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HAMMER KING presents new track “Battle Gorse”!

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We are pleased to present a second track off upcoming HAMMER KING album “King Is Rising”: “Battle Gorse”.

“The King has always been a fan of Jack Finney’s 1955 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ and of the 1978 movie version featuring Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum”, singer Titan Fox explains, “in the song ‘Battle Gorse’ we have similar plants, but being tremendously bigger here. One of the faster paced songs on the albums and certainly quite old-school!”

In the meanwhile the first feedback on “King Is Rising” are coming in and they are quite encouraging.

“The king is swinging his hammer again with might! Absolutely great true metal material!” – Metal Only (GER), 10/10
“A respectable album in its kind and fans of the genre should definitely give it a try!” – Lords Of Metal (NL)
“Addictive and powerful! Hammer King take a step forward with this album!” – Metalbrothers (E), 8/10
“If you like your Heavy Metal epic and entertaining, don’t hesitate to check this out!” – Dioses Del Metal (E)
“A fine successor to the debut!” – White Room Reviews (NL)
“Hammer King follows the guidelines of current Epic Metal, but with influences from legendary 80s formations!” – Queens Of Steel (E)
“The King Is Rising” will be released on November 18 on compact disc, vinyl and digital.

QUICKSAND DREAM: “Beheading Tyrants” to be released in November, song streaming!

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Sixteen years after the release of “Aelin”, cult Swedish epic metal band QUICKSAND DREAM is finally ready to release their second album, “Beheading Tyrants”.

QUICKSAND DREAM is one of those bands surrounded by an aura of secrecy, its name spoken among a selected circle of fans. The strength and beauty of “Aelin”, originally released in 35 CDRs copies and repressed in 2010 by Chris Black’s own label “Planet Metal” (vinyl version on High Roller Records) , built up a loyal and strong army of devotees enchanted by the band’s unconventional and genuine offer.

Through all these years founding members Patrick Backlund (Mortalicum) and Göran Jacobson have kept the flame of QUICKSAND DREAM alive, and now with the help of Henrik Högl and Andreas Häggström are ready to release their second opus.

Adorned by Vincent Van Gogh beautiful “Autumn Landscape At Dusk” painting, “Beheading Tyrants” consists of six tracks of heavy, doom-tinged epic metal, recommended for fans of Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road, Solstice and Black Sabbath.

Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to unveil the secret upon the album and in collaboration with Decibel Magazine to present “Girl From The Island” the first track out of it.

“Beheading Tyrants” will see the light in mid November in Compact Disc, Vinyl and Digital.

HAMMER KING releases “King Is Rising” videoclip

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HAMMER KING has released today the first video off upcoming “King Is Rising” album to be released in November on Cruz Del Sur Music.

The video of the title track was shot at the PFAFF-Areal-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH in Kaiserslautern by JWKM – Jürgen Walzer Kreative Medien.

httpv://youtu.be/BUI2L5KGYl4

 

“The King Is Rising” includes 12 tracks (+ 1 bonus song on the compact disc edition) and promises to be a must for all fans of power metal. Along the same line as their debut album, the songs have a special hook on melodies and charming refrains, though faster than on “The Kingdom of the Hammerking”.

The tracklist of the album is as follows:

1.King Is Rising
2. Last Hellriders
3. For God And The King
4. Warrior’s Reign
5. Reichshammer
6. Kingbrother
7. Battle Gorse
8. Kill The Messenger
9. The Hammer Is The King
10. Viva ‘La King
11. Battalions Of War
12. Eternal Tower Of Woe
13. Our Fathers’ Fathers (CD BONUS TRACK)

HAMMER KING will have the release show for “King Is Rising” in Rome on November 12 at the Burn This Town Festival, though other shows have been recently confirmed, including:

Weiher (Ger), Live Music Hall, Oct 14
Kusel (Ger), Schalander, Oct 15
Landeck (AT), Altes Kino, Oct 29
Kaiserslautern (Ger), Nov 19 (German release-party)
Mannheim (Ger), 7er Club, Dec 3
Pirmasens (Ger), Schwemme, Jan 14, 2017
Bühl (Ger), Kneipple, Jan 15, 2017
Neunkirchen (Ger), Stummsche Reithalle, Apr 8, 2017