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Costin Chioreanu releases new album with My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe

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Over the last two decades, acclaimed Romanian visual artist Costin Chioreanu has worked with hundreds of bands, festivals, agencies and labels producing album covers, posters, merchandise design, music videos and more. He’s also a solo music artist who has released many albums experimenting with many genres, and now he’s back with a new album called “Untouchable”, which features vocals and lyrics by Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride, High Parasite). The successor to “Alcyone” (2020) will be released on October 18 and features two dark and melancholic songs with a total…

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RISE! invited to Inferno Music Conference 2024

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RISE!’s editor-in-chief and writer, Jorge Patacas, will be present at the Inferno Music Conference in Oslo, Norway once again in 2024. The conference gathers musicians, media, promoters, managers and other key players in the music industry. There will be panels, Q&As sessions, clinics, etc. RISE! will also be present on this year’s edition of the festival, which features bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Taake, Gorgoroth, Kampfar, Candlemass, Borknagar, Finntroll, Cattle Decapitation and many others.  

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Norwegian folk rock band GÅTE won the national Eurovision final

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Folk rock band GÅTE won Melodi Grand Prix 2024, the annual Norwegian music competition that serves as the country’s preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Therefore, the band will represent Norway in the contest that will take place in Malmö, Sweden in May. The goth/industrial metal outfit GOTHMINISTER got the fourth place among nine competitors. Below you can see the performance of both bands.    

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RISE! collaborates with Inferno Festival Magazine 2024

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Jorge Patacas, editor-in-chief and writer of RISE!, has recently collaborated with the Inferno Festival Magazine 2024 doing interviews with bands that are going to play at the festival such as the melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES, the Norwegian black metal outfit NORDJEVEL and the supergroup VLTIMAS. The other interviews were conducted by Gunnar Sauermann (Metal Hammer), Roy Kristensen (Imhotep / Scream Magazine) and Aleksandra Stasiak. If you are in Oslo, you can find the magazine in places like Rock In, Kniven, Vaterland, Brewgata, Aye Aye Club, Revolver, Katakomben,…

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