Viikate (in English, Scythe) is a Finnish rock band from Kouvola, formed in 1996. The band is known for its melancholic lyrics, drawing inspiration from Finnish romance movies of the 1950s and Finnish singers of the era, including Reino Helismaa. Their style has been variously described as "Helismaa-metal," "wire metal," and "death schlagers."
For One Night Only will be released as the first single from King Creosote's forthcoming album, From Scotland With Love.
Both single and album will be available on 21st July 2014.
Kenny Anderson, known primarily by his stage name King Creosote,is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums.
Anderson is also a member of Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit.
In 2011, Anderson's collaborative album with Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine, was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
French author/DJ/composer/producer Julien Barthe reinvents himself as a "quality sound dresser" under the name of Plaisir de France, remixing a song from an arty LA rock band, called AlpineDecline that moved to Bejing, China. It all sounds a bit weirdn but it seems to work.
Alpine Decline - Personal History (Plaisir de France remix) is taken from the first official Plaisir de France album 'Etat des lieux'
Alpine Decline albums are the kind you listen to compulsively, perhaps even excessively. With blasting guitars and drums, surrounded by drones and a spiderweb of noise, Alpine Decline manage to use shoegaze bliss, pure noise, or straight up rock and roll ornamentally, as a compliment to their songwriting explorations and not as an end in of itself.
Chelsea Wolfe is an American singer-songwriter, known for her "specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk" characterized by experimental guitar playing, hazy vocals, and surreal soundscapes.Wolfe's music is influenced by an array of artists and specific genresuch as black metal,Scandinavian folk music, doom, drone, black metal, gothic rock, folk and dark ambient.
Wolfe debuted with her album The Grime and The Glow (2010), released on an independent label, Pendu Sound Recording, followed by Apokalypsis (2011), which gained her recognition from indie critics as well as an underground following.
In 2012, Wolfe released Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs (2012), which featured a more folk-oriented sound as opposed to her earlier work, which had been heavily centered on droning guitars and distortion.
In 2013 Chelsea Wolfe released her fourth album Pain Is Beauty . The song "Feral Love" is featured in a trailer of the fourth season of Game of Thrones.
Lacuna Coil is a metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1994. The group consists of Cristina Scabbia (vocals), Andrea Ferro (vocals and keyboards), Cristiano Migliore (guitars), Marco Biazzi (guitars), Marco Coti Zelati (bass and keyboards), and Cristiano Mozzati (drums and percussion).Lacuna Coil is known for composing mid-tempo songs consisting of prominent guitar lines and contrasting dual female/male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic, detached sound. However they also have a wide range of songs with a harder and more traditional metal sound.
Lacuna Coil appeals to a wide range of audiences going from goths over metalheads to more moderate alternative music fans.
The year is 2014, and the album is “Broken Crown Halo” – it marks the latest chapter in the ongoing LACUNA COIL legacy, a dark and sultry ride that started in Italy and has resonated in an opaque wake of sonic splendor throughout the world. Enjoy the video forthe song I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name)
