European Tour Including Dates With Iron Maiden Kicks Off On May 27th One of the busiest musicians in hard rock/heavy metal, Mark Tremonti’s latest album Dust is now available worldwide. The album is the third full-length offering from the band comprised of Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, Wolfgang Van Halen on bass and Garrett Whitlock on drums.
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San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends, DEATH ANGEL, will release their eighth studio album, The Evil Divide, worldwide on May 27, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released a music video for the track "Hatred United / United Hate." The clip was directed and edited by Tommy Jones for Videohammer Studios during the band's recording sessions for The Evil Divide and features
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“’Good Terms’ is about hardships and overcoming obstacles in life and trying look at it from a positive point of view”, states ABANDONED BY BEARS bassist Gustav Eriksson. “This was one of the last tracks we wrote for the record and we feel that even though it’s not the hardest song we’ve written, our energy is still embedded in it.
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Roadrunner Records is excited to announce the signing of Pittsburgh, PA’s Code Orange. The progressive unit comprised of Jami Morgan (Drums / Vocals), Eric Balderose (Guitar / Vocals), Reba Meyers (Guitar / Vocals) and Joe Goldman (Bass) have gripped listeners and press around the globe with their visionary compositions and aggressive power. This spring Code Orange will join Deftones on
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Nearly two years after Thousand Foot Krutch landed their second consecutive Hard Rock No. 1 and Billboard Top 10 album with OXYGEN: INHALE, the adrenaline-doused rockers are back to the aggressive side of the dial with EXHALE, which is set to release independently worldwide June 17 on TFK Music and with marketing, sales and distribution through Fuel Music. The upcoming album is
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Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce JORN's new album, Heavy Rock Radio, due for release on June 3rd! One of the greatest rock singers of our time, JORN LANDE returns with a unique album of classics from artists and bands that have meant something special to him, and helped forge this talented man's own unique style. Today the first video offering from
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 -- Breaking rock band Pierce the Veil has released "Circles," a brand new song from their next album, Misadventures, due out May 13 on Fearless Records. Just yesterday, "Circles" was named the "Hottest Record in the World" on BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac show, and in less than 24-hours, the song has soared past 100,000 YouTube hits.
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Colorado quartet Red Tide Rising have a point to prove and with their latest release, Voices, it comes across loud and clear. Tired of being the bridesmaid, the band has decided that all attention needs to be directed towards themselves and delivering a five song piece de resistance as a whole, rather than only trying to focus on “hits.” While
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(Sturgeon Bay, WI) - Wisconsin rockers Dirty Deuce launch their Indiegogo campaign for their long-awaited new album "333" with a concert in their 'hometown' of Sturgeon Bay, at Door County Fire Co. Bar & Grill, 38 S. 3rd Ave., Friday, May 13. Showtime: 8 pm. No cover. Info: (920) 818-0625 or http://doorcountyfirecompany.com/. The band will be performing the entire
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The Jelly Jam will release their new album Profit on May 27th via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. DREAM THEATER’s John Myung, WINGER’s Rod Morgenstein, and KING’S X Ty Tabor will tour globally for the first time to support the recordings. Profit is a cinematic experience, full of suspense, as the individual songs sequentially follow the heroic yet
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Revered for its aggressive and intense music coupled with self-empowering and positive lyrics, hardcore/metal band HATEBREED releases "Looking Down The Barrel of Today," the first music video from their upcoming album, The Concrete Confessional, due out May 13 (Nuclear Blast worldwide). Directed by David Brodsky (Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, All That Remains) the performance piece was shot earlier this month at the
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UK Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are currently on a massive and extremely successful touring campaign across North America as part of the "Savage Imperial Death March Tour" together with The Melvins and Melt Banana. Plenty of shows have been sold out already, so act fast to get your tickets for the remaining dates. NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury checked in
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Multi-national newcomer sensation BLUES PILLS have announced the title of their eagerly awaited second album. Lady In Gold is expected to be released during the summer of 2016 and will contain 10 brand new tracks (see full track list below). Commented singer Elin Larsson on the choice of the album's title: "Lady gold is a character who symbolizes death. We
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Cambridge, ON's A REBEL FEW follow a simple motto. "They’re not “making waves in the scene” … They’re not “from the ashes”… They’re not “creating a sound for the generation”…They're a straight ahead no nonsense Rock n Roll band! If you dig music that you can be a part of … and a live show that isn't 4 guys staring
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Dirt Fest 2016 featuring Killswitch Engage, Asking Alexandria, Hatebreed, Trivium, Attila, & more will go down in it's new Metro-Detroit location on Saturday, August 13. A newly reunited Bury Your Dead will also perform for the 10th Anniversary of their iconic record “Beauty And The Breakdown”, along with Michigan natives Walls Of Jericho and Wilson. Dozens more acts will round
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In this video clip, Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta talks about the band's writing and demoing process for the songs on the upcoming album, The Concrete Confessional, due out May 13 on Nuclear Blast. Check out the video clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmWrcsiFPZw&feature=youtu.be Hatebreed - vocalist Jamey Jasta, guitarists Wayne Lozinak and Frank Novinec, bassist Chris Beattie and Matt Byrne on drums -
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UK-based hardcore punk legends DISCHARGE are set to release their new album End Of Days, on May 13 in North America. Today sees the release of new track 'Raped And Pillaged' ahead of that release. Listen to the track below and read what their piers had to say about the band and their influence. "I've always loved punk rock, some
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Century Media Records has just reissued the 2007 album from UK's gothic metal legend PARADISE LOST, In Requiem, for the first time since its original release. This new vinyl edition comes on 180 gram heavy vinyl in a Gatefold sleeve featuring special vinyl mastering by Patrick W. Engel / Temple Of Disharmony (Iced Earth, Tiamat, Grave) plus a bonus CD including the
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San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends, DEATH ANGEL, recently announced the release of their upcoming album »The Evil Divide«. Today, the band has released the track video for the first single from that record, entitled "The Moth", here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRW1mdm3CaI&feature=youtu.be Check also the »The Evil Divide« album trailers: Part 1: https://youtu.be/XBkIraeKfa8 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzidP0lXzT4 »The Evil Divide« will be released on May 27,
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San Francisco-based classic doom metallers ORCHID have parted ways with drummer Carter Kennedy. The split happened last July after the band had returned home from Europe. ORCHID would like to thank Carter for his contributions to their 2 full lengths, 4 EPs, and numerous live concerts and tours and wish him all the best in his future musical endeavors. In August of 2015,
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The iconic, hard-rock Italian “gothfathers”, LACUNA COIL, will be making their much-anticipated return to North America as part of the “Delirium Worldwide” tour starting in San Francisco on May 7th. This will be their first US run in support of their much-anticipated new album Delirium, which is set for a May 27th release through Century Media Records. Following the first leg of the tour, which features
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The daily band lineup has been announced for the second annual Northern Invasion, Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 at Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, WI, just outside the Twin Cities. Northern Invasion will feature the biggest names in rock on three stages with expanded campgrounds. After quickly selling out its inaugural year with 25,000 fans in attendance, Northern Invasion
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New Jersey's finest TOOTHGRINDER and Lambgoat have teamed up to premiere the bands video for "Blue" from the band's debut album Nocturnal Masquerade, out now through Spinefarm Records. Watch it HERE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pr36MdjZwA "'Blue' is one of the more rhythmic songs on the record," the band told Lambgoat. "It is also one of the few songs in which we chose to apply
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Chicago’s The Last Vegas will embark on a handful of headlining dates this spring in support of their 6th studio album titled ‘Eat Me’ that was released exclusively through AFM Records Germany on March 18, 2016. In addition the band announced dates in Germany for this November. 'Eat Me' is a mash-up of full-tilt boogie rock, droney Zeppelin-esque riffs, and
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Fresh off of a national tour with DROWNING POOL, in support of the latest Murder FM record Happily Neverafter, Murder FM have announced April tour dates. MURDER FM April Tour Dates: 4/20 Kent, OH. | The Outpost 4/21 Toledo, OH. | Realm 4/22 Chesterfield, MI. | Diesel 4/23 Battle Creek, MI. | The Music Factory 4/24 Harrison, OH. | The
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Russian alternative rock newcomers, Vo'Devil Stokes have announced their debut full length Black Snake set to release on June 3rd. Forming in 2012, the band has been constantly evolving their sound and making a impact in the Russian scene by releasing a hit EP, Katharos in 2014 and sharing the stage with some of the biggest bands in the metal
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Austin based indie band BOYFRNDZ have unveiled a new song called “Going Under” today at BrooklynVegan.com. The song is found on their upcoming album, Impulse, that will be released on May 27th with Brutal Panda Records. Stream the track now at http://bit.ly/1MDFaST. “Going Under” is the latest brooding track from Impulse, which also features standout songs like “Ghosted” and “Hiatus.”
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Sturgis, SD --- Full Throttle Saloon proprietors Michael & Angie Ballard and partner Jesse James Dupree will re-build the Full Throttle Saloon months after a fire destroyed the legendary landmark. The new location will be a 600-acre attraction allowing the trio to host RVs and unlimited campers for the first time in the saloon's history. Honoring the rally's founder, plans
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London-based progressive, psychedelic rockers Messenger will release their much-anticipated second album 'Threnodies' on April 22nd, 2016, and it has been receiving fantastic reviews already. Prog Magazine have called it "a spellbinding album", while Metal Hammer UK awarded it 9/10 and said it is "a joyfully ambitious journey through edgeless realms of prog, folk, electric blues and 70s psychedelia". The band
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In Japanese folklore, the ONI is a malevolent shapeshifting demon, able to take on many guises as it spreads pain and misery. The constantly shifting, ever-evolving sound of Ontario, Canada's ONI is no less elusive, though unlike their namesake, amidst the brutality and violence they weave great beauty, and a breadth of heartfelt emotion. Look for the band's much-anticipated debut
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GOOD CHARLOTTE are set to release their sixth studio album YOUTH AUTHORITY on Friday, July 15, via the Madden Brothers’ own label MDDN, distributed worldwide through Kobalt Label Services. The pop-punk icons GOOD CHARLOTTE have announced four special one-night-only shows. The trek will launch Monday, April 18 at TLA in Philadelphia, PA and hit the following cities: Wednesday, April 20
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ACE FREHLEY has debuted a final song today from his forthcoming covers LP due out later this month. Rollingstone.com is exclusively debuting "Fire and Water," the first recording of Frehley and KISS frontman Paul Stanley in nearly two decades. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ACE FREHLEY will release Origins Vol. 1, a collection of 12 newly recorded classics from Ace’s formative years featuring
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The dynamic duo of Whitford/St. Holmes are ready to reunite and reclaim the rock magic they first produced over thirty years ago! Featuring Aerosmith guitarist, Brad Whitford and Ted Nugent vocalist/guitarist, Derek St. Holmes, the duo of Whitford/St. Holmes is back together and ready to release their exciting new studio album this June, with a nationwide tour immediately following. It was 1981 when Whitford, who had left
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Industrial-tinged extreme metal pioneers, FEAR FACTORY, have released a music video for their epic cinematic ballad "Expiration Date", here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RprNzMtfDrM The song comes from the band's latest masterpiece, Genexus, which was released worldwide recently via Nuclear Blast Entertainment in late 2015. The clip was directed by Tommy Jones (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL) for Videohammer Studios. Genexus charted in several countries around the globe, coming in at #13
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Frontiers Music Srl is set to release SUNSTORM's fourth album entitled "Edge of Tomorrow" on May 13, 2016. Today the music video for album's title track has premiered! Get a first look HERE. The first song released from "The Sound of Goodbye" HERE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn6gDAlXhqA&feature=youtu.be Pre-orders for "Edge of Tomorrow" are available on iTunes and Amazon. Digital pre-orders include instant grat track downloads
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Arizona's Voodoo Sex Cult, has decided to get down and DIRTY. The Arizona Rockers known as multi racial kick ass Rock-n-Roll band is proud to announce that they are now sponsored by Dirty Tequila. Dirty Tequila - Dirty Cinnamon & Pineapple Infused Tequila has all the flavors to make traditional tequila cocktails more exciting and flavorful. Because of the unique multiple flavor pallet, Dirty Tequila can be sipped
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Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, led into action by Texas-born vocalist / guitarist Tyler Bryant, will play a dozen European stadium shows as sole support to rock legends AC/DC in May / June 2016; in addition to these dates, some already sold out, TB&TS – purveyors of electrifying rock ‘n’ roll, loud an’ proud, with blues and alternative leanings also
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Nuclear Blast is pleased to announce the signing of Montreal based deathcore pioneers, DESPISED ICON! For many extreme music fans, it may be hard to remember a time before DESPISED ICON, given the massive influence they’ve subsequently had on the genre. But when the group formed back in 2002 and released Consumed by Your Poison the same year, there was little intersection between the sounds
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Creepers have released a new song "Lost" on Soundcloud in preparation for their upcoming East Coast tour dates featuring shows with No Joy and PC Worship. Creepers is a band from the San Francisco Bay Area that formed in 2010. Originally consisting of Shiv Mehra (Deafheaven) on guitar and vocals and Daniel Tracy (Deafheaven) on drums, the duo performed around
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In support of their debut release The Infinite Nothing, ENTHEOS have been touring non-stop as they are currently out on the road with The Contortionist, Monuments and sleepmakeswaves. The tour has been amazing so far, but unfortunately today there was a bit of a bump in the road...vocalist Chaney Crabb has been denied entry into Canada. Therefore tonight's show in
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YES announced today (4/11) their 2016 summer touring plans. Billed as "The Album Series: Drama + Topographic 1 & 4," the tour will feature the 1980 album DRAMA performed in its entirety, for the first time ever, and sides one and four of 1973's double album TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS, plus a selection of their greatest hits. "We are proud
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Legendary hardcore band BURN have returned with their first recorded output since 2001’s Cleanse LP. Titled From the Ashes, this three-song EP will be released July 15th on Bridge Nine Records and is in its entirety today on Noisey. BURN vocalist Chaka Malik commented on the EP: "BURN has so much left to share that it was inevitable that we
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Indiana southern rock band OUTLAWS & MOONSHINE announced the first dates of their Redneck Revolution Tour 2016. The band will be heading out with WAYLAND starting on May 9th in Dubuque, IA with additional dates being confirmed. OUTLAWS & MOONSHINE wrapped up their writing sessions and started pre-production for their next release due out later this year on HighVolMusic. This
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The Glorious Sons has announced a Spring U.S. run that kicks off in Fort Myers, FL at the Fort Rock Festival on April 30. The band will make appearances at multiple festivals which include Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Northern Invasion, Rock On The Range and Rocklahoma. A complete itinerary follows below. This excursion follows a successful headline tour of
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100% OF PROCEEDS GOING TO THE GHOST INSIDE'S MEDICAL EXPENSES You have likely already heard about the horrific accident last November involving a bus carrying The Ghost Inside that left all of the band members in critical condition and tragically claiming the lives of two crew members. Today, Tokyo's Crystal Lake has released a cover of The Ghost Inside’s “Wide
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Ohio based Convictions have signed with InVogue Records and will release their debut full-length on April 29, 2016. The album was recorded with producer Nick Ingram (Hotel Books, Before Their Eyes, Dayseeker). Convictions will be playing So What!? Music Festival this weekend. Convictions self-released an EP last year titled, "Hallowed Spirit | Violent Divide" produced by Joey Sturgis. In support
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Kublai Khan will head back out on this summer, spending August and September on the road in support of their latest release New Strength. This will be the band's first American tour since December 2015 due to the fact that lead vocalist Matthew Honeycutt suffered unforeseen nerve damage to his arm and back. Honeycutt has made a full recovery and
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The iconic, hard-rock Italian “gothfathers,” LACUNA COIL, will be making their much-anticipated return to North America as part of the “Delirium Worldwide” tour starting in San Francisco on May 7th. This will be their first US run in support of their much-anticipated new album Delirium, which is set for a May 27th release through Century Media Records. The first leg of the tour will
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Helsinki's most famous vampires, THE 69 EYES, recently announced the release date of their new 11th studio album, Universal Monsters. The album will be released on April 22nd via Nuclear Blast. After launching several album trailers, the band are premiering another music video for the darkly infectious track 'Dolce Vita', which can be viewed here, today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAdKbEEf0o&nohtml5=False Get the single
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VOLBEAT reveal the details for their anxiously awaited sixth full-length album, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie available June 3rd. Multi-platinum selling Danish hard rock outfit uncork the first single The Devil’s Bleeding Crown and announce the pre-order for the album today. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an instant download of the first single. Pre-order the album and
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On Hatebreed's upcoming release The Concrete Confessional (May 13, Nuclear Blast), a number of tracks provide a pragmatic look at issues that have become front-and-center in today's New Normal, and the track "A.D." is a case in point. Reflecting what is today a challenging time, it's a song that fuses together frustration with torrential thrashed-out guitars, double bass drums, and Jamey Jasta's
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The daily band lineup and roster of festival experiences have been announced for the 10th annual Rock On The Range--the largest and most-acclaimed rock festival in the United States--May 20, 21 & 22, 2016 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH. As previously announced, tickets for the festival are SOLD OUT, marking the fourth year in a row that tickets have
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Purson welcomes you to Desire’s Magic Theatre… This 10-track album, the UK act’s latest release, represents a technicolour trip through the mind’s eye of songstress / vocalist / guitarist Rosalie Cunningham, whose signature approach to her craft stands boldly centre- stage, blending progressive complexity and cabaret romp into a compelling, multi-faceted rock ‘n’ roll show. Cunningham’s vision is a golden
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To celebrate the release of TOMBS' new EP All Empires Fall, guitarist/vocalist Michael Hill's Savage Gold Coffee has announced the limited "Dark Deceiver" blend for serious connoisseurs of the blackest of coffees. The "Dark Deceiver" blend combines high elevation African beans blended with Indonesian and Central American beans to form a deliciously dark smoky flavor with traces of berry and cocoa. Savage Gold Coffee and Holy Mountain Printing have
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BABYMETAL--2015's breakout all-girl-fronted Japanese heavy metal/teen-pop hybrid group featuring 17-year-old SU-METAL and 16-year-olds YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL, backed by a four-piece band--made their U.S. late-night TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (4/5), to promote their just-released sophomore album METAL RESISTANCE (released April 1, 2016 on RAL/Sony Music Entertainment). 2015 was a breakout year for BABYMETAL: they re-released
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Manchester 2007, in a scene plagued by throwaway metalcore acts, hardcore bands more concerned about their aesthetics and chasing management deals than writing a good song, BROKEN TEETH HC was born. Setting out to do a band more in touch with the frustration and aggression that people deal with in everyday life, something more real and relatable to the three
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With the core of the band playing together for well over a decade, Iowa’s Green Death have become a staple in the Midwest Metal scene, earning their stripes playing alongside artists like Slipknot, Suicidal Tendencies, Sevendust, Trivium, Napalm Death, Battlecross, John 5, Soulfly, Devildriver, Havok, Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, Sebastian Bach, Doyle, Soulfly, Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus,
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Fort McMurray, AB rock and roll quartet Sentimental Gentlemen are embarking on their flagship tour across Canada in April and May. Their kick-off was April 1 in their hometown and the Cross Canada Tour is continued until May. The gents traverse over the course of 31 dates from western Canada to the east coast and plan to hit both major
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Accomplished comedian Jim Breuer understands that comedy and heavy music have long made for great bedfellows. On his first musical full-length, Songs From The Garage, Breuer delivers both in his inimitable style with longtime backing band The Loud & Rowdy. Announced today via Rolling Stone, the album is set for release May 27 via Metal Blade Records. With the support
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Rage Against The Machine bassist and former Audioslave member Tim Commerford has formed a new punk and hardcore-influenced band - WAKRAT. In addition to Commerford who sings and plays bass, the group consists of drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Laurent Grangeon. "I am as excited about Wakrat and what we're doing musically as I was when Rage Against The Machine
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PA’s Next To None will be joining the Metal Allegiance Tour kicking off March 31st in Providence, RI at Lupos, wrapping up April 7th at the Gramercy Theatre in New York, NY. The band will finish their trek with a handful of headlining dates with Silence No More and The Madeline Haze. Featuring Max Portnoy on drums, Ryland Holland on
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Announced today, in conjunction with this summer’s U.S. tour, JEFF BECK will release a new studio album on July 15. This marks his first studio album since the Grammy® winning Emotion & Commotion in 2010. In addition, more U.S. Tour dates, co-headlining with the blues legend, BUDDY GUY (except where noted below) were also announced today. As was previously announced,
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Finnish melodic metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA has started to work on the follow-up album to the successful Pariah's Child record. To top off the already great news, the band has announced they will return this fall for a 33-date headlining tour of North America. The kick-off show is slated for November 6th at The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC. Supporting the band will be German-Norwegian
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GOOD CHARLOTTE are set to release their sixth studio album YOUTH AUTHORITY on Friday, July 15, via the Madden Brothers' own label MDDN, distributed worldwide through Kobalt Label Services. Pre-order GOOD CHARLOTTE's YOUTH AUTHORITY at iTunes starting today to receive the songs "40 oz. Dream" and "Makeshift Love" immediately (here). Special album exclusive items and tour pre-sale bundles are available now
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MINISTRY main man Al Jourgensen's new project, SURGICAL METH MACHINE, is set to release the self-titled debut, which was recorded primarily at Jourgensen's home studio in Los Angeles, California with his longtime engineer Sam D'Ambruoso, on April 15th worldwide. In anticipation of the release, Uncle Al is treating fans with the premiere of the official video for new track 'I'm Invisible'. Watch the video over on TeamRock now: http://teamrock.com/news/2016-04-01/surgical-meth-machine-premiere-video-for-i-m-invisible
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It’s been nearly four years since post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil released their last album, Collide with the Sky. The album outsold their previous albums thanks in large part to the gold-certified single King For A Day paired with their relentless world touring. Given that many of their peers regularly release albums in half the time, the wait for the
Lacuna Coil has undoubtedly become the most recognized and successful heavy metal band to come out of Milan, Italy and cross over into the United States. As the world evokes change in the music industry and in band members, Lacuna Coil has withstood every boundary and every experience with pride and with true dedication to themselves and their music. They
It’s been 20 years since the world has seen or heard from ‘90s industrial headbangers Circle of Dust. Its creator Klayton was forced to move on after label shutdowns, leaving the project to age in the unreachable vault for years. Klayton’s spent the past couple decades creating multi-faceted bands with sounds scraped from the toxic barrels of sci-fi industrial waste
Australian trio Sick Puppies are dominating active rock airwaves as the first single Stick To Your Guns from their 4th studio album Fury which is due out May 20, 2016 has quickly become the #1 added song on Rock Radio. Having reached gold certification in 2009 for their Tri-Polar album and being so stranger to the Billboard Top 200, it
Breaking into the Canadian music world in 2013 came a band from Kingston, Ontario. Having won the HTZ-FM Rocksearch, they soon had three top 6 Active Rock Singles (Mama, White Noise, and Heavy). By 2014, The Glorious Sons were the most-played new Canadian artist on Rock Radio. The band line-up includes two brothers- Brett Emmons(vocals) and Jay Emmons (guitars)- in
The end of an era has come and gone as American Idol had it’s final curtain call on April 7, 2016. Acting as the vehicle to stardom for so many talented singers who have risen above and beyond their dreams, we have witnessed transformations and inspiring stories from beginning to end. A singer/songwriter and guitarist from Santa Cruz, CA, James
Much has been said regarding Brian “Head” Welch’s departure from, and eventually return to Korn when he became a Christian. Thankfully, Welch doesn’t leave his fans to make up their own assumptions. He puts it out all out there in literary form. He is already a bestselling author, with 2007’s Save Me From Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked
“There is an old sanatorium up in the hills of Northern Italy. An old, abandoned, and decayed fortress whose corridors are filled with the ghosts of a thousand tortured minds and souls. A place where every wall still bares the scars of countless damaged lives” - Lacuna Coil Italy-based metal “Gothfathers” Lacuna Coil are set to release their eighth studio
Disappearing In Airports is a unique release for Candlebox. The group had to replace two of their founding members, which leaves Kevin Martin (vocals) as the only original member. Considering how Martin wrote a large portion of the record, Disappearing In Airports is his album almost as much as the band's. With that said, Candlebox seems to be going through
Hailing, from Kingston, Ontario, Canada comes the blue-collar band The Glorious Sons. Their latest release, The Union has already been rocking the Canadian charts for some time, but the band is now making their way to the United States of America. The album is made up of eleven songs, including two songs from their previously released EP- White Noise and
What was supposed to be a stormy wet April night, compliments of El Niño, turned into nothing more than a few annoying drops of rain, which made the 10 minute drive to the club nearly 12, sheesh! (Some cheese with that whine?) The Coach House is South Orange County’s “must play” venue for bands and artists of all ilk that
The highlight for any music fan is getting the opportunity to see your favorite artist play up close and personal in a club sized venue. There is something about the intimacy and the energy that you can’t replicate at an arena sized show. On Friday night (4-8-16), Rob Zombie and company; John 5 (guitar), Ginger Fish (drums) and Piggy D (bass)
Photos - TOM KEIFER Live! - The Coach House 4/9/16 CLICK HERE to read a review of the show. TURN DOWN YOUR VOLUME and the audio quality is pretty good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFwspgjad2Y
CLICK HERE to read a review of the show. Photos - The Invasion of ROB ZOMBIE - The Roxy, Hollywood CA 4-8-16
SIXX:A.M. has officially unleashed their global release, Vol. 1 Prayers For The Damned, with its counterpart, Vol. 2, set to come out later this year. The overarching message of the album? To open your eyes, stand up against the grain, and reject the status quo, which can clearly be reflected in the album’s call-to-action, empowering single, “Rise”. Putting their money where their mouths are, the band
The 2nd annual Malibu Guitar Festival rolls out it’s Friday Night Concert, the second event of the 4-day festival, featuring stellar live performances. The Main Festival Day is Saturday, April 30 at Malibu Village from 12 noon – 10 p.m. RSO Featuring Richie Sambora and Orianthi, Special Guest Albert Lee, Laurence Juber, The Costello Band, Lyric Dubee, Stone Age, The
Just announced, BILLY ZOOM makes his return to X! While still undergoing chemo maintenance for his cancer, Billy Zoom has returned to his duties as only he can; playing guitar in the band that he founded, X. According to Billy, “After a while, you just get over having cancer and you just want to go back to work!” And back
Guns N' Roses historic stadium tour just got even more massive as the band added second shows in several cities for their Not In This Lifetime Tour. Due to unprecedented demand, the tour will now play additional shows in Chicago (July 3), Boston (July 20), New York City (July 24) and a brand new date in Los Angeles (August 18).
Tune in to AT&T AUDIENCE Network for: "Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone "Mike Ness'" on Friday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. PM ET/PT (DIRECTV Ch 239/U-verse Ch 1114). Watch as renowned guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Mike Ness sits down for the new documentary series. In the candid interview, Ness touches on a wide range of topics from how he found his "groove" to rebelling through the music of his
SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival is set for Saturday, September 17 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Southern California. Eddie Trunk made the announcement with special guest Bret Michaels live on his SiriusXM show Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk on Sirius XM’s Hair Nation channel on Monday, April 18. Rock fans from around the globe are invited to re-live the filth of
By the end of the April run, GNR will host almost 500,000 fans… April 1 – Troubadour – Just a spectacular return to hallowed ground! The most anticipated event in contemporary music history happened at 12:07am on Saturday, April 2, 2016 when Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan took the stage at the Troubadour in Los Angeles for their first
Dick Von Rock was born out of a music request received at DownBoysMusic.com, for some original high energy punk rock songs for a commercial. (Down Boys Music is a record label and music placement company comprised of Erik Turner and fellow Warrant band mate Jerry Dixon.) Skyla Talon (ModelSaint) and Turner wrote and recorded two songs for the request and haven’t stopped
Sometimes the album writes you. Like a Haiku. As a body of work, the CD concept began - or better said, these songs wrote themselves while the New Blues Revolution band was on tour. A personal voyage intertwining personal experience and that of family members - like ancient biblical characters sent to the desert to roam for years – to
LOS ANGELES, CA - Thursday, April 7, 2016 - To celebrate the release of its fourth studio album, Pierce the Veil announces "The Misadventures Tour" where the band will perform - on this leg only - Misadventures (May 13, Fearless Records) in its entirety, from the first song to the last. These special concerts will be played in intimate venues, a treat for both
LOS ANGELES, CA - WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 - The Devil Wears Prada have announced that they've entered the studio to begin work on their next full-length album, coming late this year via Rise Records. The album will be the follow-up to 2015's "Space" EP, a six-track collection of thematic songs that explored a different point of view of space.
THE RIFT--the Los Angeles trio who fuse alternative heavy rock, with elements of blues, punk and metal-premiered the new music video for "Deliverance" on PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM (here) (4/4).The song,which serves up a powerful message with a hyper charged riff, is the first single on their full-length debut album INVENTIONS, out now through iTunes and all digital retailers. Watch and share the