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As we are leaving the year 2024 behind, let's have a brief look at what has been going on during this year musically and artistically for the bands and musicians that we discuss here at Unearthed Mirrors - and why not let us also have a look ahead at the first things that 2025 has already in store for us!
For many bands we follow here at Unearthed Mirrors, the first live shows of 2024 are approaching - with WATAIN, Lukas Häger, Saturnalia Temple and UnoX hitting the stage already next month, followed by PÅGÅ in early March; Unpure and Xalpen will embark on the Europe Ablaze tour in April/May, also in May are a couple of festivals for Maggot Heart and the quite unique Eros At Arms festival for Concrete Winds.
Here is then a selection of music which will be haunting venues in these upcoming months: you might want to blast again the ones you know already, and we surely recommend getting acquainted with those you might not be very familiar with yet, because although covering very different styles, they all have some really excellent music to offer!
2023 is coming to its end and a lot has been going on musically and artistically in this past year, so here is a brief recap of what's happened, as seen through our archive posts; as well as some of the upcoming releases and shows to look forward to in 2024!
Over The Edge Fest has just announced that Maggot Heart will perform at the next edition of the festival, which will take place from May 24th to May 26th, 2024 at Chemiefabrik in Dresden!
The other bands announced so far are: Division Speed, Killing Frost, Foreseen, Ch'ahom, Phiz, Shaam Larein, Bottomless and Otras. More are to be announced.
The Rock Hard Festival will be held at the Gelsenkirchen Amphitheater, on May 17th - May 19th, 2024.
The other bands announced so far are: DAD, Forbidden and John Diva & the Rockets of Love; with 14 more highlighted acts to be announced.
Maggot Heart are currently busy touring the U.S. with MESSA and next month they will also play a show in London: all the upcoming dates in the Partake section of the website.
Power trio Maggot Heart has just released their third album "Hunger" and it is now possible to listen to it entirely on their official Bandcamp page!
"[...]This time I tried to get to the core of Maggot Heart, also when it comes to songwriting", said Linnéa recently about the album on an interview on Rock Hard. "This is of course a never-ending project and will possibly accompany me on the next album, however I had the feeling that this album in particular connected with something more vulnerable that defines me as an artist, but also defines the band."
...And "Hunger" definitely makes a solid statement about where the band is now!, sounding strong, rich in dynamics, intimate, at times confronting, able to bring about moments of both reflection and assertion, always with a no-bullshit attitude - which fits perfectly their musical nuances of dark rock, post-punk and noise rock.
Power trio Maggot Heart are premiering today another track off their upcoming album "Hunger"!
This time they are offering us a glimpse into a different side of their music: the new song "Archer" in fact, is a bittersweet, almost melancholic song which features piano, trumpet and saxophone, building up to an intense ending momentum, in a smooth, rounded sound.
The latest single by power trio Maggot Heart just got the video treatment and today the band has released this new visual piece to accompany their song "This Shadow"!
The video has been directed by Finnish artist and director Tekla Valy who made use of a very fitting combination of light and darkness, exposure and color balance to surround the band - and the eerie dancer who haunts the video here and there - with moving shadows and little creepy figures, adding a touch of dark and ghastly atmosphere.
Images of Linnéa, Oliva and Uno playing close to a fire in a cave alternate to the uncanny silhouette of the dancer who projects her shadow across, matching the title of the song and the reflections narrated in the lyrics.
Maggot Heart's upcoming album "Hunger" will be out in less than two months and today, another new track has been unveiled: coming in strong with Linnéa's catchy riffing, "This Shadow" escalates in a heavy momentum which unleashes the power trio's intense energy, and combined with Maggot Heart's characteristic self-reflective, slower paced parts, create a really dynamic sound.
The band has also disclosed that a music video for the song is coming soon, so stay tuned for that!
"Hunger" will be out on September 29th and pre-orders are open at both Rapid Eye Records and Svart Records!
The band will be touring right after releasing the record, check out the upcoming live dates in the Partake section.
Power trio Maggot Heart have just announced four European live dates this Autumn to present their new album "Hunger" - including a release show in Berlin, and an additional show in London after their U.S. tour!
Be prepared for some intense nights of genuine and raw dark rock!
The dates will be as follows:
October 5th, 2023 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (DE) w/ INVSN
October 6th, 2023 - Die Trompete, Bochum (DE) w/ INVSN Tickets
October 7th, 2023 - Release Show @ Urban Spree, Berlin (DE) w/ iamchainsaw Tickets
November 11th, 2023 - The Black Heart, London (UK) w/ NAUT Event Page - Tickets
For the updated full list of Maggot Heart's live dates check out the Partake section!
Maggot Heart will release their third album "Hunger" on September 29th, 2023 on Rapid Eye Records & Svart Records and right after that they will be back on the road, hitting several venues in the U.S. together with MESSA!
Swamp Booking & Overrun Booking have just announced the list of venues where the power trio will play:
Maggot Heart have just released a new video for their song "Looking Back At You", the first track off their upcoming album "Hunger"!
Elements of dark rock, punk and high voltage energy running through the song immediately catch the listener's ears and create a direct connection to the vibes and the emotions conveyd in the music.
The video has been shot and edited by Sarah Ben Hardouz, with graphics edit by Benjamin Bergman, and fits perfectly the uncompromising , intimate and personal attitude which has always characterized Maggot Heart .
Fantastic news for all the appreciators of Maggot Heart: our favourite power trio has just announced that their new album, "Hunger", will be co-released by Rapid Eye Records & Svart Records on September 29th, 2023!
There will be a video premiere tomorrow, Thursday June 29th, and on the same day the pre-orders will be open.
Maggot Heart delivered one of their powerful dark rock live set at Soulcrucher Festival on October 22nd, and thanks to YouTube channel VoidManiac it's now possible to stream their full show in all its intensity - good quality audio and video, too!
Power trio Maggot Heart is now back on high-intensity live activity and, additionally to the live dates in June with OKKULTOKRATI and Nekromantheon, they have just unveiled new shows in October together with UNSANE!
The tour will bring Maggot Heart's rock'n'roll poison to the following places:
7/10 BRNO CZ, Kabinet Muz
8/10 LEIPZIG DE, Bandhaus
9/10 BERLIN DE, Urban Spree
10/10 POZNAN PL, Pawilon
11/10 GDANSK PL, Drizzly Grizzly
12/10 WARSAW PL, Hydrozagadka
13/10 RIGA LV, Depo
14/10 TALLIN EST, Sveta Baar
17/10 STOCKHOLM SWE, Debaser
18/10 OSLO NO, Revolver
19/10 LINKÖPING SWE, The Crypt
20/10 COPENHAGEN DK, Loppen
21/10 HAMBURG DE, Hafenklang
22/10 NIJMEGEN NL, Soulcrusher Festival
23/10 BRUXELLES BE, Magasin 4
Plenty of chances to go out there and experience Maggot Heart's music in the way it should be: live, sweaty and rocking!
Power trio Maggot Heart and masters of filth Obnoxious Youth are now spreading madness at several venues up North on their Nordic tour that will rage on until April 12th, 2022 and courtesy of
Never Understand's YouTube channel it's now possible to watch their full live sets performed on April 3rd at The Abyss in Gothenburg!
Both delivered an intense and corrosive performance so BLAST THEM AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE to make them justice!
Maggot Heart's captivating and powerful set, spanning from some of their early songs to the latest ones, included the following songs:
Zero Hour Day
Second Class
Roses
Justine
Mercy Machine
The Killing Hand
Gutter Feeling
Sex Breath
Razorhead
Show Them Your Teeth
No Song
Encore: Soulpolice
Obnoxious Youth's overdose of speed and nasty heavy metal brings us a good mix of some of their timeless classics as well as some more recent songs:
Cockroach
Retroactive Abortion
Death Magistrate
Speed Metal/ Place of a Thousand Deaths
The Eye
Succumb
Funeral
Mouths Sewn Shut
Disturbing The Graves
Black Terror
Hell On Earth
Maggot Heart will soon roam the venues up North with Obnoxious Youth, starting from the end of March '22, and yesterday they have just announced they will also deliver their high-voltage shows during the summer across Europe, this time together with OKKULTOKRATI and Nekromantheon!
Here are the live shows confirmed so far:
June 16th, 2022 - Urban Spree, Berlin (DE)
June 17th, 2022 - Akademia Klub, Wroclaw (PL)
June 18th, 2022 - KAPU, Linz (AT)
June 19th, 2022 - Jubes, Karlsruhe(DE)
June 21st, 2022 - Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
June 22nd, 2022 - Db's, Utrecht (NL)
June 23rd, 2022 - MAG4, Brussels (BE)
June 24th, 2022 - Le Klub, Paris (FR)
June 25th, 2022 - Rock in Bourlon (FR)
June 26th, 2022 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
Mark these dates and don't miss the power trio in action as well as this whole powerful line-up!
Imagine treating yourself to a massive dose of dark rock'n'roll, filthy heavy'n'speed metal combined together to the maximum volume of live music...craving that already? Yes? Good, now, multiply that by two!
Swamp Booking have announced today the second part of Maggot Heart's "Zero Hour Tour" and it will happen alongside none other than our favourite masters of filth Obnoxious Youth!
Check out the confirmed dates of Northern heavy rock madness and the properly old school poster designed by Affe Piran of Obnoxious Youth himself.
Berlin based booking and promotion company MILK ME has premiered today the third episode on their series which features none other than our favourite power trio Maggot Heart!
The episode includes an interview with Linnéa, Olivia and Uno as well as their full performance streamed at Roadburn Redux earlier this year, with the addition of two new songs taken from Maggot Heart's latest release, the split EP with OKKLUTOKRATI: "No Song" and "Zero Hour Day".
The episode was filmed before Maggot Heart's appearance at this past year's special online edition of Roadburn, so the band talked a bit about their previous show at the festival, their participation in the online edition, the pre-pandemic times, and how they managed to turn the pause from touring due to the restrictions into a productive time focusing on the new material; they also discussed what they have been missing the most and how they have experienced the lockdown times. Linnéa also talked about the main theme which her latest track "No Song" is about and just generally how the city life often inspires her songwriting; on a different note she also speaks about interviewing Motörhead members for her Death beat zine (some issues still available at Rapid Eye Records by the way).
The interview also touches upon their tour with Voivod and how the band is an inspiration to them; how Maggot Heart include elements both from hard rock, post punk and other genres as well which makes the band rather difficult to define on these terms.
Maggot Heart's killer live performance is also part of MILK ME episode and can be streamed below: of course, the LOUDER, the BETTER!, as they certainly spared no energy and delivered a set of highly intense and visceral rock music.
Setlist as follows:
No Song
Second Class
Roses
Zero Hour Day
Gutter Feeling
About this episode:
Presented by Joshua Murphy and Catherine Elsässer
Artist - Maggot Heart
Filming - Nicolas Unger, Julian Schmidt and Catherine Elsässer
Editing - Stéphanie Morin
Lights - Thomas Sevet
Audio Recording and Mixing - Martin Ortiz and Joshua Murphy
Location - Urban Spree Berlin
www.milk-me.com
MILK ME is also organizing Maggot Heart's show at Urban Spree happening this Friday (today, depending on when you're reading this) with Phallucipher, and YFORY.
The power trio will also be soon on tour in early 2022, check out the upcoming live dates HERE!
