Pierce The Veil Announce Fall 2023 Headline Tour

PIERCE THE VEIL ANNOUNCE FALL 2023 HEADLINE TOUR

L.S. DUNES, DAYSEEKER, + DESTROY BOYS TO SUPPORT

NEW ALBUM THE JAWS OF LIFE OUT NOW VIA FEARLESS RECORDS

Platinum-selling powerhouse Pierce The Veil — guitarist/vocalist Vic Fuentes, guitarist Tony Perry, and bassist Jaime Preciado — have announced their Fall 2023 North American tour plans. The Jaws Of Life Tour kicks off on November 4 in Sacramento and runs through December 8 in San Diego. All dates are below.

The band will hit the road on a headline run with L.S. Dunes, Dayseeker, and Destroy Boys in tow. It is truly a stacked lineup that shouldn't be missed!
 

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning Tuesday, July 25. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, July 28 at 10 AM local time.

Citi is the official card of The Jaws Of Life Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, July 25 at 11am ET until Thursday, July 27 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete pre-sale details, visit here.

Pierce The Veil dropped their new album The Jaws of Life — their first in seven years — in February via longtime label Fearless Records. Get it here.

The Jaws of Life marked a welcome return for PTV, with press praise pouring in from Rolling Stone, Uproxx, Huffington Post, Gawker, and MTV, among others. The single "Emergency Contact" also landed in the Top 5 at alternative radio.

PIERCE THE VEIL ON TOUR:
WITH L.S. DUNES, DAYSEEKER, + DESTROY BOYS:
11/4 — Sacramento, CA — Hard Rock Live
11/5 — Fresno, CA — Fresno Convention Center
11/7 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
11/8 — El Paso, TX — UTEP Don Haskins Center
11/10 — San Antonio, TX — The Espee
11/11 — Edinburg, TX — Bert Ogden Arena
11/12 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
11/14 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues
11/15 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues
11/17 — Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues
11/18 — Corbin, KY — The Corbin Arena
11/19 — Macon, GA — Macon City Auditorium
11/21 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/25 — Reading, PA — Santander Arena
11/26 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live!
11/28 — Chesterfield, MO — The Factory
11/30 — Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
12/2 — Des Moines, IA — Vibrant Music Hall
12/3 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory
12/5 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
12/7 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
12/8 — San Diego, CA — Viejas Arena

ABOUT PIERCE THE VEIL:
Pierce The Veil have debuted atop Billboard’s Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums, and Hard Rock Albums charts twice — first with Collide with the Sky (2012) and its follow-up, Misadventures (2016). A decade after its release, the already-platinum "King for a Day" shot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Streaming chart, driven by the viral #KingForADay hashtag on TikTok. Even with two gold singles; a gold album; 2023 could be their biggest year. Because this is the year of The Jaws of Life.
 
The band Rolling Stone once described as "hyperactive, progressive post-hardcore," returns with album number five, and it’s full of fuzzy guitars, massive melodic hooks, and PTV’s distinct emotional heart. The Jaws of Life is Pierce The Veil at their most raw, crackling with urgency and immediacy. Never predictable, always engaging, Pierce The Veil continue to soar on the strength of highly potent energy, rich musicality, and a scrappy sense of authentic exuberant ambition that's frankly unrivaled. Vic Fuentes, Tony Perry, and Jaime Preciado put volatile, angsty, confessional emotions into the music, which is why their songs resonant with so many. "No matter where the band performs, fans will show up," wrote Loudwire. "When you see Pierce The Veil live, you'll understand why."
 
PTV’s evolution from album to album is nothing less than stunning. The early buzz generated by A Flair for the Dramatic (2007) made its follow-up one of the most anticipated albums of 2010. Selfish Machines shot to No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The Chicago Tribune saluted Collide with the Sky for its “post-hardcore punk with more than a few nods to Queen.” They became a true arena act on Misadventures, selling out huge venues without losing the intimate connection with their fans.
 
Pierce the Veil have long cemented their status as one of the most exciting and relevant acts in their genre — by constantly evolving. With their new album The Jaws of Life debuted at No. 1 on the Hard Music Chart, as well is in the Top 3 of the Rock, Alternative, Independent, Vinyl, and Album Sales charts upon release. The album also received press accolades from Rolling Stone, Uproxx, Gawker, The Huffington Post, and Associated Press. The single "Emergency Contact" landed in the Top 5 at Alternative Radio, while selling out tours with I Prevail and The Used. They've tallied over 2 billion streams and 500 million YouTube and have earned multiple Gold and Platinum RIAA certifications — proving that growth is a constant for them!
 
The Jaws of Life was produced by Paul Meany (Twenty One Pilots, Yungblud, and Walk The Moon), and mixed by Adam Hawkins (Machine Gun Kelly, Turnstile, Twenty One Pilots). Deadly serious subject matter abounds, but Pierce The Veil enduringly navigates it all with grace. The lyrics continue the Fuentes tradition of painstaking honesty and clever twists of phrase. Pierce The Veil performs at the biggest festivals and is counted among the biggest and brightest of a younger generation of bands. But it all starts with the songs. The Jaws of Life is filled with the kind to keep the PTV fire burning forever. 

BMG ANNOUNCE HEADCAT VINYL AND CD RELEASES OF 'WALK THE WALK...TALK THE TALK/LIVE IN BERLIN/DREAMCATCHER' AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 15TH

HeadCat is an American rockabilly supergroup formed by vocalist/bassist Lemmy (of Motörhead), drummer Slim Jim Phantom (of The Stray Cats) and guitarist Danny B. Harvey (of Lonesome Spurs and The Rockats). 

This coming September 15th sees the welcome reissue of the bands 2011 album ‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ on CD and vinyl, alongside the first CD release of the live ‘Dreamcatcher’ album (first released on vinyl in 2022 for RSD), and the debut release on double-vinyl, CD and digital of the previously unheard ‘Live In Berlin’ album, recorded at Huxley’s in Berlin, Germany on 18th October 2011. 

Pre-order the releases HERE: 

To celebrate these releases, today HeadCat reveal a new digital single entitled ‘American Beat (Live at Huxley's, Berlin)’, taken from the ‘Live In Berlin’ album.

The band was formed after recording the Elvis Presley tribute album by Swing Cats A Special Tribute to Elvis in July 1999 to which the future bandmates all contributed. After recordings were finished they stayed at the studio and Lemmy picked up an acoustic guitar and started playing some of his old favorite songs by Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran. The rest of the guys knew them all and joined in. The name of the band was created by combining the names Motörhead, The Stray Cats, and 13 Cats, which resulted in HeadCat.  
 
In 2006, the band released their first studio album ‘Fool's Paradise’. It included cover songs from artists such as Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, Lloyd Price, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. On the recordings, Lemmy played acoustic guitar. In later years, Lemmy began to use his signature Rickenbacker bass in live performances.  

HeadCat redefined rock ‘n’ roll in their own way as they took all of the elements that made this groundbreaking genre so exciting to generations of rockers, and gave it their own eclectic twist. 

‘Walk The Walk… Talk the Talk’, the bands second album, was first released in 2011 and features covers from the likes of Chuck Berry, The Eagles and The Beatles as well as band originals, ‘American Beat’ and ‘The Eagle Flies on Friday’. It also comes on a new color way – Half/Half Black/White. The CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

‘Live In Berlin’ is a previously unreleased live concert which was recorded at the Huxley’s in Berlin, Germany on 18th October 2011. It was produced by the band and mastered by guitarist Danny B Harvey. The double LP comes on red vinyl while the CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

‘Dreamcatcher’ was recorded at the Dreamcatcher theatre at the Viejas Casino in Alpine CA on 1st Feb 2008. It was produced by the band and mastered by guitarist Danny B Harvey. The new CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

DYLAN SCHNEIDER’S ANTHEMIC “AIN’T MISSIN’ YOU” ARRIVES AT COUNTRY RADIO

Named by Billboard as “country music’s next rising star,” Dylan Schneider “has a viral hit on his hands” (Country Now), today delivering his TikTok-charted, anthemic break-up smash “Ain’t Missin’ You” to country radio – the second most added song behind Chris Stapleton. 

Written by Schneider with Brett Tyler and producer Lalo Guzman, the sharp-witted song boasts wily lyrics and an electric hook that finds the “Artist to Watch” (Amazon Music, Pandora, Taste of Country) continuing to “expand the bounds of his artistry” (American Songwriter) and channeling the “undeniable country swagger” (Billboard) he’s known for.

Spitting some cold-hard truth to a girl’s ex-boyfriend, the feisty track instantly connected with fans across social media, racking up more than 88M TikTok views, 88k user-generated TikTok videos and 19.4M on-demand streams, before climbing to #3 on TikTok’s Country playlist and securing placement on viral-song charts.

With over 1M YouTube views, Schneider enlisted his good buddy and influencer Caden McGuire for the official music video, where McGuire portrays the ex-boyfriend who lost the girl to a better man. Watch below.

Having just wrapped shows with Tyler Hubbard and Niko Moon, Dylan will be out on the road with Kane Brown and Granger Smith throughout the remainder of the year. For tickets, visit: www.dylanschneidermusic.com.

About Dylan Schneider:

Drawn to the storytelling aspects of country music, Dylan Schneider started performing and writing songs at the age of 14, after meeting Brett Eldredge and singing with him on-stage during a concert. After that, he began posting videos to his Facebook page, where he’d cover popular Country songs, gaining a devoted online following. Since then, Schneider has made a name for himself in the Country music community, forging a sound that merges modern pop sensibilities with a down-home feel. He’s been named a “Breakthrough Artist to Watch” by Amazon Music, an “Artist to Watch” by Pandora, Taste of Country and Sounds Like Nashville and declared “Country Music’s Next Rising Star” by Billboard. He’s toured with Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Morgan Wallen, Dan + Shay, Granger Smith, LANCO, Mitchell Tenpenny, Chris Lane and Niko Moon, co-wrote Dustin Lynch’s Top 5 hit song “Momma’s House,” scored two RIAA-certified Gold records, accumulated over 1M social media followers and banked an upwards of 250M on-demand streams (and counting). Signed to BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records, his latest five-track EP College Town truly embraced his irresistible rock-n-roll edge and unrestrained pop-country swagger. Now, after posting a snippet of his new break-up anthem “Ain’t Missin’ You” on social media, the sound went viral, racking up more than 88M TikTok views, 88k user-generated TikTok videos and 19.4M on-demand streams, before climbing to #3 on TikTok’s Country playlist and securing placement on viral-song charts. Giving into fan demand, the rising country star’s “Ain’t Missin’ You” is out now and currently climbing the country radio charts.

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Silent Planet Share Video for New Single "Antimatter" — WATCH🌎

California metal band SILENT PLANET have shared the brand new song "Antimatter."

Watch it below.

It follows last summer's one-off single ":Signal:," which was the first taste of new music since 2020's full-length release Iridescent. 

"Antimatter" documents the harrowing van accident the band was involved in last fall. It was a terrifying experience that had a lasting mental and physical impact on the band members.
 

"At approximately 5am on November 3, we were westbound on the I-80 through Wyoming when our driver hit a patch of black ice, causing him to lose control of our vehicle," singer Garrett Russell recounts. "Asleep in our bunks, we woke to the sound of our friend screaming as we felt the van start to tilt. We braced together as we spun off the road, van falling on its side, then sliding down a nearby embankment until we eventually flipped onto the roof. I was thrown across the vehicle and briefly knocked out, and remember waking to find my bandmates all miraculously safe inside their bunks."

He continues, "This song is an extension of this experience we shared while huddled in the wreckage together, my friends helping me to stem the bleeding of my head wound. Temporarily under the effects of a concussion, strange visual distortions began to form, inspiring many of the themes in this song: The fragility of life, the way we make sense of it all, and wondering what awaits us on the other side. While this track is part of a larger story of our upcoming concept album, this one was specifically inspired by this moment... and the moments inside of that moment when I entered that timeless space. This song is our response to the greater Silent Planet community, who donated to help us stay on the road and continues to believe in this project."

He furthers, "I went back to visit my family for the holidays and had a sobering conversation with my dad. I was telling him about the (likely) permanent hearing damage that causes a constant, inescapable, constant high-ringing in my ears. And I was scheduling an appointment to get an MRI of what turned out to be a small fracture in my frame. And my dad told me, "'Maybe you should do a cost-benefit analysis of this whole music thing,' and I think any good parent would say the same after seeing images of a wreck that could have easily taken the life of their child. My dad has this quiet intensity, and that conversation made me face a greater truth.

"The risk has always been there. So many of the 40+ tours we've embarked upon have had those 'close call' moments where you breathe a silent prayer of relief, and then another pray to forget. Because we love to do this. Because we feel that this is a dream beyond our wildest and we are so grateful. Grateful enough to allow for the risk. But in that moment where we felt the full weight and force of our lives hurdling off the I-80... there wasn't time for fear and there was no space left in our van for regret. We figured that maybe the other side of this dream had pulled into the station. It wouldn't be until we were wreckage that the guilt would set in. Unable to find one of our family... I started to feel the weight of consequence. Guilt. Terror at the thought of loss. And that's the other side of this song... knowing that things can break and accepting that it's part of the beautiful whole. I was recently asked what part of my back I fractured. 'Pars Interarticularis,' I answered.  'Hmm... never heard of that,' they remarked. And that's when it occurred to me. We usually don't notice something is there until it breaks.

"So to sum it up, I suppose this is a song about revelation as an aftermath."

Silent Planet will return to the road this September, supporting Dayseeker. All dates are below.

SILENT PLANET ON TOUR:
WITH DAYSEEKER + MOXY THE BAND:
9/1 — Lubbock, TX  —  Jakes
9/3 — Memphis, TN  —  Black Lodge
9/5 — Indianapolis, IN  —  Deluxe @ Old National Centre
9/6 — Flint, MI  —  Machine Shop
9/8 — New Haven, CT  —  Toads Place
9/9 — Asbury Park, NJ  —  Asbury Lanes
9/12 — Lakewood, OH  —  The Roxy  —  Mahall’s
9/13 — Davenport, IA  —  Capitol Theatre
9/15 — Colorado Springs, CO  —  Black Sheep
9/17 — Billings, MT  —  Pub Station
9/19 — Spokane, WA  —  Knitting Factory
9/20 — Tacoma, WA  —  ALMA
9/22 — Bend, OR  —  Volcanic Theatre Pub
9/23 — Reno, NV  —  Ranch House
9/24 — Los Angeles, CA  —  Fonda Theatre 

SILENT PLANET ARE:
Garrett Russell — Vocals 
Nick Pocock — Bass
Mitchell Stark — Guitar
Alex Camarena — Drums

Holding Absence Share "Scissors" Video — WATCH

NEW ALBUM THE NOBLE ART OF SELF DESTRUCTION OUT AUGUST 25 VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS

HOLDING ABSENCE have released an intense new single titled "Scissors." The track depicts the concept of sacrifice as a means to evolve, as the narrator commits to severing parts of themself in order to grow.

"Scissors" is the fourth single from The Noble Art Of Self Destruction, which will be released on August 25 via SharpTone Records.

Vocalist Lucas Woodland comments, "Today, we are excited to reveal the latest song from our new album TNAOSD called 'Scissors.' This song is a love letter to our favorite genre, which ispost-hardcore. It'sheavy, catchy, and emotional.

"We can't wait for you guys to hear this one, as we step ever-closer to releasing the whole album next month."

Watch the lyric video for "Scissors" below.

Purchase and pre-save The Noble Art Of Self Destruction now here.

The Noble Art Of Self Destruction was recorded at Canada's Jukasa Studios with producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow).

HOLDING ABSENCE ARE:
Lucas Woodland — Vocals
Scott Carey — Guitar
Benjamin Elliott — Bass
Ashley Green — Drums

The Contortionist Release Career-Defining Live Set Digitally

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(July 21, 2023) – Progressive rock band The Contortionist release their recent live box set, Retrospective: Live from Atlanta, today on all digital service providers. This definitive collection features 31 tracks of live audio recordings from the band’s 2021 live-stream performances.  The 3 live streamed performances cover every facet of the band’s career, including a full album performance of the critically acclaimed full-length Clairvoyant as well as an entire set focused on the band’s heavier catalog.
 
About the release, guitarist Cameron Maynard, says, “When we initially conceived this project, our objective was to give something to our fans amidst the inability to physically perform to a live audience. As it turns out, we were so happy with the end result that we thought it would only be appropriate to release in a more tangible way.”
 
Keyboardist Eric Guenther, adds, “This is the best representation of The Contortionist to date, and to us, the recording that defines the identity of this band and how we sounded in the first 10+ years.”
 
Earlier this year, the band released the collection as a limited edition, physical box set and released two videos taken from the live-stream performances, for tracks “Clairvoyant,” and “Geocentric Confusion.” Watch them below.

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CADAVER THE AGE OF THE OFFENDED OUT NOW + RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR 'DEADLY METAL'

The wait is over! Norwegian death metallers, CADAVER unleash their sixth studio album, The Age Of The Offended, via Nuclear Blast Records. True to the band’s primitive roots and an audacious, ground-breaking, psychedelic horror show, the album is an angry, fucked up album for angry, fucked up times, defiantly created against the odds.

The band also releases the lyric video for the menacing track, ‘Deadly Metal’.

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Watch the lyric video for ‘Deadly Metal’ below.

Stream The Age Of The Offended, here: https://cadaver.bfan.link/taotolp.ema

For The Age Of The Offended the band decided to compile footage about today's climate of everyone being offended and what it means to music and art.

The first episode discusses the band's legacy, being involved in the Norwegian Extreme Metal scene, and takes fans around Oslo on the 'Black Metal Bus Sightseeing Tour'. 

Watch CADAVER TV Episode 1 - the 'Black Metal Tour Oslo' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInTOsulP9w

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The Age Of The Offended was recorded at Daufembach Studio, Villa Necro, Studio Tomb, and Studio Studio. Adair Daufembach was responsible for producing, engineering, mixing, and mastering. Kjartan Hesthagen also assisted with the engineering, working in tandem with the band and Adair. The band enlisted Fleshflies to create the artwork for The Age Of The Offended.

Below is the tracklisting for The Age Of The Offended:
1. Sycophants Swing (Intro)
2. Postapocalyptic Grinding
3. Scum Of The Earth
4. The Age Of The Offended
5. Death Revealed
6. The Shrink
7. Crawl Of The Cadaver
8. The Drowning Man
9. The Sicker, The Better
10. Dissolving Chaos
11. Deadly Metal
12. The Craving
13. Freezing Isolation

Order The Age Of The Offended: https://cadaver.bfan.link/taotolp.ema

The Age Of The Offended is available digitally and in the following formats:

• CD Jewel

• Vinyl

  • Orange w/ Silver, Blue Splatter Vinyl (Limited to 1300, worldwide)

  • Blue w/ Orange, Black Splatter Vinyl (Limited to 800, NB EU)

CADAVER is:
Anders Odden | Vocals, Guitar
Dirk Verbeuren | Drums
Ronni Le Tekrø | Guitar
Eilert Solstad |  Bass

Mike Campbell with David Fricke: Upcoming Episode of "With" Available on 7/22

The Upcoming Episode of With Available on July 22, for TV Check Local Listings;
Watch the Trailers and Extras on YouTube + Full Episodes at WithTheShow.com

Guitarist Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Dirty Knobs) dives into conversation with renowned journalist David Fricke about his celebrated career for the latest episode of With. The upcoming episode of the one-hour public television series, directed by Emmy Nominated Patrick Heaphy, premieres nationwide on July 22 (check local listings) and full episodes will also be available to stream on WithTheShow.com. 

For the upcoming episode of With, Campbell sits down with iconic music journalist and SiriusXM Tom Petty Radio host David Fricke for an in-depth look at Campbell’s career from the early days of Mudcrutch in Gainesville, FL, his decades with The Heartbreakers to fronting his current band The Dirty Knobs, as they embark on their first major tour. Campbell defines what makes a good band, reveals his early influences and song writing process, demonstrates on his guitar why riffs are more important than solos and more.

“David Fricke knows the Heartbreakers as well or better than any other journalist I know. He was there from the beginning," reflects Campbell. "In this interview, we go deep.”

Fricke adds, "Mike Campbell was the great, secret weapon in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, a co-writing and lead-guitar force in one of America's great rock & roll bands. This interview was the first time he has spoken at length, in depth, about his friend, the music they made together for more than 40 years and the experience of leading his own band."

Featuring vulnerable conversations pairing music icons with fellow creators, musicians and friends for a candid glimpse inside the creation of their most beloved hits, With features five episodes of unheard stories, with previous episodes pairing John Mellencamp with Bob Costas; Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi with David Fricke; andPeter Frampton with Trey Bruce. Discussing the songwriting process, challenges within the music industry and philosophy behind their art, artists peel back the curtain, exposing the perseverance that goes into creating their music.
   
With is a production of Don Maggi with iMaggination, Inc. and directed by Patrick Heaphy of LCM247. With was made possible by support from The Hutton Hotel and Heavens Door Whiskey. 

With is distributed nationally by the National Educational Television Association (NETA)
 
With Season 1 upcoming premiere dates (for TV, check local listings):
July 29 - Angus Young and Brian Johnson of AC/DC WITH David Fricke

About Mike Campbell: 
Mike Campbell was a member, architect and co-captain of the Heartbreakers, a band he co-founded with Tom Petty, whom he met in a Gainesville, Florida carport in 1972. The Heartbreakers lead guitarist, Campbell co-wrote many of the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers hits and also co-produced many of their albums – in addition to penning songs for Don Henley (“Boys of Summer”), Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and playing on records by Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash.
 
In 2018, Campbell joined Fleetwood Mac’s World Tour on lead guitar and in 2020, Campbell released Wreckless Abandon, the first album by The Dirty Knobs, a group that was Campbell longtime side project but is now his primary musical focus. Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs released their second LP External Combustion in 2022 and toured the USA, including runs opening for both Chris Stapleton and The Who.

About David Fricke:
David Fricke is a music journalist and broadcaster. He was a staff writer at Rolling Stone for three decades and now contributes to MOJO and other publications. He is a four-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music journalism and is a Grammy-nominated writer of album liner notes, contributing essays to more than 100 major reissues including box sets by the Velvet Underground, the Byrds, Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones. Since 2015, he has been the host of "The Writer's Block," a weekly show on Sirius XM Radio and conducted major interviews for the network with Metallica, Neil Young, Keith Richards and Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant, among many others.

About iMaggination, Inc:
Founded by owner Don Maggi, iMaggination Inc has produced music shows and events for over 25 years. Don currently produces television programs for PBS Pledge, NJ PBS, Live at Analog in Nashville and the WITH series.
 
About LCM: 
LCM247 is an award-winning television and film production company founded by Patrick Heaphy and located in Pearl River, NY. LCM247 develops, creates and produces content for major brands, award-winning films across a range of genres, TV series for networks, digital platforms and live stream events. Under the leadership of Patrich Heaphy, LCM247 has established itself as a premiere production company and facility being at the forefront in telling stories that have captivated audiences around the world, from Hank Willkiams Jr. to Tupac Shakur, and Nashville to New York. Upcoming motion pictures in development include Bucky F*cking Dent starring David Duchovny, The Last Girl starring Antonio Banderas, and Brittany Snow’s directorial debut Parachute. For more information visit lcm247.com.

About With:
With explores the concept of collaboration and the impact that relationships and experiences can have on the creative process. The show sheds light on the unseen influences and inspirations that shape an artist's work, from personal relationships and shared experiences to common ideals and visions

About NETA:
The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is a professional association representing 294 member stations in 48 states, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. NETA provides leadership, general audience content, educational services, professional development, and trusted financial management services, including human resources and benefits administration, to individual public media licensees, their affinity groups, and public media as a whole. For more information, visit netaonline.org and follow them on Twitter @NETA_Tweets, Facebook @NETAstations, Instagram @NETA_grams, and LinkedIn @NETAbusiness

Alkaloid collapse time (and genres) on new single

Alkaloid don't just build worlds. They concoct whole universes.

The European supergroup have written multi-part odes to cosmic Lovecraftian entities and ancient Cephalopods who rise up to rule over the future of the Earth.  

Think of their new single as extreme prog. metal's answer to the Big Bang theory. "The Cambrian Explosion" compresses four billion years of multicellular evolution into mere minutes. Microbes cluster together. Ancient mycelium stir in the grooves of slimy cell walls. Pulsating stenches soar from trenches, thrust into hyper speed by blistering drum chops and colorfully infused riffs that explode like supernovas.

This song was initially written by former guitarist Danny Tunker, who left it as a sort of parting gift. It's fitting then that it started as a tribute to Alkaloid's death metal roots. But this band have never stayed put long enough to be classified as just one genre. "The Cambrian Explosion" is littered with surprises. We won't give everything away. But when the breakdowns hit, just know that you need to be prepared for anything, whether it's a flair of flamenco or a Stygian choir.                                                        

Here's what Alkaloid have to say about their new single: "Danny left us this song before he quit the band. It started as a tribute to our tech death past, but after some additional mangling by the band, the song became something we’re not sure any longer where it belongs, but which excites us all the more for it. The lyric describes four billion years of evolution of multicellular life in under four minutes. We no longer consider ourselves part of the tech death genre; in fact we never did. But we always embrace musical extravaganzas, and felt that this insane little missile of a track as a nod to both where we came from musically and to Danny’s importance in this band in the past fits perfectly in between our other new songs on the album. As luck would have it, we were able to include a passage with a gospel choir directed by Sara Robalo, and managed to include a few other spontaneous and unexpected twists in the spur of the moment. Enjoy!”

The video for "The Cambrian Explosion" was created using Midjourney, an AI image generator. Watch it below.

'Numen' is out September 15 on Season of Mist. Pre-order the album HERE. Pre-save the album HERE.

Progressive extreme metallers Alkaloid prepare to unfurl their new many-tentacled full-length, 'Numen' via Season of Mist. Featuring members of Triptykon, Obscura, Dark Fortress, and Obsidious, the Germany-based quartet of Morean (vocals, guitars, concepts), Hannes Grossmann (drums), Christian Münzner (guitars), and Linus Klausenitzer (bass) construct upon, expand away from, and journey between previous full-lengths The Malkuth Grimoire (2015) and Liquid Anatomy (2018) on Numen. In every respect, Alkaloid recommence the purposeful warp of various metallic genres they dimensionally blur. Tracks like the video single for "Clusterfuck,” “The Cambrian Explosion,” and “Numen” posit heavy cosmological/Lovecraftian theoretic themes on top of musically-adept songs that are accessible yet undeniably intricate.
 
“We’ve all been around the block a few times by now as metal musicians,” says songsmith Morean. “The feeling that we’ve outgrown the narrow niche of pure extreme metal was a main motivator to start this band in the first place, ten years ago. The ‘prog’ tag is handy for us because, per definition, it already encompasses a wider range of possible styles and influences we can get away with than any one specific metal genre. This means we could ensure from the beginning that we’ll always be able to write whatever we want, no matter how crazy our ideas become. The heart of this band is always the songwriting, and we all like complex and virtuosic music in all its diverse manifestations. However, we do share a love for death metal as the smallest common denominator in the band, and we wanted to make sure no one thinks that just because we include melodies, clean guitars, and influences from other genres, we’d automatically sacrifice the brutality and relentless esthetic of extreme metal.”
 
'Numen' was written during the pandemic, but it was planned long before the scourge of disease wracked humanity. As a result, the songwriting sessions were predictably not "in the room" but over the Internet after the band members had isolated and worked on their constituent parts. Demos flew back and forth. Then, Tunker left amicably for personal reasons. Alkaloid could’ve folded, but the close-knit group soldiered on. They intensely relied on the professionalism and dependability of the collective to drive 'Numen' to completion. The complications of the two years it took to sonically inscribe the album into aeonic vastness didn’t fragment the end result. Instead, the process accelerated Alkaloid’s lambent, eldritch explorations. “Clusterfuck,” “The Cambrian Explosion,” “Numen,” and “A Fool’s Desire” expertly bridge the past to the future, where Alkaloid’s originative, daedal storytelling captures (and holds hostage) the imagination.

The title, 'Numen', got its start at the dawning of Alkaloid. It’s a word that Morean fell in love with immediately, and he knew it had a place in his creative endeavors. Whereas The Malkuth Grimoire talked about combining existing elements into new structures, and Liquid Anatomy dealt with the creation of new elements, 'Numen' tries to look at the universe from a kind of meta-perspective from an imaginary god, as if the space that everything happens in was given a voice and a role as observer and shaper of everything that happens. In it, sentient panspermic mycelia are swathed in Lovecraftian nastiness—like Shub-Niggurath and the Fungi from Yuggoth—while the new Dyson chapters interpret the aspiration to reach divinity rather literally, reshaping the entire galaxy by manipulating spacetime itself. Desperate to escape their doom, the Cephalopods from previous songs have returned, too. 'Numen' is dense but not impenetrable. In fact, from the first moments of opener, "Qliphosis," to the final contemplation of closer "Alpha Aur,” Alkaloid prove to be more charismatic than ever.
 
Line-up
Morean - guitars, vocals
Christian Münzner - guitars
Linus Klausenitzer - bass
Hannes Grossmann - drums

Recording Studio: Mordor Sounds, Nürnberg, Germany.

Producer: Sara Robalo

Recording & mixing: Hannes Grossmann

Mastering: Alan Douches at West West Side Music studio in Hudson Valley, NY.

Guest musicians
Adam Wallis, Cydney McQuillan-Grace, John Schaffer, Lauren Gill, Sara Robalo, Shannon Bedford

Additional choir tracks on "The Cambrian Explosion" and "Shades of Shub-Niggurath"

Former Alkaloid guitarist Danny Tunker contributed to "The Cambrian Explosion"

Artwork & photos: Christian Martin Weiss

Biography: Chris Dick

Pre-order: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/alkaloid-numen

Pre-save: https://orcd.co/numenpresave 

Format
Digital download
CD Digipak w/mediabook
Black Vinyl (Gatefold)
Coloured Vinyl (Gatefold)

Links
https://alkaloid-band.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alkaloid.metal
https://twitter.com/AlkaloidBand
https://www.youtube.com/c/Alkaloidbandmetal
https://alkaloid-band.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KMQDFaAsPEKcqKzdvkYKc

ATRIUM Release New Single "Warrior in the Garden" + Official Music Video via Curtain Call Records

Rock band ATRIUM released their second single and official music video called "Warrior in the Garden" to all major platforms on July 21, 2023.

ATRIUM will be joining their good friends from the rock band COLD during Florida dates on the “Year of the Spider” - 20 Year Anniversary Tour.

Stream/Download "Warrior in the Garden"

https://atrium.fanlink.to/Warrior

WATCH Atrium "Warrior in the Garden" (Official Music Video) below:

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BLACKLIST UNION Release New Single "Dirty Halo" + Official Music Video

Blacklist Union released their new single "Dirty Halo" from their upcoming release Letters from the Psych Ward on July 21, 2023. The album is slated for a September, 2023 release. The album will be available on all digital platforms, in addition to CDs and Vinyl.

The single is impacting mainstream radio on now!

"Dirty Halo" was written by Tony West / Christopher Johnson, produced by Christopher Johnson, recorded/mixed by Ghian Wright, and mastered by Maor Appelbaum.

Musicians on the single:

Tony West -Lead Vocals

Rafael Moreira -Guitars

Nate Morton -Drums

Christopher Johnson -Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals

Stream/Download Blacklist Union HERE

WATCH "Dirty Halo" Official Music Video below

Tony West was raised in the Bronx on Ramones, Bad Brains, and NYHC. Hearing the call of the wild west, Tony made his way to Los Angeles at 19 years old. He initially collaborated with guitarist Todd Youth (Murphy’s Law/Danzig) and Malfunkshun, which was kept active by Andy Wood’s brother Kevin Wood.

Tony took a break from L.A. to try out Memphis in 1998. While he was there, he attended the first Saliva gig with Paul Crosby on drums. This historic event marked the beginning of a lifelong friendship between Paul and Tony, ultimately leading to a management collaboration and Paul joining Blacklist Union. In addition, Tony recorded with Saliva and Jon E. Love (Love/Hate) in 2014.

Tony decided to go in his own direction in 2006. With a shamanistic blend of Stone Temple Pilots, G N’ R, Malfunkshun, and Mother Love Bone... Blacklist Union was born.

WATCH Blacklist Union - The Queen Of Everything (Official Music Video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUbhBT6QUY

WATCH Blacklist Union - Letters from the Psych Ward (Official Music Video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2rTztIbKfQ

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New Jersey's CR and The Nones presents 'The Long Game' and short light-hearted film, previewing second album

"Chris spins yarns like nobody else. His stories are poignant and relatable. Backing up those lyrics are waves of sonic bliss meticulously crafted" ~ The Family Reviews

"With a timbre similar to Elliot Smith and Christopher Cross, CR and The Nones has a huge and positive sound that recalls the best of 70s AM radio, as well as select output from certain 90s artists like Weezer and Better Than Ezra" ~ Amplify Music Magazine

"A unique sound that pieced together a variety of influences including punk, heartland rock, country, folk, and indie rock" ~ Tom Gallo (Look At My Records)

"This feels like a new chapter for C.R.’s song-writing, stepping out from his musical roots and shaping his sound into something entirely his own" ~ For The Rabbits

"Gennone channels Neil Young in the melancholy delivery of vocals that perfectly conveys the longing of trying to reach for the stars while knowing you may not even grab one" ~ You Don't Know Jersey


After signing to the Montclair, NJ-based Magic Door Record Label, CR and The Nones are back with their latest single and accompanying light-spirited video for 'The Long Game', previewing their second album 'The Ghosts Are Coming Home'. The accompanying video was filmed and edited by Joe Evans III.

'The Ghosts Are Coming Home' is a culmination of the sound and aesthetic that guitarist and songwriter Chris Gennone (CR to his friends) has been building over many years and multiple bands. With an expansiveness and introspection that recalls The War on Drugs or early My Morning Jacket, the ten tracks here showcase an irresistible sincerity and heartfelt delivery.

Self-produced by Gennone, this album was mixed by renowned producer Ray Ketchem (Guided By Voices, Luna, Versus, Elk City, Gramercy Arms) at Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, NJ and mastered by Nick Bolton at Bolton Sound in Jersey City.

CR Gennone came of age playing in a variety of different projects in suburban New Jersey, including his former band, CR and The Degenerates, who released five albums from 2016 to 2018. This new project has allowed him to expand the unique hybrid of folk, country, punk, and heartland rock. CR and The Nones retains the Degenerates' core of Chris Gennone, lead/slide guitarist Jim Abbott, and bassist John Dewitt.

'I wrote the lyrics for this song in the midst of a break up in the middle of Covid lockdowns and just after losing my job, so everything seemed pretty bleak. I felt defeated and was just kind of searching for something I could hold onto. My ex and I were driving down the turnpike and I was in the passenger seat watching the planes take off and all of the words came to me at once. I wrote the melody and chords pretty soon after," says CR Gennone.

"I did a lot of work on this song, first recording the drums with my friend Josh Bartsch from Pynkie and doing all of the vocals, harmonies, guitars and synths at my apartment. The original version was mixed by Jeff Zeigler in Philly, but I decided to scrap it and re-track everything with Tom Barrett on drums at Skylar’s studio in Wayne. Andrew recorded Jim’s guitar parts at his apartment and then I tracked everything else at my place."

Recalling past Garden State guitar music, Gennone’s soulful vocals and his band’s driving hooks invoke roads, journeys, and forward motion in general. Counting Neil Young and Jason Molina among major influences, his sound has always been propulsive. In 2020, CR and The Nones released their debut album 'Living In Fear' via Favorite Friend Records.
 
Like many artists, the pandemic and resulant huge chunks of unfilled time allowed Gennone to be more considered, thoughtful, and purposive in his songwriting for this album. Being forced out of his normal songwriting process and comfort zone opened Gennone to new influences, and his resulting growth as a songwriter is evident. While friends from the NYC and NJ music scenes contributed ideas and sounds, some influences are not as obvious. Gennone recalls listening to Brian Eno non-stop while recording 'Ghosts', and the synth sounds and ambient textures that underpin much of the album are certainly a testament to that.

'The Long Game' is out now and available from fine music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. 'The Ghosts Are Coming Home' album will be released on September 8 and is now available for pre-order.

CREDITS  
Written by CR Gennone
CR Gennone - Vocals, Guitars, Tambourine, Synths, Piano
James Abbott - Guitar, Lap Steel
John Dewitt - Bass
Tom Barrett - Drums
Featuring Ryley Crowe (from the band Dusk) - Pedal Steel
Kyle Wilkerson (from the band Joy Cleaner) - Vocals
Skylar Adler - Drums
Donnie Law - Guitar
Chris Fox (from the band, Ruby Bones) - Guitar
Ross Burlingame - Piano  
Produced by CR Gennone
Engineered by CR Gennone, Skylar Adler, and Andrew Merclean
Mixed by Ray Ketchem at Magic Door Recording in Montclair, NJ
Mastered by Nick Bolton at Bolton Sound in Jersey City, NJ
Video filmed and edited by Joe Evans III

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NITE unsheath "The Trident"

NITE come from a long and storied line of heavy metal. The Bay Area gave birth to blistering titans like Metallica. And while the sunny climate isn't what most metalheads imagine when they visit their happy place, going to California did inspire Death to take the plunge into death metal.

"The Trident" proudly upholds that tradition. The closing song off the San Francisco supergroup's most recent album rides off into the shadows with a raised fist, pumping along to a hard-charging drum beat. But while the riff does plenty of thrashing, the solos add a gleaming edge of melodic NOWBHM. 

"The power within it is far too strong," Van Labrakis snarls into the camera. The video makes it look like the band are trapped inside some top-secret government lab, but the blackened char to his voice does more than just suggest that whoever is chasing them is walking right in to their trap.

""The Trident" has become a fan favorite ever since 'Voices of the Kronian Moon' came out", says NITE. "That chorus chant has raised quite a few fists at our live shows, so we wanted to honor that with this video. Directed by our very own Scott Hoffman, we follow the time jump of the elusive time raider character, featured on the album cover and the Kronian Moon video, being tracked down and eventually losing his trident staff before he time jumps again to another world." 
     
Watch the spooky, supernatural video for "The Trident" below.

'Voices of the Kronian Moon' is available on Vinyl, CD and as a digital download on Season of Mist's online store. Order it HERE.

With Avinash Mittur (Wild Hunt) replacing founding bassist Bryan Coons in early 2021, he and drummer Patrick Crawford (Serpents of Dawn, Older Sun) make up a rhythm section that’s fierce yet breathlessly precise: a freewheel pounding reminiscent of the early days of heavy metal, with a Rickenbacker-powered roar fueling the low end. NITE’s debut full-length Darkness Silence Mirror Flame, released in March 2020 by Creator-Destructor Records, earned widespread praise. It showcased their fist-raising classic heavy metal that nearly every fan of the genre once fell in love with, but with a twisted and shadowy edge that the titans of old could never imagine. NITE is the flame of the past illuminating the darkness of tomorrow.
 
Founded in 2018, their blackened heavy metal  barrels towards the peril of an unknown future, while keeping one eye on the days when blistering leads once ruled the land. Guitarists Van Labrakis (Satan’s Wrath, Mencea) and Scott Hoffman (Dawnbringer, High Spirits) let loose galloping riffs and harmonies that evoke the classic sounds of the N.W.O.B.H.M., with Labrakis’ grizzled voice driving their dark, melodic metal into the modern era.

The San Francisco Bay Area has a history steeped in forward-thinking, technically dazzling metal, and NITE carries that torch with pride.

Lineup:
Van Labrakis: Guitar / Vocals
Scott Hoffman: Guitar
Avinash Mittur: Bass
Patrick Crawford: Drums
 
Recording Studio: 210 Studios San Francisco and The Hoagie Container
 
Producer: Van Labrakis and NITE
 
Mixing, mastering, sound engineer: Van Labrakis
 
Cover Art: DEIH
 
Links:
Website: http://nitemetal.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nitemetal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nitemetal
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nitemetal
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7-UhuJNohvsMB2DP05LAQ
Bandcamp: https://nitemetal.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MjCnAA9RF0vy3j6QYyLG0
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/nite/1499573755
 
Order:  https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/nite-votkm
 
Stream: https://orcd.co/nitekronianmoon
 
Formats:  Digital, CD digipak, vinyl black and colored

KOLBY COOPER RELEASES FIERCEST ANTHEM YET – “KILL ME”

“Country music’s newest badass” (People), Kolby Cooper is setting the summer ablaze, igniting his latest anthem “Kill Me” with flaming instrumentals, his fierce vocal and his signature, rebel-fueled chaos. Available today via BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records in partnership with Combustion Music, the blazing up-tempo country-rocker – written by Cooper, Michael Whitworth and producer Andrew Baylis – rages with fervent lyrics, capturing a mesmerizing desire between two people. Listen to “Kill Me” HERE.

Due to wild fan response at his packed-out shows, the heart-pounding new song follows his Grand Ole Opry debut and the release of his acclaimed label-debut album, Boy From Anderson County To The Moon, that Whiskey Riff and Raised Rowdy declared as one of the top albums of 2022. Ready to make a statement, “Kill Me” also marks the country outlier’s first taste of new music this year, solidifying his sound shift into country rocker territory.

“‘Kill Me’ is a song about addiction – love, drugs, or life in general, says Cooper. “Everyone is out here chasing a cheap thrill and that’s what this song is about. The struggle to keep it all balanced."

Continuing his strenuous packed-out tour schedule throughout 2023, Kolby Cooper has “proven that he has everything it takes to hang with the big dawgs in country music” (Whiskey Riff).

Photo Credit: Gabriel Muniz Photography

About Kolby Cooper:

Only three years out of high school, still living in his small hometown of Bradford, Texas, Kolby Cooper started selling out shows and clocking millions of streams using only his songs as muscle, earning streaming numbers competitive with household names. Now, at only 24 years old, having amassed over 330 million on-demand streams, Cooper’s label debut album Boy From Anderson County To The Moon is out now via BBR Music Group / Wheelhouse Records in partnership with Combustion Music. A prolific songwriter known for his cut-throat, highly relatable break-up anthems and uncensored lyrics, “Cooper has already made quite the name for himself” (American Songwriter), writing songs that fans sing back to him from the very first note, including just-released tracks. “Blazing a trail to stardom” (People), “there’s one thing for certain about Cooper…the man is versatile as all hell. He can have you hyped up through the roof or have you crying in your beer at the corner of a bar on a Friday night” (Whiskey Riff). Now, “Country Music’s Newest Badass” (People) is giving his rabid fanbase exactly what they demanded with the fiery passion of “Kill Me,” a fresh, pumped-up new sound that’s been commanding his electric live shows. Continuing his strenuous tour schedule throughout 2023, catch Cooper headlining sold-out shows all over the country, bringing with him his signature blend of wailing electric guitar and stadium-level anthems. For more information, visit his website HERE.

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RAVEN BLACK Launches THE SCREAM TOUR Summer 2023 Dates with Special Guests LIVING DEAD GIRL and OWLS & ALIENS!!!

RAVEN BLACK is gearing up for the upcoming, headlining run, THE SCREAM TOUR with special guests LIVING DEAD GIRL and OWLS & ALIENS! Launching August 12 at Leatherheads in Salt Lake City, UT the tour winds though the South and Central United States, wrapping up August 27th at Deco Ballroom in San Antonio.

Tour Dates:
08/12 @ Leatherheads - Salt Lake City, UT
08/13 @ Herman's Hideaway - Denver, CO
08/14 @ Jerry's - Wichita, KS
08/15 @ VIVOLive - Overland Park, KS *
08/16 @Kiss Bar - Springfield, MO
08/17 @ WC Social Club @ Chicago, IL
08/18 @ Legends - Cincinnati, OH ^
08/19 @ Michigan Metal Fest - Battle Creek, MI ^
08/20 @ Top Fuel Saloon - Braidwood, IL
08/21 @ The Concourse - Knoxville, TN
08/22 @ The Cobra - Nashville, TN
08/23 @ The Nick - Birmingham, AL *
08/24 @ Downtown Music Hall - Ft. Walton Beach, FL
08/25 @ Trax Bar Grill - Longbeach, MS
08/26 @ BFE Rock Club - Houston, TX *
08/27 @ Deco Ballroom - San Antonio, TX *

* No LIVING DEAD GIRL
^ CULTUS BLACK

Additional Tour, RSVP, & Ticketing Info

MEET RAVEN BLACK

Raven Black are a theatrical metal act ORIGINALLY FROM LOS ANGELES. Their unique brand of metal - influenced by gothic, classical, and HEAVY METAL music - is the soundtrack to vocalist Raven’s DUALITY, AS SHE SHARES HER STORY OF BEING A HYBRID OF BOTH DARK AND LIGHT.

THE MUSIC

TAKING FROM ALL THEIR FAVORITE MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND MIXING THEM WITH ALL THEIR FAVORITE ART, MOVIES, ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND LIFE EXPERIENCES, EVERY SONG IS CREATED TO TAKE THEIR FANS ON A JOURNEY, AN ADVENTURE AND COME OUT OF IT WITH NEW PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING. SOME SONGS ARE MELODIC, SOME SONGS ARE DARK. SOME SONGS ARE FUN. SOME SONGS ARE RAGING AND PSYCHOTIC.

BUT ALL THE SONGS TELL A STORY.

THE COMIC BOOK

A GIRL WHOSE INNOCENCE WAS TAKEN AT A YOUNG AGE,, OVERCOMING HER OWN DEMONS, CURSED BY HER PREDATORS, SHE DISCOVERS SHE IS HALF HUMAN/HALF DOLL. THE DOLL WITHIN IS DARK.SHE EMBRACES HER INNER DARKNESS AND TRAVELS WITH HER DEMONS WHO PROTECT HER FROM THE ONES WHO SEEK TO TAKE HER INNER POWER. SHE IS THE KEY.

VENREZ RELEASES RADIO SINGLE WITH SPECIAL GUEST STEPHEN PERKINS, ANNOUNCE TOUR WITH BUCKCHERRY

Fast-rising melodic rockers Venrez are back with a new single and upcoming live dates. The single “Each and Every Day” featuring Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins and mixed by Malcolm Springer (Tantric, Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty), was just delivered to rock radio and was #3 most added for the Billboard Rock Indicator Chart. The song is the follow up to “Show Me” which previously hit #16 on the Billboard Rock Indicator Chart.  Both tracks are taken from their current EP, ‘Purgatory Awaits’, released via Pavement Records. The EP features 4 songs with Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins on drums. And come next month, the band will be playing a set of US tour dates this August, supporting Buckcherry. 
 
“The new radio single, 'Each And Every Day,' lyrically has an important message regarding what dangers government overreach can cause,” explains the group’s singer, Ven. “Musically it simply rocks like no other Venrez song we have recorded, and is one of the 4 tracks on the EP which Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction played drums on. This track is one of my favorites to play live.” 
 
Rounding out the band is Jason Womack on guitar and backing vocals, Gabe Maska on bass, and Victor Singer on drums. In the past, Venrez has opened for Alice Cooper, Slash, LA Guns, Buckcherry, Fuel, Hardcore Superstar, Michael Schenker and Enuff Z'Nuff. 
 
“I met Stephen 'Perk' Perkins when he was playing in an all-star band at the Dome shows in downtown Los Angeles. When we signed with Pavement Entertainment, there were 4 of the 6 songs that had to be recorded. Our drummer, Victor Singer, lives in France, and the COVID restrictions at that time would not allow him to come to Los Angeles to record. So, I contacted Perk and he was totally down to record the tracks and really dug the sound we had going for those songs. He actually changed the intro to 'Each And Every Day,' making it a much better song than the demo. We were really blessed to have him on those 4 tracks.”
 
Concerning the upcoming live shows with Buckcherry, Ven offers some hints as to what fans can expect from their performance. “Venrez is an extreme force of energy on stage. The chemistry between my bandmates is virtually telepathic. We deliver a huge and raw 4-piece rock n roll sound that goes on feel. Every show will be slightly different.”
 
And lastly, expect to hear more from Venrez going forward. “Jason and I recorded over 64 new demo songs between the pandemic and January 2023. We will get back in the studio after this tour and record the new EP, release it early next year and plan to tour all year behind this new record. COVID may have set us back 3 years, although the best of Venrez recordings and live shows is yet to come.” 

Buckcherry/Venrez Dates:
 
Saturday, August 12, 2023 ​            Grand Island NE ​      The Filling Station 
Sunday, August 13, 2023 ​               Sioux Falls SD ​          Alliance Center 
Tuesday, August 15, 2023  ​            Fargo ND ​                   Butler Center 
Wednesday, August 16, 2023        Mankato MN ​             Vetter Stone Amphitheater 
Friday, August 18, 2023  ​                Brainerd MN ​             Armory 
Saturday, August 19, 2023  ​           St Charles IL ​             Arcada Theatre 
Sunday, August 20, 2023  ​              Des Plaines IL ​          Des Plaines Theatre 
Tuesday, August 22, 2023  ​            Hays KS ​                    Fox Theatre 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023        Ft Smith AR ​              TempleLive
Friday, August 25, 2023  ​                Tyler TX ​                     Country River Club 
Saturday, August 26, 2023  ​           Waco TX ​                   The Backyard 
Sunday, August 27, 2023  ​              Cedar Park TX ​         Haute Spot
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/venrez/  
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/venrez/  
Official Website:  https://www.venreztheband.com/  

Introducing Flat Black + Band Touring With Godsmack

Guitarist Jason Hook is storming out of the gates with his new band FLAT BLACK. The former Five Finger Death Punch guitarist has recruited a trio of young and talented turks, and the band has signed with Fearless Records for its debut album, the details of which are TBA. The album was recorded at his home studio in Las Vegas and produced by Hook.

The band will support Godsmack on tour this fall. All dates are below. Get tickets here. 

"I feel like FLAT BLACK is a secret I've been keeping for three years," Hook says. "It's finally time to unleash this band on the world. I'm grateful to Sully from Godsmack for giving us the chance to get out on the road and play for such an amazing group of fans."

Despite having reached a commercial summit with his prior band, thanks to multiple platinum certifications, sold-out arena shows, and a string of No. 1 singles, Hook remains as hungry for musical blood and thunder as the day he first picked up a guitar at the age of six. He is eager to not only replicate but to surpass his past successes with his new band.  

Having left his prior band in February 2020, which was right before COVID-19 put the entire world on pause, Hook wanted to assume creative control and let his musical free spirit soar in a project that was truly his. He opted to gamble on himself. With great risk comes great reward and the decision to form FLAT BLACK clearly worked out in his favor.

"As a musician, I crave freedom and I wasn't ready to stop creating," Hook shares.

"Life is short," he continues. "We all want to feel satisfied and happy with what we are trying to accomplish in life." 

 The pandemic shutdown allowed him the opportunity to assemble the right musicians and carefully craft their debut album. FLAT BLACK are armed with an arsenal of riffs that'll rattle your teeth loose from your gums, stadium-sized hooks, arena-ready anthems, and choruses that are guaranteed to touch a nerve. All of those factors combined make FLAT BLACK poised for success.

The origin stories of the rest of the players are indicative of a lifelong love of music and plenty of road-worn experience. The desire to play courses through their veins and propels them forward, which is why they all meshed so well with Hook.

Singer Wes Horton was introduced to music at age 13, thanks to his sister and Guitar Hero. He honed his vocal chops by playing in local bands and making online videos. Various music industry friends and acquaintances would become the connective tissue between himself and Hook. Horton knew he wanted to be a frontman, and FLAT BLACK afforded him that opportunity. Wes loves the fact that his bandmates prioritize songcraft — and that allows him to be the singer he has always wanted to be. 

Bassist Nick Diltz, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, is the son of a legendary rock music photographer who brought him to concerts during his formative years. He recalls being inspired by watching a VHS video of U2 performing at legendary venue Red Rocks. Seeing fans clamoring for a piece of Bono in the footage is a vision that never left his head. This first exposure to the power of a true rock icon solidified Nick's destiny as a live performer.

Drummer Rob Pierce hails from Nashville, aka Music City. His dad was a race car driver and his grandfather was a pastor. He grew up racing go karts and at first, wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps until he joined the fourth grade band and was bitten by the music bug. He chose the snare drum over the saxophone and from that moment on, music was the only thing that mattered. Rob got his first drum kit at age 11, which he set up in his dad's car shop. He learned to play his instrument next to 1,000 horsepower engines, which influences his highly energetic style to this day.

The chemistry between the players in FLAT BLACK is palpable. And while FLAT BLACK's songs are built to take up real estate in the brains of fans for weeks at a time, the true nature of the band's material is meant to be experienced live. FLAT BLACK are now ready to hit the road and bring these brutal bangers to the masses live and in the flesh.

FLAT BLACK ON TOUR:
WITH GODSMACK:
8/24 — Irvine, CA — FivePoint Amphitheatre
8/26 — Las Vegas, NV — Bakk
8/27 — San Diego, CA — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/31 — Austin, TX — Germania Insurance Amphitheater
9/3 — Baton Rouge, LA — Raising Cane's River Center
9/5 — Pensacola, FL — Pensacola Bay Center
9/6 — Jacksonville, FL — Daily's Place
9/7 — Charleston, SC — Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
9/9 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/10 — Hollywood, FL — Hard Rock Live
9/24 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center
9/26 — Green Bay, WI — Resch Center
9/28 — Moline, IL — Vibrant Arena
9/29 — Omaha, NE — Baxter Arena
10/1 — Rapid City, SD — Summit Arena at The Monument
10/3 — Salt Lake City, UT — Maverik Center
10/4 — Nampa, ID — Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
10/8 — Kent, WA — Accesso ShoWare Center
10/10 — Abbostford, BC — Abbotsford Centre
10/12 — Edmonton, AB — Rogers Place
10/13 — Calgary, AB — Scotiabank Saddledome
10/15 — Saskatoon, SK — SaskTel Centre
10/16 — Winnipeg, MB — Canada Life Centre
10/19 — London, ON — Budweiser Gardens
10/21 — Laval, QC — Place Bell
10/22 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre

FLAT BLACK ARE:
Jason Hook — Guitar
Wes Horton — Vocals
Rob Pierce — Drums
Nicholas Diltz — Bass

Abysmal Dawn Announce Fall Tour

Abysmal Dawn are unstoppable. Not even a global pandemic could stop these Californians from releasing one of the best albums of their career.

Now, with last year's killer EP under their belt, the band are taking their techy, melodic death metal back out on the road. 

The Carnival of Death tour is traveling across the United States all September before heading north to terrorize major cities in Canada. They'll be supporting their old pals Cryptopsy, along with a murder's row of various other death metal bands: Reaping Asmodeia, Warforged, Hate, Visceral Disgorge.   

"We're excited to be sharing the stage again with our friends in Cryptopsy and just a killer lineup of bands overall", says frontman Charles Elliott. "The last time we toured with Cryptopsy was with Obituary and Cannibal Corpse in 2016, so we're long overdue! We'll be busting out some songs we haven't played in a while, as well as some songs we've never performed live. Can't wait to see everyone again soon!"

Tour dates
09/07 Manchester, NH @ Jewel Nightclub*
09/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Meadows [TICKETS]*
09/09 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz [TICKETS]*
09/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground [TICKETS]*
09/11 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell) [TICKETS]*
09/12 Tampa, FL @ The Brass Mug*
09/14 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar [TICKETS]*
09/15 Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live [TICKETS]*
09/16 Dallas, TX @ TBA
09/17 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater [TICKETS]*
09/18 Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar [TICKETS]*
09/19 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Underground [TICKETS]*
09/20 San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick [TICKETS]#
09/21 Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 [TICKETS]#
09/22 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge [TICKETS]#
09/23 Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post [TICKETS]#
09/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's [TICKETS]#
09/25 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon [TICKETS]#
09/26 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater [TICKETS]#
09/27 Boise, ID @ The Shredder [TICKETS]#
09/29 Denver, CO @ HQ [TICKETS]#
09/30 Omaha, NE @ Cosmic Eye Brewing [TICKETS]#
10/01 Joliet, IL @ The Forge [TICKETS]#
10/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme [TICKETS]#
10/03 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace [TICKETS]#
10/04 Kingston, ON @ Overtime Sports Bar#
10/05 Quebec City, QC @ La Source de la Martinière [TICKETS]#
10/06 Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques [TICKETS]#
* w/ Hate
# w/ Visceral Disgorge
All dates w/ Reaping Asmodeia & Warforged

During the height of the worldwide apocalyptic dystopia of 2020, Abysmal Dawn persevered and released one of the greatest albums of their career, ‘Phylogenesis.’

The technical death metal icons picked up where they left off and unleashed a solid four-song EP in 2022. The sampler includes an original track, a newly re-recorded version of the 2006 demo “Blacken the Sky”, and two epic cover songs that showcase the band’s musical versatility and limitless talent.

Lineup:
Charles Elliott: guitars, vocals
Eliseo Garcia: bass, additional vocals
James Coppolino: drums
Vito Petroni: guitars

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Guest Musicians:
Orchestral arrangement on “Behind Space” by Craig Peters (Destroying the Devoid, Deeds of Flesh)

Recording Studio:
Tastemaker Audio, Los Angeles, CA (USA) – everything excl. drums
Trench Studios, California (USA) – drums

Production, mixing, mastering, + sound engineer: 
Charles Elliott @ Tastemaker Audio
Additional drum engineering by John Haddad @ Trench Studios

Cover Art:
Pär Olofsson

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New Jersey indie outfit ELK CITY returns with powerful single 'Strong (You're Not Alone)', heralding new 'Undertow' album

"Elk City’s cool and elegant sound draws on 1980s “dream pop” and bits of 1960s folk-rock" ~ The New York Times

"Softly beaten drums and tremolo guitar guide us into the song... allows the song to ebb and flow around the gentle charm of acoustic instruments and the grit of the electric" ~ Joyzine

"This music is sophisticated – vivacious, harmonious and memorable due to many factors, not least of all is the remarkable vocal timbre and convincing delivery of vocalist Renée LoBue, recalling Eddie Brickell at times and Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick at others" ~ Music-News.com

"Formidable... animated, brazen and effervescent. LoBue’s commanding vocals are the icing on the cake... highly infectious" ~ The Spill Magazine


New Jersey psychedelic art-rock collective Elk City announces that they will release their seventh album 'Undertow' on September 22. Ahead of that, they present the voluminous consciousness-building lead track 'Strong (You're Not Alone)' , a swirling neo-psychedelic folk song baked in cult obsessiveness.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by renowned producer Ray Ketchem (Guided By Voices, Luna, Gramercy Arms), 'Undertow' will be released via Montclair, NJ-based Magic Door Record Label, co-founded by Guided by Voices' Kevin Marchwith Ketchem and artist Renée LoBue.

Like their latest 'Above the Water' LP,  this record is inspired by the band’s love of documentaries like 'The Source Family' and 'Wild, Wild Country' - films that explore the allure of cults and extreme alternative lifestyles.

It sure is tempting to join a cult. To drop whatever it is we do over and over and just plain start over, with a fresh sense of community and identity and a new way to love and live and be in this world a whole other way. Cult-life can’t be any crazier than how we’re doing it now, in this backwards, modern world in which we find ourselves. So… it could be time to X out of this celestial Zoom, peel off the athleisure wear and slap on a space tunic that says, ‘Hey, I’ve found something else, and this is my new family now and they can give me inner peace and Heaven on Earth in exchange for letting go of everything I thought I was and society expects me to be’.

Let’s do it.

This is the pull of 'Undertow', sucking you into a different kind of record from the opening title track. Peculiar pop constructs built of rare materials, found only in the wilds behind Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, NJ. which legendary studio designer George Augspurger helped transform from a cavernous warehouse into a freeform studio where vintage microphones, modern studio gear, and bespoke sound tuning elevate and inspire.

This is where Elk City’s founding members, Renée LoBue and Ray Ketchem, along with Luna’s Sean Eden, Richard Baluyut (Versus) and Chris Robertson (Psychedelic Furs side project Feed, Punch Havana) have meticulously built this record and this band a whole other way. Even after seven albums, Elk City are still deliberately hard to define, still seekers, unafraid to shed this life and lead the listener on a journey to new sounds and feelings... Welcome to Elk City.

“'Strong (You’re Not Alone)' just may be the highest of heights we’ve reached as songwriting collaborators. A ‘non-single’ single, unapologetically present in its dream catcher-waving vibe. The least pop of pop songs on our upcoming Undertow LP, yet here it is, served up first: Sprawling, moody, nonsensical, captivating, and much like Rob Zombie sang: More Human than Human. Baby steps in believing in oneself. “Ooh, you never know what you’re made of till you climb the top.” Let this one guide you, heal you, inspire you, strengthen you. Hacky sacks optional. Also: It’s way cheaper than therapy," says Renee LoBue.

Ray Ketchem adds, “Strong (You’re Not Alone)” is an example, where we let the song forge our path. We observe, listen and follow where it leads, but we relinquish control in order to open the channels within ourselves".
 
As of July 19, 'Strong (You're Not Alone)' will be available across fine digital outlets, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. , where the full 'Undertow' album (out September 22) may also be pre-ordered.

CREDITS
Written and performed by Elk City
Renee LoBue - vocals
Richard Baluyut - bass
Sean Eden - guitar
Chris Robertson - guitar
Ray Ketchem - drums
Recorded, mixed and masted by Ray Ketchem
Produced by Ray Ketchem
Created at Magic Door Recording, Montclair, NJ
© 2023 sound is crazy music (BMI)
Single cover photo by Ray Ketchem
Video directed, filmed and edited by Ray Ketchem
featuring Renee LoBue, Chris Robertson and Richard Baluyut
Filmed at Eagle Rock Reservation & Kip's Castle Park, Essex County NJ


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Inferno Metal Festival Norway Reveals Second Wave of Bands for 2024 Edition

“Something strange and magical happens in the town of Oslo, Norway over Easter week. Most of polite society flees to the mountains while a scourge of metal heads pour in from all over the globe to experience the four day extravaganza of extreme metal, hedonism & hepatocyte known as Inferno Festival. Subsequently, the entire city becomes a misanthropic miscreant’s soggy dream come true, and we’ve got the whole place to ourselves!” - Metal Injection

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Inferno Metal Festival is now revealing the second wave of bands for its 2024 edition, taking place from March 28-31, 2024 across several venues in Oslo (NO). So far, the iconic festival is revealing a mixture of classic bands as well as some vital and exciting new-comers! The already impressive lineup now includes Carpathian Forest, Cattle Decapitation, Signs of the Swarm, Umbra Conscientia, 200 Stab Wounds and Vomit Forth. More will be announced soon!

The current lineup is now as follows:

Borknagar

Sólstafir

Finntroll

Carpathian Forest

Cattle Decapitation

Keep of Kalessin

Misþyrming

Saor

Konvent

Khold

Crypta

Signs of the Swarm

Extermination Dismemberment

Orm

Umbra Conscientia

200 Stab Wounds

Tilintetgjor

Imbalance

Nakkeknaekker

Vomit Forth

Horrifier

Single day tickets and passes are now available HERE.

Additional information about the newly added bands can be found below!

CARPATHIAN FOREST

Carpathian Forest is a renowned Norwegian black metal band that has left an indelible mark on the metal scene since its inception in 1992. The band released its first demo, 'Bloodlust and Perversion,' in 1992, which immediately garnered attention within the underground black metal scene. Carpathian Forest unleashed its debut album, 'Black Shining Leather,' in 1998, solidifying its place in the black metal pantheon. The band continued to release critically acclaimed albums such as 'Strange Old Brew' (2000), 'Defending the Throne of Evil' (2003), and 'Fuck You All!!!!' (2006). Over the years, Carpathian Forest has faced several line-up changes and tumultuous periods, but the music remained steadfast and captivating. The band's contributions to the genre has solidified their place as pioneers of Norwegian black metal.

CATTLE DECAPITATION

Cattle Decapitation is an American extreme metal band hailing from San Diego, California. Formed in 1996, the band has become one of the most prominent and influential acts in the realms of grindcore and death metal. Their early releases showcased their intense, rapid-fire instrumentation, aggressive vocals, and uncompromising brutality. Their 2009 album, 'The Harvest Floor,' marked a significant turning point, further expanding their sonic palette and incorporating a more progressive approach while maintaining their ferocity. Cattle Decapitation’s albums, such as 'Monolith of Inhumanity' (2012), 'The Anthropocene Extinction' (2015), and Death Atlas' (2019) have all received widespread acclaim, further solidifying their status in extreme metal.

SIGNS OF THE SWARM

Signs of the Swarm is an American deathcore band that has been making waves in the heavy music scene since their formation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2014. Renowned for their crushing and intense sound, the band has quickly gained recognition for their brutal approach to deathcore, combining ferocious instrumentation with guttural vocals and relentless aggression. In 2016, the band released their debut full- length album, 'Senseless Order,' which laid the groundwork for their signature sound. Their live shows are known for their energy and intensity, leaving audiences with a profound and unforgettable experience.

UMBRA CONSCIENTIA

From Costa Rica and Germany, the black metal band Umbra Conscientia returns to Norway after holding their very first gig at Beyond the Gates in Bergen in 2022. Their second album, 'Nigredine Mundi,' came out the same year by Terratur Possessions. The band swiftly gained a following with superb feedback all around. The band has yet again delivered an aggressive, heavy, hard hitting, pitch black metal album and there’s no holding back.

200 STAB WOUNDS

200 Stab Wounds is an American death metal band known for their brutal and unrelenting approach to extreme music. Their music is characterized by a fusion of traditional death metal elements with technicality, precision, and a touch of eerie ambiance, creating a visceral and haunting listening experience. 200 Stab Wounds’ debut album, 'Slave to the Scalpel,' was released in 2019, leaving fans hungry for what's next!

VOMIT FORTH

Vomit Forth is a brutal death metal band from Connecticut (U.S.A.). The band released their debut album, 'Seething Malevolence,' in 2022 to great acclaim. This will be Vomit Forth's first performance in Norway.

Official festival hotel - Clarion Hotel® The Hub:

In addition, Inferno Metal Festival is now revealing that the Clarion Hotel The Hub is once again the official hotel partner!

The audience, artists, media, and music industry personnel will gather at Clarion The Hub for happenings, partying and a good night sleep.

Moreover, The Inferno Music Conference will take place at the hotel prior to the festival doors opening on Thursday and Friday, for which more info will be revealed soon! Hotel guests will also be treated to an epic and inclusive breakfast buffet that runs until 11:00 A.M. (it's worth waking up early for!) as well as free access to the swimming pool and sauna.

The Hub boasts Oslo’s best location, right in the city centre, next to Oslo Central Station and the

Airport Express Train. It's also only about a five-minute walk from the iconic rock bars and venues in which Inferno Festival will be hosting bands and special events: Rockefeller & John Dee, Salt, Kniven, Vaterland, Brewgata and Rock In, allowing guest to travel freely without the expense of taxis or transit.

The special Inferno discount price is valid from March 24 to April 1, 2024. Extend your

stay and experience Oslo!

These prices will increase starting on February 28, 2024.

For more information can be found via the official Inferno Festival Website or directly via the hotel's website. The ”Inferno” booking code is enabled to get the discounted prices.

Be sure to stay tuned for more bands, special events and excursions, and more information on the Inferno Music Conference!

The iconic Inferno Metal Festival started in 2001 and is the longest running metal festival in

Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world. We are very proud

of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over

the world to Norway. Inferno Metal Festival is being held four days at Rockefeller Music Halls’

two stages Rockefeller and John Dee as well as many smaller clubs around Oslo. The festival takes place during Easter in Norway when not a lot of other stuff is happening in Oslo. The festival are usually sold out and more than fifty percent of the audience are from outside of Norway. The ticket sales are from all over the world including China, Australia, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, USA, Columbia, Argentina and many more.

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