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Swedish Hard Rock Queens THUNDERMOTHER Strike Back With Catchy New Single “Speaking of the Devil”

Following a previously-released, first track after the attention-getting line-up change, Swedish rock queens THUNDERMOTHER strike back with their brand new single! After “I Left My License In The Future” – a jaw-dropping, straightforward, energetic, catchy potential hit – already seen THUNDERMOTHER return stronger and more powerful than ever, today, the band is premiering a music video for their furious, new song “Speaking of The Devil“!

Founding member and guitarist, Filippa Nässil comments:

The new single is written by Linnéa and me, recorded live in Medley Studios with our long time great producer Søren Andersen. It’s a very bad ass song that we’re all proud of. I can’t wait to play this live on our upcoming tour ”15 years of rock” starting in Sweden now in February.

“Speaking of The Devil” is out now on all digital services HERE

Watch the Official Music Video for “Speaking of the Devil” BELOW:

Skåne-born guitarist Filippa Nässil laid the foundation for THUNDERMOTHER in late 2009. While originally based in Växjö where she was pursuing her studies, she later relocated to Stockholm in her quest to assemble a band. Fast forward to 2024, and THUNDERMOTHER is on the cusp of celebrating its 15th anniversary, boasting an impressive track record of numerous successful tours worldwide. THUNDERMOTHER achieved remarkable success across Europe and held the distinction of being one of the world’s most active touring bands between 2017 and 2021.

Their last three albums, “Heat Wave”, the “Heatwave Deluxe Edition” and “Black & Gold” all released on AFM Records, gained European top chart positions (album charts Germany #6, Sweden #8, Switzerland #15, …) as well as securing the top spot on the Swedish Hard Rock charts. Such successes could not go unnoticed – the team around the world-famous SCORPIONS invited the Swedish powerhouse to join them on their 3 month North American stadium tour. After this successful and smooth collaboration and frenetically acclaimed live performances, there was only one option for the SCORPIONS – add THUNDERMOTHER on their European run as well. 39 shows with more than 600.000 spectators all over Europe and North America! Not to mention all the other highly-acclaimed gigs like an invitation from KISS to perform on their official “KISS cruise”, three appearances at Wacken Open Air plus numerous other prestigious festivals and fairs. THUNDERMOTHER are aiming to become the next headliner generation – with 2,000 shows under their belts, a Gaffa Award for being Sweden’s best Hard Rock act in 2020 on their shelves, the European double silver Impala Award on their walls and as the only band performance out of 40 a 5/5 review from “Rocknytt” (Sweden Rock Festival 2023) in the press!

THUNDERMOTHER 2023 – this is Linnea Vikström Egg, Majsan Lindberg, Joan Massing and Filippa Nässil. One line-up, one vision, one goal! Their slogan “We fight for Rock’N’Roll” has to be taken literally: THUNDERMOTHER don’t just play Rock’n’Roll. THUNDERMOTHER are Rock’n’Roll!

THUNDERMOTHER LIVE:
FEB 23 Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad / Swede
FEB 24 Folkets Park, Huskvarna / Sweden
MAR 1 Club Deströyer, Sundsvall / Sweden
MAR 2 Nöjesbolaget, Örnsköldsvik / Sweden\
MAR 8 The Tivoli, Helsingborg / Sweden
MAR 9 Babel, Malmö / Sweden
MAR 10 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen / Denmark
MAR 15 Katalin and all that Jazz, Uppsala / Sweden
MAR 16 Frimis Salonger, Örebro / Sweden
MAR 22 Pustervik, Göteborg / Sweden
MAR 23 Kägelbanan Södra Teatern, Stockholm / Sweden
JUN 29 Tons of Rock 2024, Oslo / Norway

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Source: AFM Records

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A Five-Year Silence Shattered! The Loudest Silence Return with New Single “The Core”

Five years have passed since The Loudest Silence released their debut album ‘Aesthetic Illusion’, making ‘The Core’ to be the first original song after five long years of silence and a first true sign of life, excluding the cover version of Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’, which was home-recorded during the worldwide pandemic of COVID, and released in March 2022

A lot has happened during those years: aside from the setbacks due to worldwide waves of pandemics, the band also went through significant line-up changes. Drummer Damir Sinanović – Bumbar and the long time guitarist Mirza Ćorić left the band in 2022, leaving Taida (vocals), Denijal (keyboards & orchestration) and Džemal (bass guitar) as lone members of the band, to be the core of The Loudest Silence.

The band however kept creating new music and is now happy to announce that further new songs will be released in 2024. In fact, the band already demoed 7 new songs and already has a working title for the new album.

While recording and producing the new material, the band really wanted to up their game sound-wise, and are very happy to announce that the new song was engineered, produced and mixed by Joost van den Broek (EPICA, BLIND GUARDIAN, POWERWOLF, AYREON, AFTER FOREVER among others). The vocals and keyboards were recorded in the same studio Taida used for recording her vocals for the albums she did with the legendary Swedish band THERION – Behind the Forest studio in Munich, Germany, while the bass guitar was recorded in Sarajevo.

Some of the new elements in the sound of The Loudest Silence could surprise fans of the debut album, or fans of the symphonic metal genre in general, but that does not concern Denijal.

‘We never thought of The Loudest Silence as a band that is part of a specific genre. We actually do not like this whole idea of genres and sub-genres at all. When we create music, it comes from what we feel and sometimes it’s dark, melancholic and heavy, sometimes it’s not. It’s not about fitting into some niche, but is all about emotion and the urge to get it out. We do not care if it sounds like symphonic metal, doom, black metal or whatever. If it’s what we feel, than so be it.’

The band have released a lyric video for the song as well and that decision is especially important for Taida.

In general, I do not like to talk about my lyrics or explain them. That beats their purpose and I think that people should find their own meaning in them.

But when we were making the video with the amazing DRONICON FILMS, I had to give them some direction, so I did tell them that the idea of ‘The Core’ in general is about the essence of humanity, which we are constantly losing, we seem to be losing the connection to our inner being, our inner values, because we are more driven by others, thoughts of others or greed… But that is just scratching the surface, the lyrics are much, much more than that and that is why it was important for me to have them in the video, especially now when we are once again witnessing what seems to be the worst of humanity.’

The Core’ dropped on Friday, November 3rd at noon (12:00 PM, CET) on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and more. At the same time, the band have released a new animated lyric video for the song on YouTube.

Watch the lyric video for “The Core”:


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THE LOUDEST SILENCE are:
Taida Nazraić – vocals
Denijal Ćatović – keyboards / orchestration
Džemal Bijedić – bass

CREDITS:
‘The Core’
Vocals by Taida Nazraić
Keyboards & Orchestration by Denijal Ćatović
Bass guitar by Džemal Bijedić
Guitars by Bart Hennephof (TEXTURES)
Drums by Koen Herfst (ARJEN LUCASSEN’s Supersonic Revolution)
Guitar solo by Mirza Ćorić (ex-THE LOUDEST SILENCE)
Produced & mixed by Joost van den Broek @ Sandlane Recording Facilities
Mix assisted & mastered by Yarne Heylen @ Project Zero Studio
Animated lyric video by DRONICON FILMS.
Cover artwork by Nihil
Logos & layout by Džemal Bijedić
Music by Denijal Ćatović
Lyrics by Taida Nazraić
Arranged by The Loudest Silence

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AD INFINITUM are running a cover competition for fans

Ad Infinitum are currently hosting a new competition for its musically gifted fans, with some amazing prizes being up for grabs. They have set the challenge of covering new song “Seth”, and to make it easier they have even provided backing tracks for your instrument of choice.

As per their official announcement on 4 April:

Hey there ! We know some of our dear Infinitors have some musical talent. In order to celebrate the release of “Chapter III – Downfall” we decided to have a cover competition! We prepared 4 backing tracks of our new song “Seth”. One without drums, one without bass, one without guitars and one without vocals. We would like to hear your version with your own instrument! You can also create your version from scratch without using those tracks.

Link to the tracks: https://www.dropbox.com/…/AABg1gN48Md9_ENHj51gdxiUa…

How to submit: simply share your cover on your social media (Instagram, Facebook or TikTok), tag Ad Infinitum and add the hashtag #AICOVERCOMPETITION . You can post on one or more social media (the more you post the more you spread the good vibes). You can cover the whole song or choose your favorite section, it’s up to you!

You have until Friday, April 14th to submit your entry and we will pick three winners!

Prizes:
1. A VIP entry to one of our concerts
2. A drums/bass/guitar/vocal lesson or nerd chat
3. A precious package containing signed items (drumsticks, picks and poster)

Winning covers will be announced and shared on April 21st!

Let’s gooo! Show us your version of “Seth” 

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We look forward to seeing the results!