In Profile: Exilia

 

Band Name: EXILIA 

Country: Milan, Italy 

Label: Independent

 

1. EXILIA officially formed early in 2000.

2. The current lineup consists of Masha Mysmane (vocals), Wolf (guitar), Tambu (bass), and Mark Campailla (drums).

3. some of us were involved in various bands or projects before joining EXILIA at different times.

4. Our sound is best described as a unique fusion of alternative metal, modern rock, and punk, characterized by powerful vocals, raw emotions, and heavy guitar riffs.

5. Our musical influences range from bands like Rage Against the Machine, Muse, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age to older metal bands like Pantera.

6. Lately, we've been working on new material for a special edition of our iconic first record "UNLEASHED." The deluxe edition will contain two brand new tracks and special bonus material, set to be released on May 24th, 2024, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

7. We've been actively performing live and have exciting plans for 2024, including touring across Europe to celebrate "UNLEASHED XX." Additionally, we'll be releasing new music videos.

8. Something fans might not know about us is that Masha is a huge animal lover and often volunteers at animal shelters in her free time.

9. One of our most embarrassing moments was when our drummer fell off his drum set during a performance, causing us to lose him momentarily down the stage!

10.  we don't believe in superstitions. However, before a show, we always huddle together to create a deep connection and channel positive energy and focus.

11. We would love to collaborate with artists like Lzzy Hale from Halestorm, Chester Bennington (may he rest in peace) from Linkin Park, and unique souls like Rick Rubin.

12. We want to express our gratitude to our fans for their unwavering support over the years. Stay tuned for more music and live performances from EXILIA!

 

Follow EXILIA :  

https://exiliamusic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/exilia_music/

https://www.facebook.com/ExiliaMusic/

https://www.youtube.com/user/EXILIATV

Speed Limit 40

 

Speed Limit Celebrates 40 Years of Melodic Heavy Metal - New Video EP "New Horizon" Released - Concerts and a Gem from a Time Capsule – „The Broken Record“

The Austrian city of Salzburg, often referred to as the 'Mozart City', is known not only for its picturesque landscapes, lakes, and nearby Salzkammergut region but also for its beautiful old town and the majestic Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest and best-preserved castles in Europe. These are cultural highlights, but beyond these visual features, Salzburg is also a vibrant center of music. Along with its historical connection to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the city has also provided a stage for other musical talents. An example is the melodic heavy metal and hard rock band Speed Limit, which has been shaping the music scene since 1984. For their fortieth anniversary, the band plans to celebrate their musical legacy with a series of special events and releases. The latest release is the EP 'New Horizon', a selection from the current full-length album 'Cut A Long Story Short' enhanced with live recordings. Alongside the EP, Speed Limit also presents a playlist with several music and live videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu9Oandosxg&list=PLq1NWfuMZ0Y0fZ0WpJomsWVXUB6XQUGAS Last year, Speed Limit celebrated a successful comeback with their sixth official studio album 'Cut A Long Story Short'. The album, positioned between melodic heavy metal and hard rock, remained in the Top 10 of the official Amazon and iTunes Sales Charts for several weeks. The singles 'Hit The Wall' and 'Shine Brighter Than The Sun' competed head-to-head with albums like '72 Seasons' by Metallica in the official German metal and rock charts. Speed Limit rocked the year 2023 Led by vocalist and drummer Hannes Vordermayer, bassist Chris Pawlak, and guitarists Joe Eder and Chris Angerer, the Salzburg metal institution toured Austria in support of this album release. Highlights included a sold-out show on June 16, 2023, the day of the album's release, at Rockhouse Salzburg. They also performed alongside U.D.O. at the musical live performance at the Wildstyle and Tattoo fair in Salzburg. Moving to New Horizons It's no secret that the members of Speed Limit are no longer the youngest, as they celebrate their fortieth anniversary this year. However, this does not stop them from continuing to speed along the rock highway, always in the fast lane. A special highlight is the release of their long-lost album 'The Broken Record: The Chorus Sound Tapes 1990', which appeared on April 26, 2024. This release took place a week before the new video and the EP 'New Horizon'. A week after this nostalgic return, the band will again focus on the present. The main theme of the EP 'New Horizon' deals with the personal development of a person trapped in routine who should still strive for progress, even if he fears change and is a creature of habit. With this anthem, Speed Limit presents a melodic hard rock song intended to inspire people to venture into new territories. The EP 'New Horizon' is enhanced by the song 'Eye On You', which deeply examines the loyalty and connection between two people. This piece impresses with compositional finesse and moving melody sequences. The release concludes with live versions of the songs 'Dead Eyes' and 'Lady', which originate from the legendary mini-album 'Prophecy' and were recorded at a concert in Seeham, Austria. A live version of the main title 'New Horizon', recorded on June 17, 2023, at Rockhouse Salzburg, rounds off the EP and simultaneously offers a preview of the upcoming release of a live album and a concert film for the band's anniversary. For the music video, Speed Limit guitarist Joe Eder is responsible, with camera direction assistance from his daughter Jeanne Eder. Speed Limit – Live in Concert Concert enthusiasts also have reason to rejoice: Speed Limit is currently working on an extensive concert series, and the following dates are already scheduled. Fans of melodic classic metal should mark these dates in their calendars: May 3, 2024 - Speed Limit – Live @ Explosiv Graz (AT) – Rock Thru Ages with Badhoven and Apis October 3, 2024 - Speed Limit – Live @ Rockhouse Salzburg (AT) – Anniversary Show From the Present to the Past – Or: Back to the Future But the past has also caught up with Speed Limit. On April 26, a musical time capsule was released: With 'The Broken Record: Chorus Sound Tapes', Speed Limit released a lost album from 1990 for the first time. This work was originally intended as a successor to the 'Prophecy' album and is a true gem in the history of the Salzburg metal formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNxLL8CcQI&list=PLq1NWfuMZ0Y0YlVghWXMfkvrRIXPxd_Ei After guitarist Joe Eder joined the band, the future looked promising. Songs like the fast heavy metal track 'Head Over Heels' and the hard rocker 'Nights Alone', which were released on later albums, show how the band sounded in the 80s. With songs like 'Back In Black' and the fast 'Tellin' A Tale', Speed Limit demonstrates their prowess, frozen in time. Unfortunately, the album was never officially released before and rested in the band's archives. 'The Broken Record', except for guitarist Hel Lennart, for whom Joe Eder stepped in, was recorded by the successful lineup of the 'Prophecy' album and has now, after 35 years, received its official release. Speed Limit looks back on 40 years of heavy metal Speed Limit is firmly anchored in the Austrian metal scene and was founded in 1984 by the fusion of the bands Ampere and Speed Limit. The founding members include bassist Chris Pawlak, drummer Andreas “Andy” Rethemeier, guitarists Chris Angerer and Joachim “Jocky” Brunner, and vocalist Hans Huthmann. Their debut album “Unchained” from 1986, known for tracks like “Burning Steel” and “Fight To Survive”, helped them gain initial recognition in the Austrian and German metal and hard rock scene. In the context of a lineup change, Bavarian frontman Steven Hogger joined the band in 1987, bringing a fresh sound to the Salzburg metalcrusaders. With Hogger and new guitarist Hel Lennart, the band released the now legendary mini-album “Prophecy”, which further boosted the group's popularity. This led to performances across Europe and significant TV appearances. The 1990s brought further events but also highlights for Speed Limit. The band was voted the best Austrian metal act by the magazine Rennbahn Express, supported by Legends like Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Gene Simmons of Kiss. Concerts with U.D.O., Chroming Rose, or Girlschool were opportunities to experience Speed Limit live at the time. Despite hard work on a follow-up album to “Prophecy”, there were delays, and the album was ultimately never released. The disappointment over this setback led to the departure of Steven Hogger, who was replaced by Chris T. Ebert. The band published their second official album “Perfect Inspiration” in 1992, but despite a well-attended tour, they could not match their earlier successes. A farewell concert in 1994 seemed to mark the end of Speed Limit. However, a successful reunion took place in 2008, with many of the original members, including Steven Hogger, returning. This reformation was seen as a new beginning, not just a comeback. The reunion led to concerts and tours with Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Nazareth, and Uriah Heep, resulting in a new album titled "Moneyshot" in 2010, which gained international recognition. In 2012, Hogger left the band again and was replaced by Manuel Brettl, who did not stay long. In 2017, the band returned with “Anywhere We Dare” and after Brettl’s departure, drummer Hannes Vordermeyer took over the role of lead vocalist in 2018. In 2022, the band signed a contract with the German label NRT-Records,which released their album “Cut A Long Story Short” in 2023. This album achieved high positions in the official rock and metal charts. Shortly thereafter, the long-unreleased album from 1990, “The Broken Record: Chorus Sound Tapes”, was discovered and was released for the first time on April 26, 2024. Just a week later, Speed Limit refocuses on the present and future: The band's latest release, the EP 'New Horizon', will be released on May 3rd via NRT-Records, the day Speed Limit will rock the Explosiv in Graz (Austria) together with Apis and Badhoven. For those who want to learn more about the Salzburg showcase rockers, check out the following links: Speed Limit on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speedlimit.at Speed Limit on Bandcamp: https://speed-limit.bandcamp.com/ Listen to Speed Limit on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5XUra2fEohvIle8Gp5VAtN

Incoming! Six Feet Under

 

Killing for Revenge – release date May 10, 2024

 
 
 
From the opening moments of “Know-Nothing Ingrate,” which kicks off Killing for Revenge, it’s immediately clear that Six Feet Under focused their energies into something that’s as brutal, lyrically visceral and musically dazzling as one would hope for from the ground-breaking Tampa-bred death metal lineup on their 14th studio album.
 
Killing for Revenge, a gnarly beast of a record that’s not for the faint-hearted, dishes up nightmare-inducing imagery courtesy of frontman Chris Barnes via the vocalist’s trademark guttural vocals. Both the album title and darkly detailed red-hued album cover by artist Vince Locke are perfect containers for the brutality within. “I chose the title Killing for Revenge after we completed writing and noticed that all the lyrics and storylines had a common theme of revenge. Revenge by human or revenge by nature—or both in the song “Bestial Savagery,” which describes the destructive paths of man-made storms,” Barnes says. “The album title describes the flow of the stories within the lyrics perfectly.”  
 
Killing for Revenge marks the second album that Barnes and guitarist Jack Owen (ex-Cannibal Corpse) have created together since reuniting for 2020’s Nightmares of the Decomposed, an album one critic praised an “often slow-ish and doomy yet crushing death metal” which offered an “uncompromising show of strength.” Owen also produced Killing for Revenge, with Barnes as production assistant. “We worked well together in Cannibal Corpse,” Barnes says. “He was probably my favorite person back then in that band. I loved him to death as a friend and a musician, so I'm really comfortable giving him the reins because I just have such great respect for him as an artist.”
 
It’s clearly a partnership that works, given the brilliance of Cannibal Corpse’s early work under Barnes and the fact that the Owen-Barnes rekindled symbiotic relationship has breathed new life, or perhaps new death, into Six Feet Under. “I asked Jack to map out what parts of the songs he wanted lyrics for, and he just started writing lyrics instead and gave me a demo vocal track for pretty much all the songs,” Barnes says. “I thought it was great. That's how the music and lyrics wanted to appear this time, so I just let it come through that way and worked with him in a collaborative way. Like we did back in the old days, like on the song ‘Shredded Humans’.”
 
Six Feet Under was initially formed as a side project for Barnes during his final years with the band that he co-founded, Cannibal Corpse. It became the frontman’s sole focus in 1995, coinciding with the release of their debut, Haunted. Only Barnes remains from the original SFU band, but the quality has remained remarkably consistent. The current lineup of Barnes, guitarists Owen and Ray Suhy, bassist Jeff Hughell, and drummer Marco Pitruzzella make for a devastating unit.
While Barnes is the sole remaining member, Six Feet Under is about more than he and Owen. The singer is thrilled with the current lineup, and what each member brings to the table. “Jeff and Marco have been with me for about 10 years,” Barnes says. “I'm really fortunate that I have probably the best musicians in metal. If you look at it, we have the same amount of original members as Cannibal Corpse. Jeff is a killer bass player. Marco’s probably the best drummer out there. Jack's the greatest songwriter I've ever been involved with over the 30-plus years I've been doing music professionally. And Ray is just a phenomenal guitarist who can play everything from jazz to death metal. The lineup now is untouchable.”
 
The chemistry between the five men is palpable; listening to Killing for Revenge, one could be forgiven for assuming that they hid themselves away somewhere for a couple of months and hammered it out in blessed, creative seclusion. Not the case.“We all recorded it on our own, in different parts of the country since we're all spread out,” says Barnes. “I think the most important thing is to put everybody in a comfortable space so that they get a great performance. That's what you want to capture. It's really hard nowadays to afford everyone being in the studio recording like we used to back in the ‘90s. It can be done just as effectively this way.”
 
The songs on Killing for Revenge—highlighted by the singles “Know-Nothing Ingrate,”   “Ascension” and “When the Moon Goes Down in Blood”—dive headfirst into subjects that are as gleefully vile, graphic and downright grotesque as you might dream of from a Barnes/Owen project. After all, the two men were vital cogs in the Cannibal Corpse band that released such delightfully offensive death metal classics as Butchered at Birth and Tomb of the Mutilated. Highlights of this latest Six Feet Under opus include “Compulsive,” which tells the tale of a disturbed individual in a padded cell, eating himself alive: “Display of carnage for the poor soul who finds you; To discover sick survival that binds you; Heaving lungs the only thing intact; Scattered expelled organs your final act.”
 
“Jack wrote 90 percent of the lyrics on this album, and that was one that he came up with the storyline to,” says Barnes. “How you want to interpret it is up to you. You can find deeper meaning or metaphors or symbolisms. But I would say a good interpretation is someone suffering who is devouring himself. You could look deeper as it being about addiction.”
 
The album opener, “Know-Nothing Ingrate,” launches Killing for Revengeas the LP’s first single. 
“I kind of went back and forth on what song should be the first one to throw out into the world,” says Barnes. “Jack liked the idea of ‘Know-Nothing Ingrate‘ as the first single as well.”
 
“Know-Nothing Ingrate” was written early in the album process. “We wanted to keep the aggression of a prior Six Feet Under song like ‘Amputator,’ explains Owen. “I wrote music in the style of early Dark Angel or Kreator, who always had cool driving drum beats. I had all the riffs in my head as I wrote the drums in a couple hours. Lyrically, It's basically about online trolls who voice their uneducated and unnecessarily spiteful review of any artist's output. You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.”
 
Six Feet Under also recorded a cover of Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog," which appears on all formats of Killing for Revenge with the exception of vinyl. “’Hair of the Dog’ has such a heavy groove to it and the vocal is so killer and memorable that it seemed like a perfect fit for us, and something fun to add to the album as a bonus track,” explains Barnes. “Plus there’s cowbell!” Clearly, 2024 is shaping up to be a massive year for Six Feet Under, and Barnes hopes to take full advantage.“I'd like to get a tour put together,” he says. “I would love to get back out on the road. It's been too long. Three of those years were due to the pandemic. I love being on the road. I love being in a tour bus and being in front of people on stage. I have missed it so much. It's what I was meant to do.”
 
  
Mixed and Mastered by Chaz Najjar, Badlands Recording, Denver, Colorado 
 
Six Feet Under is:
Chris Barnes - vocals
Jack Owen - rhythm and lead guitar 
Ray Suhy - lead guitar 
Jeff Hughell - bass
Marco Pitruzzella – drums
 

Hell open air festival details

The first edition of HELL OPEN AIR is getting closer and closer. The time is now to give you all some more information regarding the festival.
Ticket sales are going smoothly, but combi tickets are almost sold out. Grab them while they are still available!
 
TICKET PRESALES ENDS ON MAY 1, 24:00
TICKETS

Curious about the layout of the festival ground? Find out here
 
DRINKS
A variety of drinks will be available. Soft drinks, water, red and white wine, cava, coffee and energy drink. And beer ofcourse! It is not allowed to take your drinks with you when you leave the festival.  
 
These beers are being served for the first time! Our own HELL's BREW!
 
HELL's BREW PILS 5.5°
German style dry-hopped lager with Belgian barley, and hops, resulting in a smooth, slightly bitter lager with a nose of fine hops.
HELL's BREW DARK 7.5°
With a touch of mahogany, a caramel nose, red fruit and malt, with hints of ceder. A truly generous dark one.  
 
CUPS
We use reusable cups, but we do not charge anything for a cup. So no token has to be given for your cup. But we ask you not to throw the cups on the ground but bring them back to bar, or put them in de designated pipes, which can be found all over the festival ground.  
 
FOOD
There are two food trucks. One with fries and fried meat, and one with a diversity in hamburgers. Do not worry, there is a nice selection of vegan food. Please deposit the waste in the right garbage cans.  
 
TOILETS
Please keep the toilets clean. Toilets are accesable for disabled visitors. Be respectful to our cleaning team.  
 
MERCHANDISE
Bands will sell their merchandise, as well as we will sell our HELL merch and some vinyl, cd's and varia.  
 
MARKET
There will be a small market. Do not forget to visit IMMORTAL FROST, BLACK WITCH and AFTERSHOCK MERCHANDISE.  
 
FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE
Can be found at the festival merchandise stand. There will a limited edition T-Shirt available. Only 100 pieces will be made.  
 
TOKENS
Tokens (drinks and food are the same tokens) can be purchased at the entrance or near the bar. Price for the tokens is €3. Tokens are only sold per 5.  
 
PARKING
There are plenty of parking spaces near the festival. Keep an eye on the website and our socials, we will pinpoint those. Parkings are free, except the parking at the trainstation. We encourage car pooling. Next to the entrance you can park your bike.  
 
CAMPING
There is NO camping area organized by us. There are however some places where you can sleep. Check the website from Diest.  
 
NOT ALLOWED
Beverages, food, drugs, spray cans (sunscreen, deodorant and perfume excluded), laptops,notebooks, tablets, camera’s, film-, sound- or any other recording equipment, Go-Pro’s or similar (only compact camera’s that do not have detachable lenses are allowed), weapons, (or other items that can be used as a weapon). Walkie-talkies, laser pens or other lights with bundled beams, toxic, flammable and/or explosive materials, fireworks, flares, pets or other animals, walking sticks (medical crutches excluded), needles, unmanned aircrafts like UAV or drones, or other dangerous items.  
 
DJ's
Our resident dj's SKULLZ & COSMICMASSEUR are in charge of the music in between the shows. On saturday they will focus on HEAVY SOUND, which means only music from bands who ever appeared on the legendary fest will be aired. Sunday will be filled with metal classics.
 
RUNNING ORDER
 
SATURDAY MAY 4
13h00          OPEN FESTIVAL GROUND
14h00          BUSTED IN ROCK
16h00          DOROTHEA
17h30          KING DIAMOND CONSPIRACY
19h00          SLAYER COVER BAND
20h30          MOTORHEADS
22h15          DAMAGED JUSTICE
 
23h30          STOP SELLING DRINK TOKENS
01h00          BAR CURFEW
 
SUNDAY MAY 5
12h00          DOORS OPEN
13h00          SHOTS FIRED
14h05          SPLENDIDULA
15h10          SKEPTICAL MINDS
16h15          TRIAGONE
17h20          SYNLAKROSS
18h25          VERMILIA
19h35          COBRA SPELL
21h05          DEFACING GOD
22h35          GIRLSCHOOL
 
23h30          STOP SELLING DRINK TOKENS

01h00          BAR CURFEW