The Oklahoma Kid Announce "Featherminded" EP + Share "Masquerade" Visualizer

July 25, 2024

THE OKLAHOMA KID continue to captivate their audience with the release of their newest single, "Masquerade," from the upcoming EP, Featherminded, out on August 22 via Arising Empire.

This latest offering showcases the band's ability to blend intricate guitar work with soaring melodies and compelling lyrical narratives.

The track combines aggressive instrumentation with melodic hooks, creating a dynamic tension that reflects the song's thematic depth. This single further establishes The Oklahoma Kid's penchant for pushing musical and thematic boundaries, solidifying their reputation as innovators in the genre.

To celebrate the release of Featherminded, The Oklahoma Kid is set to host a major release show on August 31. This event promises to be a high-energy showcase of the new material, providing fans with an immersive live experience.

Watch "Masquerade" visualizer below.

The song is out worldwide on DSPs at midnight.

Pre-save Featherminded here.

THE OKLAHOMA KID stand for breathtaking modern metal that bridges the gap between technical intricacy and energizing rhythms. Since their formation in 2012 the band has consistently pushed the envelope and have established their foundation in the German metal scene.

After their successful debut album Solarray (2019) and struck by the global pandemic, THE OKLAHOMA KID set their focus on writing new music, with one simple goal in mind, to best themselves and give every fan something to crave for — Tangerine Tragic.

Tangerine Tragic is built on the strengths of their debut Solarray. It plays with new ideas and concepts, comes gentle as a breeze and strikes hard as a wreckingball. The album was recorded and produced by Jan Kerscher (Ghost City Recordings) - mixed and mastered by Lance Prenc (Alpha Wolf, Polaris, Dealer) that gives this production its full blown punch.

They toured the country with renowned acts such as Stick To Your Guns, Carnifex, Evergreen Terrace and Hatebreed and electrified crowds with their passionate, relentless performance.

THE OKLAHOMA KID ARE:
Tomm Brümmer | Vocals
Fred Stölzel | Guitar
Andreas Reinhard | Guitar
Robert Elfenbein | Bass
David J. Burtscher | Drums

WORMWITCH Streams New Self-Titled Full-Length in Full Ahead of Tomorrow's Release

July 25, 2024

Blackened speed metal entity WORMWITCH will unleash their eponymous fourth studio albumtomorrow, July 26, 2024 via Profound Lore Records! The Canadian necromancers are now streaming the upcoming offering in its entirety! The record can be heard below.

WORMWITCH sets out to combine a melodic blackened death assault with the ferocity and attitude of crust punk and classic rock and roll, jettisoning the burdens of ceremony and pomp that dominate the genre today.

The album can be pre-ordered in various formats HERE.

The **cover artwork** for **Wormwitch's** eponymous record was created by **Abomination Hammer**

Like black wings from an obsidian sky, WORMWITCH descended from the darkness in 2015, somewhere upon the rain-soaked woodlands of coastal British Columbia. Animated from the bones of several local punk and metal bands, the new entity set out to combine a melodic blackened death assault with the ferocity and attitude of crust punk and classic rock and roll, jettisoning the burdens of ceremony and pomp that dominate the genre today.

WORMWITCH released their first demo, 'The Long Defeat' in 2015, and shortly after signed to Prosthetic Records, under whom they released 'Strike Mortal Soil' (2017), 'Heaven that Dwells Within' (2019), and 'Wolf Hex' (2021). During that time the band toured with the likes of The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Midnight, Necrot, Uada, Bewitcher, and many others, earning themselves a dedicated cult following and international critical praise. In 2022, WORMWITCH struck out to independently release a string of singles and embark upon several tours of North America. After a busy festival season, 2024 saw the release of a six-song split with Atlanta black-thrashers Sadistic Ritual.

Now, with blades meticulously honed and tempered under the light of a feral Canadian moon, WORMWITCH emerges once more to offer their fourth full length record. Simply self-titled, “Wormwitch” is a statement of a band coming into it’s own - a revelrous celebration of devilish speed, searing melody and diabolical intensity.

Wormwitch Lineup:

Robin Harris: Bass, Vocals

Colby Hink: Guitars

Israel Langlais: Drums

Recording & Mixing: Michael Kraushaar at Little Red Sounds at New Westminster, BC

Mastering: Brad Boatright at Audiosiege

Guest vocals: Erlend Hjelvik (HJELVIK) on "The Helm And The Bow"

Cover Artwork: Abomination Hammer

Photos: Lucien Cyr

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BEAUTY IN CHAOS releases fourth album 'Dancing With Angels' - Watch the video for 'Holy Ground' feat. Patrik Mata (Kommunity FK)

July 25, 2024

"Stunning musical and, in particular, six-string intricacy... layers of lush, ringing, occasionally grimy and often heavily effected guitars" ~ Guitar World

"Guitarist Michael Ciravolo assembled an all-star cast for his moody hard-hitting album... Intense" ~ Rolling Stone

"Hauntingly heavy and beautiful" – LA Weekly

"A dream team of musicians, taking us on a sonic journey that blends haunting melodies with crushing riffs. Catchy hooks, superb melodicism" ~ The Spill Magazine

LA-based collective Beauty In Chaos has released their fourth album 'Dancing With Angels' via 33.3 Music Collective, cementing their legacy for crafting captivating and imagination-stirring music with eight diverse, riveting tracks on offer. BIC has also just unveiled the video for 'Holy Ground', a lush offering, featuring Patrik Mata of seminal darkwave band Kommunity FK, that marks a thrilling departure from BIC's signature goth rock / postpunk sound.

Beauty In Chaos was formed in 2018 by guitarist Michael Ciravolo (formerly of Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel and currently President of Schecter Guitars) with Grammy nominated producer Michael Rozon (Ministry) as a revolving evolving sonic entity. To date, BIC has involved numerous luminaries from The Cure, Ministry, Cheap Trick, The Offspring, Gene Loves Jezebel, Marilyn Manson, Human Drama, Bauhaus, Nine Inch Nails, Van Halen, A Flock of Seagulls, dUg Pinnick (Kings X), ICE-T, guitar icon Zakk Wylde, Rolan Bolan, among others.

"The title was inspired by a painting from a talented German artist Maren Platzhoff, which also became the album’s cover. As Michael Rozon and I began writing the music for this release, I knew I wanted to blend artists from our first two releases with some amazing new members to our BIC family," says Michael Ciravolo.

This eight song release features BIC alumni Ashton Nyte, Holy Wars firecracker Kat Leon, and both Wayne and Cinthya Hussey. Ciravolo shares “I love bringing in ‘less famous’ but certainly no less talented artists to the fold, and I think this album does just that”. Leo Luganskiy (Strangelove), Julian Shah-Tayler (The Singularity), former Silence In The Snow frontwoman Cynthia Isabella, The Bellwether Syndicate’s William and Sarah Faith, and Patrik Mata (Kommunity FK) bring immense and diverse talents to 'Dancing With Angels'.

Ciravolo describes this album as sort of a "sonic regression and a sonic progression", noting “I meant this as a positive thing, taking some of the post-rock elements of our debut album, the stark dark bits that run through ‘The Storm Before The Calm' and the gothy dreamy-gaze of 'Behind The Veil’. It was definitely going a bit backwards to take a few steps forward!”

For its CD format, Ciravolo did something he has long wanted to do... joining songs together with musical interludes, which he's dubbed ‘Halos’. He explains, “These are unique soundscape interludes that sonically tie each song together, along with the album’s coda. I do have this… probably unrealistic romantic idea that the listener will give this album at least one top-to-bottom uninterrupted listen”.

The album's lead track 'Diving For Pearls' features The Mission's Wayne Hussey and Cinthya Hussey, his wife and partner in Archeometre. The ‘single version’ was mixed by legendary producer Tim Palmer (The Cure, U2, David Bowie, Robert Plant, HIM, The Mission) with a fab video created by Vicente Cordero / Industrialism Films. About Hussey's fourth collaboration with Beauty In Chaos, Ciravolo says this “may just be the best we’ve written together”.

As of July 24, 'Dancing With Angels' is available on limited edition multi-color vinyl and CD from the Beauty In Chaos store, where the ‘Diving For Pearls' limited edition CD single is also available. Digitally, the album can be found on Bandcamp, Apple Musicand Spotify. The first 100 vinyl copies come with two posters signed by the artists. Vinyl and CD purchases also include the full digital version of the album (with Halos and two bonus tracks).

Dying Wish Announce October 2024 Co-Headline Tour With Pain of Truth

July 25, 2024

NEW ALBUM SYMPTOMS OF SURVIVAL OUT NOW

Portland' DYING WISH will hit the road this October on a co-headline run with Pain of Truth.

Outta Pocket and Balmora will serve as support. The tour kicks off on October 7 in Houston and runs through October 31 in Brooklyn. All dates are below. Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 26 at 10am local time. Get tickets here.

"North America, we're so excited to hit the road this October co-headlining in a city near you with one of our favorite bands Pain of Truth," the band shares. "These shows are going to be mayhem so don't miss out."

Dying Wish released their latest crusher Symptoms of Survival last year via SharpTone Records. Get the album, produced by Randy LeBoeuf, here.

DYING WISH ON TOUR:
WITH PAIN OF TRUTH, OUTTA POCKET, + BALMORA:
10/7 — Houston, TX — The Secret Group
10/8 — Austin, TX — Mohawk
10/9 — Dallas, TX — Studio at The Factory
10/11 — Phoenix, AZ — The Nile
10/12 — Los Angeles, CA — 1720
10/13 — Santa Ana, CA — Observatory OC
10/14 — Santa Cruz, CA — The Vets Hall
10/15 — Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post
10/17 — Salt Lake City, UT — Urban Lounge
10/18 — Colorado Springs, CO — The Black Sheep
10/19 — Lawrence, KS — Liberty Hall
10/20 — Chicago, IL — Subterranean
10/21 — Chicago, IL — Subterranean
10/22 — Detroit, MI — Tangent Gallery
10/23 — Columbus, OH — Skully's
10/25 — Greensboro, NC — Hangar 1819
10/26 — Richmond, VA — The Canal Club
10/27 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Soundstage
10/28 — Philadelphia, PA — First Unitarian Church
10/29 — Lake Como, NJ — Salty's
10/30 — Syracuse, NY — The Song & Dance
10/31 — Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn Monarch

CABAL - RELEASE MAGNO INTERITUS REWORKS EP

July 25, 2024

Today Deathcore heavyweights CABAL conclude their rework collaborations EP. Teaming up with rising Melbourne based producer and content creator Misstiq and delivering a crushing techno revamp of their fan favourite number 'Magno Interitus'. CABAL are set to dominate the scene for years to come, regularly pinned by media as one of the most promising and exciting acts in metal.

Singer Andreas Bjulver comments: “CABAL have always found inspiration in other genres besides metal, and especially dark electronic and industrial techno have been a source of inspiration behind the soundscape of our latest album Magno Interitus. With the Magno Interitus Rework EP we wanted to further explore the electronic sound and see how the songs would turn out when reworked by talented electronic artist, INHUMAN, John Cxnnor, Misstiq and our bass player, JOHU. We are very pleased with the end result and can’t wait to bring you all along on this dark electronic journey that is the Magno Interitus Rework EP.”

Stream 'MAGNO INTERITUS REWORKS' here: https://cabal.bfan.link/reworks
Watch the visualizer of 'Magno Interitus (Misstiq Rework)' below.

CABAL is one of the most brutal and promising heavy acts hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band aims to create a visceral and doom-laden atmosphere throughout both their music and visual expression. The production is crystal clear, whilst the songwriting draws inspiration from everything from black and death metal to djent and hardcore.

Since the release of their debut album "Mark of Rot" in 2018, the young band has managed to make a name for themselves in both Denmark and the rest of the world by playing renowned festivals like Copenhell, Roskilde Festival, Euroblast Festival and Complexity Fest as well as touring in Europe, Japan and North America.
CABALreleased the sophomore album"Drag Me Down" in April 2020 - a dark descent into a personal hell brought to life by crushing instrumentals, an oppressive atmosphere and dark personal lyrics delivered with relentless intensity, while still leaving room for experimentation and expansion ofCABAL’s signature sound. Add to this guest appearances from metal titansTRIVIUM's Matt Heafy, rising metalcore starsPOLARIS’ Jamie Hails and Denmark’s Blackgaze darlingsMØL’s Kim Song Sternkopf and there is no doubt thatCABALis a band with friends in every corner of the metal scene.

CABAL is:
Andreas Bjulver Paarup – Vocals
Christian Hammer Mattesen - Guitars
Chris Kreutzfeldt - Guitars
Lui Broch Larsen - Guitars
Dennis Hursid - Bass
Nikolaj Kaae Kirk - Drums

CABAL online
https://www.instagram.com/cabalcph/
www.facebook.com/cabalcph
www.cabalcult.com
www.patreon.com/cabalcult
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWujbw3iYHcXq9ExfRiA4Q
https://www.tiktok.com/@cblde4th

CARPENTER BRUT feat. Krystoffer Rygg Drop Cover of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without A Face"

July 25, 2024

French synthwave artist, Carpenter Brut is the latest artist to add his take on a classic track for the official sountrack to Sumerian Comics' 'American Psycho' comic book series. Enlisting the vocal talents of Ulver's Krystoffer Rygg, Carpenter Brut presents his cover of the Billy Idol classic, "Eyes Without A Face". The track is available to stream on your platform of choice now. Listen to the song HERE and watch the accompanying visualizer below.

Speaking on his fresh take on this 80s classic, Carpenter Brut shares:

"I wanted to do a cover that was a bit different from the usual, slower than what I'm used to, and "Eyes without a face" was an obvious choice for me. I thought Kris from Ulver would be the perfect match for the vocals. It turned out to be one of his favorite songs. So it was a sign to do this cover. We're very proud of the result."

Nathan Yocum, President of Sumerian Comics, adds:

“Carpenter Brut and Krystoffer Rygg from Ulver bring a dark, electrifying twist to Billy Idol's classic 'Eyes Without a Face,' perfectly complementing the haunting themes of our 'American Psycho' comic book series. From one musician that’s the pinnacle of Darksynth collaborating with a legendary Norwegian vocalist, this track has it all!”

The 'American Psycho' comic book series by Sumerian Comics is a bold reimagining of Patrick Bateman’s notorious saga. The five-issue series delves into a dual storyline format; one tracing the chilling exploits of Bateman, and the other introducing a contemporary narrative featuring Charlene Carruthers—a social media-savvy millennial whose descent into violence mirrors the chilling escalation of her predecessor. This innovative take reinterprets the iconic tale with a story written by Michael Calero (Quested), vivid artwork by Piotr Kowalski (The Witcher, Bloodborne, Sex) and striking colors by Brad Simpson (Kong of Skull Island, Stray Dogs, Blade Runner Origins).

Today's release joins previously released tracks from the likes of Ice Nine Kills feat. Reel Big Fish, who tackled the Katrina and The Waves smash hit, "Walking On Sunshine", Puscifer, who recorded a brand new, original single, "The Algorithm" for the comic book series, Unlike Pluto who covered Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams", Perturbator, who covered "Dangerous" by Depeche Mode and Ramsey, who covered Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". Between them, the previously released tracks have racked up over 677,000 streams with current sales for the comic book series topping 80,000 units.

Fans of the 'American Psycho' franchise can look forward to more from the accompanying soundtrack for the comic book series that perfectly complements the visual frenzy and deepens the narrative's impact, making each issue a multifaceted experience of sight and sound. Head to the Sumerian Comics website for more information and to order your copies of 'American Psycho'.

About Sumerian Comics

Sumerian is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher headed up by Behemoth Comics co-founders Nathan Yocum and Ryan Swanson, alongside Sumerian Records founder and film director Ash Avildsen. Sumerian’s titles are distributed worldwide by Diamond Comic Distributors to the comic market and Simon & Schuster to the book market. Sumerian averages over half a million physical comic books sold yearly.

About Carpenter Brut

Carpenter Brut draws its influences from 80s TV shows and B-movies loaded with synthesizers. The mysterious and discreet man behind the pentagon – or the Brutagram as his fans would call it – evokes an encounter between Justice beats and the universe of John Carpenter. Listening to his home-made EPs, however, one would rather bet on a metalhead background, a crush for Dario Argento and a force-fed religious education. This would explain his penchant for the occult, his passion for kitsch sounds and his adoration for all kinds of enjoyment. Carpenter Brut pays tribute to the post-hippie/pre-AIDS culture that then set the basis of electro and metal to give us a unique, violent and crazy 80s revival sound.

ANCIIENTS Deliver Timeless Wisdom on New Single

July 25, 2024

JUNO Award winners hosting Bandcamp Listening Party for highly-anticipated third album Beyond the Reach of the Sun

"Big, melodic and fun" - New Noise
"A blend of soothing acoustic rock melodies and crushing heavy metal" - Guitar World

"It's exciting stuff, really - often complicated without seeming excessive, skillful but soulful, approachable but not pedestrian" - Pitchfork

"Heady stuff...arch-synthesists, cleverly appropriating a number of familiar, inter-related genres to fuse into a seamless ethos" - Metal Injection

"Proggy, sludgy and downright rocking" - Angry Metal Guy

"When the riffs rumble out of the speakers, you're moving" - No Clean Singing

"Combining powerful drumming with Thin Lizzy inspired riffs, while sounding like the musical equivalent of Game of Thrones" - Echoes and Dust

"Parts progressive finesse, classic rock grandstanding and grass-roots bludgeon" - PopMatters

Before they saw their new album to the finish line, Anciients had to climb an awfully rocky mountain. It might be hard to believe, but a global pandemic wasn't the only obstacle that stood in the Canadian band's path after winning a JUNO Award. They had to navigate multiple line-up changes, serious health complications and newfound fatherhood. But at last, the heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks have returned to the summit of progressive metal with Beyond the Reach of the Sun.

The album's new single is plenty crushing, but "In the Absence of Wisdom" radiates with hard-earned perseverance.

"The hiatus is over" says frontman Kenny Cook. "We're ready to hit it hard".

Watch the eye-opening visualizer for "In the Absence of Wisdom" below.

Beyond the Reach of the Sun comes out August 30, 2024 on Season of Mist.

Pre-order & Stream

https://orcd.co/anciientsbeyondthereachofthesun

Can't wait any longer for the return of Anciients? RSVP for their Bandcamp Listening Party and listen to all 10 mind-blowing tracks off their new album before anyone else!

Bandcamp Listening Party
Thursday, August 15 @ 7 pm Pacific Time

RSVP

https://anciientriffs.bandcamp.com/merch/beyond-the-reach-of-the-sun-listening-party

By the time we arrive at "In the Absence of Wisdom", the story behind Beyond the Reach of the Sun appears to have already reached its pointed conclusion. The shadowy galactic forces that enslaved society on the album's first two singles have been vanquished. The sun has returned to its vaulted place in the sky. Light and balance have been restored to the universe. All is well. Or so it seems...

"In the Absence of Wisdom" is the closing statement on Beyond the Reach of the Sun, which makes it stand out as an ominous coda. After all, Anciients didn't spend the last eight years soul searching through the Canadian wilderness just so they could wrap up their long-awaited new album with a big kumbaya. A bluesy guitar intro unravels like a cry in the dark before Cook and his new axe man Brock MacInnes (Dead Quiet) are locked back into a classic headbanging riff.

"We awaken", Cook sings, shrouded in reverb. "No one left to guide us through".

"In the Absence of Wisdom" does build to a grand finale in due time. But the song revolves around a gloomy conceptual framework. "I was thinking about all the times we as humans have failed to learn from the mistakes of everyone who's come and gone before us", Cook explains. "Making the same decisions over and over again in hopes of finally experiencing a breakthrough just leaves you caught in a viscous cycle".

The pandemic didn't help, but Beyond the Reach of the Sun had already been delayed long before COVID-19 prevented them from performing outside Canada for two-plus years (and counting). Cook's wife nearly passed away from heart complications after giving birth to their first child. "They're happy and healthy now", the grizzled frontman ensures, "but it was a bit of a road".

As if that wasn't enough weight for one metalhead to carry, Anciients were hit with a last-minute hurdle. A month before the band was all set to hunker down at Rain City Recorders, suddenly, they found themselves in search of a new bass player. Fortunately, Justin Hagberg, who plays the soft glowing keyboard on "In the Absence of Wisdom", showed them Bushwhacker's sure-handed bassist Rory O'Brien.

"We got lucky and Rory saved our asses at the last minute", Cook says.

The journey wasn't without plenty of pitfalls, but in the end, Beyond the Reach of the Sun is a testament to Anciients' perseverance. "At its core, this album is all about overcoming adversity in order to seek enlightenment", Cook says. "In the Absence of Wisdom" concludes with the fiercest and most fiery of its three guitar solos, the flaming hammer-ons fanned higher and higher by drummer Mike Hannay's thunderous toms.

"We are now the demons", Cook warns, "Following the footsteps / Of the ones we hate". His growl is deadlier than ever, but it's a prophecy from a band that's lived to tell the tale.

The images in the visualizer for "In the Absence of Wisdom" were created by Martin Stebbing and Alison Lilly.

Lineup
Kenny Cook (vocals, guitar)
Mike Hannay (drums)
Brock MacInnes (rhythm guitar)
Rory O'Brien (bass)

Guest musicians
Justin Hagberg plays keyboard on "Forbidden Sanctuary", "Is It Your God", "Melt the Crown", "Candescence", "In the Absence of Wisdom".

Jess Gander plays synths on "Candescence" and "Cloak of the Vast and Black".

Recording studio
Rain City Recorders

Producer / sound engineer
Jesse Gander
Assisted by Szymon Wojciech

Mastering studio and engineer
Stu McKillop @ Rain City Mastering

Mixing studio and engineer
Jesse Gander Rain City Recorders

Cover artwork artist
Adam Burke @ Nightjar Illustrations

Bio
Kevin Stewart-Panko

Pre-order & Stream: https://orcd.co/anciientsbeyondthereachofthesun

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DEKO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THREE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA RE-ISSUES, ALL ON LIMITED EDITION 180G COLORED VINYL

July 25, 2024

The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1992 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. In 1994 they released their debut album which was followed up in 1996 with Guitar Slinger. In 1998, for their breakout album The Dirty Boogie, the group covered Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail," which originally appeared on Prima's 1957 album The Wildest!. The BSO's follow up single, appearing on the album Vavoom!, was "Gettin' in the Mood."

Now get Guitar Slinger from the Brian Setzer Orchestra for the first time on vinyl since 1996. Remastered on 180g vinyl in two amazing Limited-Edition Colors. There are only 300 of the Red Multi-Color and 700 of the Silver Melt. Guitar Slinger is the second release from the Brian Setzer Orchestra and where the band really started to come together. As Setzer states, “With this album, it was like now I know the idea works, I know I can front a big band with an electric guitar, so now just let me write songs. I don't have to think about writing swing songs or is this going to work or not, that point was proven. So I just sat down and started writing songs. It took a little turn.”

Listen to “The House Is Rockin”

The album leads off with "The House Is Rockin’” and features the Brian Setzer/Joe Strummer (The Clash) penned tracks “Ghost Radio” and “Sammy Davis City”. There are 12 tracks in all, and it clocks in at just over 43 minutes. This is the first in a series of three reissues coming from Deko Entertainment with The Dirty Boogie scheduled to also hit by the end of 2024, with Vavoom! to follow in early 2025.

Pre-order your copy of “Guitar Slinger” while supplies last:
https://www.dekoentertainment.com/thebriansetzerorchestra

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Wounded Touch Release New Single "Submitted For (Dis)Approval" + Announce Upcoming Split EP via Smartpunk Records

July 25, 2024

Smartpunk Records' metal powerhouses Wounded Touch embrace elements of 2000s metalcore and mathcore in their short but densely-packed, majorly heavy single "Submitted For (Dis)Approval." The band recorded the upcoming split EP Traumatic Entanglement with Matt Marquez from Norma Jean and they share the tracklist with fellow metal band FallFiftyFeet.

Since their inception, the Michigan outfit has used musical guerilla campaign tactics and a resilient DIY work ethic to make their way onto nationwide festivals and a full UK tour while gaining notoriety from metal's top publications including Metal Hammer and New Noise.

Speaking about the new single, Wounded Touch says, "'Submitted For (Dis)Approval' shifted from an intro riff into a whole song right before we played the Furnace Fest '23 kickoff show while putting new material together for the set. Thematically, it's about the artist's relationship to the audience and being willing to do anything for their applause and approval, including self-harm and death. We just tried to not think too hard and have fun jamming something out after deciding we wanted to have a 'Go!' mosh call in something."

The band announces upcoming split EP with FallFiftyFeet, titled Traumatic Entanglement, via Smartpunk Records on August 23, 2024. Pre-save here.

ABOUT WOUNDED TOUCH
Even since their infancy, the Michigan outfit Wounded Touch have used musical guerilla campaign tactics to make their way onto the likes of The Fest, Furnace Fest '21 and '23 official pre-shows, SXSW, tour the United Kingdom, and sell out the first pressing of their debut LP while fighting for every inch of ground not given. Bringing influence through the scope of the nostalgic 2000s metalcore/mathcore sound, the band aims to always keep their heads down, remain humble, and push forward through any means necessary if it means continuing to be loud, noisy, and frantic on as many stages as possible.

ABOUT SMARTPUNK RECORDS:
Smartpunk has been a recognizable name in the scene for a long time (Remember that sponsored Warped Tour stage?!). After exchanging several hands and countless ideas of what it could and should be, they decided to start a record label in 2016 with the main idea of focusing solely on reissuing records that have been out of print or never on vinyl. After all, they're a label of vinyl dorks themselves! After releasing Set Your Goals' Mutiny and Gameface's Good, they started to venture into signing newer bands. They actively balance in between many worlds — putting out amazing music from friends and bands that rock, reissuing older titles, and partnering with other incredible labels in our scene and doing exclusive color variants of their releases.

"Since forming the record label, Smartpunk Records has released timeless albums such as Less Than Jake's Anthem, Nominee's Lowlife, RIVALS' Sad Looks Pretty on Me, Virginity's POPMORTEM, and melodic skate punkers The Swellers' My Everest.

Miranda Lambert’s ‘Postcards from Texas’ Arrives 9/13; “Alimony” Out Now

July 24, 2024

Having decamped to Austin’s legendary Arlyn Recording Studios to distill her Lone Star coming of age, triple GRAMMY winner and Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Miranda Lambert savored the rhythms, players and variety of styles that populate Postcards from Texas. The 14-track project moves from yearning ballads to discordant rockers, sparkling acoustic songs and steel guitar-soaked laments, showing what makes music from the Lone Star State so tangy and unforgettable.

Pre-order for the album arriving Sept. 13 starts now, HERE. To celebrate, there’s only one thing for the winningest woman in ACM history to do: drop more music and kick up some dust on her way to deliver the full picture! With the brooding, woman scorned “Wranglers” and the chiming rejoinder “Dammit Randy” already stoking anticipation, Lambert makes a hard right… to the dance floor.

With a descending electric guitar part and some kick drum and hi-hat rim snaps, Lambert devours the hilarious honky tonk of the industrial shuffle “Alimony” to amp up the tone for her first album for Republic Records. A jaunty tumbling swagger that’s long on bar-room piano, the pre-chorus boasts, “I called that lawyer up in Dallas, the one who’s livin’ in that palace / So I know he’s good at winnin’, if you think there’s somethin’ that you’re missin’…”

“We were out in my barn; I was showing Shane and Natalie the horses, and I asked if he had any other titles,” Lambert remembers of the day she, Shane McAnally and Natalie Hemby hit a creative streak. “He said he had one, and I was like, ‘What is it? Because your last one was ‘Looking Back on Luckenbach,’ which I didn’t think you could top. He said, ‘Well, ‘If you’re gonna leave me in San Antone, remember the Alamo-neeeee…’’ Natalie and I were like, ‘Alright, Shane! Stop showing off.’

“We went back to the house and got the guitars,” Lambert continues, “and I specifically was like, ‘I want a shuffle, man.’ I love to shuffle so much, and this record needed a shuffle! I knew I wanted one in my set, because I haven't done one in a while – and everybody loves a shuffle.”

Unrepentantly bouncing, the track is pure beer-joint country. Beyond warning about the consequences of the buckle-polishing that dissolves marriages, “Alimony” draws on Lambert’s childhood. Laughing, she offers, “My parents were private investigators in Dallas, Texas who worked a ton of divorce cases in highfalutin parts of town, so this wasn’t hard to write. I’d heard about it my whole life.

“And once we had the line – If you’re gonna leave me in San Antone, remember the alimony – we were off! We used every Texas metaphor we could come up with on purpose; we wanted to take something kind of shitty and put some humor back in it. I mean, the guy gets out pretty easy if all he does is move back in with his mom.”

Working with GRAMMY-winning songwriter/producer Jon Randall, they assembled a musical dream team. Jedd Hughes and Ethan Ballinger’s electric guitars tangled with Texas legend Bukka Allen’s barrelhouse piano, while the rhythm section of Rachel Loy on bass and Conrad Choucroun’s on drums created a banging barn-door rhythm to propel “Alimony” with abandon.

Tongue firmly in cheek, the latest track from Postcards from Texas delivers on Lambert’s wink’n’nudge approach to love, life and the pursuit of happiness on one’s own terms. Self-determination is a key piece of being a Texan, as is a sense of humor, and Lambert delivers.

About Miranda Lambert
Acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert has defined her multi-faceted career as an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur, advocate and businesswoman with an unflinching quest for excellence, honesty and conviction. The most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including their top honor for Entertainer of the Year, her music has also won three GRAMMYs and 14 Country Music Association Awards. A TIME100 honoree and perennial best-of-the-year list maker at the New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and more, NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of her generation.”

With seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, more than 80 prestigious awards and countless Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum sales certifications, she’s conquered Las Vegas with her twice-extended Velvet Rodeo residency and blurred genres with Leon Bridges, Enrique Iglesias, the B-52s, Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Elle King as well as her LGBTQ+ inclusive anthem “Y’All Means All” for Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” She’s taken those standards to become a New York Times bestselling author and the first woman on Lower Broadway with her Tex-Mex cantina Casa Rosa, while expanding her creative reach with her Wanda June Home collection exclusive to Walmart and her Idyllwind clothing and boot line available at Boot Barn. Driven by her passion for rescue animals, her MuttNation Foundation has raised nearly $10 million since inception to promote adoption, support shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.

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FAST EDDIE CLARKE ANNOUNCES FOUR CD CAREER RETROSPECTIVE AND 320 PAGE BOOK WITH BMG

July 24, 2024

MAKE MY DAY: THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STORY OF FAST EDDIE CLARKE

FOUR-CD CAREER RETROSPECTIVE AND 320 PAGE BOOK OF THE ICONIC MOTORHEAD GUITARIST BY KRIS NEEDS TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 6th VIA BMG

PRE-ORDER HERE AND LISTEN TO THE SOLO TRACK ‘OVER AND OUT’

Coming in a robust box, Make My Day: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Of Fast Eddie Clarke celebrates the late Motorhead-Fastway guitarist with a four-CD career retrospective and 320-page book written by veteran rock journalist Kris Needs with Clarke’s widow Mariko Fujiwara.

The book that named the set, Make My Day: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Story Of Fast Eddie Clarke charts the guitarist’s life and career including his epiphany seeing the Yardbirds at Eel Pie Island, playing with assorted bands, recording two albums with former Jimi Hendrix associate Curtis Knight, riding with Motorhead’s most revered lineup between 1976 and 1982, forming Fastway and releasing two solo albums. Mariko and Eddie’s closest friends provide detailed insights into Eddie’s life, including growing up in Twickenham, topping charts with Motorhead, overcoming personal problems, finding happiness with Mariko and becoming the smitten co-owner of Cookie the Maltese-Shihtzu cross.

As editor of the UK’s first serious music monthly Zigzag and one of Motorhead’s earliest press champions, Kris Needs spent five years close to the band during its most successful period and beyond. To this end, Needs also interviewed close friends, bandmates, associated bands including Girlschool and Saxon plus collaborators from different stages of Eddie’s roller coaster life and career, emerging with a definitive account that ends up a love story.

The CD boxset covers Fast Eddie’s recording career of over 40 years including tracks requested by Mariko, starting with The Early Years, which includes Zeus and his subsequent band Continuous Performance, along with three tracks from the legendary Muggers, who Eddie and Philthy ‘Animal’ Taylor played with in 1978 along with ‘Speedy’ Keen and Heartbreakers bassist Billy Rath.

CD2’s Motorhead highlights Eddie’s most outstanding performances with the ‘classic lineup’ of Lemmy, Philthy ‘Animal’ Taylor, including ‘Ace Of Spades’ and other much-loved rampages, three previously unreleased Bomber album demos and his vocal performances on the Headgirl project with Girlschool and ‘Stone Dead Forever’.

CD3’s Fastway straddles different incarnations of the band Fast Eddie formed with UFO bassist Pete Way after departing from Motorhead in 1982, including demos, remixes and tracks from their eight albums. Along with curios.

CD4, The Solo Years mainly draws from Fast Eddie’s two solo albums, It Ain’t Over ‘Till It’s Over and his final work with underrated peak Make My Day: Back To The Blues, created with Shakatak’s Bill Sharpe.

Pre-order the set HERE:

Michael Schenker Shares New Single "Rock Bottom" Feat. Kai Hansen

July 24, 2024

SONG IS TAKEN FROM UPCOMING ALBUM MY YEARS WITH UFO

Following the success of his first single "Mother Mary," featuring Slash and Erik Grönwall, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker is set to release the second single "Rock Bottom" from his new album My Years with UFO.

This epic, 11-minute track once again showcases an incredible lineup featuring Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, Helloween) on vocals; Derek Sherinian on keys; Brian Tichy on drums; and Barry Sparks on bass. The new single paves the way for what promises to be one of the most exciting rock albums of 2024.

Schenker's new album My Years with UFO is a tribute to the golden years that saw British hard rock band UFO rise from an underground phenomenon to rock legends.

Produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss, the new album marks the 50th anniversary of Schenker's era with UFO, spanning from 1972 to 1978. The "German Wunderkind" was asked to join UFO at just 17 years old. Touring the globe as a teenager, Schenker became a driving force behind some of UFO's most loved tracks, such as "Doctor Doctor," "Rock Bottom," and "Only You Can Rock Me."

LISTEN TO "ROCK BOTTOM" FEAT. KAI HANSEN

Although Michael Schenker's era with UFO spanned only six years, his influence as a young songwriter and exceptional guitarist had already left a lasting mark on rock. During these meteoric years, the UFO albums Phenomenon, Force It, No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, Obsession, and the seminal live album Strangers in the Night were recorded, each contributing significantly to the genre. Strangers in the Night particularly stands out as one of the most influential live rock albums of all time and is still regarded as a cornerstone in any rock enthusiast's collection.

In this celebratory album, Michael Schenker presents 11 of UFO's greatest hits from this magical era with an impressive lineup of guest stars. Joining Schenker on this journey are Derek Sherinian on keys; Brian Tichy on drums; and Barry Sparks on bass.

The stellar roster of guest artists includes Axl Rose, Slash, Kai Hansen, Roger Glover, Joey Tempest, Biff Byford, Jeff Scott Soto, John Norum, Dee Snider, Joel Hoekstra, Joe Lynn Turner, Carmine Appice, Adrian Vandenberg, Michael Voss, Stephen Pearcy, and Erik Grönwall.

This album is the introduction to an upcoming trilogy, as Michael Schenker has signed an exclusive three-album deal with earMUSIC, with additional albums to follow in 2025 and 2026.

My Years with UFO will be released worldwide on September 20 via earMUSIC and is available for pre-order here.

Manchester's THE SPEED OF SOUND present Underground' single & release 'A Cornucopia: Victory' from trilogy marking their 35-year anniversary

July 24, 2024

"Buzzing fuzz guitar lines emerge from a delicate acoustic introduction to intersect with the crashing chords and the ‘bulbous pulsing’ rhythm section" ~ Record Collector Magazine

"it’s clear that the sonic kaleidoscope presented on The Speed of Sound’s new album is worth the wait - a musical compass in a direction we should all explore" ~ The Spill Magazine

“Unmistakeable sound a winning formula” ~ The Big Takeover

“A triumph of industry, imagination and talent, coolly novel and damned addictive” ~ Louder Than War

‘Unique and other worldly” ~ Vive Le Rock

“A form of Art-Pop that is wry, incisive, yet a deeply listenable examination of post industrial culture” ~ Rock At Night

"A riotous maelstrom of musical mayhem” ~ The Manc Review

Manchester indie rock / power pop outfit The Speed Of Sound present their new single 'Underground', the first stunning glimpse of the album 'A Cornucopia: Victory', the second disc in their three-album set 'A Cornucopia: Minerva, Victory, Bounty'. This trilogy makes for the band's second release via California's Big Stir Records.

Full of ambition, energy and melodic brilliance, the band is offering this new three-album collection as a deluxe edition on vinyl and CD. Earlier, they shared four singles from 'Minerva' - the hauntingly spacious 'Trickledown', the stratospherically vast 'The Great Acceleration', the uplifting 'Mind Palace', and 'West Wind', where a recklessly fast rhythm merges with a Wagnerian horn section.

Following 2021's critically acclaimed album 'Museum Of Tomorrow', the band returns triumphant, defiant and redemptive with this trilogy, marking their 35th anniversary. The first disc 'Minerva' displays joyous belligerence in the face of a dominant mainstream music machine. In contrast, 'Victory' is more laid back and relaxed while retaining an optimistic upbeat and lively feel.

Most music is never even recorded, and most recorded music remains unheard. 'Victory' is a celebration of this unheard underground music and the counterculture itself - music made for the pleasure of making it (rather than for artless corporate entities). This is music that sees the mere act of existence as both rebellion and also success.

The Speed Of Sound creates music laden with optimism and lyrical bite, tapping the DIY ethos of punk and the restless lust for experimentation of psychedelia. Formed in 1989 with a pre-history dating back to the day Andy Warhol died in 1987, their music has always been idiosyncratic, counter-intuitive and perpetually looking for something new. Today The Speed of Sound is made up of father and son John Armstrong (guitars and vocals) and Henry Armstrong (keyboards), Ann-Marie Crowley (vocals and guitar), Kevin Roache (bass guitar) and John Broadhurst (drums).

"Can you hear the unheard music? This is subterranean dance-rock with an insatiable groove in celebration of independent music. The theme of non-mainstream creativity is present throughout the three linked albums of A Cornucopia; 'Underground' is where it is all explicitly pulled together. Immunity from the toxic tentacles of major labels and ‘the music business’ gives a freedom of expression simply not possible from within the machine," says frontman John Armstrong.

"The ‘We’ stated in ‘We are the underground’ is a collective ‘We’ - not just The Speed Of Sound - instead the ‘We’ is made up of every single independent artist across the planet. Together ‘We’ are all the Underground and ‘We' are defiantly proud of our existence beyond the exclusive major label 'club’. ‘We’ have the power to just do our thing and get on with it!"

The 'Victory' album includes 14 wide-ranging pieces of unheard and highly contagious fresh and unexpectedly shape-shifting grooves. From the supremely danceable 'Underground' through the unabashed sensuality of 'Monsoon' to the gothic lounge jazz of 'Permafrost' and the strangely linked pairing of 'Apocalypse Acropolis' and 'Apocalypse Metropolis', they offer something special here.

From the hypnotic orange-and-sandalwood scented wisps of masala rock in 'Rock Paper Scissors', acoustic powered spaceflight 'in From The Cradle To The Stars' and the reckless garage punk punch of 'Go For It', it becomes clear. There is the data scraping warning of 'X-Y Axis', the post-nostalgia of 'The Same River',and swaggering rock with a pinch of Brazilian sway in 'A Walk By The Sea', while 'E to F' displays glam rock tendencies and a pinball metaphor before the soaring harmonies of 'Empathic Reaction' and ending with the triumphant shimmering elegance of 'Tranquility Falls'.

With their genre-defying style, The Speed Of Sound expand from their foundation of 1960s, punk and new wave influences, encompassing wide dynamic and stylistic variation, crossing borders and pushing boundaries at every opportunity. Their music bursts with experimentation whilst retaining hooks and melodic sensibility, plus sharp barbed wit, lyrical depth and all-pervading sense of joy.

As of July 23, 'Underground' isavailable everywhere digitally, including Apple Music,Spotify and Bandcamp, where 'Minerva' and the full trilogy 'A Cornucopia: Minerva, Victory, Bounty' can also be obtainedon CD or vinyl. The 'Victory' album will be released on September 20 and the'Bounty' album shall be released later this year.

CREDITS
All songs written by John Armstrong
John Armstrong - guitars and vocals
Ann-Marie Crowley - vocals and guitars
Kevin Roache - bass guitar
John Broadhurst - drums
Henry Armstrong - keyboards
Bob Dinn - trumpet and flugelhorn
Chris Guest - harmonium, vibraphone, organ, shakers, tambourine
Alex Armstrong - typewriter on 'Yet Another Tuesday'
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Vibratone Sound Studio in Manchester by Chris Guest, Adam Crossley and The Speed of Sound.
Main sleeve image: Purple Spaceman © Lina Landers 2022
Artist photographs by Shay Rowan
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR

Get the single https://thespeedofsoundundunderground.hearnow.com
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/3auoVWzSnxGeive85kpZ1H
‘Victory’ album order https://thespeedofsound.bandcamp.com/album/a-cornucopia-pt-2-victory

GATECREEPER - ANNOUNCE THEIR FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH FROZEN SOUL & WORM!

July 24, 2024

Arizona death metal specialists GATECREEPER have announced they will be hitting the road this Fall! The 26-date trek across North America will kick off on September 17th in Tampa and will make stops in Baltimore, Toronto, and Minneapolis before concluding in Albuquerque on October 15th. Joining the band each night are cold school death metallers FROZEN SOUL and necromantic black doom band WORM.

GATECREEPER will be touring in support of their sprawling third full-length album and label debut for Nuclear Blast, Dark Superstition. The album moves swiftly from one brutal soundscape to the next, each sonic structure evoking its own emotion and landscape. To help perfect their game this round, GATECREEPER joined forces with drummer/songwriter Fred Estby, of Swedish death metal titans DISMEMBER, whose influences can be heard throughout the album. Dark Superstition sees the band carving out their own path.

Chase H. Mason states, "When planning our tours for this year, we tried to put together the strongest line-ups possible to showcase some of the best new bands in modern metal."

Pre-sale tickets will be available on Seated on Wednesday, July 24th at 10 AM local time. General admission tickets will be available on Friday, July 26th at 10 AM local time at gatecreeper.com.

Confirmed dates for GATECREEPER's Fall North American Tour with FROZEN SOUL and WORM are:
09/17/2024 USA Tampa, FL - Orpheum
09/18/2024 USA  Miami, FL - Gramps
09/19/2024 USA  Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly
09/20/2024 USA  Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell)
09/21/2024 USA  Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
09/22/2024 USA  Richmond, VA - The Canal Club
09/24/2024 USA  Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
09/25/2024 USA  Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
09/26/2024 USA  Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Monarch
09/27/2024 USA  Hartford, CT - Webster Underground
09/28/2024 USA  Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
09/30/2024 CAN  Toronto, ON - Axis Club
10/01/2024 USA  Detroit, MI - El Club
10/02/2024 USA  Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
10/03/2024 USA  Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
10/04/2024 USA  Des Moines. IA - Wooly’s
10/05/2024 USA  St. Louis, MO - Delmar
10/07/2024 USA  Milwaukee, WI - Vivarium
10/08/2024 USA  Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
10/09/2024 USA  Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
10/10/2024 USA  Oklahoma City, OK - 89th Street
10/11/2024 USA  Lubbock, TX - Jake's Sports Cafe
10/12/2024 USA  Austin, TX - Mohawk
10/13/2024 USA  Houston, TX - White Oak Hall
10/14/2024 USA  Fort Worth, TX - Tulips
10/15/2024 USA  Albuquerque, NM - Sister

ABOUT GATECREEPER

Formed in 2013, GATECREEPER have spent the last decade steadily climbing the death metal ladder. Their self-titled 2014 EP established instant credibility as purveyors of the old-school form. The band signed with Relapse, releasing their highly acclaimed full-length debut Sonoran Depravation (2016), followed by Deserted (2019). Throughout the years they’ve toured with CANNIBAL CORPSE, IN FLAMES, POWER TRIP, OBITUARY, MUNICIPAL WASTE, and more.

GATECREEPER’s pivotal new album Dark Superstition was released this past May via Nuclear Blast - their label debut. Their sprawling third full-length is more concise, melodic, and memorable than anything they’ve ever done

Dark Superstition deals with the supernatural, divination, fear of the unknown, and trust in magic or chance. The album shapeshifts from one brutal soundscape to the next as each sonic structure rouses its own emotion and landscape.

“Many of the songs incorporate supernatural ideas with my own experiences,” Mason says. “But the title itself is a reference to the Superstition Mountains in our home state of Arizona. It’s a beautiful mountain range surrounded by tragedy and legends of hidden fortune.”

GATECREEPER is:
Chase H. Mason | Vocals
Eric Wagner | Guitar
Matt Arrebollo | Drums
Israel Garza | Guitar
Alex Brown | Bass

More information:
www.gatecreeper.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gatecreeper
www.twitter.com/gatecreeper
www.youtube.com/channel/UCeDmZEZRDSmVryX8qRacwrA
www.open.spotify.com/artist/0eCB2pwtPnLywA4rxe4i4N
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Jason Charles Miller Releases New Single “Digging In The Dust”; New Album ‘Knives In The Dark’ out August 16,

July 24, 2024

Jason Charles Miller has released “Digging in the Dust,” the debut single from his upcoming new album Knives in the Dark. The song is impacting at Americana radio now, while the album, slated for release August 16, will be supported by a North American tour with Steel Panther that launches August 23 in Buffalo, NY. See complete dates below.

“Timing in relationships is everything. ‘Digging in the Dust’ is about a romance that’s long-since ended, but neither side wants to admit it,” says Miller of the inspiration behind his new single. “We’ve all seen that from afar, but the main character is just figuring out it’s happening to them. The inevitability of the situation is slowly being revealed, and this song is the realization of that moment, and the futility of any future together.”

LISTEN TO “DIGGING IN THE DUST” HERE:

https://www.jasoncharlesmiller.com/links

WATCH THE “DIGGING IN THE DUST” VISUALIZER/LYRIC VIDEO BELOW;

An accomplished southern rock/Americana artist, ‘Knives’ will be Miller’s fifth full-length solo album, and first album with new label One Opportunity Records. He has also released multiple EPs and singles, and a host of high-profile soundtrack and theme music work for shows and games including ‘Critical Role,’ ‘Metal Gear Rising,’ ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ ‘Legends of the Multiverse’ and AEW professional wrestler Brandon Cutler.

“This is the first album I’ve written where my only goal was to write the best songs I can, and not worry about where they might be categorized,” says Miller of ‘Knives in the Dark.’ “By not going out of my way to write for a specific genre, I’ve made what is, hands down, the best – and most representative – album of my career.”

Miller’s music contributions to the Final Fantasy video game franchise have made him a fan favorite to players of the game, and he is featured regularly at Final Fantasy Fan Fest events worldwide, including upcoming officially sanctioned tour stops in China, Japan and South Korea this fall, where he will perform Final Fantasy XIV music alongside all-star ensembles and orchestras.

Widely recognized as the frontman and founder of the rock band Godhead, where he toured the world with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Rammstein, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Slipknot and Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, Miller transitioned to a solo artist with the release of his Last To Go Home EP in 2009.

Seamlessly blending the worlds of Americana, rock and country, his solo career has seen him share stages with greats including Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Ashley McBryde, .38 Special, Allman Betts Band and more.

JASON CHARLES MILLER UPCOMING TOUR DATES

(more dates to be announced, check website for additions)

Aug 3-4 Guangzhou Shi, China Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest
Aug 5-6 Guangzhou Shi, China Final Fantasy XIV w/ Eorzean Symphony

Aug 23 Buffalo, NY Electric City w/ Steel Panther
Aug 24-25 Hampton, NH Wally’s Pub w/ Steel Panther
Aug 27 Harrisburg, PA XL Live w/ Steel Panther
Aug 28 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork w/ Steel Panther
Aug 30 Portland, ME Aura w/ Steel Panther
Aug 31 Bar Harbour, ME 1932 Criterion Theatre w/ Steel Panther
Sep 01 Albany, NY Empire Live w/ Steel Panther
Sep 02 New York City, NY TBA
Sep 04 Fort Wayne, IN Piere’s w/ Steel Panther
Sep o5 Nashville, TN TBA
Sep 06 Lexington, KY Manchester Music Hall w/ Steel Panther
Sep 07 Springield, MO Gillioz Theatre w/ Steel Panther
Sep 08 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre w/ Steel Panther
Sep 10 Destin, FL Club LA w/ Steel Panther
Sep 11 Jacksonville, FL TBA
Sep 12 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room w/ Steel Panther
Sep 13 Augusta, GA Miller Theater w/ Steel Panther
Sep 14 Jacksonville, NC Hooligan’s Music Hall w/ Steel Panther

Sep 21-22 Yokohama, Japan Yokohama Arena w/ The Primals (performing music from FFXIV)

Oct 12-15 Seoul, South Korea Kintex - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest

Dec 14 Los Angeles, CA Bar Sinister

http://www.jasoncharlesmiller.com/

Fancy Hagood Captures Love & Solace in New Song "Good Grief"

July 24, 2024

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Fancy Hagood will release his deeply emotional and introspective new single, “Good Grief,” on Friday, July 26. The poignant track captures the raw essence of loss, reflection and the journey toward healing, solidifying Hagood’s place as one of the most evocative storytellers in contemporary music.

“Good Grief” delves into the complexities of grief and the bittersweet memories that accompany it. The song's heartfelt lyrics and haunting melody offer a glimpse into Hagood's soul, making it a relatable and cathartic experience for listeners. Pre-add/save the song here.

“Last year, an acquaintance of mine had passed away and they had the most beautiful celebration of life for them,” said Hagood. “The following day, I had a writing session with my friend Jeremy Lutito, and I showed up feeling heavy with grief and loss, and strangely enough, so was Jeremy. He had just lost their family cat, and he was sharing with me the struggle of having to explain the concept of grief to his young children. Honestly, we both wrote this song to cope with our grief that day, and it was healing for me.

“Now, when I see the little reminders of those I have lost, the grief visits me, and it is just wonderful. It is ‘good grief’ because it’s as if they were there with me for a moment, and for that, I’m thankful. This song is for anyone missing loved ones on the other side.”

The song’s lyrics paint vivid imagery of sorrow and solace, capturing moments of vulnerability and resilience. Hagood’s soulful voice and masterful storytelling shine through as he navigates the emotions of losing a loved one while finding peace in memories and the natural world.

“Good Grief” is a testament to the duality of grief and joy, capturing the delicate balance of holding onto cherished memories while moving forward. Hagood’s ability to convey such a complex emotional landscape is a testament to his artistry and connection with his audience.

“Good Grief” follows the recent release of his song “Through,” of which Music Row Magazine said, “What a groove. Love the cool, crunchy bop tempo.” Listen to the song here. Both songs will be featured on his forthcoming sophomore album due this fall.

Hagood continues with a heavy summer tour schedule with artists including Maggie Rose, Joy Oladokun, Orville Peck and others. This fall, he will return to Europe for his first headlining tour, the Fly Away Tour. Tickets for shows are available here.

ABOUT FANCY HAGOOD:
Fancy Hagood is a Queer country artist from Bentonville, AR who now lives and makes music out of Nashville, TN. His recent EP, Smothered, Covered & Fried, is a five-track collection that features some of his favorite cover songs, four of which are collaborations with other queer country artists, including TJ Osborne, Brooke Eden, The Kentucky Gentleman, and She Returns From War and Jamie Wyatt.

As part of CMT’s “Listen Up Class of 2024,” Fancy’s music has been streamed across multiple platforms over 35 million times. Earlier this year Fancy was nominated for a GLADD Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist. He has garnered the attention of generational artists like Brandi Carlile who called Fancy “an artist to watch,” and Sir Elton John, who asked Fancy to be a guest on his Rocket Hour Radio Show. Elton proclaimed, “We need more people like Fancy.”

DIE SO FLUID Unleashes Electrifying New Single "Dispute" with Captivating Lyric Video

July 23, 2024

“'Dispute' is about the world's addiction to conflict, the type of person who feels entitled to dominate your conversation with their own political agenda presuming you will agree, and the re-balancing of masculine and feminine, addressing antiquated conditioning. The message is to think for yourself. Don't be brainwashed or bullied into adopting someone else's opinion, OR into mindlessly and violently opposing it! Consider with discernment, trust your own inner wisdom." - GROG

Hard rock aficionados, brace yourselves! DIE SO FLUID, the powerhouse trio known for their ferocious sound and dynamic stage presence, are back with a bang. Today, the band is thrilled to announce the release of their incendiary new single "Dispute," accompanied by a mesmerizing lyric video. This release paves the way for their much-anticipated upcoming album, Skin Hunger, set to drop September 20, 2024.

"Dispute" showcases DIE SO FLUID's signature blend of raw energy, melodic hooks, and thought-provoking lyrics. The song is a fierce declaration of defiance and resilience, capturing the band's unrelenting spirit. The accompanying lyric video, a visual feast for the eyes featuring the always compelling work of Anabel DFlux, amplifies the song's intensity, drawing viewers into a world of vibrant colors and powerful imagery.

The lyric video, created by enigmatic front-woman Grog, and inspired by Metalocalypse, is dominated by purple, triangles , elements, and chakras. Grog has increasingly taken up the band's creative baton herself to inject the personal and authentic ethos of DSF throughout their work, pure and undiluted. Grog also created the album artwork, including a 12 page booklet for the Skin Hunger cd, which can be purchased along with shirts, signed art cards and stickers, by visiting the bands crowdfunding campaign! https://igg.me/at/DSFSkinHungerCampaign

The forthcoming album promises to be DIE SO FLUID's most ambitious project yet. With a collection of tracks that explore themes of desire, vulnerability, and the human condition, Skin Hunger is set to deliver a sonic experience that is both visceral and cathartic. Fans can expect a diverse range of songs that push the boundaries of hard rock, showcasing the band's evolution while staying true to their roots.

Catch DIE SO FLUID Live Supporting THE MARCH VIOLETS!
11/05 @ HQ - Denver, CO
11/06 @ @ Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
11/08 @ @ El Corazon Funhouse - Seattle, WA
11/09 @ The Astoria - Vancouver, BC
11/10 @ Star Theater - Portland, OR
11/12 @ The Starlet Room - Sacramento, CA
11/13 @ The Chapel - San Francisco, CA
11/14 @ The Echo - Los Angeles, CA

Additional Tour, RSVP, & Ticketing Info

DIE SO FLUID are a hard rock trio, formed in London, England in 2000. The three members are songwriter Grog (vocals, bass), Drew Richards (guitar) and Justin Bennett (drums; SKINNY PUPPY, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT). Al Fletcher played drums and performed backing vocals until his tragic death in 2016. Having been described as Siouxsie meets Slayer, they are a unique alternative rock band fluidly combining the muscle of metal with the angular cheekbones of post- punk, all laced with intoxicating melody.

DIE SO FLUID have released five critically acclaimed albums: Spawn of Dysfunction, Not Everybody Gets a Happy Ending, The World Is Too Big for One Lifetime, The Opposites of Light, One Bullet from Paradise. Their sixth epic album release, Skin Hunger, is scheduled for September 2024. Now internationally located with Grog in Los Angeles, Justin in Italy, and Drew in the UK, Grog is proposing to tour in November with a US lineup. She is joining forces with Niki Skistimas and Ralf Dietel (KRASHKARMA), and they will take their captivating sound on the road supporting THE MARCH VIOLENTS on their West Coast US tour dates.

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THE LONELY ONES Release New Single "The Bottom"

July 23, 2024

Experience the latest sensation from the rock band, The Lonely Ones! Their newest single, "The Bottom," arrived today, July 23, 2024.

Lead vocalist Marty McCoy shares his raw and introspective perspective, stating, “We live in a world where alcohol flows like a great river. It's easy to drown in that river. We try our best to stay afloat."

Check out The Lonely One's New Single "The Bottom"

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Formed in the summer of 2019, The Lonely Ones are a four piece, vocal-oriented hard rock band with an ear for melody and a taste for success. The group features Marty McCoy on guitar / vocals, Tommy Johnson on drums, Jymmy Tolland on guitar / vocals and Tru Roberts on bass / vocals. Being no strangers to the hardships of the music industry, The Lonely Ones consist of former members of Bobaflex. Together, they knew what they wanted and knew how to get it; by combining their knowledge and experiences to achieve a common goal. With determined perseverance and an energized drive to triumph, they were ready to release their first two singles independently in March of 2020; with the titles “Eternal Sadness" and "The Lonely One."

A few months after their initial introduction to the world of rock, the band decided to take a major leap of faith and release their re-imagined version of Queen's classic song "Flash." There’s always the risk of scrutiny and criticism when it comes to covering classic songs, especially ones that are still regarded with high praise from the still thriving fan base, but the band was confident their rendition would not only honor the original but also garner renewed attention for the hit theme. Any doubts were squashed when the song and video were met with rave reviews, including those of Brian May from Queenand Sam J. Jones, Flash Gordon himself.

Brian May was quoted as saying, “What a fantastic cover! I didn’t realize they were going to go into The Hero and the whole reprise ... magnificent!"

Sam J Jones adds, "This is one of the best covers I have ever heard and seen. What a gifted group - The Lonely Ones are for every one of us, from the 1980’s to right now!"

Humbled by the response from fans, listeners and legends in the entertainment industry, the band was spurred on in their pursuit to create groundbreaking original music. In September of 2020, The Lonely Ones released another brand new single titled "Real Big Trouble." What started out as a fun and creative session quickly turned out to be one of their most rewarding. This is one of the heaviest songs the band has ever written, but it also gives a look into what sounds inspire them, such as Thin Lizzy and Beartooth.

By February of 2021, the band had signed on with Imagen Records and released another single called “Change the Station.” This release had 9 active rock stations add the single in the first week and they were a feature artist on Spotify's Rock Hard editorial playlist as well as over 100 other playlists in the first week as well.

The next release through Imagen was "Dyin' All Night Long" in June of 2021. A song about an abusive relationship and how often times excuses are made over and over for that person. The lyrics come from the perspective of a victim having had enough of it.

The band released two more singles titled "Gettin' High" (2021) and “The Way Out”(2022) via Imagen Records before ultimately going independent.
The band spent the summer of 2022 getting back to the grind and writing new songs. The Lonely Ones’ released "Bedroom Door" in October of 2022.

The Lonely Ones have played shows with Sevendust, Nonpoint, Fozzy, Royal Bliss, Seven Year Witch, Black Top Mojo, September Mourning and many more.

In addition, the band is endorsed by: Orange Amps, Westone Audio, Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Evan's Heads, Vater Sticks, Ibanez, Frog Amplification, Tech 21 Amplification, Michael Kelly Guitars, SIT Strings, Rare Buzz Effects and Strüng, which is guitar string jewelry that raises money for music education.

The Lonely Ones on Tour:

Thursday, 8/8 in West Chicago, IL w/The Black Moods @ The WC Social Club
Friday, 8/9 in Cashton, WI w/The Black Moods @ The Front Door
Saturday, 8/10 in Braidwood, IL w/The Black Moods @ Top Fuel Saloon
Sunday, 8/11 in Madison, WI w/The Black Moods @ Crucible
Wednesday, 8/14 in Columbus, OH w/Crobot @ Ace of Cups
Sunday, 9/1 in Madison, WI @ Taste of Madison
Friday, 9/6 in Greenville, SC w/Seven Year Witch @ The Radio Room
Saturday, 9/7 in Columbus, GA @ The Outskirts Sports Bar
Sunday, 9/8 in Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
Monday, 9/9 in Miami, FL @ Rockin The Magnifica Cruise
Tuesday, 9/10 in Miami, FL @ Rockin The Magnifica Cruise
Wednesday, 9/11 in Miami, FL @ Rockin The Magnifica Cruise
Thursday, 9/12 in Miami, FL @ Rockin The Magnifica Cruise
Friday, 9/13 in Miami, FL @ Rockin The Magnifica Cruise
Saturday, 9/14 in Satellite Beach, FL w/Scotty Austin @ Wynfield's
Sunday, 9/15 in Pompano Beach, FL w/Scotty Austin @ Piper's
Thursday, 9/26 in Lakewood, OH w/Dark Sun @ The Winchester Music Tavern
Friday, 9/27 in Battle Creek, MI w/Dark Sun @ The Music Factory
Saturday, 9/28 in Beaver Dam, WI w/Dark Sun @ Stormy's Music Venue
Thursday, 10/3 in Rapid City, SD @ The Park
Friday, 10/4 in Colorado Springs, CO @ Oskar Blues (The Basement)
Saturday, 10/5 in Denver, CO @ Oskar Blues (Black Buzzard)
Wednesday, 10/9 in Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads

The Lonely Ones are:
Marty McCoy - guitar / vocals
Tristan Woodruff - drums
Jymmy Tolland - guitar / vocals
Tru Roberts- bass / vocals

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FORMER CACTUS VOCALIST JIMMY KUNES AND TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA GUITARIST ANGUS CLARK TEAM UP FOR THE KUNES CLARK BAND, WITH SINGLE 'STEP UP STEP UP'

July 23, 2024

The Kunes Clark Band is singer/songwriter Jimmy Kunes (Cactus, Savoy Brown, Humble Pie) and guitarist/songwriter Angus Clark (Cher, Joe Lynn Turner, Trans-Siberian Orchestra). The two musicians have known each other for nearly two decades and have performed together in numerous projects in and around New York City. Now they decided to take care of some unfinished business and make an album of material, some brand new, and some based on material they demoed 14 years ago. Rounding out the lineup for this album are drummer Van Romaine (Steve Morse Band) and bassist Winston Roye (Soul Asylum), along with keyboardists Rob Clores (The Black Crowes) and John Deley (David Johansen).

The band has just released their first single “Step Up Step Aside” and singer Jimmy Kunes had this to say about it, “Man gets jilted by girl. A possible ultimatum has been delivered. Man does exactly what he shouldn’t do and goes out on the town. Man wakes up groggily to find that the girl hasn’t stepped up, she’s stepped aside. To allow for more futile wasted nights out on the town. Los endos.” Guitarist Angus Clark continues, “It’s a tale of two Jimmies - Kunes and Hendrix! The main guitar riff owes a lot to Hendrix, but the way I’m jumping octaves in it comes from some of Kunes’ signature vocal acrobatics. That’s how we bounce off each other in the writing process. I love the energy on this tune, it reminds me of Thin Lizzy.”

Listen below:

Their self-titled debut album is a powerhouse of straight-ahead rock and roll and is sure to please fans of Led Zeppelin, the Black Crowes, and Rival Sons. From the rocking “Step Up Step Aside” and “Release Yourself” to the stripped-down “Cross To Bear”. The album drops on August 30th and the band will celebrate with a record release party on September 4th at the Bitter End in NYC.

Watch lyric video here: https://youtu.be/BrLmC6Ab6Ks

Kunes Clark Band will be available on CD and limited-edition vinyl and signed bundles.

Pre-order your copy now: https://www.dekoentertainment.com/kunesclarkband

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VETERAN VOCALIST DAVID “LEFTY” FOSTER FINALLY RELEASES WHAT A LIFE – THE LOST LA SESSIONS THROUGH DEKO ENTERTAINMENT

July 23, 2024

David "Lefty" Foster has been captivated by music, particularly the blues, since his professional singing career began at the tender age of 14. His journey into the blues world was solidified during his twenties when he co-owned the Shaboo Inn, a legendary R&B and jazz nightclub that hosted blues greats such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and T-Bone Walker. In 1987, he relocated to Los Angeles and seized the opportunity to record his solo album, "What a Life," produced by the esteemed Paul Rothchild (The Doors, Janis Joplin, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell).

Despite the album's eventual shelving due to unforeseen circumstances, Lefty has now teamed up with Deko Entertainment to bring this album to life, now titled What A Life – The Lost L.A. Sessions. The first single “What A Life” is out now and this what Lefty had to say about it, “I’m very excited to be partnering with Deko Entertainment (ADA/Warner Music Group) and have the opportunity for the world to finally hear this record and these legendary tracks that have never been heard before – I’m really looking forward to it – thank you so much.”

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In addition to Rothchild, the album features the incredible Phenix Horns most notably known for being the horn section with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as a who’s who of top session guys of the day including Jack Scarangella (Blood Sweat & Tears), Mark Williams (Don Henley), Joe Lala (Whitney Houston), Kal David (Etta James), and much more. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy this snapshot in time when music was made the old fashioned way. They PLAYED IT.

Lefty will be celebrating the long overdue release of this album with a special concert with The Hollywood Allstars Friday September 13th and The Kate (The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Theater) in Old Saybrook CT.

Tickets available here: https://gotickets.com/tickets/454674/d-a-foster-and-the-shaboo-all-stars-tickets/katharine-hepburn-cultural-arts-center-old-saybrook-ct-9-13-2024

What A Life – The Lost L.A. Sessions will be available on CD and limited-edition vinyl. Pre-order your copy now: https://bit.ly/LEFTY

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