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As messed up as the recent pandemic has been on so many levels, there have been a sprinkling of feel-good stories and happenings that have somehow rise from the ashes.

One of those is the emergence of SIGNV/S, an exciting metalcore outfit that came together in spite of the world around them falling into decline.

Made up of siblings Tyler (strings) and Dylan (skins) with Kynan soon to follow filling out the lower frequencies, SIGNV/S used their newfound free time jamming in the shed and forming the nucleus for what is destined to become a major force in the metal universe.

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Esprit D’Air have released their new single “Nebulae”.

“Nebulae” is a song about moving forward and taking charge of your life. The new single will be their third release of 2021, following up from their 10th Anniversary Live album in February, and cover of X Japan‘s “Kurenai” in March.

As featured on Billboard, HuffPost, Loudwire, and Kerrang!

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San Jose’s Roman Lions includes former members of A Perfect Kiss, I Am Empire, and Octaves.

The band will soon be releasing the follow up to 2018’s Absolutes but first have unveiled their new single, “Small Moments,” which was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Jeff Rosenstock, etc).

Watch “Small Moments” below:

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Killer Be Killed released their critically-acclaimed sophomore album, Reluctant Hero in November 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Taken from that album, the band has released the music video for “Animus”. 

Watch the video created by Bryan Bankovich and features band footage by Jim Louvau below:

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Beer: iStout Unchained
Brewery: 8 Wired (Auckland, New Zealand)
Style: Stout – Imperial/ Double
12% ABV / 50 IBU

8 Wired’s iStout Unchained is like no stout you’ve ever tasted. That’s quite possibly because by the end of the process of aging and conditioning iStout Unchained, it barely resembles a stout. It starts with a very good imperial stout, iStout, one of the New Zealand brewery’s flagship brews. But then it is aged for three years in pinot noir barrels with added breattanomyces. By the time iStout Unchained is ready to drink, the barrel aging has done the trick and it smells more like wine than beer.

Aging in pinot noir barrels helps to transform this stout base from a 10% ABV beer with above-average bitterness into something markedly boozier but without the chemical burn you might experience once the alcohol level gets to 15%. There are some roast-y notes from the malts but aging has tamped down on or diluted some of the bitterness, likely in parallel with more of the sugars from the malt being converted into alcohol. But it’s 11am on a weekday during the winter as I’m drinking this, so I don’t give a fuck, give me the strongest stout you’ve got, because my only plan is to spend the rest of the week napping it off.

Initially, I found the addition of brett culture to be perplexing, but it really fits in with 8 Wired’s program of sours; the New Zealand brewery even has a separate facility outside of Auckland just for aging. One cool thing about the inclusion of brettanomyces is that it agitates the beer and makes it pour with a massive, creamy head—a clever way of simulating the experience of a nitro pour. But the coolest thing is that the flavor of iStout Unchained is like a ripe French cheese. This makes sense, since washed-rind cheeses acquire their stinky flavor from the introduction of bacteria. But iStout Unchained is pungent without being off-putting, a stout primed for barrel-aging and the magic of further bottle conditioning.

For more info, check out 8 Wired here.

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Sydney brutal groove master’s Black Rheno have just released one hell of a slab of sludge with their new tune “Battle Ready” and they are about to hit the road with it.

They are a band that has forged a name for themselves as one of the country’s top heavy acts with their genre-bending mix of stoner, sludge, grind and groove metal.

Along with creating their own vibe and style with this infectious assault off riffs, they are also well known for putting on one hell of a live show.

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Brisbane thrash metal outfit Warrior Within are the perfect blending of thrash metal and power metal, succeeding where so many have failed in the past to create a unique and fresh take on an established genre.

With the recent release of their latest single “Pagan Spirit” Warrior Within have also managed to incorporate elements of death metal into the mix, expanding on their diversity and tapping into yet another heavy side of their nature that continues to impress.

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After exploding onto the local scene with their debut album Redshift, Brisbane metal machine Massic rapidly built up a massive fan base off the back of that release and the intensity of their live performances that often saw vocalist Simon Russell-White crowd surfing through the crowd and dragging punters into his music by sheer ferocity and a tenacious spirit that was instantaneously addictive.

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