style of music since the Van Halen “Van Halen” debut, in 1978. And while I have listened to alot of the metal’s 7 major genres and 21 off-shots from those traditional ones. I have always had a affinity for The Runaways, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, WASP, and Halloween. So when i consider a band for a top 100 band, i usually want to show a predecessor and successor connection. There are a couple of vocalist on this planet at the top notch world-class level as Cybil. Jennie Skulander from Devilskin comes to mind as well as Lisa Stephens from Resistance. Who you should know from reading the National Rock Review. Since there were heavily covered there. Keep in mind the top %1 percent is this gene is 2,000 artist with there own style and sound. So getting these top albums of all-time list is very hard to do, if your not active getting out and seeing everything. So this top 100 / top 150 list is not a list of every killer hard & heavy rock album, but these are the ones that have stood the test of time the best. The encyclopedia for this style is sleaze rock webzine and Metal Maidens.
There are KILLER and KICK ASS albums….Cybil & The Beast is a true MUST HAVE and FUCKING ESSENTIAL album, and must be seeked out and added to your serious hard & heavy serious record collection at all cost. No matter what part on planet metal you live on….this extended play rules…..!!!!!
HYPERIA are known for their wailing vocals, shredding guitars and fast, heavy music. Formed by Colin and Marlee Ryley in September 2018, they found 3 members from the metal community and hit the ground running. With the release of their debut EP “FISH CREEK FRENZY”, HYPERIA has been thrashing venues and have been taking the metal community by storm.
Colin and Marlee Ryley are former members of short lived Folk Metal band LOREMASTER and long lived Melodic Death Metal Band SKYMIR. Jordan Maguire is a past member of Black/Death Metal Band PECADO and David Kupisz and Scott DeGruyter are both long time members of the local music scene.
In 2019, HYPERIA signed with European Label “Sliptrick Records” who will be releasing their debut full length entitled”INSANITORIUM” worldwide later on this year
Below is From A Previous KICK ASS Metal Article A CD Reveiw Of Cybil & The Beast “Get Cybil-ized Which Was Release On September 28th, 2019
Cybil & The Beast
Get Cybil-ized
Friday, September 28th, 2019
KICK ASS METAL HALL OF FAME RECORDING
TOP 100 HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF THE 21st CENTURY
TOP 100 HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF 2019
KICK ASS METAL RATING
100 out of 100 Burning Flying V’s
Perfect High Energy Performance Rock
Line-Up
Cybil * Vocals
Leppard * Guitars
Zap * Bass
Jim Drums
Track listing
Hey Goggle
The Only Thing
Red Rides
Special
What is the deciding factor if a band goes on the best of the best of all-time list. Well it is the live show. And one of the coolest live bands of all-time is Cybil & The Beast. They give 100 perfect, and have talent, genius and charisma to pull off the style of High Energy Performance Rock. My favorite albums in the heavier hard rock/ heavy metal style is the debut album from is Mötley Crüe “Too Fast For Love” the November 10, 1981 Leathür Records Version & The Debut Album from The Runaways. I actually listen to them everyday. And watch the 2010 Runaways Movie every night when i get home from work. And in between these two points. There are tons of other bands in this big league. And Cybil & The Beast “Get Cybil-ized” are in this big league for me.
And this will get tons of play in my CD player, and i recommend everyone getting a few copies. For those readers over seas.
The biggest influence on these pages is the book, Encyclopedia Metallica, Metal Maidens web-zine and print editions, Sonic Cathedral, Sounds of Death Magazine, and Snakepit Heavy Metal France, and Avant-Garde Metal print editions. And James L. McHard’s The Future of Modern Music.
But we have the most in common with Metal Maidens. It does not matter if you been to 50, 550 concerts or 5,550 concerts in your lifetime. Seeing Cybil & The Beast Live is something you will never forget, because of the high energy, talent, genius charisma, but one way the stand out. If there sound is one of the best of all-the live bands i have ever seen. They know how to balance out there dynamics, and they are loud, and after the concert you actually feel pump up and energized for days after words. Cybil & The Beast have the best positive vibes when it comes to my favorite bands.
“Get Cybil-ized is one of the most anticipated releases in 2019 for me this year. And the song-writing is top-notch, and there original material is just as good as there influences, and play in the upper echelon of bands in there style. The live show is what seperates the bands that go on a top 500 list and ones that goes on a top 100 or top 150 list.
“Hey Google could be THE SONG OF THE YEAR in 2019. Love the Riff, The Guitar Ton, and how it is executed with a driving edge that this music has to keep one pumped up and psyched out of the mind, and floored. The Only Thing this is a very awesome song, and everything in this song is perfect. Been a big fan of this band since i started to see them live, and each time out they keep getting better and better and heavier and heavier. And all there talent, natural gifts of song-writing and composition skills are firing on all cylinders. Red Rides has a killer vibe, and is bad ass and kick ass all the way, love this song. The lyric writing on this album is pretty awesome. And Cybil & The Beast are the real deal. This Extended Play rules, and is like a holy grail in a serious hard and heavy record collection. If your not big on physical releases and a 200 concert a year concert-goer. Cybil & The Beast are a must see band. Special has a killer riff, and love the guitar tone and the rhythm section is killer through this whole extended play. This is one of those albums i will be playing for pure pleasure, since i am sure we have the same influences on taste in music, and it is one of those albums i will be looking at song-writing, since i know this is a band i will be a life long fan of. It is just a case of looking at the stage, and going whoa…cool they look like me and are cool down to earth people, and are very serious at there brand of high energy rock.
This extended play i am totally floored and it give me goose bumps and whips me into a frenzy, this is music that will never leave me. I just know since i will be listening to it alot, everything will be burned into my dna as well as my psyche.
Play this loud and proud. To appreciate this bands sound, and how awesome they are live. You have to see and hear there music in a live setting. As to appreciate why there are featured here.
Everyone on this release is a BAD ASS, and “Get Cybil-ized” is the definition of KICK ASS, no doubt about that!!!
I Have been involved with this style of music since the Van Halen “Van Halen” debut, in 1978. And while I have listened to alot of the metal’s 7 major genres and 21 off-shots from those traditional ones. I have always had a affinity for The Runaways, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, WASP, and Halloween. So when i consider a band for a top 100 band, i usually want to show a predecessor and successor connection. There are a couple of vocalist on this planet at the top notch world-class level as Cybil. Jennie Skulander from Devilskin comes to mind as well as Lisa Stephens from Resistance. Who you should know from reading the National Rock Review. Since there were heavily covered there. Keep in mind the top %1 percent is this gene is 2,000 artist with there own style and sound. So getting these top albums of all-time list is very hard to do, if your not active getting out and seeing everything. So this top 100 / top 150 list is not a list of every killer hard & heavy rock album, but these are the ones that have stood the test of time the best. The encyclopedia for this style is sleaze rock webzine and Metal Maidens.
There are KILLER and KICK ASS albums….Cybil & The Beast is a true MUST HAVE and FUCKING ESSENTIAL album, and must be seeked out and added to your serious hard & heavy serious record collection at all cost. No matter what part on planet metal you live on….this extended play rules…..!!!!!
+FRONTIERS ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF SEMBLANT +BRAZILIAN DARK/MELODIC DEATH METAL BAND JOINS LABEL’S EXPANDING METAL ROSTER +LABEL DEBUT, “OBSCURA” DUE IN EARLY 2020
Frontiers Music Srl is thrilled to announce the signing of the Brazilian dark/melodic death metal band Semblant to a multi-album deal.
One of the rapidly rising stars of their scene in South America, Semblant is more than ready for the world stage. The band received international praise from the metal community with the release of the album “Lunar Manifesto” (2014), with the singles “What Lies Ahead”, “Dark of the Day,” and “Incinerate” combining for more than 30 million views on YouTube. Now, Semblant are ready for the next phase of their career with the upcoming release of the highly anticipated album “Obscura” (2020).
The band formed in 2006 when singer Sergio Mazul and keyboardist J. Augusto joined forces to create music that featured all the dark and aggressive elements they appreciated and loved in metal music. After a few years of changing line-ups, the group established itself with the addition of Mizuho Lin (female vocals), Juliano Ribeiro (guitar), Welyntom “Thor” Sikora (drums), and Johann Piper (bass) to the band.
Vocalist Mizuho Lin says, “It’s an honor to be part of such a traditional label like Frontiers. We’ve been composing and preparing ourselves for at least two years to finally get ‘Obscura’ ready and we’re super excited to begin this new era working together with the label!”
Singer Sergio Mazul adds. “We’re really excited to start this amazing new era of Semblant with Frontiers. Besides my doom, gothic, thrash and death influences, I’m a great enthusiast of all kinds of hard rock and heavy metal, having collected a lot of titles released by the label. They’ve been doing amazing work worldwide with new bands and Semblant will surely figure as a new jolt of energy to Frontiers’ roster, with our dark and more extreme influences in our songs. And we’re sure that Frontiers will make the same for us, taking the band to another level. ‘Obscura’ will strike the world in 2020 and we’re counting the days to introduce our new album to everyone!”
Frontiers is thrilled to welcome Semblant to our rapidly expanding metal roster and to bring their incredible talents to metalheads around the globe. Stay tuned for more info soon. In the meantime, enjoy their wildly popular song and video, “What Lies Ahead”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIedr
Catch the band next spring on their European tour. More dates to be announced.
April 2020: 2 NAMUR Belvédère 3 ROTTERDAM Baroeg 4 PARIS La Boule Noire 5 WEINHEIM Café Central 6 LONDON Underworld 9 LISBOA RCA Club 10 MADRID Nazca 11 BARCELONA Razzmatazz 3 12 LYON Rock & Eat 14 PRATTELN Z7 15 BERLIN Music And Freinden 16 KRAKOW Zaścianek 17 BRATISLAVA Randal Club 18 ROMA Traffic 19 MILANO Dedolor Music Headquarter 20 MUNICH Backstage
So the band Edge of Paradise will drop there 4th release. On November 8th. It is called “Universe”. And this is a band i was not really familiar with. Until i got the pre-release about maybe a week ago. From from Frontiers Music. And was highly impressed. I love the blend here. I love the sound of the industrial metal with the symphonic and the power metal elements. Thrown in here. It’s a sound that has been somewhat been done before. But not quite like this. There is something with there blend that is fantastic to hear. It has flawless production and great instrumentation. Mixing with the vocalist Margarita Monet’s great voice. Her voice is unique. In that in that i can be very tender and very vulnerable at times, and yet be very strong and powerful at other times and it’s very original. I think this sound is just what the sometimes stale metal community needs. So the record as a whole is highly energetic and well as highly intelligent. Which at times can be difficult to marry to two together. And this band does it extremely well. As far as standout tracks here. The song “Fire” is exactly what is says. This song is pure fire i love that song. It’s catches out. It will stick in your head. And it is a fabulous song. As far as other songs i love “Electrify”. I love “Face to Fear. “Alone” is really good. “World” has has this very soft tender different style, different approach. But is a very interest song as well. And they all flow nicely. It ends with this fantastic instrumental track “Burn the Sun” which is killer. Some excellent and i do mean excellent. guitar work. On this song. And through out the whole record. So in general. If your looking for a energetic, technically proficient emotional style of metal music. That isn’t afraid to stretch the boundaries. And has a lot of electronic elements thrown in here. This is a excellent record to check out and a excellent band. And this record is high up on on my list. For my for favorites. So far this year. Let me know what you think. I love this record. Edge of Paradise “Universe”. November 8th . Go out a buy the record. Great band. So that’s it for now. Thanks for watching. See you.
Kick Ass Metal Rating
Edge of Paradise
Universe
November 8th, 2008
Frontiers Records
FR CD 1003
KICK ASS METAL RATING
100 out of 100 Buring Flying V’s
2019 Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album of the Year
Edge of Paradise
Margarita Monet – Vocals Dave Bates – Guitars David Ruiz – Guitars Vanya Kapetanovic – Bass Jimmy Lee – Drums
Universe Tracklisting 1. Fire 2. Electrify 3. Universe 4. Alone 5. Hollow 6. World 7. Perfect Disaster 8. Face Of Fear 9. Stars 10. Burn The Sun
Formed by singer/pianist Margarita Monet and guitarist Dave Bates in 2011. Edge Of Paradise has released 3 radio charting records and toured over 40 states, recently made their European debut alongside DELAIN and are getting ready to bring their live show to Japan! The band’s 3rd studio album UNIVERSE is due beginning of 2019. The abum is produced by Mike Plotnikoff (Halestorm, Three Days Grace) and mixed by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat…).
May 2015, via Pure Steel Records/Soulfood, the band released their sophomore album IMMORTAL WALTZ, produced by legendary Michael Wagener. Debuted at #2 most added on CMJ radio, getting in the top 20 on the US metal radio charts. Revolver Magazine took notice of the band and premiered their music videos. The band continued to tour, and celebrated their first sold out shows in TX and CT.
March 10, 2017 Edge Of Paradise released a 5 song EP ALIVE via ILS/Universal. Produced by Chuck Johnson (Korn, Slipknot…) and mixed by Jay Ruston, Mike Plotnikoff and Michael Wagener. ALIVE hit the BILLBOARD charts as top 100 new artist albums & current rock album, reaching #1 on Amazon and top 40 on iTunes among hard rock/metal albums, first week of sales. ALIVE received great reviews and California’s biggest rock station KLOS debuted one of the songs “Shade Of Crazy”. Loudwire pemiered the band’s music video “Mystery” that was voted top 5 videos on Loudwire’s Battle Royal for 10 weeks! That year, Edge Of Paradise made their international debut at Femme Festival in Holland.
Souls Of Rock Foundation sponsored the making of the music video shot in Iceland, for the single Face Of Fear off the upcoming album UNIVERSE.
LINEUP: Margarita Monet – vocals, Dave Bates -Guitars, David Ruiz -Guitars, Vanya Kapetanovic- Bass, Jimmy Lee – Drums.
~SHOT A MUSIC VIDEO IN ICELAND FOR TITLE TRACK “FACE OF FEAR” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
~PERFORMED ALONGSIDE HAMMERFALL AT THE GROVE OF ANAHEIM
~CD ALIVE (2017) HIT BILLBOARDS TOP 100 NEW ALBUM ARTIST & #58 ROCK ALBUM
~”MYSTERY” VIDEO PREMIERED ON LOUDWIRE AND VOTED TOP 5 ON LOUDWIRE’S BATTLE ROYAL FOR 10 WEEKS~
~TOURED OVER 40 STATES – MADE INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AT FEMME FESTIVAL IN EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS ALONGSIDE DELAIN
~VOTED 8 OUT OF 8 TO “STAY” BY CALLERS ON “STAY OR GO” SEGMENT ON KLOS, CALIFORNIA’S BIGGEST ROCK STATION
-PRINT MAGAZINE FEATURES: TATTOO MAGAZINE (US), DEAF FOREVER MAGAZINE (GERMANY) IMAGE AND STYLE MAGAZINE (US), METAL ON LOUD (ISRAEL) -ROCKWELL UNSCENE (US) ROCK N ROLL INDUSTRIES (US)
-INVOLVED IN ROCKERS UNITED FOUNDATION, FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING & ROCK FOR YOU FOUNDATION ADVOCATING FOR THOSE BATTLING MENTAL ILLNESS~
~INVOLVED ALONGSIDE FABIO LANZONI WITH THE GREAT ESCAPE, FOUNDATION FOR MESOTHELIOMA, DID A GUITAR GIVEAWAY AND RAISED $5000
VANYA ~ DAVE ~ MARGARITA ~ DAVID ~ JIMMY
“LA’s Edge Of Paradise just rocked the main stage of the Female Metal Event – FEMME festival in the Netherlands. They are the only US band here. I heard someone say they were the best band of the fest so far. Of course I agree. I think Europe will see more of them.” ~John T SONIC CATHEDRAL
“A lot of press has said that MONET is one of the most distinctive talents in contemporary hard rock, and there’s absolute truth in the statement. As the tempo of “Alive” primarily serves up a dance rhythm, Margarita Monet swoons and shimmers on the verses, vocally tempting listeners into her aural web, and then hammering down upon them as the choruses thump likewise.–
“The Los Angeles based foursome, fronted by stunning vocalist Margarita Monet; is destined to reach hard rock epic status and their new EP, ALIVE; is just another step toward metal immortality! “
“Possessing a wickedly fascinating front woman in the absolutely bewitching Margarita Monet and a battalion of supremely talented musicians, Edge Of Paradise is sure to thoroughly enrapture all types of music aficionados with their vibrant songs and captivating live performance. “
Formed by singer/pianist Margarita Monet and guitarist Dave Bates in 2011, Los Angeles based Edge Of Paradise has made a name for themselves in the metal scene with the release of well-received independent albums and heavy touring both nationally and internationally. Their new album, and first for Frontiers, “Universe” was produced by Mike Plotnikoff (Halestorm, Three Days Grace) and mixed by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat, Pretty Maids). “Universe” brings together a symphonic and classic metal approach with more contemporary sounds like industrial and electronic influences.
“With this album, we set out to create something that would transport you to another world, music that transcends time and space and takes you on an epic ride through our ‘Universe’! The songs are about shattering your fears, testing your limits, and going after your passions at the speed of light, holding on to our humanity and supporting one another as we enter our insane digital future together. Musically, the songs hit you with a cosmic wall of sound, supersonic energy with massive industrial and symphonic textures. We were very lucky to have the best production team for this album as Mike Plotnikoff and Jacob Hansen helped capture our vision perfectly,” says vocalist Margarita Monet.
Coinciding with the release of “Universe”, Edge Of Paradise is already confirmed to appear as direct support to Sonata Arctica in November – December 2019 on their upcoming European headline run. The band will tour extensively through 2020 in support of the album as well, with more touring announcements imminent.
“We are beyond excited to bring our show to European audiences! The sheer power and energy of these songs are electrifying live and we can’t wait to share our ‘Universe’ with everyone, so come to the show and let’s forget the outside world for a moment and get lost in another dimension together,” says Monet.
After the band’s debut album “Mask”, which was released independently in 2012, the band released their sophomore album “Immortal Waltz” in 2015, produced by the legendary Michael Wagener (Dokken, Accept, Skid Row).
On March 10, 2017 Edge Of Paradise released a 5 song EP “Alive”. Produced by Chuck Johnson (Korn, Slipknot) and mixed by Jay Ruston, Mike Plotnikoff and Michael Wagener, “Alive” landed on the Billboard Top 100 New Artist Albums and Current Rock Album charts, while also reaching #1 on Amazon’s rock charts, and breaking the top 40 of iTunes hard rock/metal albums charts. The EP received rave reviews and California’s biggest rock station KLOS supported the song “Shade Of Crazy”.
Loudwire premiered the band’s music video “Mystery” and it stayed in the Top 5 videos on Loudwire’s Battle Royal for 10 weeks in a row. In this time, the band also made their international debut at Femme Festival in Holland and headed to Japan for the first time.
Edge Of Paradise Live: 11.11.2019 SE – Stockholm, Kraken 12.11.2019 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret 13.11.2019 NO – Trondheim, Byscenen 15.11.2019 SE – Trollhättan, Folkets Park 16.11.2019 DK – Aarhus, Train 17.11.2019 DE – Berlin, Bi Nuu 18.11.2019 DE – Mannheim, MS Connexion Complex 19.11.2019 DE – Leipzig, Hellraiser 21.11.2019 SK- Zvolen, Rates Arena 22.11.2019 RO – Cluj Napoca, Form Space 23.11.2019 BG – Sofia, Music Jam Club 25.11.2019 HU – Budapest, Barba Negra 26.11.2019 AT – Vienna, ((Szene)) 27.11.2019 CH – Pratteln, Z7 29.11.2019 IT – Padova, Hall 30.11.2019 IT – Milan, Live Club 01.12.2019 FR – Lyon, Le Ninkasi Kao 02.12.2019 FR – Paris, La machine du Moulin Rouge 04.12.2019 ES – Madrid, La Riviera 05.12.2019 ES – Barcelona, Salamandra 06.12.2019 FR – Limoge, Cc John Lennon 07.12.2019 BE – Izegem, Cultuurhuis De Leest 08.12.2019 FR – Pagney, Chez Paulette 11.12.2019 UK – London, The Electric Ballroom 12.12.2019 NL – Tilburg, 013 13.12.2019 DE – Hamburg, Markthalle 14.12.2019 DE – Bochum, Matrix
Hostile International Date release: 2020 tba Dead Seed Productions
Hot on the heels of their 25 Anniversary Celebration through the release of the trilogy “Something for Nobody” (3 LPs, released via Dead Seed Production in the between of 2017 and 2019) ABORYM are about to enter the most prolific period within their extensive career with the highly anticipated brand new album HOSTILE due for international release on 2020 by Dead Seed Productions.
Their 8th studio album is titled HOSTILE and ABORYM are currently recording it at NGM studios and Synthesis Studio with the sound engineer Andrea Corvo and producer Keith Hillebrandt.
2017 – ABORYM & more… “Something for Nobody Vol.1” LP
2018 – ABORYM & more… “Something for Nobody Vol.2” LP
2019 Aborym & more… “Something for Nobody Vol 3” LP
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Early Years and Kali Yuga Bizarre • 1993-1999
Aborym were originally formed in Taranto, in 1992, by Fabban, then bassist in Funeral Oration and keyboardist for Memory Lab.
The band started out as a covers band, playing the likes of Sepultura, Rotting Christ and Sodom, amongst others. Along with Alex Noia (guitars) and Mental Siege (drums), Fabban recorded the first Aborym demo, the five-track Worshipping Damned Souls, in 1993. The band split-up shortly afterwards, with Fabban pursuing his other project, Funeral Oration. Fabban, however, reformed the band in 1997, in Rome, with a new line-up containing Yorga SM on vocals and Davide Totaro Sethlans on guitars, who recorded Aborym’s second demo (Antichristian Nuclear Sabbath) that same year.
In 1999, the band struck a deal with the Italian Scarlet Records to release their first full-length album, Kali Yuga Bizarre. The album featured guest vocals from Attila Csihar, well known in the Black Metal scene for his work with Mayhem, Tormentor and Plasma Pool, who was to join the band full-time following the departure of Yorga SM. Around the same time, the band added a second guitarist, Nysrok Infernalien Sathanas, of the band Satanikk Terrorists. The album was well-received, with the caveat that was to become their trademark: one has to be open-minded when listening to it. Metallion, of Slayer Magazine, commented about the album:“Well, most of the Black Metal releases today don’t rise anyone’s attention, still there is a never-ending quest to find interesting bands. And this time we have come up with a winner. Aborym from Italy.This is what Black Metal should be all about. Ugliness, rawness, destruction, scary…”
Fire Walk With Us • 1999-2002
In 2001, Aborym released their second album, Fire Walk with Us!, with Csihar fulfilling vocal duties and the band including a cover of Norwegian group Burzum’s Det Som En Gang Var. The album was extremely well received. Terrorizer awarded it album of the month with a maximum score of 10/10, commenting:“Most black-heads will hate it, others will be curiously offended by it, and a fearless few will call it their own and use it as their very lifeblood. You can almost see the majority snicker at Aborym’s psychedelic time-travel-meets-corpse-paint image, but these visuals serve to underline specifically where band and record belong: the outer reaches of the cosmos.” The album also made Terrorizer’s Albums of the Year for 2001, at position 39. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic highlighted the potentially divisive nature of the record, stating: “Is it any good? Well, it really comes down to how the listener positions himself along the digital divide. Those who prefer their Metal stripped down and straightforward will likely find Aborym too Industrial and chaotic. Yet for fans of truly unique new directions in Metal, Fire Walk With Us is a full-course meal.” Again, Metallion, of Slayer Magazine, said:“Aborym brought a new level of unexpected disturbance to Black Metal.”
With No Human Intervention • 2003-2005
2003 saw Aborym release With No Human Intervention through Code666 in Europe and Mercenary Musik/WEA/Arista in the United States. The album continued to expand on the band’s experimentation with Electronica, with Aborym citing influences from Drum ‘n’ Bass, Jungle, Techno, Classical, EBM and Industrial. The album featured guest appearances from Bård Eithun, Roger Rasmussen Nattefrost, Matt Jarman (of Void), Mick Kenney and Richard Szabo (of Timewave Zero). The album, again, achieved Album of the Month in Terrorizer, with Stuart Banks remarking: “With No Human Intervention shows a band pulling out all the stops to push the extreme and avant-garde to new depths and, quite frankly, making it look easy. Aborym have made Black Metal more than just relevant, they have given the genre a visceral vividness. Their ability to master forces of primitive rawness, cosmic elementals, cold machinery and ritualistic pounding, blending them into decadent layers of speed, dark grooves of hate and reality warping sounds which comprise this album, dismembers sanity”. Opinion, again, was mixed, however, with Dave Ling, of Metal Hammer UK commenting: “Aborym have somehow found a way of effectively mutating Black Metal’s original strain with blasts of industrial noise and electronic effects.” Nathan Pearce also said: “Aborym has solidified their sound and reputation with the release of the OUTSTANDING ‘With No Human Intervention’. With the success of the genre defining ‘Fire Walk With Us’, Aborym was being looked to as the answer to the somewhat stagnant Black Metal scene.”
Following the album’s release, Aborym played at the prestigious Inferno Festival in 2004, with Eithun guesting on drums for the track Alienation of a Blackened Heart.
Generator • 2006-2009
In 2006,Aborym signed with a bigger label in the form of Season of Mist to release their fourth record, Generator. The band underwent further line-up changes, with Csihar leaving after seven years to return to Mayhem, and Seth moving to Sweden to join the reformed Dissection, and later Watain. Csihar was replaced by Preben “Prime Evil” Mulvik, previously of Mysticum and Amok, and for the first time the band employed a human drummer in the form of Bård G. Eithun, ex-drummer with Emperor and then of Blood Tsunami. Chad Bowar of About.com praised the album’s atmospheric elements and the vocals of Mulvik, noting also that Csihar returns to appear on one track (Man Bites Dog). Jeremy Garner of Metal Reviews commented: “I’ll be fucked if any Black Metal band tops this effort for a while. Any fan of Black Metal regardless of subgenre preferences should take the opportunity to delve into this. Pure excellence”. Nathan Pearce of Ultimatemetal.com comment that: “Aborym is now a band that should appeal to a wider audience without alienating their already solid fan base”.
In July 2007, Nysrok Infernalien Sathanas, Aborym’s long-term guitarist, left the band, stating that his “approach to our way of working, living and thinking” was out of sync with the rest of the band. Mulvik also departed the band to concentrate on other priorities in his life.
Psychogrotesque • 2010-2012
In 2010, Aborym became a trio: Fabban, Bård G. Eithun and new guitarist Paolo Pieri (stage name Hell:IO:Kabbalus). Recording the fifth album commenced on February 20, at Fear No One Studios, under the supervision of sound engineer Emiliano Natali. The band announced that the album would consist of a single track, which they described as “a harsh sonic monolith of sickness and depravity”. The album featured sound consulting by Marc Urselli Shrarer at Eastside Sound Studios, New York. As usual, the album was announced to be featuring a number of guest appearances, in this case Narchost (of Fabban’s other band, Malfeitor), Karyn Crisis (Crisis), Davide Tiso (Ephel Duath), Marcello Balena, and Richard Szabo (of Timewave Zero), amongst others yet to be revealed. In August 2010, Aborym announced that the title of the fifth album was to be Psychgrotesque and was to be released on November 8 in Europe (November 23 in the USA). The band described the album as: “a realistic story about the horrific human aridity and its fragile impotence. A social metaphor, uncomfortable but very current, treated cynically by bassist/singer Fabban through a story set in a mental hospital, which suggests that he used his pen with an absolute commitment and the determination to keep off Aborym from the banality and both ideological/aptitudinal and musical clichés that saturate the Extreme Metal scene”. Alex, from Archaic Magazine commented: “The very aptly named ‘Psychogrotesque’ once again manages to make most Black Metal acts sound like Lady Gaga: the suffocating levels of abject perversion are scarily palpable, drenched in truly malignant horror and overt twistedness”. Peter Loftus, from Norway’s Eternal Terror, said: “There is so much to love here, and it speaks lots that such an intense and insane album can be crafted to have such a wide appeal. Definitely recommended”. Pier Marzano of Italy’s Grindzone wrote:“Citare se stessi è un lusso che si concede ai soli maestri del genere; reinventarsi pur riferendosi palesemente al proprio passato, non ha prezzo. Imperdibili, anche questa volta”.
Dirty • 2012-2013
On October 2012, Aborym entered Fear No One studios to record their sixth album, the follow-up to Psychogrotesque. The new album will be released in 2013 through Agonia Records. The band is also working on a special song in order to celebrate the anniversary of the first 20 years of its career – an assembly of riffs, ideas, lyrics, loops and grooves sent by fans.
Furthermore, a big fanwall poster is under construction with hundreds of photos from fans.
After many years since their last live appearances, Aborym are to officially announce their collaboration with The Flaming Arts booking agency. They will perform live again in 2013 and have signed an exclusive worldwide contract. Aborym’s live shows in 2013 will be performed with a digital drum-machine, as the band did in their previous shows, so the drummer, Bård G. Eithun “Faust”, will not be part of the live line-up. Alongside vocalist Fabban and guitarist Paolo Pieri, Aborym will be on stage with the addition of a second guest guitarist and a guest bass player.
Details of Dirty, their 6th full-length album, have been announced. The 10-track double album, which will be available in digipack, jewel case and gatefold double LP formats, is set for release on Agonia Records on the 28th May in Europe and the 11th June in the USA/North America. Dirty was recorded at Fear No One Studios, in Italy, with Emiliano Natali, reprising his role as sound engineer from the band’s Psychogrotesque album, and it is helmed by Marc Urselli, of New York’s Eastside Sound Studio, who has worked with the likes of Mike Patton, John Zorn and Lou Reed. The electronic part of the album is engineered by D. Loop (Kebabtraume and Limbo). R.G. Narchost (Stormcrow, Demon’s Shade and Drowning Ashes) created The Spiral Shaped Chamber custom sounds’ library for the band. The artwork has been crafted by Aborym’s Fabban.
Dirty‘s first CD features new material, whilst the second comes with two tracks from previous albums, which have been completely re-arranged and re-recorded, as well as with covers from tracks by Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails, plus a previously unreleased track performed by several musicians such as Agonia BV, Tamara Picardo, Samuel Heru Ra Ha MK, Hostis, Ulven, Mike Bizzini, David Cholasta, Tobias Dünnebacke, Jonathan Butcher, Jessy Lavallee, Thomas Hochstetler, Mary J. Rooks, Amanda Neilson, Mark Llewellyn and several fans. The song was written by Alberto Penzin (CO2 and ex-Schizo) and was spliced together from all the different sources.
SHIFTING.negative • 2013-2016
In 2014, Fabban again worked with Marc Urselli on a remix of the Dirty album title Dirty Remix, released via Stridulation Records (Fabban and Urselli’s record label), featuring 7 remixes by Mortiis, Throne of Molok, Kingdom, XP8, Red Sector A, Emiliano Natali/Angelo Vernati and RG Narchost, and it contains a previously unreleased track entitled A.T.W.A. | All the Way Alive and a new version of Does Not Compute (Captain Morgan Version) from the critically-acclaimed album With No Human Intervention. A few months before that release, Fabban remixed a song by XP8, Camden Town (Drunk People in a Limo Remix).
Later that year, Live in Groningen has been released by the french label Dead Seed Production. It’s the first official live album from Aborym. The seven-track album includes a rare recording captured on May the 21st 2004 in Groningen (The Netherlands), during the band’s European tour, and 2 unreleased industrial songs, featuring the With No Human Intervention album’s line-up. Live in Groningen has been remastered by Fabban and Emiliano Natali at Fear No One studios, the same studio in which the band recorded Psychogrotesque (Season of Mist Records) and the double album Dirty (Agonia Records).
In 2016, Fabban appeared as a special guest on The Reptilian Session and on the Technomancy album by Victor Love with a remix of the song called The New System, released by Metropolis Records. He also teamed up with the producer Lucian Lamanna (Subsound studios) and they played for the very first time a 40 minutes’ live set with modular synths, [D]ronin and Folktek instruments at Solchi Sperimentali Fest in Rome, organised by the Italian writer-journalist Antonello Cresti.
By September 2016, a new Aborym album titled SHIFTING.negative will be completed. It has been written by Fabban in 3 years, and it was conceived by making songwriting and arranging, pre-production, production and sound design the same thing. Early ideas for SHIFTING.negative were conceived after Fabban teamed up with guitarist Dan V. After the recently departed guitarist Paolo Pieri, Fabban employed Dan V along with the long time band’s associate RG Narchost, the ex-Ephel Duath mastermind guitarist Davide Tiso and the synth-player keyboardist Stefano Angiulli to achieve various industrial rock, metal elements. SHIFTING.negative features a wide range of textures and moods to illustrate the mental and technical progress of the Aborym project and its never-ending industrial uprising. Among the high-profile cameos announced for the band’s seventh official record, alongside Ministry and Revolting Cocks’s Sin Quirin, The Electric Hellfire Club’s Ricktor and Dope Stars Inc.’s Victor Love, there’s Mr Cain Cressall from the crushing Australian outfit The Amenta, bringing his unique style of vocal to a few tracks.
