Killing Joke`s MMXII “New Age Sound to a New Age Era”

A new time has come, a new age era and Killing Joke wants you to arouse with their new album “MMXII” that is going to be released October 30, on Spinefarm Records.

The name of the album says it all, 2012 is the year we are living, the present, time runs out, the days pass running with thousands of occurrences, information, news,  everything seems smaller in such a big planet, Humans busy walking from one side to another focused on their tasks, their objectives and learn, construct, develop, proliferate more and more. Killing Joke portray with extraordinary dark and deep beauty this organized chaos, this insanity to which we are accustomed and which is normal in our daily life.

Killing Joke is and always was a positive force full of decadent energy, but this new work goes beyond that energy, “MMXII” is alluring, lustful, addictive, a mating ritual between music and life extinction as we know it. Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Big Paul pulled out a serious heavy and dark sound with their fast rhythm and new age/alternative music which contemplates their roots but they brought us something very new in the line of metal and dance, a very raw sound with lots of melody that transpires our futuristic era.

The album speaks for itself, ten tracks that mirror many thoughts focused on political, anti-capitalist and new-idealistic visions. The age of flux, the end of times in many calendars, like in the Mayas calendar that shows the end of the world this year, and scientific evidence of natural disasters and “polar shift”, the alteration in earth’s magnetic field, will bring this new age- Age of Aquarius. Jaz Coleman says this age is about “acting in a coordinated manner”, “restoring the biosphere”, “well being opposed to economic-growth”, “partnership and co-creation with fellows Human beings”. This is a shout against the current system, against the way we live today, against politics and huge corporations; we really need a change, an age of flux that brings a time where an “elite can be an intellectual powerhouse and not international bankers”.

To hear “MMXII” is to dive in a sea of intellectual thoughts, beliefs, in a cluster of interesting themes that concern us all with extreme well played, complex, astonishing and multi-layered music which elevates the feeling of living in a precarious way but that gives a hope in the change, a positive enlightenment in this age of flux. This is really a masterpiece, 49:23 minutes of a tremendous experience, a work that surpasses any expectation, a new age sound to a new age era.

By Pedro Ribeiro with love for beer... sorry, music from an early age, he studied piano and singing from 7 to 14 years,  then, devoted himself to the study of the guitar for 5 years. visit our reviews page.

MMXII Track Listing:

1. Pole Shift

2. Fema Camp

3. Rapture

4. Colony Collapse

5. Corporate Elect

6. In Cythera

7. Primobile

8. Glitch

9. Trance

10. On All Hallow's Eve

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Shining at the Spinefarm Summer Camp via Ustream

The Swedish extreme metallers  Shining answering to a series of fan-submitted questions via Ustream from Spinefarm Records "Summer Camp" 

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Recorded live on July 11, 2011

SHINING SET TO RELEASE SINGLE

  Shining - Förtvivlan Min Arvedel by PATRICIA THOMAS

With the long-awaited seventh full-length album out this month on Spinefarm Records, Extreme Metallers SHINING are set to release a CD single which will only be available in their home country of Sweden.  The single will comprise two tracks, one being “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel”, taken from the new album “VII / Född Förlorare”, whilst the second will be a previously un-released cover of the ALICE COOPER song “Prince of Darkness”.

This will be the first time that SHINING has released a single, and founder and front man Niklas Kvarforth is hopeful that the new video, which was filmed recently and is currently being edited, will be included along with the two tracks.  “We are trying to get the video included, but the people behind the single are a little nervous, and probably quite rightly so given its subject matter and content.  We are looking into the possibility of maybe including a censored version.  We’ll see how that pans out, but whatever happens, the uncensored version will definitely appear very soon, so SHINING fans who have been waiting for it, will not be disappointed”. 

Following the Swedish release, the band will consider the possibility of releasing a different version of the single elsewhere. 

More information about SHINING can be found on the band’s MySpace page. 

Below you can see SHINING performing the track "I och med insikt skall du förgå" from the IV album "The Eerie Cold", live at Party.San 2009. © Party.San Open Air 2009.

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SHINING DEBUTS TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM; ALBUM DETAILS REVEALED

Following on from the recent news that SHINING had parted company with Indie Recordings and signed with Spinefarm Records, the band has debuted a track from the forthcoming album “VII / Född Förlorare”, which in English means “Born Loser”.   The track, “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel”, can be heard on SHINING’s MySpace page and also below.

All the music and lyrics for “VII / Född Förlorare”, which is due for release on the  25^thMay,  were written by SHINING’s founder and front man Niklas Kvarforth, and the album was recorded over what the band describes as “three long years” inside the Slaughterhouse studios in Sweden, with Rickard Bengtsson once again producing. 

Kvarforth himself defines the finished result as “THE” SHINING album. “It is”, he commented, “the natural successor to our fifth album “V/Halmstad”, rather than to our last release “VI/Klagopsalmer”, which I have always thought of as more of an experiment both in terms of writing and performance”.  “VII / Född Förlorare” includes an array of guest appearances, and here follows a track by track description of the album. 

First song: “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel” (Despair, My Heritage) marks the start of what promises to be the darkest album in SHINING’s career to date - and for a band that epitomises the exploration of darkness, the significance of that statement is self-evident. A video of the track is currently being made. 

Second song: “Tiden Läker Inga Sår” (Time Heals Nothing). As well as being tortured behind the microphone throughout most of the song, WATAIN’s Erik Danielsson makes an appearance on vocals on a track whose atmosphere is evocative of Led Zeppelin.

Third song: “Människa O’Avskyvärda Människa” (Man Despicable Man) could perhaps be the most groovy, yet most sinister and dark song from SHINING. Chris Amott of ARCH ENEMY contributes a magnificent solo on the track.

Fourth song: “Tillsammans Är Vi Allt” (Together We Are All) sheds an entirely new light on the band with its melancholic structure and the use of a grand piano as the lead instrument.  The refrain is sung by Nordman, one of Sweden’s biggest pop stars.

Fifth song: “I Nattens Timma” (In The Night Hour). As can be expected with a SHINING album, there is always one track that differs from the rest, and this is the one, with only piano, mellotron and a guest vocal appearance by Peter Bjärgö of ARCANA.

Sixth song: “FFF” A track exploring family relationships, this is one of the most personal songs that Kvarforth has ever written.

More information about SHINING can be found on the band’s MySpace page.

Below is the track “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel”  from the new album.  If you would like to use it, it can be found at  or embedded using:

   

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SHINING QUITS INDIE AND SIGNS WITH SPINEFARM – ALBUM RELEASE DATE SET

SHINING founder Niklas Kvarforth announced today that the band has parted company with label Indie Recordings, and has instead signed with Spinefarm Records.  The front man, who late last month announced that he was quitting all his other projects, with the exception of Maniac’s SKITLIV, so that he could concentrate on SHINING, is keen to stress that the parting from Indie is completely amicable explaining that  “There is absolutely no bad blood between SHINING and Indie Recordings.  We sat down together and talked everything through, and everyone came to the conclusion that the best way for SHINING to grow and develop would be to sign the band to a label with the size and experience of Spinefarm.   I would like to thank Indie for putting the interests of the band first and allowing this to deal to happen”.

The surprise move also means that SHINING’s much delayed seventh full length albumwill now appear on Spinefarm rather than Indie, with a release date having been set for the 25^th May.  Commenting on the upcoming release and the new cooperation with Spinefarm, Kvarforth had this to say: “VII / Född Förlorare” has been long in coming due to a series of unfortunate delays, none of which had anything to do with Indie, and it is a relief to all of us that it will finally see the light of day.  I personally am extremely happy to be working with Spinefarm’s Teemu, and am confident that SHINING will now be able to go from strength to strength”.

More information about SHINING can be found on the band’s MySpace page 

Below you can SHINING performing the track "I och med insikt skall du förgå" from the IV album "The Eerie Cold", live at Party.San 2009. © Party.San Open Air 2009.

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