Tape Room Music Writers Top Mediabase and Billboard Most-Heard Songs of 2024

Tape Room Music celebrates an extraordinary year as its writers dominate the Mediabase and Billboard Most-Heard Songs of 2024. With contributions from Ben Johnson, Brad Clawson, Casey Brown, Hunter Phelps, Taylor Phillips, Wyatt McCubbin, Zach Crowell and founder Ashley Gorley, Tape Room’s team continues to shape the sound of modern country music.
 
“This was an amazing year for the Tape Room writers and staff,” shares Tape Room Music president Blain Rhodes. “Having that many songs on both the Mediabase and Billboard Year-End Most Played Songs lists is a testament to their world-class talent and unmatched work ethic.
 
“Huge thanks to our publishing partners, the record labels involved, and especially our friends at Country Radio,” Rhodes adds. “We have a lot to be thankful for this year and look forward to many more hits in 2025.”
 
Tape Room Music landed 19 songs on both the Mediabase and Billboard lists, with five of those tracks reaching the top 10, including the No. 1 entry on both charts with Nate Smith’s “World On Fire.”

L to R: Ashley Gorley (Tape Room Music Founder, co-writer), Lindsay Rimes (co-writer, producer), Nate Smith (artist, co-writer), Taylor Phillips (Tape Room Music co-writer) | Courtesy of Tape Room Music

Tape Room Writers on Mediabase’s Most-Heard Songs of 2024

• #1 - “World On Fire” - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #4 - “Outskirts” - Zach Crowell

• #6 - “Thinkin’ Bout Me” - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #7 - “Truck Bed” - Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley

• #8 - “I Had Some Help” - Ashley Gorley

• #11 - “Cowgirls” - Ashley Gorley

• #12 - “Chevrolet” - Hunter Phelps

• #13 - “Young Love & Saturday Nights” - Ashley Gorley

• #15 - “Take Her Home” - Hunter Phelps

• #20 - “Bulletproof” - Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps, Ashley Gorley

• #21 - “Love You Again” - Casey Brown, Taylor Phillips

• #42 - “I Am Not Okay” - Casey Brown, Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #46 - “Save Me The Trouble” - Ashley Gorley

• #49 - “Stars Like Confetti” - Zach Crowell

• #53 - “Sounds Like The Radio” - Wyatt McCubbin

• #55 - “All I Need Is You” - Brad Clawson, Ashley Gorley

• #57 - “God Gave Me A Girl” - Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley

• #61 - “Everything I Love” - Ashley Gorley

• #74 - “This Town’s Been Too Good To Us” - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

Tape Room Writers on Billboard’s Most-Heard Songs of 2024

• #1 - “World On Fire” - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #2 - “I Had Some Help” - Ashley Gorley

• #6 - “Cowgirls” - Ashley Gorley

• #7 - “Young Love & Saturday Nights” - Ashley Gorley

• #9 - “Outskirts” - Zach Crowell

• #11 - “Chevrolet” - Hunter Phelps

• #12 - “Take Her Home” - Hunter Phelps

• #15 - “Truck Bed” - Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley

• #16 - “Love You Again” - Casey Brown, Taylor Phillips

• #17 - “Bulletproof” - Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps, Ashley Gorley

• #18 - “Thinkin’ Bout Me”  - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #37 - “Save Me The Trouble” - Ashley Gorley

• #43 - “All I Need Is You” - Brad Clawson, Ashley Gorley

• #50 - “I Am Not Okay” - Casey Brown, Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

• #51 - “Everything I Love” - Ashley Gorley

• #57 - “Sounds Like The Radio” - Wyatt McCubbin

• #64 - “Stars Like Confetti” - Zach Crowell

• #71 - “God Gave Me A Girl” - Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley

• #85 - “This Town’s Been Too Good To Us” - Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley

Front Row L to R: Ashley Gorley (Tape Room Music Founder, co-writer), Lindsay Rimes (co-writer, producer), Nate Smith (artist, co-writer), Taylor Phillips (Tape Room Music co-writer)
Back Row L to R: Caroline Hodson (Director, A&R, Tape Room Music), Blain Rhodes (President, Tape Room Music), Luke Collins (Creative Coordinator, Tape Room Music), Noelle Peters (Catalog Manager, Tape Room Music) | Courtesy of Tape Room Music

About Tape Room Music
Tape Room Music is an independent music publishing company founded by hit songwriter Ashley Gorley, where writers have celebrated 50 No. 1 songs, including 2021 ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Country Song, “One Of Them Girls.” In 2022, Tape Room celebrated 8 weeks topping radio charts, with two year-end number-one songs. Ben Johnson’s “Take My Name” topped the year-end Billboard Country Airplay chart, while Hunter Phelps and Will Weatherly’s “Thinking ‘Bout You” led the Mediabase Year-End Country Airplay chart. Recent number-one hits include Nate Smith's 10-week smash “World On Fire,” HARDY's boundary-defying “TRUCK BED,” Morgan Wallen's 6-week chart topper “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” and more. Tape Room Music writers continue to stretch the bounds of their abilities, spreading their talents across writing, producing and performing. More at taperoom.com.

Chicago's Aftermath Returns to the Studio to Record Their Fourth Album ​

Chicago's metal powerhouse Aftermath has officially entered the studio to record their highly anticipated fourth studio album. Known for their blistering riffs, thunderous rhythms, and unrelenting energy, Aftermath promises to deliver 11 tracks of pure, uncompromising metal that will push the boundaries of the genre.

Following the success of their third album No Time To Waste that was released in 2023, the band is ready to raise the stakes with their most aggressive and innovative work yet.

The band states, "We are excited to be back in the studio. We can’t wait for everyone to hear this album. It’s heavy, it’s catchy, and in typical Aftermath fashion it sounds totally different from our previous albums."

The new album is being recorded at Electrowerks Recording, with engineering and mixing by Chuck Macak. Additional details, including the album title, tracklist, and release date, will be announced in the coming months.

Chicago based Aftermath, fronted by Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis, formed in October 1985 when Charlie and his schoolmate Steve Sacco (Guitar) got together. This early incarnation with Adam (Bass) and Ray Schmidt (Drums) released their first demo in 1986 featuring “Sentenced to Death”, “Revenge”, “Shotgun” and “The Aftermath”.

In 1987, they unleashed their second demo entitled Killing the Future featuring the tracks “When Will You Die”, “Going No Place”, “Chaos”, “Meltdown” and “War for Freedom”. The band pursued a mind-blowing speed and technical brand of thrash that soon set them apart from the pack and in the process made them a pioneering crossover thrash band.

The tracks "War for Freedom" & "When Will You Die" were both featured on the British Metal Forces magazine_compilation LP Demolition: Scream Your Brains Out in 1988. Their appearance on the Metal Forces compilation further expanded the band's international appeal.

By 1988, the band's musical direction was changing, and Adam's raw and simple bass lines would soon be replaced with complex and technical bass parts handled at first by John Lovette. Ironically, John never played bass on any Aftermath recording and was not even a bass player. He wanted to join the band so badly, however, that he came to the audition with a friend's bass he had just started to play. The speed and complex playing he displayed were like nothing the members had ever seen before on bass. He landed the gig that day. When the band decided it was time to add a second guitarist, Lovette told his bandmates of his desire to switch to guitar and for the first time he came clean he was a guitar player pretending to be a bass player all along. His bass playing was surpassed by his guitar skills and the band found its second guitar player, but unfortunately the search for a bass player was forced to resume. Luckily, the search (for the time being, anyway) ended with Danny Vega. His warm and precise playing was the perfect complement to the guitar playing of Lovette and Sacco and worked amazingly well with Schmidt's powerful drumming. With Lovette handling most of the song writing duties, Aftermath was about to make an unbelievable musical change.

By 1989, that change brought on by Lovette's writing and the band's musical tastes and stylings had slowed and matured as evidenced by the release of the underground classic demo Words That Echo Fear. Danny Vega was replaced on bass by Chris Waldron. The band went onto to become a trailblazing progressive/technical thrash band in the years that followed.

In 1990, based on the huge international success of the Words that Echo Fear demo, the metal label RoadRacer Records (a subsidiary of Roadrunner Records) approached the band for a demo deal, which resulted in a live four track demo featuring the songs “Eyes of Tomorrow”, “Afraid Of Time”, “The Act Of Unspoken Wisdom” and “Reflecting Pictures". Negotiations eventually broke down and Aftermath signed to New York's Big Chief Records. The label's collapse halfway through the recording sessions led to a long delay in finishing the record. While the band struggled to pay the studio bill, the album the band started to record in 1990 would not see the light of day for four years. The experience left the band reeling and forced them to issue the album under their own imprint with the help of their manager through Zoid Recordings in 1994. Four long years had passed since the initial recordings for the record Eyes of Tomorrow and the scene had dramatically changed.

The album was subsequently re-released on Thermometer Sound Surface / Zoid and released yet again four years (1998) later on Black Lotus Records in a re-mastered version.

Quite famously, Aftermath, in a notable court case Tsiolis v. Interscope. Records. Inc., 946 F.Supp. 1344, 1349 (N.D.III. 1996) sued high-profile millionaire rapper DR. DRE over the ownership of the Aftermath name. The Rapper tried to buy the name for $50,000, which the band rejected. The band sued him. As part of the settlement, Interscope Records signed the band. To the label's surprise, the band delivered a record under the moniker Mother God Moviestar. Its eponymous Electro-Metal debut was released in March 1998. The case has been studied in law schools around the US related to the issue of trademark dilution.

Aftermath has continued to receive critical acclaim as one of the major influences in the genre. The band was featured on pages 9 and 10 of Gary Sharpe-Young's A - Z of Thrash Metal, available on Cherry Red Books. Aftermath is also given an entire feature section in Alexandros Anesiadis’ 2019 book Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk, and Metal Collide.

Twenty-five years after its formation, Aftermath's music made its return in 2011 with the release of the Box Set 25 YEARS OF CHAOS on Area Death Productions and the vinyl When Will You Die on F.O.A.D. The reemergence of one of the most original thrash bands ever continued in 2014 with their decision to reunite for several concerts in 2015.

Coming off their first show in 20 years at Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse in their hometown of Chicago, the band ripped the stage apart at Headbanger’s Open Air in Hamburg, Germany that summer. In the Fall of 2015, the reunion continued with the reissue of Eyes of Tomorrow. With an expanded booklet and remastered by Paul Logus (Pantera, Steel Panther), Shadow Kingdom Records released the band's debut along with bonus material. Following this release was the Killing the Future reissue on Divebomb Records. Once again Paul Logus remastered the tracks from their original source and created a wall of sound in the process. Killing the Future, along with the expanded booklet and bonus tracks from the band's 1986 first demo completed the celebration of the band's 30th anniversary.

 In 2017, the band started writing the material for their new album. There is Something Wrong is an 11-song opus recorded by Chuck Macak. mastered by Ted Jensen and released through Ingrooves by Zoid Entertainment and The Label Group. A concept record in the truest sense of the word, the album features a mix of old-school crossover thrash and technical/progressive metal and is a commentary on what is wrong with the world today. A calling out of the masses to wake up and know the real enemy. The music is urgent, and the lyrics challenge the listener to seek the truth. Aftermath went back to its early days and revived its crossover thrash stylings on several songs, but those are only samples of what the listeners have in store for them once they put on their headphones and listen to There is Something Wrong in its entirety.

In 2020, Aftermath released a re-imagined version of the John Lennon classic, "Give Peace a Chance". The song was remixed and remastered for the new album and included on the record because of the message.

“John Lennon’s urgent call for peace in Give Peace a Chance is more important today than ever, and our call for peace with this cover is the perfect message to follow up our previous album. We released a dark concept album with a bleak message and felt it was important to follow that up with something positive. The visuals in the video are as important as the lyrics in a way. We live in a visual world today and this video needed to get out the message of HOPE. Having a young girl be the focus of the video was our way of getting that across. Seeing only positive acts when she puts on Lennon’s famous glasses was the perfect visual metaphor. Lennon’s message is transmitted not only through his lyrics but also through the perspective created by his unique lenses” says the band.

The video was directed by critically acclaimed video director Steven Nathan in New York City.

Aftermath unleashed their highly awaited masterpiece, No Time to Waste, through Zoid Entertainment/TLG/INgrooves on March 17, 2023. This release stands as the triumphant conclusion to a powerful trilogy, representing a notable departure from the somber tones of its predecessor.

In an exclusive statement, Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis shared, "We take immense pride in this album, a culmination of a trilogy that commenced with our debut. Crafted during a challenging era in contemporary history, 'No Time to Waste' emerges as an anthem of hope. In contrast to our previous dark conceptual endeavor, we've refined this record. The ten tracks within are both weighty and charged, delivering a potent metal experience coupled with a profound message - that collectively, we can overcome, but time is of the essence."

AFTERMATH is:
Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis - Vocals
Steve Sacco - Guitar
Ray Schmidt - Drums
George Lagis - Bass

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New Dark Chapel album out Feb 28, 2025

Guitarist/singer/producer Dario Lorina, best-known as a longtime member of Black Label Society (2014 to present), is launching his brand new band, DARK CHAPEL.

Led by Lorina and also featuring Brody DeRozie (Guitar), Mike Gunn (Bass), and Luis Silva (Drums), the band’s airtight guitar-craft and sludgy grooves with magnetic melodies, bluesy phrasing, and grunge mystique are spotlighted on their debut album, Spirit in The Glass, which is due out February 28, 2025 on MNRK Heavy. 

ario’s gritty delivery on the song takes hold on a hypnotic hook, bleeding into a fret-burning lead punctuated by dramatic bends. “’Glass Heart’ is a lyrical and almost cinematic musical story that started with a riff and lyrically stemmed from emotion,” he reveals. “That emotion created an imagery for me that I began writing about as if that feeling was a painting I was writing to describe.”

Striking an elusive balance between dark and heavy, ethereal and passionate, Spirit in The Glass  is as Lorina describes, ““This is a culmination of all artistic influence, whether musical or otherwise.” 

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Dario Lorina began his professional career in 2006 when he was 16 as the touring guitarist with the late Jani Lane (ex-Warrant). At 19, he joined veteran metal act Lizzy Borden whom he toured with for four years. He released two instrumental records with Mike Varney on Shrapnel Records in 2013 and 2017 titled, DARIO LORINA and DEATH GRIP TRIBULATIONS. On January 1, 2014 he joined Black Label Society and has since been touring worldwide alongside Zakk Wylde, performing on guitar, piano and backing vocals ever since. Lorina dueled solos with Wylde on Black Label Society's 2022 album DOOM CREW INC., and he joined Zakk Wylde on the January 2022 cover of Guitar World magazine.

“The guitar never really left my hands,” he laughs. Years of woodshedding followed. At 16 years old, he answered the call to audition for Jani Lane and found himself on the road with the ex-Warrant frontman shortly thereafter.

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HAMMERFALL - unveils fan video for 'Freedom'

Heavy metal titans HAMMERFALL have released a spectacular new video for their third single, 'Freedom,' from the latest album, Avenge The Fallen. The video is a heartfelt tribute to their global fanbase, who played an integral role in its creation.

When the single 'Freedom' was unleashed in early July, HAMMERFALL launched a unique competition via their social media platforms, inviting fans to submit videos to become a part of "HammerFall’s History."
Fans from all corners of the globe participated, showcasing their passion by rocking HAMMERFALL merch, singing or playing their favorite instruments to the song, throwing the horns, or sharing epic moments at HAMMERFALL shows.

The final video is a dynamic blend of these incredible fan submissions, paired with electrifying live footage from HAMMERFALL’s recent tours and festival appearances. The result is a powerful celebration of the connection between the band and their loyal "Templars of Steel."

Watch the video below:

Line-up:
Joacim Cans - vocals
Oscar Dronjak - guitar
Fredrik Larsson  - bass
Pontus Norgen - guitar
David Wallin – drums

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LORD OF THE LOST Vocalist CHRIS HARMS to Release First Solo Album, '1980', on January 31, 2025!

LORD OF THE LOST Singer CHRIS HARMS’ First Solo Album – an 80s Synth-Pop Revival!

CHRIS HARMS not only stands out as a musical chameleon with his band LORD OF THE LOST but also with his very first solo album, '1980.' The album, which is strongly reminiscent of synth-pop, will be released on January 31, 2025 via Napalm Records and is the realization of a long-cherished dream that is finally coming to life. 1980 delivers a very unique sound yet untapped in Harms' main band. Instead, it dives into the uniquely atmospheric synthesizer sounds of the 80s, interweaving them with electronic, wave, and goth elements and completely diverting from guitar-driven rock style.

Harms’ distinctive voice and '1980's synth-pop-inspired sound craft an atmospheric journey through time, starting with the wave-infused, dancefloor-ready album opener and first single, “I Love You.” The official music video, released today, perfectly complements the track, delivering captivating visuals that radiate the retro charm of the 80s.

CHRIS HARMS adds:

“‘I Love You’ – that immediately sounds like a cheerful summer hit to me. However, this first impression couldn’t be more wrong. While the 80s synth sound effortlessly creates a sense of lightness, ‘I Love You’ is, at its core, one of the saddest songs I have ever written. Melancholy in neon colors.”

Watch the Official Music Video for “I Love You“

'With LORD OF THE LOST, CHRIS HARMS just experienced the most successful four years in the band's history, including participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and tours with Iron Maiden, as well as one #1 and two #2 albums on the Official German Album Charts. But a break is out of the question. The idea of a solo album has been maturing in his mind for a long time and has now taken its final form.

CHRIS HARMS describes '1980':

“If I were forced to categorize this album and label it, it would probably say ‘a strange but successful mix of Depeche Mode, Modern Talking and Sandra with Chris Harms' voice, but with less perm and mullet’”.

Make sure to get your copy of '1980' NOW

Songs such as the hit “She Called Me Diaval” and “Lunamor” exude a pleasant lightness, while “Past Pain” and “May This Be Your Last Battlefield” strike a reflective note. Two selected duets round off the album: Harms welcomes guest singer Sven Friedrich (Solar Fake) on “Madonna Of The Night”, while Ronan Harris (VNV Nation) can be heard on "The Grey Machines”.

'1980' deliberately avoids attempting to reinvent the wheel, but is to be understood as a musical journey through time. It is proof of Harms' artistic versatility, for which he is admired and appreciated far beyond genre boundaries. There is no deliberate calculation or riding the wave of any trends on the album, but simply a passion, desire, and love for music, with which CHRIS HARMS has marked a remarkable new pinnacle in his discography as a musician.

Hollywood Undead & Tech N9ne Announce the Return of the HOLLYWOOD & N9NE TOUR

Los Angeles, CA – Following the enormous success of the first leg of their co-headlining HOLLYWOOD & N9NE TOUR, which sold over 60,000 tickets, Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne are set to take the stage once again, with support from rising stars Set It Off and Zero 9:36. The new run will mark Hollywood Undead’s first coast-to-coast Canadian tour since 2015 and their first return to Western Canada since 2017, making these dates particularly special for fans north of the border. Tickets for the return of the HOLLYWOOD & N9NE Tour go on general sale at 10am local on Friday, December 20th, 2024 with pre-sales starting from today from Hollywoodandn9netour.com

“The first leg of this tour was something special, and we’re just getting started,” shares Johnny 3 Tears of Hollywood Undead. “Heading back to Canada after so many years makes this next run even more meaningful. Get ready for an unforgettable show every night.”

Tech N9ne adds “AW MAAAAN that tour with HU was MASSIVE and I can't WAIT to show Canada! Let's move y'all! L9VE.”

The announcement comes on the heels of Hollywood Undead’s latest single, “Hollywood Forever,” which has already amassed 6.4 million streams and 1.6 million views on the official music video in just weeks. The track, a tribute to the band’s deep connection with their loyal fanbase, has been widely celebrated for its gritty lyrics, anthemic sound, and the reintroduction of their iconic masks, created by legendary prosthetic artist Jerry Constantine.

Kicking off on April 6th, 2025, in Reno, NV, at the Grand Sierra Resort, the tour will hit up venues coast-to-coast before making their way to major festivals, Sonic Temple and Welcome To Rockville.

HOLLYWOOD & N9NE TOUR – SPRING 2025 DATES

April 6 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort

April 7 – Boise, ID – Revolution Concert House

April 8 – Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre

April 10 – Vancouver, BC – Harbour Event Centre

April 11 – Penticton, BC – South Okanagan Events Centre

April 12 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall

April 13 – Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall

April 15 – Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Event Center

April 16 – Fargo, ND – Butler Arena

April 18 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom

April 19 – Minneapolis, MN – The Myth

April 20 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Events Center

April 22 – Brookings, SD – Dacotah Bank Center

April 23 – Omaha, NE – Astro

April 28 – Wichita, KS – Wave

April 29 – Des Moines, IA – Horizon Events Center

April 30 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe

May 1 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Live

May 3 – Kitchener, ON – Elements

May 4 – Toronto, ON – Rebel

May 5 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia

May 7 – Providence, RI – The Strand

May 8 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall

May 9 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom

Tickets for the HOLLYWOOD & N9NE TOUR go on sale this Friday, December 20th, at 10 AM local time from Hollywoodandn9netour.com

About Hollywood Undead:

Since the release of Hollywood Undead’s RIAA platinum-certified 2008 debut album, Swan Songs, their distinctive and infectious music has incited a cult audience of millions of fans, resulting in sold out shows across the globe, in addition to receiving nods in the press from the likes of Consequence of Sound, Billboard, Alternative Press, Rolling Stone, and Revolver. The quintet has also garnered massive mainstream appeal, with their 2011 sophomore record, American Tragedy, going gold and hitting #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Now, with over 3.1 billion cross-platform streams, 1 billion YouTube views and 4.1 million monthly Spotify listeners, they have firmly cemented their place as one of the most influential bands of the 21st century. Now signed to Sumerian Records, Hollywood Undead and with the release of their brand new single, 'Hollywood Forever', the band are poised for their most exciting chapter yet.

Hollywood Undead Are:

Johnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene,Funny Man, Danny.

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About TechN9ne:

Beyond tallying billions of streams and views, Tech’s accolades include four platinum singles, three gold singles, a gold album, and 23 entries on the Billboard Top Albums Chart. He also holds the record for “most Top 10 albums on the rap chart” and has cracked the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 five times. Tech N9ne refuses to be confined by genre, continuing to push the boundaries of music without compromise.

In 2024, Tech N9ne further cemented his status as a genre-defying artist. He thrilled audiences at major festivals like Welcome to Rockville, Rockfest, Sonic Temple, and Aftershock, while touring the U.S. on Falling In Reverse’s Popular MonsTour II. Revolver magazine applauded “the diverse talent of rap rocker Tech N9ne,” while New Noise Magazine praised his “legendary presence, rap-rock-metal mix, and multifaceted style that captivates fans and colleagues alike.”



Falling In Reverse also tapped him, alongside Alex Terrible of Slaughter to Prevail, for the explosive, Grammy-nominated single “Ronald.” The track soared to #2 on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs Chart and cracked the Top 10 on both the Billboard Top Alternative Songs Chart and the Hot Rock Songs Chart.

Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Scream-A-Thon U.S. Headline Tour.

Ice Nine Kills are thrilled to unleash news of their very special US Headline Tour, The Silver Scream-A-Thon. This unprecedented tour, produced by Live Nation, will offer fans a thrilling two-night experience in every city, that will see the band play both their hugely successful, seminal albums The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood in full on respective evenings, along with a selection of deep cuts and fan favorites. Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 10am local on Friday, December 20th from IceNineKills.com.

Pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale, beginning with the Citi pre-sale beginning at 12pm ET/9am PT today (Tuesday, December 17th) from www.citientertainment.com, followed by the Ice Nine Kills Psychos Only pre-sale available only to premium members of the Psychos Only app beginning at 2pm ET/11am PT today (Tuesday, December 17th). Sign up for Psychos Only Premium membership and pre-sale access here.

• Night One: A full-album performance of The Silver Scream alongside select deep cuts and brand-new material.

• Night Two: A complete performance of The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood along with deep cuts and brand-new material 



Speaking on today's announcement, Ice Nine Kills frontman and creative mastermind, Spencer Charnas shares

“The Silver Scream-A-Thon is a devilish chance for us to spend twice as much time in some of our favorite haunts, presenting a grindhouse-style double feature filled with deep cuts and our signature singalongs alike. In each city, Night One celebrates the fearsome full-length that began this era, The Silver Scream. Night Two slashes through The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood. Both evenings will unearth deep cuts from our band’s haunted past, with shocks and surprises galore.”

The Silver Scream-A-Thon tour promises an unmissable spectacle of music, terror, and theatricality. Inviting fans to step into the fully immersive, horror-fuelled universe of The Silver Scream, meticulously crafted by Ice Nine Kills over their last two chart-topping album releases. How many will make it out alive is yet to be determined. But for Psychos brave enough to take their chances, VIP packages and general on-sale will start on Friday, December 20th, 2024 at 10am local time, with pre-sales starting today. Head to IceNineKills.com for more info and prepare to meet your fate when The Silver Scream-A-Thon rolls up to a town near you! 

Ice Nine Kills: Silver Scream-A-Thon

US Headline Tour 

April 26: Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre (w/ Metallica)

April 30 & May 1: Raleigh, NC – The Ritz

May 3: Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium (w/ Metallica)

May 6 & 7: Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater

May 9 & 10: Milwaukee, WI – The Rave

May 13 & 14: Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore

May 18 & 19: Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre

May 20 & 21: Grand Rapids, MI – GLC @ 20 Monroe

May 23: Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field (w/ Metallica)

May 24 & 25: Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater

May 29 & 30: San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater

June 1 & 2: Houston, TX – House of Blues

June 4 & 5: Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle

June 6: Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium (w/ Metallica)

June 8 & 9: New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore

June 11 & 12: Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues

June 20: Santa Clara, CA - Levi’s Stadium (w/ Metallica)

June 27: Denver, CO - Empower Field At Mile High (w/ Metallica)

*Dates in purple are shows with Metallica on their M72 Stadium Tour

Ice Nine Kills has continued to create pop-culture defining moments with their fusion of heavy music and horror-inspired storytelling. Their latest single, “A Work of Art” (featuring System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian), was featured in 2024’s Terrifier 3, which became the highest-grossing unrated film of all time and a #1 box office hit. The single debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart and has already racked up over 15 million streams.

Following their monumental year, which included sold-out shows on Metallica’s M72 World Tour and a headlining spot on their own Kiss of Death tour, Ice Nine Kills is now gearing up for an even bigger 2025. In addition to the Silver Scream-A-Thon, the band will continue touring with Metallica on their 2025 leg of the M72 Stadium Tour with guests Limp Bizkit through the spring and summer and will be playing multiple, globally renowned festivals. 

With over 2 million followers across social platforms, 1 billion collective streams on Spotify, and more than 210 million YouTube views, Ice Nine Kills have undisputedly become one of the most influential and successful acts in modern metal. Do not miss your chance to witness history in the making when they bring the monumental terror of The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood to life next year.

About Ice Nine Kills

Ice Nine Kills craft passionate and precise anthems that blend metalcore, melody, and punk with theatrical bombast, which has fostered a devoted fanbase of “Psychos” who revel in the band’s horror-infused pop culture lore. Hit singles such as “Hip to be Scared,” “Funeral Derangements,” and “The American Nightmare” celebrate horror legends with inescapable hooks, heavy riffs, and clever lyrical twists. Led by Spencer Charnas, the band’s breakthrough albums, The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood,propelled them to new heights, earning spots on major tours with Slipknot and Metallica and firmly embedding them within the horror community.

The band’s immersive “INKverse” includes cinematic videos, the Psychos Only Club, graphic novels, true crime mockumentaries, and the annual Silver Scream Convention, which expanded to the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2024. Spencer Charnas, who started the band during high school, has guided Ice Nine Kills through stylistic evolutions from their beginnings playing battle-of-the-band competitions to their status as visionary multimedia raconteurs. The Billboard chart topping Silver Scream albums paid loving homage to horror icons like Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Chucky, Pennywise, patrick Bateman and more. The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood landed Ice Nine Kills their first Top 20 placement on the Billboard 200 and introduced the chilling new slasher icon, Silence.

Hailed by Loudwire as “one of the most unique acts in metal right now,” Ice Nine Kills captivates with inventive band-fan connections, immersive, theatrical live shows, and a growing legion of "pyschos" the world over. With over 2.3 million monthly Spotify listeners, 1 billion career streams, and 210 million YouTube views, the band has cemented itself as a dominant and visionary force in modern metal, fearlessly carving out a thrilling, horror-inspired legacy.

This Gift Is A Curse Reign Terror on 'Heir'

Though they bonded together after a chance encounter, for the past 16 years, This Gift Is A Curse have pushed the confines of underground metal  to violent extremes. On their upcoming fourth album, the Swedish band extend their all-encompassing reign with a cold, hard fist. Heir claims metal's crown of thorns behind an unruly arsenal of hardcore and sludge-encrusted black metal. As its lead single so cryptically proclaims, there's no escape from their terrifying reign.

Watch the harrowing video for lead single "Kingdom" below.

Heir comes out March 7, 2025 on Season of Mist.

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Their new video sets an appropriately grim scene for the return of This Gift Is A Curse. After all, a decrepit, god forsaken cabin in the woods looks awfully picturesque when framed against this band's unholy seance. Hammering blast beats and a swarm of needling tremolo picks tear through the gates of "Kingdom" like the hounds of hell.

"I made a secret door into your eyes", a possessed Jonas Holmberg chants alongside Livmødr's bewitching Laura Morgan. The song's eerie pangs of melody summon us deeper into its pentagram-shaped maze, only for the tortured screams and chaotic bludgeoning of riffs to slam the door behind you.

This Gift Is A Curse defies the transient trends of music, instead choosing to carve its path with the bones of the fallen. Their forthcoming album, 'HEIR,' is a relentless pursuit of the extreme, a mosaic of human suffering and the dark beauty that lies within. As the album prepares to sear its mark upon the world, one thing is clear: There will be no heirs to the throne of darkness that This Gift Is A Curse occupies. The crown is theirs alone, forged in the fires of creation and destruction, a beacon for those who dare to walk the shadows.

Line-up
Jonas A. Holmberg - Vocals
Patrik Andersson - Guitars, Vocals
David Deravian - Guitars
Lars Gunnarsson - Bass
Christian Augustin - Drums

Recording Studio
The Overlook Studio, Gävle, Sweden

Production Credits
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by William Blackmon at The Overlook Studio.
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Guitars recorded at Laard studios and House of Inge Studio. Engineered by Daniel Noring and TGIAC.
Bass recorded at Cold Barn with the help of Daniel Noring.
Vocals recorded at Cold Barn by TGIAC.

Guest Musicians
Laura Morgan (of Livmødr) - Vocals on Kingdom (Track 1), Old Space (Track 9) & Ascension (Track 10).

Cover Art
Jonas A. Holmberg / House of No Light .317 (Instagram)

Pre-order & Pre-save
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Follow This Gift Is A Curse
Bandcamp: http://thisgiftisacurse.bandcamp.com/
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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/this-gift-is-a-curse/405256386
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1005843
TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/3813169

Available Formats
Digital Download
CD Digipak
2x12" Vinyl Gatefold - Black

2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold - Gold w/ Silver Splatters

2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold - Red w/ Black Splatters

Wounded Touch Release New Cover of Finch's "Worms of the Earth" via Smartpunk Records

Smartpunk Records' metal powerhouses Wounded Touch are violently busting back onto the scene with their rendition of Finch's original track "Worms of the Earth," out now. The cover is a nod to one of the band's most significant early influences.

The track, recorded and mixed by Andy Nelson (Pain of Truth, 200 Stab Wounds, Harm's Way) at Bricktop Recording and mastered by Ryan "Bart" Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder, Walls of Jericho), is the band's first release following up their dynamic split EP Traumatic Entanglement with FallFiftyFeet from earlier this year.

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

Speaking about the new single, Wounded Touch guitarist Mike Poshedly says, "We come from a time where compilations, samplers, video game, and movie soundtracks played a huge part in how we discovered new music growing up. Finch’s 'Worms of the Earth' was featured on both the Atticus Dragging the Lake 2 compilation and on the Underworld movie soundtrack. We had a short list of potential covers we wanted to explore but chose 'Worms of the Earth' because for us. It's an influence/song that encapsulates that era of how we discovered new music. The fact that the studio version of the song isn't streaming anywhere other than the music video on YouTube and the live version on Spotify further solidified the cover choice. We knew this would be a cover that would put us outside our comfort zone but we had a lot of fun revisiting an early influence dating back over 20 years ago."

WOUNDED TOUCH RELEASE COVER OF FINCH'S "WORMS OF THE EARTH" VIA SMARTPUNK RECORDS - LISTEN

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

ABOUT SMARTPUNK RECORDS:
Smartpunk has been a recognizable name in the scene for a long time (Remember that sponsored Warped Tour stage?!). After exchanging several hands and countless ideas of what it could and should be, they decided to start a record label in 2016 with the main idea of focusing solely on reissuing records that have been out of print or never on vinyl. After all, they're a label of vinyl dorks themselves! After releasing Set Your Goals' Mutiny and Gameface's Good, they started to venture into signing newer bands. They actively balance in between many worlds — putting out amazing music from friends and bands that rock, reissuing older titles, and partnering with other incredible labels in our scene and doing exclusive color variants of their releases. Since forming the record label, Smartpunk Records has released timeless albums such as Less Than Jake's Anthem, Nominee's Lowlife, RIVALS' Sad Looks Pretty on Me, Virginity's POPMORTEM, and melodic skate punkers The Swellers' My Everest.

Manchester's INCA BABIES share a multi-storied ninth album 'Ghost Mechanic Nine' & rock doc

Manchester post-punk trio Inca Babies have released the album 'Ghost Mechanic Nine' via Black Lagoon Records, their first record in three years (after ‘Swamp Street Soul’), continuing their explosive exploration of goth, punk and death-rock jazz-blues, while paying tribute to the strong riffing and cool, dead-pan delivery of the dark wave scene at the time.

They also share a fun documentary on the journey from their formation in 1983 in the now-legendary deck-access flats of Hulme in Manchester to where they are today - on their ninth studio record. Designed as executive ‘cities in the sky’, these homes quickly became cockroach-infested slums inhabited by students, artists and druggies. Dubbed them "the Hulme Cramps" for their Gothabilly twang by writer CP Lee, their 1984 debut single 'Interior' presented an unusual sound for Manchester - a departure from Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Fall and The Smiths, but with a nod to their influences,

Incas frontman Harry Stafford (guitar, keys, vocals) revisits the raw guitar sounds of the band's 80s output, joined by Rob Haynes (drums, percussion), Jim Adama (bass) and Kevin G. Davy (trumpet).

A vibrant part of Britain's early postpunk / goth /death rock scene, they amassed a steady following through touring and releasing a further six singles and four albums in the next five years, all entering the UK Indie Charts. They also recorded four sessions for BBC's legendary John Peel show between 1984 and 1988 before calling it quits that year. The band reformed in 2007 and hasn't looked back since.

Driving for the sake of it driving to escape. Headlights in the dark: red and blue dash lights; wondering why anyone but you is driving this late. The ghost on the highway, the grease-ball mechanic who says you’ll keep going for miles and miles. It’s number 9, the ninth Inca’s album the first of nine songs on the album. The rush of energy from the first track sets the tone for the rest of the album.

The Incas most recently shared the single ‘Ghost Mechanic 9’, a driving guitar blast, whose powerful sound recalls the Incas' early music. With its singular hypnotic bass rhythm, it could have fit neatly on their 1986 album ‘Opium Den’. Earlier, they released 'Spacewalk', a timeless Rockabilly groove inspired by Link Wray, Alan Vega and Brian Setzer (set to a Sci-Fi space opera), together with its B-side 'Monster In The Deep'.

With Simon ‘Ding’ Archer (The Fall, PJ Harvey) at the controls, this album's production offers an analogue, yet contemporary, zing to the production. Recorded at 6Db Studios in Salford, Archer and Stafford recorded and mixed this album over two years, with 'Ding' also contributing sonic and dub flourishes. Marco Butcher mastered this record at his Boombox studio in North Carolina.

These darkly invigorating tunes visits a similar place as where Inca Babies got their start with raw and spiky psychobilly trash rock, reconnecting with their roots, where The Gun Club and The Cramps met - the very intersection where Inca Babies found their most passionate and loyal following. ‘Insect Symphony’ is a Stooges lead-riff tribute to all those bands that are no longer with us. The inclusion of a longer and remixed version of the fan favourite ‘Opium Den’, now called ‘Opium Dub’, is a masterful example of Archer's sonic dexterity at the dub controls.

Since reforming in 2007, they've released three albums and toured extensively around Europe, Russia, North America, India and beyond. Renewed interest in the Incas was propelled by Cherry Red Records 'Best of’ compilation release ‘Inca Babies 1983-87: Plutonium’. After Bill Marten's death in 2008, the band decided to continue creating music, subsequently releasing their Death Blues Album Trilogy - 'Death Message Blues' (2010), 'Deep Dark Blue' (2012) and 'The Stereo Plan' (2014).

'Ghost Mechanic Nine' is available everywhere, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Also released on vinyl and digitally, it can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp and the Louder Than War shop.

CREDITS
Written by Harry Stafford & Rob Haynes
Harry Stafford – vocals, guitars & keyboards
Rob Haynes - drums & percussion
Jim Adama – bass guitar
Kevin G Davy - trumpet, horns
Simon 'Ding' Archer - sonic and dub flourishes
Released by Black Lagoon Records
Catalogue no. BLRLP0060
Recorded, mixed & produced by Simon ‘Ding’ Archer & Harry Stafford
Recorded at 6Db in Salford under Simon ‘Ding’ Archer
Mastered by Marco Butcher at Boombox Studio (North Carolina, USA)
Artwork created by Harry Stafford
Live photos by Simona Masoni
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR

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Chase Rice Brings Two Unique Acoustic Shows to Chief’s on Broadway in February

Multi-talented country artist Chase Rice will perform two exclusive acoustic shows this coming February at the Neon Steeple, the intimate venue inside Chief’s on Broadway. The special evenings will spotlight Rice's two most recent critically acclaimed and deeply personal albums while also featuring fan-favorite hits and unreleased new music. Tickets to both dates go on sale this Friday, Dec. 20 at 12 p.m. CT via Chase Rice.com.
 
February 13: A Night of I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell
Rice will delve into the storytelling and raw emotion of his record hailed for its authenticity and connection to his roots, with Forbes heralding the project as “a full-circle, career defining journey for Rice, as both a singer and a songwriter,” and Billboard celebrating it as “one of 2023’s most unexpected artistic pivots” on their all-genre best albums list. Featuring hits like “Bench Seat” and “Oklahoma” this album captured Rice's journey of loss, self-discovery and reconciliation with his past.  
 
February 14: A Night of Go Down Singin’
On Valentine’s Day, Rice will feature his recently-released independent album praised by Rolling Stone as “an excellent collection of poignant, often anthemic country,” which finds Rice “trying to do what creative people are supposed to: grow and change,” while Cowboys & Indians proclaimed that “maturity and clarity are the reality on Chase Rice's new album…what is sure to be one of 2024’s most well-received country albums of the year.” With tracks such as “Hey God It’s Me Again” and “You In ’85,” the album showcases Rice’s continued evolution as an artist, embracing vulnerability, soulful melodies and rich instrumentation. 
 
Set within Eric Church’s newly opened multi-level venue, Chief’s, the Neon Steeple offers an intimate and unforgettable concert experience, giving fans an opportunity to see Rice perform these critically acclaimed albums in a rare setting. The two-story, 400-capacity performance space situated in the heart of the building is designed to prioritize the connection between artists and audiences, creating an atmosphere that feels personal and immersive while spotlighting original music performances on Nashville’s famed Lower Broadway.
 
Following this pair of unique shows in the heart of Music City, Rice will embark on his recently-announced Go Down Singin’ International Tour 2025 spanning Australia, the U.S. and Canada. Kicking off on March 8 and running through late August, the tour visits major markets such as Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Boston, Fort Worth, St. Louis, Oklahoma City and more, with Rice also appearing on several major festival lineups.
 
For more information on all things Chase Rice, visit ChaseRice.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter/X and TikTok@ChaseRiceMusic and on Instagram @ChaseRice.

Chase Rice Tour Dates
February 13  ||  Nashville, TN  ||  Neon Steeple, Chief’s on Broadway
February 14  ||  Nashville, TN  ||  Neon Steeple, Chief’s on Broadway
March 8  ||  Glenvale, QLD  ||  Meatstock 2025 (Festival)
March 9  ||  Newcastle, NSW ||  King Street (with Bella Mackenzie)
March 11  ||  Marrickville, NSW  ||  Factory Theater (with Bella Mackenzie)
March 14  ||  St. Kilda, VIC  ||  Prince Ballroom (with Bella Mackenzie)
March 15  ||  North Bendigo, VIC  ||  Meatstock 2025 (Festival)
April 3  ||  New York, NY  ||  Irving Plaza (with Pony Bradshaw)
April 4  ||  Boston, MA  ||  MGM Music Hall (with Pony Bradshaw & Lori McKenna)
April 5  ||  Pittsburgh, PA  ||  Stage AE (with Pony Bradshaw)
April 11  ||  Gonzales, TX  ||  Cattle Country (Festival)
April 17  ||  Fayetteville, AR  ||  JJ’s Live (with Pony Bradshaw)
April 18  ||  Fort Worth, TX  ||  Billy Bob’s
April 24  ||  Anderson, SC  ||  Wendell’s Outdoors (with Pony Bradshaw)
April 25  ||  Cocoa, FL  ||  Cocoa Beach Amp (with Pony Bradshaw)
April 26  ||  Pompano Beach, FL  ||  Pompano Beach Amp (with Pony Bradshaw)
May 1  ||  St. Louis, MO  ||  The Factory (with Charlie Worsham)
May 2  ||  Oklahoma City, OK  ||  Jones Assembly (with Charlie Worsham)
May 10  ||  Pelham, TN  ||  The Caverns (with Charlie Worsham)
May 17  ||  Gulf Shores, AL  ||  Sand In My Boots 2025 (Festival)
June 7  ||  Myrtle Beach, SC  ||  Carolina Country Music Festival (Festival)
June 12  ||  North Lawrence, OH  ||  The Country Fest 2025(Festival)
July 17  ||  Eau Claire, WI  ||  Country Jam USA 2025 (Festival)
July 19  ||  Hartington, NE  ||  Cedar County Fair (Festival)
August 2  ||  Cowichan, BC  ||  Sunfest Country (Festival)
August 8  ||  Oro-Medonte, ON  ||  Boots & Hearts (Festival)
August 21  ||  Saint-Agapit, QC  ||  Festival Country Lotbiniere (Festival)
August 22  ||  Dieppe, NB  ||  YQM Country Fest (Festival)

About Chase Rice
With more than 2.6 million albums sold and over 2.8 billion total streams, plus a legion of passionate fans at his high-energy concerts across the globe, Chase Rice has established himself as a powerful force in Nashville and beyond. With independent album Go Down Singin’ available everywhere now as the follow-up to the critically acclaimed I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell, and both brought together on brand new offering Fireside Sessions, Rice’s sound continues to evolve to reflect the realities of his life; from emotional reckoning to an admiration of the American West. The new music serves as a follow up to his three-part project, The Album, which featured his latest Platinum-certified No. 1 hit, “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.” and the Platinum-certified Top 10 hit “Lonely If You Are.”
 
This is the same gravelly-voiced Chase Rice fans first fell in love with years ago – but better, freer; unbeholden and uninhibited. The new music builds upon the success of his sophomore album, Lambs & Lions, which featured the 3x Platinum, two-week chart topper “Eyes On You” – Rice’s first No. 1 as an artist and the most-streamed song of his career. Lambs & Lions followed Platinum-certified Ignite the Night, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and No. 3 on the all-genre chart, producing a pair of Top 5 hits; Platinum-certified “Gonna Wanna Tonight” and Double Platinum “Ready Set Roll.” In addition to guesting on sold-out stadium shows with Kenny Chesney and Garth Brooks, Rice served as direct support on Dierks Bentley’s 2024 Gravel & Gold Tour and consistently sells out venues on his own headlining tours across the U.S. and beyond, with the Go Down Singin’ International Tour set to kick off in early 2025

CHAOS & CARNAGE TOUR 2025 - Tour Dates + Lineup Announced Including Co-Headliners DYING FETUS + CRADLE OF FILTH

For the first time ever, two iconic titans of extreme metal — DYING FETUS and CRADLE OF FILTH — are joining forces to co-headline the 2025 CHAOS & CARNAGE TOUR. Joining the chaos is a powerhouse lineup of special guests: Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth, and Corpse Pile.

Now in its sixth year, CHAOS & CARNAGE upholds its reputation for showcasing the elite of heavy music while championing the genre's future. Previous editions have seen acts such as Whitechapel, Carnifex, Suicide Silence, Cattle Decapitation, Lorna Shore, Humanity's Last Breath, Aborted, and more dominate stages nationwide; the tour has built a legacy ofunforgettable performances in packed venues nationwide.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 20, at 10 AM local time. For those seeking the ultimate fan experience, VIP upgrades will be available starting Monday, January 6, at 10 AM local time, exclusively at ChaosAndCarnage.com.

Chaos & Carnage 2025 Tour Dates

4/17 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre

4/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

4/20 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren

4/22 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater

4/24 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater

4/26 - San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center

4/27 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues

4/29 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl

5/01 - New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square

5/02 - Richmond, VA @ The National

5/03 - Reading, PA @ Reverb

5/04 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

5/06 - Montreal, QC, Canada @ L'Olympia

5/07 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Rebel

5/08 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot

5/09 - Chicago, IL @ Radius

5/10 - Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom

5/12 - Wichita, KS @ Temple Live

5/14 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium

Find + Follow the Bands Online:



DYING FETUS HERE

CRADLE OF FILTH HERE

Fleshgod Apocalypse HERE

Ne Obliviscaris HERE

Undeath HERE

Vomit Forth HERE

Corpse Pile HERE

CAVALERA - ANNOUNCE 'THIRD WORLD TRILOGY' U.S. TOUR!

CAVALERA has become synonymous with extreme metal music, a name that to this day still holds the highest regard, a family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression. In 2023, Max and Iggor Cavalera achieved what some would say was an impossible feat; they revisited their earliest releases, Morbid Visions, and Bestial Devastation, and re-recorded them with bone-breaking intensity. A risk that few would dare to even attempt, yet they artfully and prolifically attained their trademark raw sound by means that could only be described as magic or time travel. 

Today, the band announce their 'Third World Trilogy' U.S. Tour. The 30-trek will kick off on February 19th at Queen B in Cottonwood, Arizona and will make stops in Seattle, Brooklyn, and Orlando before concluding at the Van Buren in Phoenix on March 30th. Joining the tour are Oakland death metallers NECROT and  California thrash/hardcore band DEAD HEAT.

Max Cavalera states, "We are really excited to bring the 'Third World Trilogy', featuring Schizophrenia, to the US! If you want to hear  fast riffs, pummeling drums, thunderous bass, and schizophrenic leads, jump in our pit!!"

Iggor Cavalera comments, “I’m super excited about this upcoming us tour, is one of those rare chances to see our first releases on our most purest form performed live. I hope to see you all in the pit!!! Don’t sleep on these dates. You have been warned. X” 

CAVALERA pre-sale tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, December 17th at 10 AM local time (Code: RESTINPAIN).
General admission tickets go on sale on Friday, December 20th at 10 AM local time.
Purchase tickets here: https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/tour

Confirmed dates for CAVALERA's 'Third World Trilogy' U.S. Tour with NECROT and DEAD HEAT are:
02/19/25  Cottonwood, AZ @ Queen B Vinyl Cafe* 
02/20/25  San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
02/21/25  Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
02/22/25  Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
02/23/25  Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse
02/24/25  San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
02/26/25  Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
02/27/25  Portland, OR  @Roseland Theater
03/03/25  Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
03/05/25  Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
03/06/25  Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
03/07/25  Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
03/09/25  Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/11/25  Albany, NY @ Empire Live
03/12/25  Wilmington, DE @ The Queen
03/13/25  Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw 
03/14/25  Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
03/15/25  Greensboro, NC @ Hanger 1819 
03/16/25  Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
03/17/25  Orlando, FL @ The Abbey 
03/18/25  Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
03/20/25  New Orleans, LA @ Howlin' Wolf
03/21/25  Houston, TX Hell's Heroes Fest ^
03/22/25  Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City
03/23/25  Dallas, TX @ Echo Music Hall
03/24/25  Wichita, KS @ WAVE
03/26/25  San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
03/27/25  El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
03/28/25  Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater
03/30/25  Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren 
* - No NECROT
^ - No Support

No stranger to collaborations, the Cavalera brothers enlisted Travis Stone (PIG DESTROYER) on lead guitars, and that choice becomes obvious within the first song. The full lineup would consist of more Cavalera alumni, as Igor Amadeus Cavalera (GO AHEAD AND DIE, HEALING MAGIC) once more brought his talents on bass to the fold. Thundering and thrumming the low end with brute force, it is clear that the double Iggor and Igor combination is a rhythm section to be reckoned with.

It should come as no surprise that the CAVALERA brothers always felt that these songs deserved a fresh take with modern production. From April 15th to June 5th, 2023 the band re-recorded the album at Focusrite Room in Mesa, Arizona. Mixing and mastering was handled by Arthur Rizk (SOULFLY, GO AHEAD AND DIE, TURNSTILE) and engineering was completed by John Aquilino.

Schizophrenia’s album cover has obsessed and fascinated fans for decades. The brothers left no stone unturned and no detail unnoticed, also revisioning the original cover artwork of the album, restored in hand-painted watercolors by Eliran Kantor. 

With the impressive catalog that the CAVALERA brothers have created over the years, you will soon see that Schizophrenia will also sit amongst their greatest achievements. Max and Iggor have relinquished an album that for many years was locked away behind rusty, iron cell doors, barred by straight jackets and haunted by madness. From the past comes the storms as Schizophrenia is set loose on the world once more!

Purchase Schizophrenia here:  
https://cavalera.bfan.link/schizophrenia

Watch the visualizer video created by Costin Chioreanu for 'Nightmares Of Delirium', here:
https://youtu.be/LCMr7_OLHVk

CAVALERA is:
Max Cavalera | Vocals, Guitar
Iggor Cavalera | Drums, Percussion
Igor Amadeus Cavalera | Bass
Travis Stone | Lead Guitar

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Defeated Sanity Release Raging Double Guitar Playthrough

Around this time last year, before the underground legends descended one last time into Menegroth, The Thousand Caves, Defeated Sanityfelt like they were in need of an adjustment. Over the past 30 years, no other band has hit on more ways to spin death metal on its deformed head. But instead of concocting another heady bludgeoning of jazz-infused chaos, they wanted to double-down on the neck-snapping brutality that fans love about their earliest classics.

Judging by the reaction to Chronicles of Lunacy, it's safe to say that Defeated Sanity delivered in skull-crushing spades. The band's new album cracked Billboard's Rock, Hard Music and Independent charts. 

As they gear up for their first headlining tour of Europe since 2018, today, Defeated Sanity are flexing their rabid technical chops with a double guitar playthrough of the album's most infectious deep cuts.

Watch guitarist Vaughn Stoffey and bassist Jacob Schmidt tear through "Extrinsically Enraged" Below.

None of their albums are ever going to follow a straight line, but on Chronicles of Lunacy, Defeated Sanity return to sheer brutality.  

Lineup
Josh Welshman - Vocals
Vaughn Stoffey - Guitars
Jacob Schmidt - Bass
Lille Gruber - Drums

Guest musicians
Danny Nelson and Paolo Paguntalan provide backup vocals on "Amputationsdrang" and "Accelerating the Rot"

Recording Studio
Thousand Caves Studio in January 2024.

Production
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston.
Produced by Colin Marston and Defeated Sanity.

Cover Art
Artwork by Jon Zig
Title lettering by Liz Schmidt
Layout by Alex Eckman-Lawn

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

Booking: Daniel Defonce TKO: danieldefonce@tkoco.com


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SAOR Release "Amidst the Ruins" Playthrough

In the windswept grandeur of Scotland's towering peaks and mist-laden lochs, the mythic resonances of Saor's sound rise once again. Today, the band are sharing a masterful playthrough for the lead single and title track off their new album Amidst the Ruins.

Watch the full band playthrough of "Amidst the Ruins".

https://youtu.be/wugVW7uwQsU

Amidst the Ruinsis out February 7th, 2025 on Season of Mist.

Pre-order & Pre-save:https://orcd.co/saoramidsttheruins
 

Amidst the Ruins draws inspiration from a bygone era. On their fifth album, Saor merges black metal's raw intensity with Celtic folk’s heartfelt melodies. The title track weaves together melodic guitars, heavy bass lines and blast beats. As echoes of forgotten paths and crumbling relics of history unfold before your eyes, this song serves as a solemn reminder of a heritage lost amidst the modern world's clamor.

As we stand on the cusp of this new era, Amidst the Ruins, the latest chronicle unfolds. SAOR's watchful eye turns to the horizon, the whispering woods, the twilight skies, and the sleeping stones bearing seers’ dreams, evoking the indomitable spirit of the realm. In their hands, the past is resurrected; its tales to be retold for those who would heed the call—SAOR, remain the ceaseless bards of Caledonia unbroken.

Line-up:
Andy Marshall - All Composition, Writing & Instrumentation

Live Line-up:
Andy Marshall - Vocals, Bass
Nicolas Bise - Guitar
Martin Rennie - Guitar
Ella Zlotos - Tin whistle, Low whistle, Uilleann pipes, Vocals
Carlos Vivas - Drums

Guest Musicians:
Ella Zlotos - Female Vocals, Tin Whistles, Low Whistles, Uilleann Pipes
Carlos Vivas - Drums
Jo Quail - Cello & FX on "The Sylvan Embrace"
Àngela Moya Serrat - Violin on "Amidst the Ruins", "Echoes of the Ancient Land" & "Rebirth" Miguel Izquierdo - Viola on "Amidst the Ruins", "Echoes of the Ancient Land" & "Rebirth"
Samuel C. Ledesma - Cello on "Amidst the Ruins", "Echoes of the Ancient Land" & "Rebirth
Miguel Izquierdo - Viola on "Amidst the Ruins"

Recording:
Andy Marshall - Vocals, Guitars, Bass recorded at Fortriu Studios, Scotland
Nikolaus Jira - Female Vocals, Tin Whistles, Low Whistles and Uilleann Pipes recorded at NikolausRecordings Studio, Germany
Jose Garrido and Daniel Sabugal - Drums recorded at NewLife Studios, Spain
Mattias Eklund - Violin, Viola and Cello recorded at Farkosten Studios, Spain
Chris Fielding - Mixing and Guitar reamping at Penylan Studio, Wales
Tony Lindgren - Mastering at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden

Biography:
Saor
Edits by Sébastien Gamez

Cover Art:
Julian Bauer (@julianb_art)
Website: https://julianbauer.com/
Layout by Adrien Bousson

Pre-order & Pre-save: https://orcd.co/saoramidsttheruins

Follow Saor:
Official Website: https://www.saormusic.com
Official Store: https://store.saormusic.com
Bandcamp: https://saor.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saorofficial
YouTube: https://youtube.com/saormusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saormusic
Bandsintown: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/4099241-saor
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4rHMzJ1RKUMtid1K2QEYbr
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/saor/879243889
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/6768301
TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/5653569

Booking Contact:
Redback Promotion
Joe Macgregor - saorbooking@gmail.com

Available Formats:
Digital Download
CD Digipak
2x12" Vinyl Gatefold - Black
2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold - Crystal Clear & Black Marbled
2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold - Green, White & Black Marbled
2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold - Crystal Clear, Red & Blue Marbled

The Intemperate Sons Release New Single "Meat Suit" Along with Music Video ​

Alt-rock band The Intemperate Sons have unveiled their new single, "Meat Suit," accompanied by a compelling music video, now available via FRAME|WORK.

The band describes the track as “a sludgy and honest expression of surviving in a world where everyone wants to have a bite.” They go on to explain, “The emptiness in the ritual of living to die starts and ends under the ‘Meat Suit,’ a relentless cycle of hunger and thirst that only deepens with each passing day.”

With its raw and unfiltered sound, "Meat Suit" delivers heavy, sludgy riffs and honest lyrics that reflect the band’s unique style and gritty worldview. The accompanying music video intensifies the song’s themes, offering a visual journey.

This release marks another bold step in The Intemperate Sons' evolution, showcasing their ability to blend thought-provoking storytelling with dynamic musicality.

The single "Meat Suit" is now streaming on all major platforms.

STREAM "Meat Suit":

https://onerpm.link/586210306427

https://linktr.ee/theintemperatesons

The Intemperate Sons release all their music through the Frame|Work record label at the direction of Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck. All Intemperate Sons’ tracks are mixed by Amir Derakh at Synthicidein Long Beach, CA.  All mastering is done by Mike Marsh Mastering in the U.K.

The band's latest album Dark Day's Night is available HERE

WATCH the official music video for "Meat Suit" below:

The Intemperate Sons’ take on alternative rock is a dark and powerful concoction of hard rock mixed with folk and grunge concepts. The band has earned a serious reputation for writing and performing tracks that scratch deep into the backbone of the human experience. There is no shortage of darkness in their writing style, which has a retro vibe with many guitar-driven tracks stacked on top of a groovy rhythm section. The heavier style fits perfectly with the two and three-part vocal harmonies that are a huge part of their overall sound. It has been said that musicians that are related form unique sounds and communicate at a frequency only they can understand. This frequency has become engrained in their songwriting, arrangements, guitar melodies and vocal harmonies. The band has been compared to Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots and even R.E.M.

The Intemperate Sons are:

Max Watson (vocals, backing vocals, guitars, keys, bass)

Jake Watson (guitars, bass and backing vocals)

Keith Watson (drums, backing vocals)

Mark Marks (bass)

The Intemperate Sons Show Dates:

Sat Feb 1 @ Hanovers Draught Haus in Pflugerville, TX with Dogs and Diamonds

Fri Mar 14 @ Fitzgerald's Bar and Live Music Venue in San Antonio, TX

For More Information Please Visit:

The Intemperate Sons

Official Website

Facebook

Instagram

TikTok

YouTube

Spotify

Merch Store

FRAME|WORK

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The Young Fables are coming HOME!

When we think of the holidays, we think of home.
After such a long year, we're so excited to see familiar faces in our hometown! The Shed has put together a special, intimate performance for us in the Smokin' Monkey Lounge, and we can’t wait to light up your soul. Tickets are limited, so make sure to grab yours and join us for this unforgettable holiday show!

The Young Fables'
HOLIDAY HOMECOMING SHOW
is DECEMBER 21st at 
THE SHED
Maryville, TN 

TICKETS

If you're not in TN, why not gather some friends and enjoy our feature documentary The Fable of a Song? It has a heartwarming Christmas scene at the end, making it the perfect watch for the holiday season! :)

WATCH THE DOC

If we don’t get the chance to get our arms around you in Maryville, please know that we’re sending a big virtual hug your way this holiday season.

MAGNUM Release New Single "Days Of No Trust (Live)" + Music Video

British Rock icons MAGNUM release a new digital single and music video, "Days Of No Trust (Live)". The song is taken from the upcoming live album 'Live At KK's Steel Mill' which will be available January 10, 2025.

On the new single "Days Of No Trust (Live)", singer Bob Catley states:

“As we all know, Tony wrote this song for our 1988 album ‘Wings Of Heaven’ and it’s a political statement that is still valid today – that people worldwide deserve better than vagabonds, crooks and corrupt politicians.” 

Watch the Official Music Video for "Days Of No Trust (Live)"

MAGNUM recently announced the release of the band's final live album with founder Tony Clarkin. Recorded December 10, 2022, 'Live at KK's Steel Mill' was the memorable night when they played the final show of their European tour at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton and, as they had done on all previous nights, wowed their fans from the first to the last note.

The concert was recorded by state-of-the-art audio equipment, which later turned out to be a real blessing because it was – as we now know – the last official live recording starring Tony Clarkin. The guitarist and main songwriter died unexpectedly on January 7, 2024, just a few days before the release of MAGNUM’s studio album ‘Here Comes The Rain.’

The album presents MAGNUM as an enthusiastically celebrated act whose repertoire of hits, classics, and newer material could hardly be more varied. “It was the perfect evening,” recalls singer Bob Catley. “We finished our The Monster Roars tour in Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill was packed out and the promoter was a passionate MAGNUM fan. I couldn’t imagine a more worthy farewell to Tony than those recordings.”

Due to the huge demand and to mark the first anniversary of Clarkin’s passing, ‘Live At KK’s Steel Mill’ will be available via Steamhammer/SPV starting January 10, 2025, for the first time on double CD, triple LP, and for digital download.

Pre-Order 'Live at KK's Steel Mill' HERE

"Live At KK's Steel Mill" will be released on January 10th, 2025

via SPV/Steamhammer in the following configurations:



=> 2CD DigiPak incl. 24 pages booklet

=> 3LP box bag, 140 g, solid viola vinyl, 6-page colored insert

=> Download / Streaming 

Pre-Order HERE

=> Exclusive CD/LP Bundles with a shirt and exclusive vinyl color

(solid baby blue) only at the Steamhammer shop

Pre-Order HERE

To pay tribute to their late bandleader, MAGNUM are set to play an exclusive series of ‘Tribute to Tony’ shows in the UK in January 2025. As a special gesture, Clarkin’s daughter Dionne will showcase two of her father’s favorite instruments to the concerts – his red Telecaster and his white custom guitar, hoping that Clarkin will be watching from heaven.

“My father was an extremely modest and humble man who would probably be surprised at how much the large MAGNUM community continues to love him to this day. He always believed that few people would really care if one day he would no longer be with us. As it turns out, the exact opposite is the case: We all miss him, his huge artistic achievement, and his great empathy as a father, friend and musician!” 

This is why ‘Live at KK’s Steel Mill’ is undoubtedly one of the most emotional albums in MAGNUM’s longstanding career!

Pre-Order Exclusive CD/LP Bundles HERE

God Complex Sign With SharpTone Records + Share Video For New Single "Salt and Ash"

Beloved UK metal band GOD COMPLEX have returned with their vicious new single "Salt and Ash" and announced their signing to SharpTone Records.

On signing to their new label, the band comment:
"We’re thrilled to be working with SharpTone on this release. We have longstanding friendships with other bands on the label and have always been impressed with their vision and the support they’ve extended to our peers. We’re humbled to be part of such an amazing roster of artists and elated to start this new chapter for the band."

On their new single, the band continue:
"Salt and Ash begins with a reprise of the melody from Worthy Host that closed the album. We wanted to show that in one sense we’re picking up exactly where we left off and to tie the new songs to what came before. It was important that we respect our previous body of work but demonstrate that we’re not content to rest on our laurels and retread old ground, which is why the song immediately veers into absolute chaos. The title Salt and Ash evokes a terminus, the emptiness left behind when everything has been destroyed."

Watch the video below.

GOD COMPLEX is:
Danny Skarratts — Guitars
Harry Rule — Vocals
James Lyon — Drums
Kyle Holt — Guitars
Luke Lomas — Guitars
Sam Morris — Bass

Avatar Release Re-Recorded Piano Version of "Tower"

Heavy metal 'n' roll, dark, madcap visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — are thrilled to share the brand new, re-recorded piano version of their song "Tower."

Watch the video below. Stream the song here.

This gorgeous new version is the first time the band has re-recorded a track in its career thus far. It's an uncharacteristically quiet yet incredibly powerful update.

"This version of 'Tower' became a special moment in a very special period of our lives," states Eckerström. "It feels natural to use it as a way to stop and look back for just a moment before we move forward with full force. It's a thank you to everyone who stands by our side and makes the magic happen."

The original appears on the band's beloved and critically acclaimed fifth album, Hail the Apocalypse, which was released in 2014. This rerecord is of incredible significance because AVATAR have neither ownership nor receives any royalties on Hail the Apocalypse, or any preceding albums, since 2015. The band is currently in the midst of a legal battle to reclaim their rights with former record label Fifth Island Music; formerly Gain Records, a part of Sony Music Entertainment.  

In other Avatar news, the band is planning to enter the studio at the top of the year in January to begin work on its tenth studio album and the follow up to 2023's Dance Devil Dance. Jay Ruston will produce. The album is expected to be released sometime in 2025 through their own label Black Waltz Records which is distributed by Thirty Tigers. 

Never one to sit back and rest on their haunches, Avatar are also opening for Iron Maiden this summer.

PHOTO CREDIT:  Jens De Vos