[Heavy News] Wake Up, Honey - It’s Raining Good Music! A Sunday Round-Up, 16.03.2025.
Why not, I say? It’s not like even my most feverish Music Mondays posting of the latest Heavy News from the world of alternative/heavy music can even hope to stack up. Like everything else in life these days, the pace of fantastic big-name and independent releases from across the music-verse is just abuzz with activity. And I am/we are here for it.
See below for a whole slew of fantastic press releases, album/singles links, artist/label links and more, from a whole raft of albums that’ve just hit the stores and airwaves! There’ll neither be a need for waiting, nor an excuse to go stream, download or physically purchase some of these great LPs, EPs, etc, if anything takes your fancy.
Peace, Love and an Unrelenting Promo Inbox xoxo - Brady.
Band: VOKODLOK
Album: The Egregious Being
Country: Romania
Genre: Black Metal
Release date: March 14th, 2025
Hearing the call of damnation, four rebellious spirits, GhiauR, Strigoi, Blestemat and Grosan, influenced by unholy music, joined the dark forces to be a part of the underground and formed the band VOKODLOK in the beginning of year 2000. Soon after Freak took over the drums, the band released the demo Unchain the Wolf, which contains five tracks of aggressive Black Metal, inspired from the dark side of humanity and representing a hybrid between apocalyptic thoughts and soul tortures.
In 2003 the band released the album Mass Murder Genesis, containing 10 tracks that spread ideas of crime through the ways of Black Metal, standing in the line of anti-christianity, combining malefic lyrics and disgust towards the forced religions with devilish blast rhythms and raw sounds. Mass Murder Genesis was promoted internationally and followed by intense years of live appearances in Eastern European countries, along bands like Vader, Hecate Enthroned, Mystic Circle, Cirith Gorgor, Catamenia.
Many years later the EP Oracle’s Fury was released in 2020. Inspired by ancient Greek philosophy and human feelings, the lyrical story takes the listener through the primordial aspects of fear and faith.
For more info:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2MzXvkxQfDTVZ7pCsfei5R
Bandcamp: https://vokodlok.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Vokodlok
Instagram: https://instagram.com/vokodlok_official
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VokodlokOfficial
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vokodlokofficial
Band: Bruno Karnel
Album: Villa Solitude
Country: France
Genre: Post-Rock, Pop, Prog, Post-Punk, Metal
Label: Bitume Productions
Release date: March 14th, 2025
French multi-instrumentalist Bruno Karnel has set March 14th, 2025, as the international release date for his new full-length album, Villa Solitude, to be released via Bitume Productions.
Urban and atmospheric, the music of French multi-instrumentalist Bruno Karnel borrows from various musical currents to create a highly personal style: post-rock, pop, prog, post-punk, metal...
In the footsteps of Las Ilusiones (2021) and Hic sunt dracones (2023), third album Villa Solitude features eight tracks oscillating between melancholy and hope. Imaginary towns ('Leaving Diaspar'), dystopian urban centers ('Okhta-Tsentr') or cities ravaged by war ('Candlelight City') intersect in this musical travel diary where solitude is only apparent: for an acute ear, there is always a presence, lurking in the shadows of the notes - reassuring or threatening.
More instrumental and vintage than on its two predecessors, BK's music today is heavily influenced by the underground scenes of Central and Eastern Europe: Kauan, A Noend of Mine, Tabór or even Molchat Doma ('Vndadiem').
Like the first two albums, Villa Solitude was recorded and mixed by Florent Morel at Marg'Sound Studio. Thomas 'Plec' Johansson (Pixie Ninja, Molesome, Soilwork...) was in charge of the mastering. The album also benefits from the powerful and precise striking of drummer Basile Combes (Dislimn), and a host of guests, including Matthieu Gajewski (ex-Master Crow) on bass on three tracks, as well as Artem Litovchenko (Thy Catafalque, Sheetel, Abstrakt Lake...) or Polina Faustova (Hans Zimmer) on cello.
The first single, ‘Heliopolis’, is now streaming on all platforms: https://orfeolab.lnk.to/Heliopolis
Tracklist:
1. Leaving Diaspar
2. Heliopolis
3. Candlelight City (ANOB)
4. Tvé Město I
5. Edepol
6. Lightnings
7. Okhta-Tsentr
8. Vndadiem ou le 21h06
For more info:
https://www.brunokarnel.com/
https://www.bitume-prods.fr/
AN EVENING WITH KNIVES – End of Time
Release Date: March 14, 2025
Format: CD & Digital
Label: Argonauta Records
2025 marks the dawn of a bold new era for Dutch post-metal powerhouse An Evening With Knives. Their highly anticipated third studio album, End of Time, channels a revitalized energy that promises to captivate fans and newcomers alike.
With the addition of drummer Jarno van Osch, the band embarks on an adventurous sonic evolution. End of Time weaves a heavier, more diverse soundscape, delivering a powerful mix of psychedelic textures, thunderous riffs, and deeply personal yet universal lyrical themes. This mature yet electrifying record reflects a band at the height of their creativity, fueled by raw passion and youthful energy.
To celebrate the release, the band will ignite their hometown of Eindhoven (NL) with a special release show at Altstadt on March 14, 2025.
Tracklist:
Pride of Lions
All They Need
Death
Old Man
End of Time
Voices
The Mistake
S21
For fans of: Cult of Luna, Amenra, Neurosis, and Isis.
An Evening With Knives is:
Peter van Grunsven - Bass guitar
Jarno van Osch - Drums & samples
Marco Gelissen - Guitar & vocals
Band: PLASMAJET
Album: Solastalgia
Country: Germany
Genre: Stoner Metal
Label: Octopus Rising
Release date: March 14, 2025
German band PLASMAJET is set to unleash their highly anticipated second album, Solastalgia, marking a bold new chapter in their sonic journey. Formed in Giessen in 2014, the band has evolved through lineup changes and diverse musical explorations, blending metal, stoner rock, blues, and hard rock into an earthy yet powerful sound.
Recorded during the winter months of 2023/2024, Solastalgia captures the weight of loss and displacement—a feeling encapsulated in its title. The album’s themes explore the emotional impact of environmental and societal change, inviting listeners to escape into an "Interstellar Haze" and experience the catharsis of transformation through a rich mix of psychedelic textures, thunderous riffs, and heartfelt melodies.
The creative process behind Solastalgia was fueled by a refreshed lineup, with new members Jannik on guitar and John on drums injecting renewed energy and vision into the project. Mixed and mastered by Martin Giemza, guitarist of German power metal veterans Rebellion, the record boasts a sonic clarity that complements its raw intensity. The striking artwork, created by Artless-Prints, visually echoes the album's themes of loss and renewal.
First Single & Video-clip:
Experience the first taste of Solastalgia by watching the official video-clip for the lead single here:
Tracklist:
Get Up Again – 5:52
Show Me How To Fly – 5:39
A Single Mind – 6:33
Enough Time – 4:46
Deceptive Security – 4:19
Wishes – 6:05
All This Dead Time – 4:31
Interstellar Haze – 6:59
For fans of:
Red Fang, Truckfighters, Clutch, Wo Fat and 1000mods.
https://www.facebook.com/plasmajet.band
https://www.instagram.com/plasmajet.band
That’s all, folks! For today. Oh, and also only for stuff already released.
I’ll be right back to teasing you all on the ‘morrow, with another fresh salvo of singles, promo links, album details and more as we continue to go ballistic with music news on Music Monday!