TEETH - RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR SECOND SINGLE "HATE ME" + ANNOUNCE NEW EP A BIBLICAL WORSHIP OF VIOLENCE

Born from a musician’s desire to re-envelope their life in the heaviness that is metal and to refamiliarize with a conduit that could be considered detrimental amidst today’s destructive society, the gritty powerhouse that is Ontario, Canada hardcore/metal quartet TEETHemerged from the sludge of a foul generation.  

Resolved to utilize the carcasses of their conquered demons as fodder for a new euphonious weapon, TEETH wanted to create the most ignorant, aggressive-sounding music imaginable. Their latest offering A Biblical Worship Of Violence will be unleashed digitally on May 5th and on vinyl on July 21st via Nuclear Blast Records.
 

The band states, "A Biblical Worship Of Violence is our ode to the ache of change - a snapshot of a moment in time where we were all going through dark shifts in our personal lives that forced us to see life through the lens of true pain and discomfort. We knew we needed to create something so visceral and honest to articulate what we’d been going through while also giving us the opportunity to speak on the state of this world. Division, compulsion - an intrinsic gravitational pull toward cruelty and brutality. ABWOV is a commentary on human beings darkest, most volatile conventions."

Today the band release the second single "Hate Me" from the upcoming EP. The music video was shot and directed by the band while Matthew Daly at Clearway Media handled the editing.

TEETH comments on the single, "'Hate Me' is about watching the people around you - whether it's your peers, family/loved ones, colleagues - self-destruct over petulant nonsense. Watching a marriage or friendship crumble over disagreements when both parties are too blinded by our inherent attraction to turmoil to see the pettiness of it all. It's about how we - as humans - are so viscerally unwilling to budge in our cemented beliefs and beholden to our egos that we'd rather just let the house burn down to prove our point. I THINK THERE'S FIRE IN THESE WALLS."

Stream the new single "Hate Me" here: https://teeth.bfan.link/hateme
Watch "Hate Me" below.

A Biblical Worship of Violence was recorded in the Fall of 2020 at Bell Tower Studios. Davis Maxwell and the band were responsible for producing and engineering the record while Lance Prenc handled mixing and mastering. This time around the band enlisted Heavy Sleeper Co to create the album artwork and layout.

A Biblical Worship Of Violence will be available as a red with black splatter vinyl.

Pre-order/pre-save A Biblical Worship Of Violence EP here: http://teeth.bfan.link/a-biblical-worship-of-violence

TEETH will play two hometown shows before heading on the road with headliners TALLAH on their "A Hard Reset" US tour. The trek will kick off on May 7th at the Bamboozle Festival and will make its way to Baltimore, Virginia Beach, and Atlanta before concluding in Chicago on May 25th in Chicago.  

4/20/2023  Onyx Club - Guelph, ON
4/23/2023 Rumrunners - London, ON  

W. TALLAH
05/07 Atlantic City, NJ @ Bamboozle Festival
05/09 Providence, RI @ Alchemy 05/10 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
05/11 Baltimore, MD @ Angels Rock Bar
05/12 Virginia Beach, VA @ Scandals Live!
05/20 Columbus, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
05/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
05/24 Evansville, IN @ Lamasco Bar And Grill
05/25 Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge  

 TEETH is  
Chris LeMasters | Guitarist
Blake Louis Prince | Vocals
Marc Quagliarini | Bass
Mat Stewart | Drums

George Strait Returns to Fort Worth on November 17 & 18 With Special Guest Caitlyn Smith

The King of Country Headlines Dickies Arena With Caitlyn Smith Joining as Special Guest

Tickets On Sale Friday, April 14 at 10 a.m. CT via Ticketmaster.com

Photo Credit: Jill Trunnell

Texas troubadour George Strait has announced a two-night-only event in his home state, with back-to-back concerts set for Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena. The King of Country Music will be joined by special guest Caitlyn Smith for both dates.
 
The two-night stand is a reprise of Strait’s two nights at Dickies Arena in 2022, which both sold out within hours of going on sale to the public. Tickets to the 2023 shows go on sale to the general public Friday, April 14 at 10 a.m. CT via Ticketmaster.com. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, April 11 at 10 a.m. CT through Thursday, April 13 at 10 p.m. CT.

The news follows the recent announcement that Strait will team up with Chris Stapleton to perform one-off stadium dates this year in Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee, Nashville (two nights) and Tampa. Joining the King of Country and Stapleton for all dates are special guests Little Big Town.
 
Since his record-breaking Cowboy Rides Away Tour in 2014, Strait has performed for limited engagements outside of his 36-and-counting Strait to Vegas shows at T-Mobile Arena, including headlining both weekends of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2021 plus his 31st appearance at the Houston Rodeo in 2022. With an unmatched 60 singles hitting the top of the charts—more than any other artist in any genre—during the span of his 30+ year career, Strait has collected 33 Platinum or multi-Platinum-selling albums, more than any other Country artist and ranking third across all genres behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley. The Texas troubadour is the only artist or act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades and recently earned his 100th entry on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his latest single, “The Weight of the Badge.” He has sold nearly 70 million albums and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards, including induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Monument Records powerhouse vocalist Caitlyn Smith has won a Critics’ Choice Award, been nominated for an ACM Award, and written songs for Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor, John Legend and Garth Brooks. Her 2018 album Starfire and 2020’s Supernova saw her in the pages of TIME Magazine and The New York Times and named to Rolling Stone’s 10 country artists to know and Paste’s 10 country artists to watch. Last year, she released her self-produced project High, and this spring, completed the second half of that album, adding six new songs to make her full record, High & Low, out April 14.

For more information and to purchase tickets to all upcoming dates, visit GeorgeStrait.com.

DEFILED Shares New Song + Music Video, "Red World"

Tokyo's death metal trailblazer DEFILED will be releasing a brand new album, 'The Highest Level,' on April 28, 2023 via Season of Mist! The band is now sharing a the music video for the brand new song, "Red World," which can be found below.

DEFILED comments, "The small, claustrophobic room in this video may remind you of Room 101 in the movie '1984.' If so, you are right. Haven't you ever felt that since Covid, the world has become more and more surveillance oriented and peer pressure driven? We made this song to capture the update in the world. However, it is not a specific condemnation of any particular country or group. We deliberately try to construct a perspective that is abstract and metaphorical. The themes we deal with are heavy and dark, and they are filled with our own irony. But we hope the world will become a better place. We hope you enjoy the video."

'The Highest Level' can be pre-ordered HERE and pre-saved on streaming services HERE.

Moreover, 2023 marks a seminal year for DEFILED as it celebrates three decades since the release of their first demo and twenty years since the Japanese death dealers formed a union with Season of Mist!

The band will be celebrating this release with a headlining tour of Japan starting from April 28 until it concludes on May 10. Then, then band will join HATE and VADER for three Japanese dates in June. The full itinerary can be found below!

When it comes to straight-forward, bone-crushing death metal, Tokyo’s DEFILED delivers! ‘The Highest Level’ stays true to the traditional death metal formula, while the band’s gritty songwriting approach lends to its authenticity. DEFILED attempts to make no frills with this new full-length, instead speaking directly to the sensibility of old school death metal fanatics who are simply looking for some face-melting violence!

The early 90s was a crucial and formative time for death metal, a genre that started to predominantly emerge in the west with bands like Decide, Cannibal Corpse, Autopsy, Obituary, and Morbid Angel having a stronghold on America while Entombed, Cadaver, Carcass, and many others started to make waves in Europe and the U.K. But across the vast Pacific Ocean, DEFILED was taking a cue from its peers and became one of Asia’s leading purveyors during the genre’s early inception.

Upon releasing a series of demos and EPs during the mid-90s, the Japanese powerhouse finally released its first full-length, ‘Erupted Wrath,’ via Nightfall Records. Upon its release, the band broke out of Asia and started to make its debut in America across the extreme metal fest circuit – performing twice at Milwaukee Metal Fest as well as appearing at November to Dismember in Texas.

The band kept busy during the turn of the century while continuing to build their profile and dominate metal audiences around the globe and by 2003, they formed a union with Season of Mist, where the band has become one of the label’s most consistent death metal mainstays. Since then, the band has released six full-length albums, the majority of which are under the Season of Mist banner.

As the band celebrates thirty years since its legacy was formed, they are ready to unleash another pummelling offering onto the masses. ‘The Highest Level’ still carries the same time-tested formula that Defiled established three decades ago, remaining true to their identity, and still carrying the torch as one of the genre’s founding fathers.

Style: Old School Death Metal

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/defiled
https://www.instagram.com/defiledjapan    
https://defiledjapan.bandcamp.com    
https://soundcloud.com/defiled
https://www.defiled.info

Line-up
Shinichiro Hamada: vocals, guitar
Yusuke Sumita: guitar
Takachika Nakajima: bass
Keisuke Hamada: drums

Recording studio: Blackroom Studio Naha, Okinawa (JP)
Mixing & Master: Studio Nest @ China, Japan / Kenji Kikuchi

Cover art: Wes Benscoter


Pre-order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/Defiled_THL
Pre-save: https://orcd.co/defiled-thl

SHIBORI THREADS Announce Limited Edition Streetwear Collab with Bandai Namco's DARK SOULS

Brand Of Sacrifice Owned Custom Streetwear Brand

SHIBORI THREADS

Announce Limited Edition Collaboration Bandai Namco's Video Game Franchise

DARK SOULS

On-Sale For A Limited Time Now From

ShiboriThreads.com

SHIBORI THREADS - the metal streetwear brand co-owned by Kyle Anderson (vocals) and Leo Valeri (guitar/production) of groundbreaking and highly revered deathcore pioneers, BRAND OF SACRIFICE - have announced a very special, first-of-its-kind collaboration with hugely popular video game franchise, Bandai Namcco's DARK SOULS. The limited edition collaboration features 3 unique custom cut, dyed and sewn sweatsuit collections - Artorias Collection, Solaire Collection, Seigmeyer Collection and a custom dyed You Died Tee. As with all SHIBORI THREADS designs, every piece is meticulously created by hand, so each piece is slightly unique and no two are the same. The DARK SOULS SHIBORI THREADS COLLECTION is live now from ShiboriThreads.com

Speaking on their latest drop, Kyle Anderson shares

‘We’re incredibly excited to reveal our debut drop in the gaming space, partnering with Bandai Namco and the legendary Dark Souls franchise. Their games are critically acclaimed with global influence, and some of my personal favorite titles. It’s clear that games like these have insane reach, and we’re stoked that we can help to bring the captivating world of Dark Souls into the metal scene through our garments.’

ABOUT SHIBORI THREADS

Taking their name from a Japanese method of tie dying garments, SHIBORI THREADS is the frontier of custom cut & sew streetwear apparel. Their designs are intricate and bold, encompassing collaborations with notable pop culture brands and artists within the metal scene from which they came. Since launch, the brand has collaborated on previous drops with artists like Gojira, Spiritbox, Trivium, I Prevail, Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom, Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red, and many more. Every single drop has sold out before the week-long availability window closed, with some selling out in less than 24 hours. The store has featured in the top 1% trafficked stores on Shopify, driving around 30,000 monthly visitors.

Speaking on the enormous success of SHIBORI THREADS, Leo Valeri shares:

"Kyle and I have been active in the music industry and very tuned into streetwear and alternative fashion for a long time now, so we set out to create a brand that bridges the barrier between the edgy imagery you find in metal, and the robust palettes and high quality of today's streetwear trends. Coming up in the metal scene, we noticed something missing when it came to creative and colorful band merchandise. Most rock artists just print on black shirts... which is kind of boring, considering the extremely lively and exciting music they often make.

"When it all began, Shibori Threads was just a passion project run out of our apartments. We were literally printing labels and shipping everything on our own, by hand. We considered it a great way to work with and support some of our favorite artists during the pandemic while making apparel we would actually wear."

Each design is only available for a limited time - Fans should note that due to each item being hand-made, there is a production turn around of 6-8 weeks.

With more exciting brand and band collabs on the way, SHIBORI THREADS are only just getting started. Follow the trail of dye—or get left behind

ABOUT DARK SOULS

Dark Souls is the new action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon’s Souls (and Elden Ring), FromSoftware. Dark Souls will have many familiar features: A dark fantasy universe, tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and unique online interactions. Prepare for a new, despair-inducing world, with a vast, fully-explorable horizon and vertically-oriented landforms. Prepare for a new, mysterious story, centered around the world of Lodran, but most of all, prepare to die. You will face countless murderous traps, countless darkly grotesque mobs and several gargantuan, supremely powerful demons and dragon bosses. You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world.

Find Shibori Threads Online

ShiboriThreads.com

Our Hollow, Our Home Share "Burn In The Flood" Deluxe Edition

RECENT PRESS:
"Comfortably Our Hollow, Our Home's best work yet, and one which shows the potential they have within them" – Kerrang!

"Bringing together all of the elements and emotions that have played a part in their journey up until now and displaying them proudly, it's a record of immense depth and devastation. Vulnerable and vicious, raw and ravaging, it's a collection of songs that push the band further to the front of the UK metalcore scene and will surely enrapture and assist everyone who lets it under their skin" – Rock Sound 

"Burn In The Flood's melodies are rich, its guitars soar and the voices are carried with absolute convictio." – Metal Hammer 8/10

"This album offers everything you could want from this genre in 2023" – FUZE Magazine
 
"Musically and lyrically a change of pace" – Morecore

After years of relentless hard work and refining their craft, Southampton based metalcore band Our Hollow, Our Home returned with their third album Burn In The Flood. 

Despite the recently announced departure of all members but Tobias Young, Our Hollow, Our Home will continue but close an important chapter with the Deluxe Edition of Burn In The Flood. It's a wrap up and ageless souvenir of all people and fans bringing this masterpiece to life.

Burn In The Flood Deluxe Edition releases today, April 7, and will hold five original songs on top and is available as limited colored double vinyl in two variants (limited to 500 copies each) including a special etching and CD, together with merch options at the Arising Empire Shop and Impericon.

Order and stream the album here.

Watch the visualizer for the track "Monochrome

OH, OH have toured with Asking Alexandria and Blessthefall, and enjoyed high-profile slots at festivals such as Graspop, Nova Rock, Summerblast, and Jera On Air. The band was boosted by a hugely popular cover of Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" back in 2017, which was picked up by BBC Radio One's Greg James. It subsequently topped the iTunes UK rock and metal chart, and racked up over 300,000 plays on YouTube during its first week of release.

UK-France duo THE NOISE WHO RUNS preview '2poor2die' ahead of 'Preteretrospective' LP (out April 21).

"Beguiling... anthemic yet accessible, gothic, grand and graceful, delicately dance-driven and dark, coiled and ornate, slow and seductive" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"A poetic brutality in the lyrics that reflects our current climes with clinical precision... the anthemic grace and stature of something by The Sisters of Mercy: it has an Arctic chill through which a lyrical, passionate heat radiates" ~ Backseat Mafia

"The cult of popular personality that follows deceptive and narrow-minded fame campaigns, the act of putting the dimmest star on the highest plinth has a new detractor" ~ Sound Read Six

"Rhythms stroll and guitars weave melodic webs within that ethereal electronic intimation. Light and dark entangle... Struck a chord in an instant but it is over time that its true splendour and prowess emerged and our pleasure and fascination escalated" ~ Ringmaster Review


UK-France duo The Noise Who Runs will soon release their ‘Preteretrospective’ album, a 14-track offering from the mind of Ian Pickering (of Sneaker Pimps and Front Line Assembly). Ahead of that, they share the final single '2poor2die', addressing the growing inequality in society and the struggle of the unheard / unseen decent people without voices and increasingly without hope.

The record's spiritual centrepiece, '2poor2die' is, at once, a celebration of ordinary bravery in the face of the daily grind of routine and a condemnation of the eternal ideology that sees working people as cannon fodder, only to be told "Shut up and get on with it, nothing’s gonna change". Call it a tribute to the folks who are barely considered worth considering.

Certainly, '2poor2die' pulls no punches. Here loud, noisy guitars and pounding drums and bass are set against a deceptively simple lyric, almost nursery rhyme-like in its repeated refrain:
Rip it up, strip it down, over again
Pack it up, wrap it up, over again
Sick it up, spit it up, over again
Rip it up, tear it up, start it again

This follows two remarkable singles from the album - the anthemic lead track 'Beautiful Perhaps' and 'Takes a Long Cold Look and Then The Kitchen Sink' - the impossible, illegitimate child of solo album-era Syd Barrett and immediately post-Talking Heads David Byrne.

Ian Pickering (co-author of such Sneaker Pimps hits as 'Spin Spin Sugar', '6 Underground' and 'Tesko Suicide') wrote this material simultaneously to material for the latest Sneaker Pimps album. Formed four years ago upon relocating from Hartlepool, England to Lille, France, The Noise Who Runs is now a duo with Brazilian-French guitarist Felipe Goes.

“Around three minutes into the video, we use a quote from Richard II, King of England, following the Peasants’ Revolt around 1381, and it’s not difficult to understand how clearly that remains the prevailing view of the establishment when it comes to the people and any hope that fairness is gonna somehow trickle down to us all here at the bottom. And it’s a terrifying quote really. And that’s why we have The Noise Who Runs, to challenge all that," says Ian Pickering.

"You wretches detestable on land and sea: you who seek equality with lords are unworthy to live. Give this message to your colleagues: rustics you were, and rustics you are still; you will remain in bondage, not as before, but incomparably harsher. For as long as we live we will strive to suppress you, and your misery will be an example in the eyes of posterity."

A literal translation of ‘O bruit qui cour’, a French phrase meaning ‘gossip’, The Noise Who Runs was also the name of Pickering’s favourite restaurant, where the ideas for this project fell into place.

The Noise Who Runs' is rooted in the shared principles and approach to making music of punk/new wave and early hip-hop - both the mentality and the message. This brand of indie-electronic rock is heavily shaped by the 1970's experimental electronic scene in Sheffield, the 1990's guitar-house mix of the Manchester scene, Primal Scream's guitar-electronic sound after 1997’s 'Vanishing Point', and 2000’s XTRMNTR.

'2poor2die' is out now via Bandcamp, where 'Preteretrospective’ can already be ordered. As of April 21, the full album will be available across digital music platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.

ALBUM CREDITS
Written by Ian Pickering
Produced by The Noise Who Runs
Recorded, engineered and produced by Claudio Spural (Mauco Records)
Additional production, mixing and mastering by Colin Cameron at The Cell Studios
Felipe Goes - electric guitars and keyboards
Ian Pickering - vocals, electric guitar and keyboards
Artist photos by Théo Valenduc
Other images created by Ian Pickering with additional photography and video clips courtesy of Dreamstime


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TAPROOT RELEASE NEW SINGLE “VIP (V\CT\M \ PLAY)” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM SC\SSRS, ANNOUNCE ALBUM RELEASE TOUR

Michigan Hard Rock favorites TAPROOT have released the first single “VIP (V\CT\M \ PLAY)", from their upcoming 7th studio album SC\SSRS, produced by guitarist/vocalist Stephen Richards at The Loft in Saline, MI. The album, written and recorded by Richards, will be the band’s first studio release since 2012’s The Episodes(Victory), set to hit stores September 29th via THC MUSIC/Amplified Distribution.

The single, currently available for streaming and download on BANDCAMP at taprootofficial.bandcamp.com, will be available on digital outlets on 5/5.

SC\SSRS is available for pre-order now from taprootmerch.com.

Taproot has also announced a string of upcoming headlining shows, marking the band’s first shows in over six years, and their first tour in over a decade, set to feature special guests September Mourning, Eva Under Fire, Smile Empty Soul, and Heartsick on select dates. The upcoming shows will also showcase the return of original drummer Jarrod Montague, who will join the band for select upcoming shows (with all other shows featuring longtime drummer Dave Coughlin of Sponge), and new full-time guitarist Taylor Roberts (Riding With Killers).

The band has also announce a headlining appearance August 18th at the 2023 NORTHWOODS ROCK RALLY in Glen Flora, WI, as well as their previously announced “reunion” appearance at Blue Ridge Rock Fest in September.

Fri 9/29 - The Machine Shop | Flint, MI - SOLD OUT w/ Heartsick | Lift the Medium

Sat 9/30 - The Machine Shop | Flint, MI - SOLD OUT w/ Eva Under Fire | See This Through | Never the Crash

Sun 10/1 - The Machine Shop | Flint, MI - with Eva Under Fire | Heartsick
etix.com/ticket/p/7556754/taproot18-flint-the-machine-shop

Fri 10/6 - The Apollo Theatre - Belvidere, IL- w/ Smile Empty Soul | Heartsick | Finding Ghosts
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/taproot-the-apollo-theatre-ac-tickets/13044905

Sat 10/7 - The Forge | Joliet, IL- w/ Smile Empty Soul | Heartsick
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/taproot-the-forge-tickets/13047315

Fri 10/13 - EPIC Event Center | Green Bay, WI- w/ September Mourning | Heartsick
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7467383/taproot-green-bay-epic-event-center

Sat 10/14 - The Blue Note | Harrison, OH- w/ September Mourning | Lift the Medium, Xero Hour
https://www.cincyticket.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=6170

Fri 10/20 - The KING of CLUBS | Columbus, OH-w/ September Mourning | XFACTOR1 | Artifax
https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Taproot/538999?afflky=TheKingofClubs

Sat 10/21 - The Winchester Music Tavern | Lakewood, OH- w/ September Mourning | Brothers At Arms
https://bit.ly/TAPROOT_216

Fri 11/3 - Wally's | Hampton Beach, NH w/ Eva Under Fire
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005E7B0FDABC20

Sat 11/4 - The Gramercy Theatre | NYC, NY- w/ Eva Under Fire
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00005E7BE2474039

Fri 11/17 – Elevation | Grand Rapids, MI
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7187497/taproot-grand-rapids-the-intersection-elevation

Sat 11/18 - The Eclectic Room | Angola, IN
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/taproot-album-release-tour-the-eclectic-room-tickets/13087705

Also appearing at:

Saturday 8/18 - Northwoods Rock Rally | Glen Flora, WI | w/ Pop Evil, Soil, Smile Empty Soul

9/7-9/10 - Blue Ridge Rock Festival | Alton, VA

Limited VIP Experience Upgrades for all shows available attaprootmerch.com | taprootvip.com

Taproot also recently announced the release of Best of Besides, a 17-track collection of remastered demos and rarities, mastered by Richard Easterling (Tantric, Zen From Mars) in stores and digital May 5th, available for pre-order now at taprootmerch.com

Taproot formed in 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and went on to sign to Atlantic Records, releasing their Ulrich Wild (Static-X, Pantera, Mindless Self Indulgence) produced debut album GIFT in 2000, followed by extensive touring including appearances on Ozzfest 2000 and 2001, and tours with Deftones, Incubus, Papa Roach, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Disturbed, and Linkin Park.

The bands sophomore release Welcome, their first pairing with legendary producer Toby Wright (Alice in Chains, Metallica, Korn, Primus) which Rolling Stonecalled, “a self-preserving transition from new metal to art metal”, went on to sell over 500,000 copies and spawn the hit Rock singles “Poem”, which peaked at #5 on the Mainstream Rock charts, and “Mine”, helping propel "Welcome" to over 50 million digital streams. The band would continue heavy touring with Alien Ant Farm, Chevelle, joining Disturbed on the Music As A Weapon Tour, and Linkin Park. Vocalist Stephen Richards would also appear on the track “P5hng Me A*wy” on Linkin Park’s 2002 remix album REANIMATION.

2005 saw the release of Blue-Sky Research, also helmed by Wright, the band’s final release for Atlantic, which spawned the hit radio single “Calling”, co-written with FAR vocalist Jonah Matranga, and saw the band collaborate with Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Nick Hexum (311), and Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), with heavy touring again, with the likes of Chevelle, Staind, P.O.D., and Flyleaf.

Taproot released several more full-length studio albums, including 2008’s Our Long Road Home (Velvet Hammer), 2010’s Plead The Fifth (Victory), with the single “Fractured (Everything I Said was True)” reaching the top 20 on the Active Rock Chart, and 2012’s The Episodes, while continuing to tour consistently through 2013, when the band went on an indefinite hiatus, returning only to play a sporadic handful of local Michigan shows, before reforming officially this year.

Taproot will play BLUE RIDGE ROCK FEST in September, and The Machine Shop in Flint, MI on 9/29.

For More Information Please Visit:

https://www.instagram.com/followtaproot/

https://www.facebook.com/TaprootMusic

Officialtaproot.com

Taprootmerch.com

UK songstress Ruth Blake embraces her fierce side on 'Not Your Angel' single

"A straightforward melody and beautiful voice with an arrangement that comes alive in your head, angelic woes at the chorus juxtapose with the message in Blake’s lyrics, making for an enthralling listen" ~ The Spill Magazine

“Destined for great things in the future… the pick of the bunch, channeling the spirit of Joni Mitchell” ~ Drowned in Sound

"A true gem and will strike up mind associations to many musical greats, including Dido, Jewel, Laura Marling, and Regina Spektor" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"Extremely talented... contagious positive energy, beautiful voice and timbre, meaningful message with impressive depth" ~ The Record Stache

"Soulful and sensitive, spacious and sweet, deft and delicate, understated and gently majestic" ~ The Swindonian


UK indie pop artist Ruth Blake presents her new single 'Not Your Angel', rejecting the idea that our beauty lies only in our capacity to be angelic, beautiful and sweet. An antidote for that toxic ideology, Blake invites women to embrace their own fierceness.

This single marks a departure from Blake's folkier sound and is the first time she has gone completely electronic with a track. Inspired by Joan as Policewoman, glitchy electronica and dirty bass lines, this creatively refreshing sound honours another facet of her artistry and the human experience - one that is fierce and strong.

Originally from the Midlands, Blake now resides in the mists and vales of Somerset, where she creates multi-faceted music that stirs the soul and is rich with symbol and storytelling.

On this track, Ruth collaborated with London-based producer James Yuill, who has worked with such artists as Erasure, M83, Mint Royale and Au Revoir Simone, in addition to having music featured on Grey’s Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars, Scrubs, Love Island, The Inbetweeners and Dead Pixels.

"I wrote this song after a sudden and unexpected break up, which I was trying to make sense of. My ex made a comment about how shocked he’d been to see my angry side, as if it made me lesser in his eyes somehow, and I felt completely betrayed, not to mention dumbstruck that he couldn’t understand that my rage was indicative of how much pain I was in. I felt as though my rage was something to be ashamed of and that just made me more angry," says Ruth Blake.

"The song became a way for me to really honour and embrace my rage, while shaking off outdated shackles of the 'good girl' and over-sanitised notions of femininity I've been conditioned with. I wanted to reclaim it as a sacred, vital force and say a massive ‘fuck you’ to anyone who would judge me for it. As women, we have become so terrified of our anger, but having lived through a great deal of manipulation and abuse in my time, reconnecting with my anger has been fundamental on my journey towards learning where my boundaries are and how to defend them."

Having received an unusual musical education from pioneering composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist Edward Chilvers, Blake crowdfunded her debut album 'Lullabies for Grown-Ups' (2015), followed by 'Creation' in 2018. Lyrically profound and musically sophisticated, Ruth’s music is born out of her own passion for self-knowledge and the deeper truths of existence.

Her career has led to her recording at Real World Studios with James Frost and also to involvement in Manchester-based collective Caulbearers, as well as the Music as Medicine collective and Brightsky Community. Her latest solo work prior to this new single is the uplifting 'Brave Ships'.

'Not Your Angel' will be released on April 4 and available across digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp.

CREDITS
Written by Ruth Blake
Recorded by Ruth Blake and James Yuill
Produced, mixed & mastered by James Yuill / Online Recording Studio
Cover photo by Ruth Blake
Artist photos by Kay Dilley


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Oceano Announce New US Headlining Tour 'Deathcore Ain't Dead' With Through the Eyes of the Dead + Tracheotomy

American deathcore mainstays Oceano have today announced their upcoming US headliner 'Deathcore Ain't Dead'. Kicking off on Friday, June 23 in Chicago, IL, show support will be Through the Eyes of the Dead and Tracheotomy. For ticket information, please click here and be sure to stay tuned for more Oceano news coming soon.

Deathcore Ain't Dead Tour Dates

June 23 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies

June 24 - Wichita, KS @ Temple Live

June 25 - Dallas, TX @ Fair Park – So What?! Music Festival

June 27 - Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live

June 28 - Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock

June 29 - Houston, TX @ Scout Bar

June 30 - Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room

July 1 - Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl

July 2 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall

Oceano’s ability to encode such transmission within the framework of tight, taught, and technical heavy music remains a key to their success since 2006. Over the years, the group has ignited a diehard fan base. Picking up where critically acclaimed 2015’s 'Ascendants' and 2017’s 'Revelation' left off, the band expands their patented deathcore punch with brutal heaviness and moments of unrelenting technicality and precision in their latest single, “Mass Produced”. Oceano utilizes thought-provoking lyricism that continues to elevate them within the landscape of heavy music, a key to their success over the past decade.

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA Release Brand New Single "The Sensation"

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA are back with their first new music of 2023. After a successful run of European dates last November, and the completion of an outstanding leg through Scandinavia in March, the Swedes follow up with their new single 'The Sensation'. The new song pays tribute to late guitarist David Andersson. THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA deliver exactly what you expect from them, classic rock packed with catchy, danceable melodies!

'The Sensation' is accompanied by a brand new music video which can be watched below.

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA about the single:
”The Sensation is the first in a series of brand new singles being released this year. It carries everything this band is about: glorious riffage, soaring vocals, infectious rhythms and unforgettable melodies. The lyric is also a tribute to the late great David Andersson and the many journeys Björn shared with him”

Singer Björn Strid comments on the new music video:
“This video shows the rise of a very young female star and the realization of what goes on behind the curtains, when the glitter fades. It shatters her universe but she rises above it in her grand debut in this deliciously tacky game show, where in the end winners are made and losers fade.”

The cover art is also inspired by a written note, that David Andersson left us all with:
“Should anybody be reading this, I want you to know that I now am an astronaut. I’m on my way, somewhere out in space, with the aim of eventually being transformed into a ball of ice, with a tail of fire.”

Stream the new song 'The Sensation' here:
https://thenightflightorchestra.bfan.link/the-sensation

More info:
www.facebook.com/thenightflightorchestraofficial
www.instagram.com/nightflightorchestra
www.twitter.com/nfo_official
www.nuclearblast.de/thenightflightorchestra

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Releases Official Live Video For “Melancholy Angel”

New Live Album, 'Pirates Over Wacken', Out Now

Get Your Copy HERE!

European Headline Tour Kicks Off Tomorrow!

Symphonic Metal Pirates VISIONS OF ATLANTIS set sail, LIVE from Wacken Open Air 2022!

2023 is a huge year for VISIONS OF ATLANTIS! After they thrilled fans with their recent release, 'Pirates', the symphonic metal icons are now doubling down on the special experiences. After their very successful first headline tour in the US, the symphonic metal visionaries are ready to set sail in Europe, as their headline tour kicks off tomorrow, April 4th.

Today, the band unveils the beautiful live version of “Melancholy Angel”, recorded with a full orchestra and taken from the bonus DVD of their recently released live album, 'Pirates Over Wacken'! The fan favorite from 'Pirates' has already reached more than two million streams on Spotify and over a million views on Youtube.

  Watch the Official Live Video for “Melancholy Angel”

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS on 'Pirates Over Wacken':

"There is something purely magical about WACKEN. Maybe it is the collective belief that this is the Holy Ground of Heavy Metal. Maybe it simply is, the Holy Ground of Heavy Metal. Maybe this casts a specific energy around the stages and the fields of this special German town.

"We didn’t miss feeling this magic, while shouting the name “WACKEN" out loud on stage or while looking around and seeing thousands of people, at peace, loving being there and sharing this together."

"It was very special to us again, as if it wasn’t our first time playing WACKEN. We were overcome with emotion several times during the show. There was so much we wanted to say. We felt empowered as artists and human beings. WACKEN is a place where you feel you can change the world. Watching this crowd and talking to them on that very day felt like something we never experienced before and we will remember it forever.

"Nothing lasts forever, but memories do. Thank you WACKEN for having made us a part of your legend.”

Get your version of 'Pirates Over Wacken' HERE

Pirates Over Wacken' is now available in the following configurations:

=> 2 LP Gatefold BLACK (limited to 500 copies worldwide)

=> 3 CD Earbook (36 pages) incl. five-track bonus DVD (recorded on Masters Of Rock Festival in the Czech Republic), 'A Pirates Symphony' (the orchestral version of the studio album Pirates) – SOLD OUT!

=> 1 CD Digisleeve

=> Digital Album

Featuring songs from 'Pirates' as well as fan favorites like “A Life Of Our Own”, “The Silent Mutiny” and “A Journey to Remember”, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS bewitched the enthusiastic audience with their new set of eleven tracks embracing freedom and self-confidence. The multinational band kicks the performance off with their majestic single from 'Pirates', “Master The Hurricane”. Through its perfectly balanced mixture of dramatic choirs, heavy orchestration and dedicated vocals, the multi-million streamed hit “Heroes Of The Dawn” and 'Pirates' album opener “Pirates Will Return” provide sing-a-long opportunities for listeners to get lost in.

Guiding fans through their powerful discography, the intriguing soundscapes and hauntingly beautiful melodies will take you back to an unforgettable day at Wacken Open Air. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS wrap up the feverishly hot concert with their last hit single, “Melancholy Angel”, and “Legion Of The Seas” - presenting their heaviest side without losing their inimitable feeling for creating dreamlike symphonic melodies. This emotive eleven track experience will have you tasting the heat and dust of the palpable Wackenfestival air, and embracing the wilderness that only true Pirates know!

'Pirates Over Wacken' is a perfect taste of what lies ahead for VISIONS OF ATLANTISwith long lasting tours through Europe and the US!

Limited special editions, like the beautifully illustrated 36 page Earbook, contain a very special gift for all fans: a five-track bonus DVD recorded at their enchanting appearance at Masters Of Rock Festival in the Czech Republic, as well as 'A Pirates Symphony' – the orchestral version of their successful studio album 'Pirates'.

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS are:

Clémentine Delauney - Vocals

Michele Guaitoli - Vocals

Dushi Duscha - Guitars

Herbert Glos - Bass

Thomas Caser - Drums

DEKO ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS YOU UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS IN THIS BRAND NEW CONCERT SERIES.

What if someone curated a special group of artists to create a special dual event…one where a small audience of people (45 or less) gets to experience an amazing performance while being filmed as a show for an upcoming streaming series? Many people are done with the whole mega-concert experience--beginning with the tickets!  Enter Deko Entertainment. Deko decided that there might be a fun, and much less stressful way to experience talented artists performing live.  It would be really…Up Close and Personal. And that’s what it’s called. So far, it’s been great.  You can take it from the people that were at the inaugural events that featured Kasim Sulton (Utopia, Todd Rundgren, Meat Loaf, etc.) and Tiffany!

Thank you so much for doing this!!!!! This was one of the best shows I've ever been to and one of the best nights of my life. I'm a longtime fan and follower of Tiffany's and it was wonderful getting to hang out with her like this. Please have her back again!!

Chuck (Tiffany--Up Close and Personal)
Thank you for hosting the event and it was refreshingly surprising to receive this thank-you email from Deko.  I have been going to shows for almost 5 decades and it does not take many fingers to count how many times personal thank-yous have been received.
Rick (Kasim Sulton--Up Close and Personal)

For this special series, Deko Entertainment has teamed up with another Jersey business Factory Records:  https://factoryrecords.com/.  Events will be in the Lounge and will be MC’d by comedian Frankie Hudak.  We have a jam packed schedule coming up over the next couple of months.

Randy Jackson – April 7, 2023, 8:00 PM
The amazing creative force behind the band Zebra, Jackson, is gifting us a very special evening.  His musicianship, along with his amazing vocal range, makes this a can’t-miss event for Up Close and Personal fans.  Some of the most memorable songs from Jackson’s long, musical legacy translate extremely well into the smaller environment at Factory Records, so this is going to be awesome!  Here is a taste of Jackson live with Zebra https://youtu.be/p3Iu1hgAs8I

Joe Bouchard – April15, 2023, 8:00 PM
Bouchard is truly a legend.  As one of the original members of Blue Öyster Cult, he can take us on an amazing musical journey through story and song.  Songs we all know from his past are part of our culture, and he has so many critically acclaimed solo tunes.   It’s hard to imagine how he will decide what to play, but come find out!  Here is Bouchard’s artist page on the Deko website:  https://www.dekoentertainment.com/joebouchard.

Bad Omens Announces CONCRETE FOREVER North American Fall Headlining Tour with ERRA + I See Stars

Bad Omens

Announces: CONCRETE FOREVER

North American Fall Headlining Tour

With ERRA + I See Stars

Artist Presale Starts Tomorrow at 10 am, Tickets On Sale Friday 4/7 at 10 am

All Times Local

BADOMENSOFFICIAL.COM

Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian (vocals), Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson (guitar), Nick Ruffilo (bass), and Nick Folio (drums)—materialize with ghostly atmospherics, striking hooks, and the tingles of sensual high-register harmonies uplifted by cinematic production. Racking up over 250M worldwide streams to date and earning acclaim, the band presents an uncompromising and undeniable vision on their third full-length album, 'THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND' (Sumerian Records).

“Making the record changed us as songwriters and musicians. In many ways, I feel like it set me free as an artist because every decision made in the writing process was for myself, with no fear for anyone else’s expectations of what our third album should sound like. Be it our fans or our record label.”

They’ve always wielded this level of magic though…

The group’s 2016 self-titled debut, 'Bad Omens', yielded fan favorites such as “Glass Houses” and “The Worst In Me” which eclipsed 35 million Spotify streams. On its heels, 2019’s 'Finding God Before God Finds Me' spawned “Dethrone” (23 million Spotify streams) and “Careful What You Wish For”. Along the way, they toured with numerous marquee acts and received tastemaker praise. 

After their first headline tour was canceled mid-way at the top of the global pandemic, the band found themselves at home in Los Angeles with plenty of time. Where they absorbed and imparted a different palette of unexpected inspirations. Channeling what the frontman describes at times as a “cursive sound” they embraced newfound confidence and boundlessly loose creativity. Anything went in the studio, and all “rules” were broken. Noah and Jolly wrote, produced, and engineered the music themselves while GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer and songwriter Zakk Cervini (Halsey, Grimes, Poppy, blink-182) lent his talents with the mix and master. Challenging himself, Noah decided to “make a track sampling items around the house, none of which were musical instruments”. 

This ultimately became the framework for the first single “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND”. Claps puncture the icy soundscape as his voice stretches from a breathy moan into an evocative and entrancing hook, breaking from a whisper into the seductive chant, “It wasn’t hard to realize. Love’s the death of peace of mind.” It culminates on a climactic scream uplifted by a distorted crunch.

“The whole record really details the loss of peace of mind,” he explains. “The lyrics in the title track are a little more specific in terms of the conflict at the heart of something more intimate and personal.”

By speaking it aloud, Bad Omens offer a level of comfort and empathy, with a sinister shroud. At the same time, they also give rock music a sexy new shape on 'THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND'.

“Sonically, we want to do something you can’t arrive late or early too,” he leaves off. “You can’t cheat your way to the final act. You have to get on the ride and process it until the end. The songs are meant to be heard from start to finish. We want you to take the whole trip with us.”

CONCRETE FOREVER North American Headliner Dates

September 1 - Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center

September 2 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater

September 4 - New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater

September 5 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live

September 6 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues

September 8 - Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy

September 9 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works

September 12 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5

September 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

September 14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

September 15 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

September 16 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner

September 18 - Montreal, QC @ MTELUS

September 19 - Toronto, ON @ Rebel

September 21 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed

September 24 - TBA

September 26 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom

September 27 - Minneapolis, MN @ Myth Live

September 29 - TBA

September 30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union

October 2 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

October 3 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre

October 4 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

October 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

October 9 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels

October 10 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

October 11 - Albuquerque, NM @ Revel

October 13 - Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum

Fall Festival Dates

September 10 - Alton, VA @ Blue Ridge Rock Festival

September 22 - Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life

October 6 - Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock

Upcoming US Dates with ERRA + Invent Animate

May 17 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City (Sold Out)

May 18 - Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal (Sold Out)

May 19 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel (Sold Out)

May 21 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues (Sold Out)

May 23 - Raleigh, NC @ Ritz Raleigh (Sold Out)

May 26 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection (Sold Out)

May 28 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Clyde's (Sold Out)

May 30 - Des Moines, IA @ Horizon Event Centre (Low Ticket Warning)

June 1 - Omaha, NE @ The Admiral (Sold Out)

June 2 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre (Sold Out)

June 3 - Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall (Sold Out)

June 4 - Wichita, KS @ Cotillion Ballroom (Sold Out)

Spring Festivals/Radio Shows

May 4 - Greenwood Village, CO @ 107.9 KBPI Birthday Bash

May 6 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Bamboozle Fest

May 12 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 100.5 KATT's KATTFEST

May 25 - Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple

May 27 - St Louis, MO @ 105.7 KPNT The Point's Pointfest

Elle King Makes Her Solo Opry Debut

With a heart full of reverence and gratitude, singer-songwriter Elle King made her Grand Ole Opry solo debut last night. Her three-song set included “Bonafide,” and “Jersey Giant” from her recent album Come Get Your Wife. She closed with a reimagined version of fan-favorite “America’s Sweetheart,” from her 2015 debut album Love Stuff.

ONErpm Signs Country Traditionalist William Michael Morgan

ONERPM signs William Michael Morgan and announces his next project—a Keith Stegall–produced
EP to be delivered later this year.
Top Row L-R: Karl M Braun (Hall Booth Smith), Joe Carter (Carter and Company), Keith Stegall (Dreamlined Entertainment Group), Mike Taliaferro (Carter and Company); Bottom Row L-R: Ryan L Cunningham (ONErpm), William Michael Morgan, Tim Wipperman (ONErpm) 
Photo Credit: Brooke Christopher

ONErpm Nashville is proud to announce the signing of rising country artist William Michael Morgan, who will be releasing a Keith Stegall–produced EP later this year. Morgan, a modern-day traditionalist, previously earned a No. 1 single with “I Met a Girl,” described by Rolling Stone as a “laid-back ode to the joy of romantic discovery” that was named one of NPR Music’s Top 100 Songs of 2016. This Gold-certified single paved the way for a top 5 debut of Morgan’s first album, Vinyl, on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
 
Since then, the 29-year-old Mississippi native has been building his fan base by touring the country and releasing music that remains true to his Vicksburg roots with a voice that “resonates with the flawless timbre of someone who has been singing country music for decades beyond his years,” according to Pandora.
 
“It is an honor to be teaming up with ONErpm,” Morgan says, noting that “Tim Wipperman, Ryan Cunningham and the team there really believe in the kind of music we are making” and further explaining that his new music, produced by the legendary Stegall, “is something I’ve been working toward my whole career. All the ups and downs, the growth and learning—you can hear it all in this new music, the majority of which I have written as a result of my own life lessons.”

“William Michael Morgan has had an amazing career so far,” affirms Cunningham, A&R director of Country Music for ONErpm. “We believe in him as an artist, and we’re excited to see how high he can climb with this new music.”
 
2023 is looking like a breakout year for Morgan, with the forthcoming album and summer tour dates scheduled from Sevierville and Nashville, Tenn. to Galveston, Texas, and Comstock, Neb.
 
As one of the more recent CRS New Faces of Country Music, Morgan has already accumulated over 100 million on-demand streams. For more information, visit WilliamMichaelMorgan.com or follow along on socials @WMMorganMusic on Instagram, @WilliamMichaelMorgan on Facebook and @WMMorgan on Twitter. Morgan is managed by Joe Carter and Mike Taliaferro of Carter and Company; booking is handled by The Kinkead Entertainment Agency.
 
About ONErpm:
ONErpm is a next-generation music company and leader in new revenue opportunities, operating one of the world’s largest music distribution platforms and YouTube Multi-Channel Networks. Offering a full suite of services that includes marketing support, supply chain tools, business intelligence, publishing, accounting and global payment solutions, ONErpm provides the infrastructure needed to help creators and content owners succeed. As a trusted partner, ONErpm emphasizes transparency in everything it does, from executing a marketing campaign to making payments. ONErpm currently operates 39 offices across the globe with a staff of over 500, making it one of the fastest-growing independent music companies in the world. 

SEPTICFLESH - announce 'Reconstruction' digital EP featuring entirely symphonic versions of three songs from 'Modern Primitive'

Symphonic death metallers SEPTICFLESH have announced a new digital EP titled Reconstruction, that will feature three reimagined versions of songs from their latest album Modern Primitive. The new versions of these songs were recorded with an orchestra and a choir to achieve an entirely symphonic sound.

The band comments "We are excited to present you with Reconstruction, a digital EP that consists of the bonus songs from Modern Primitive, now making them available to all our fans. The title is very representative, as the release encapsulates a variety of musical ideas from Modern Primitive, reconstructed with additional orchestral elements. Check it out in the digital music platform of your choice."

Stream Reconstruction on all platforms now at: https://septicflesh.bfan.link/reconstruction-7218.ema

About SEPTICFLESH
SEPTICFLESH was formed as 'Septic Flesh' in Greece in the early '90s by Spyridon Antoniou (a.k.a. Seth Siro Anton): vocals/bass, Christos Antoniou: guitar and Sotirios Vagenas (a.k.a. Sotiris Anunnaki V.): guitar/ clean vocals. A debut EP was released in 1991, entitled Temple of The Lost Race. Their first full-length album Mystic Places of Dawn was released in 1994, followed by EΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ that was released in 1995. With the release of Ophidian Wheel in 1997, a female soprano vocalist (Natalie Rassoulis) was introduced, as the band moved towards a more symphonic style. A Fallen Temple (1998) continued in the same musical direction. In 1999, Revolution DNA was released, followed by Sumerian Daemons in 2003, both albums produced by Fredrik Nordström (At The Gates, Opeth, In Flames). Although the band's popularity was growing, the band members decided to disband, in order to focus on other personal projects and goals. But that was not the end of the story... After a reunion, the band returned with the album Communion in 2008, again with Fredrik Nordström at the helm of production. From that point onwards, the symphonic element (composed by Christos Antoniou, that has a Master Degree in Concert Music) was fully implemented in the structure of the songs, with the collaboration of Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague. The Great Mass (2011) followed with Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain) producing, Titan (2014) with Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head) as producer and Codex Omega (2017) which started the group’s collaboration with Jens Bogren that continues to the very day. In 2020, the recording of the epic and fully orchestrated Live in Mexico entitled Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX was released on CD/LP/DVD/Blu-Ray.

SEPTICFLESH is:
Seth Siro Anton | Vocals, Bass
Christos Antoniou | Guitar, Orchestra
Sotiris Anunnaki V | Clean Vocals, Guitar, 12 String Guitar
Psychon | Guitar
Kerim 'Krimh' Lechner | Drums

ROTTEN SOUND Shares New Music Video for "Digital Bliss"

The apocalypse is nigh and Finnish grindcore entity ROTTEN SOUND has crafted the perfect soundtrack to accompany humanity’s impending extinction. Aptly titled ‘Apocalypse,’ the band’s eighth studio album is dropping into 2023 with the same blistering speed and chaotic impetus as an asteroid searing through atmosphere and crushing everything upon impact.

Each song delivering abrupt yet violent aftershocks, delivering an auditory assault with its unstoppable, seismic force. The band is now sharing the official music video for the song "Digital Bliss," which can be seen below.

ROTTEN SOUND comments on the clip, "Have you ever got sucked in YouTube cat videos, Instagram stories or other dopamine creators? Does it feel like this?"

'Apocalypse' is out now! Stream/order/download HERE.

ROTTEN SOUND have firmly established themselves as one of the leading acts of the grindcore scene. Expertly wielding the fierce brutality and massive aggression of their genre, the Finns add intelligent songwriting, effective arrangements, and musical proficiency as well as subtle death metal elements to their sound.

Their forthcoming album ‘Apocalypse’ embodies those aforementioned virtues to the point. The full length delivers eighteen short sharp chops that hit home perfectly.

ROTTEN SOUND was conceived in the city of Vaasa, Finland by guitarist Mika Aalto in 1993, who was soon joined by vocalist and word-smith Keijo Niinimaa. The duo still remains in place, while the original members in all other positions have been replaced several times until today.

The Finns can field an impressive catalogue of now eight highly acclaimed studio albums, eight EPs, three split singles, a single, and a live DVD. Furthermore, ROTTEN SOUND have already conquered the stages of all major metal and hardcore oriented festivals and also toured in regular intervals alongside such renowned acts as MALEVOLENT CREATION, PHOBIA, DISFEAR CARCASS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, EXHUMED, NAPALM DEATH, and PIG DESTROYER – among many others.

With ‘Apocalypse’, ROTTEN SOUND are gearing up their musical juggernaut just in time before crushing stages all over Asia and Europe this spring. 

Recording Studio: 
Sound Supreme (drums and vocals)
Nordic Audio Labs (guitars and bass)

Recording engineer: Janne Saksa 
Mix: Rain City Studios by Jesse Gander
Master: Audio Siege by Brad Boatbright

Cover artwork: Error Design

Line-up:
Mika Aalto - guitars
Matti Raappana - bass and backing vocals
Sami Latva - drums
Keijo Niinimaa - lead vocals

Links:
https://www.rottensound.com
https://www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
https://www.instagram.com/rottensoundgrind

Shop:  https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/RottenApocalypse
Stream/Download: https://orcd.co/rs_apocalypse

RATT’S CLASSIC ALBUMS COMPILED ON ‘THE ATLANTIC YEARS’ LIMITED EDITION BOX SET

BMG, in partnership with Rhino Entertainment, announces ‘THE ATLANTIC YEARS’ LIMITED EDITION BOX SET, celebrating RATT’s massively successful period where all 5 of their studio albums were certified GOLD, PLATINUM or MULTI-PLATINUM.  Released on June 9th, the LP set features all 5 albums remastered on 180g black vinyl, rare “Nobody Rides For Free” 7” single, 12 page replica tour book (featuring rare and never before seen photos from RATT’s personal archives), 11”x17” WANTED POSTER, bumper sticker, replica backstage pass, and guitar pick in a custom lift top box. The CD set features all 5 of the studio albums in a side loading box. 

All albums feature the classic line up of Stephen Pearcy (vocals), Warren DeMartini (guitars), Robbin Crosby (guitars), Juan Croucier (bass/vocals), and Bobby Blotzer (drums)

Formed in Los Angeles, RATT was featured as an unsigned act on Uncle Joe Benson’s Local Licks Drive Time Show on KLOS-FM.  This was their first time on radio and led to their signing to Atlantic Records.  
 
RATT exploded on to the national scene in 1984 with the release of ‘Out Of The Cellar.’ Featuring an undeniable hook and legendary music video, lead single “Round And Round” hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, while ‘Out Of The Cellar’ reached #7 on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified triple platinum. Two more charting singles followed with “Back For More” and “Wanted Man”. RATT started the tour as an opening act, but by the end of the tour had climbed to arena headliner.

RATT returned in 1985 with their 2nd full length album, ‘Invasion Of Your Privacy.’ Certified double platinum and also reaching #7 on the Billboard Top 200, ‘Invasion of Your Privacy’ also featured the classics “Lay It Down” (#40 Billboard Hot 100) and “You’re In Love”.

‘Dancing Undercover’ followed in 1986 as RATT toured North America with a brand new LA band called POISON as the opening act. Lead single “Dance” hit the Billboard Hot 100 and spawned another music video hit with “Slip Of The Lip”, while “Body Talk” was featured in a key scene in the Eddie Murphy film, ‘The Golden Child’. ‘Dancing Undercover’ became RATT 3rd consecutive PLATINUM album and reached #26 on the Billboard Top 200.

1988’s ‘Reach For The Sky’ saw RATT return to the Top 20 of the Billboard Top 200 album charts, peaking at #17. Driven by the bluesy hit and MTV favorite “Way Cool Jr.”, ‘Reach For The Sky’ was also certified PLATINUM and became RATT’s 4th album in a row to move well over a million copies. “I Want A Woman” was also a successful single and the video captured the excitement and energy of RATT live.

RATT released their last full-length record of the Atlantic era, Detonator, in 1990. Music was changing, but ‘Detonator’ was still a success, peaking at #23 on the Billboard Top 200 and going GOLD. The first album to feature major outside songwriting contributions (Desmond Child, Diane Warren) and guests (Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Schenker). Lead single “Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job” hit #18 on the Rock Charts while the power ballad “Giving Yourself Away” reached #39.

In 1991, they released the single “Nobody Rides For Free” from the hit film Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, which is exclusive to the LP box. 

Pre-Order link: https://lnk.to/rattatlanticyearsPR

JAAW Share New Single, "Total Protonic Reversal", + Video

New Album, 'Supercluster',

Out May 26th on Svart Records

Pre-Order HERE

Today, JAAW share their new single, "Total Prototonic Reversal", the second single from their upcoming album, 'Supercluster'.

About the single, Andy Cairns comments:

“'Total Protonic Reversal' is an atmospheric slow burning industrial banger. Tension released and synapses cleansed in this steely eyed stare into cosmic unease

“Music video director & animator, Mike Bourne has provided 'Total Protonic Reversal'with the perfect visual accompaniment, morphing vibrant imagery into quotidian urban hellscapes”

JAAW is a post-industrial supergroup featuring Andy Cairns (Therapy?), Jason Stoll(Mugstar, KLÄMP, Sex Swing), Wayne Adams (Death Pedals, Big Lad, Petbrick) and Adam Betts (Three Trapped Tigers, Goldie, Squarepusher). JAAW glories in big riffs and massive hooks, while also pushing the boundaries of what that even means thanks to its uncompromising strangeness.

Recorded intensely in a matter of days at Wayne’s Bear Bites Horse Studio in London, 'Supercluster' is one of the most distinctive and exciting records that will be released this year, so heavy in textures that repeat listens will prove endlessly rewarding.

Watch the Official Music Video for "Total Protonic Reversal"

In the back of JAAW’s minds are the 1990s: an era when the experimental heaviness of acts like Ministry and Godflesh could find surprisingly large audiences.

They also draw on the sonic ground that’s been broken since: the disorientating ferocity of Brazil’s DEAFKIDS, the gaseous, shapeshifted vocals on Burial’s records, and the freakout-laden noise-rock of Lightning Bolt.

Far from emulating the industrial metal masters of the past, JAAW will help shake lesser rock bands out of their generic complacency. With scant regard for typical verse/chorus/verse formulas, JAAW’s song structures are closer to the nonlinear approach of body-shaking dance music.

While recording 'Supercluster' at Wayne’s Bear Bites Horse Studio and experimenting with squealing effects pedals selected from the studio’s racks, Cairns was reminded of his love for the feedback-drenched records of Helios Creed and Nuklear Blast Suntan. Having grown up listening to Therapy?, Adams loved throwing HM-2 pedals at Cairns and hearing his riffs through Entombed-style distortion. Bassist Stoll liked the idea of “Celtic Frost playing something by NEU!”

This turned into the album’s bludgeoning centre piece, "Bring Home The Motherlode, Barry". As co-vocalists, Adams and Cairns wrote lyrics informed by the hallucinatory horror movies of Panos Cosmatos and the unforgettable set-pieces from Ari Aster’s Midsommar.

JAAW’s sounds, ideas and modes all bleed into each other. “The lyrics, too, are part of the same whole,” adds Cairns. “I feel you could drop the needle at any point on this record and you know where you are with it. To me, it’s like greyscale psychedelia. It’s just this… experience.”

The greyscale psychedelic revolution starts here. You’d be crazy not to jump in.

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Winger Release "It All Comes Back Around" Video — WATCH

Following the March release of the debut single and video "Proud Desperado" from the upcoming album Seven, Winger release today the video for the song "It All Comes Back Around." 

  As with "Proud Desperado," the video was filmed in Nashville and directed by Jack Sawyers. You can watch the video below. The track is available for streaming and download on all platforms here. 

Winger Seven will be released on May 5 and is the band's first release sinceBetter Days Comin' in 2014.  The album was produced in Nashville by Kip Winger and features all four of the original members — Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein, and Paul Taylor. Guitarist John Roth was added in 1992. 
 

Winger will be touring extensively in 2023 with a UK tour supporting Steel Panther commencing May 14, followed by a U.S tour supporting Tom Keifer in North America starting in Atlanta on June 15. The band will be doing a number of headline shows in addition to these tours. 
 
Below are confirmed 2023 shows.
 
WINGER ON TOUR:
HEADLINE DATES:
4/22 — St. Charles, IL — Arcada Theatre
4/29 — 5/4 — Port Canaveral, FL — Monsters of Rock Cruise
5/6 — Columbia, MD — M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion
5/10 — Price, UT — Carbon County  Event Center
5/11 — Cedar City, UT — Iron Springs Resort

WITH TOM KEIFER BAND:
6/15 — Atlanta, GA — Buckhead Theatre
6/16 — Lexington, KY — Lexington Music Hall
6/17 — Harrison, OH — Blue Note (Outdoor)
6/18 — Roanoke, VA — Dr. Pepper Park
6/20 — Norfolk, VA — The Norva
6/21 — Staten Island, NY — St. George Theatre
6/23 — Reading, PA — Santander PAC
6/24 — New York, NY — Palladium NY Times Square
6/27 — Patchogue, NY — Patchogue Theatre
6/28 — Hampton Beach, NH — Casino Ballroom
6/30 — Glenside, PA — Keswick Theatre
7/1 — Cheswick, PA — Mountain View Amp
7/2 —Horseheads, NY — The L (Winger Headline Show)
7/6 — Jim Thorpe, PA — Penn's Peak
7/7 — Providence, RI — The Strand
7/8 — Enfield, CT — Fourth of July Town Center Celebration (Winger Headline Show)
7/9 — Flint, MI — The Machine Shop (Winger Headliner Show)
7/11 — Columbus, OH — The King of Clubs (Winger Headline Show)
7/13 — Akron, OH — Goodyear Theater
7/14 — St. Charles, IL — Arcada
7/15 — Des Plaines, IL — Des Plaines Theatre

WINGER HEADLINE DATES:
7/16 — Indianapolis, IN — The Founder Square
7/22 — Waukesha, WI — Gangs All Here Tour at Waukesha County Fair
7/28 — Terre Haute, IN — The Mill Terre Haute
7/29 — Beaver Dam, KY — Beaver Dam Amphitheatre
8/12 – Hot Springs, AR — Timberwood Amphitheater
8/19 — Gibson City, IL — Gibson City Area Hospital Summer Bash
10/7 — Umatilla, OR — Big River Golf Course
10/13 — Monterey, TN — The Old Gray
10/14 — Wyandotte, MI — District 142
11/17 — Lewiston, ID — Clearwater River Casino & Lodge
11/18 — Golden, CO — Buffalo Rose
12/15 — San Antonio, TX — The Espee
12/16 — Sugar Land, TX — Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
12/17 — Dallas, TX — The Factory in Deep Ellum