TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS drop new song, 'Girls On The East Side Of Town', debut album out now

TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS have released a brand new single/video, GIRLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, another track taken from their debut album, Ballad of A Misspent Youth, which arrives at DSPs today, November 4th via new label, MRG. Stream the album here.

The release from the Nashville band comes in the wake of the album's lead single and title track which romped straight on to playlists at UK rock radio stations, Planet Rock and Primordial Radio, and the follow-up earworm single, Everybody Loves You When You're Dead. Meanwhile, Classic Rock magazine assert "'Ballad Of A Misspent Youth' is never less than exhilarating. Just the way rock'n'roll should be."

The former Biters frontman, Tuk Smith elaborates on the inspiration behind the new song:

"Inspired by true events...This song highlights the escapades of many a poor boy trying to gain entry into the hearts of those untamable East Side Girls."

The album marks Tuk’s return to the studio with Biters producer Dan Dixon.  

Check out the video for Girls On The East Side Of Town below. 

Stay tuned for more from Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts soon. 

About Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts:



Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts are a Nashville-based rock band founded and fronted by former Biters frontman and songwriter, Tuk Smith. 

Growing up as an outsider in rural Georgia, Tuk found solace in hardcore punk acts like Black Flag and The Exploited.  From there, he branched out into exploring seventies New York bands like The Dead Boys and New York Dolls, which lead him across the Atlantic, where he embraced British groundbreakers like The Buzzcocks and The Clash. Soon, he was forming his own bands, touring relentlessly and building a following with his high-energy live shows, including his tour of duty as lead singer for Biters, who he fronted for nearly a decade, out of Atlanta, GA.

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts made their debut at the top of 2020 with the release of their first single, What Kinda Love. Before the pandemic hit and the slate was wiped clean, the band were due to open Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard's impending US Stadium Tour. Now, Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts have found their way back and are ready to deliver rock and roll greatness to the masses once again. Their debut album, Ballad of a Misspent Youth, arrives on 4th November via MRG.

For more info visit:

https://www.tuksmithandtherestlesshearts.com/

COREY TAYLOR announces 'Half Sold Out: CMFT Live At The London Palladium' livestream

A Benefit For The Taylor Foundation 

A Global Livestream Live From The London Palladium

17th October 2022, 9.00pm London/BST time

Tickets Available Now - driift.link/CoreyTaylor  ;

SLIPKNOT / STONE SOUR frontman and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter, COREY TAYLOR has announced a very special livestream event, 'Half Sold Out: CMFT Live At The Palladium', which is set to broadcast from the world renowned London venue on 17th October 2022. 

The sold out London Palladium show, also featuring THE CHERRY BOMBS, will be a benefit event for The Taylor Foundation, Corey’s charity that supports and uplifts military veterans, emergency personnel and their families, living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The intimate and special evening is the first date of his first ever UK solo band tour, which also includes sold out shows in Manchester, Hull and Swansea. 

Corey informs us: 

“Not only am I stoked to be coming back to my island to play for my people, I’m over the moon to share it with the rest of the world. We’re gonna laugh, cry, break dance - sky’s the limit. Enjoy, Earth.”

Tickets are available to purchase now at driift.link/CoreyTaylor. ;

Produced by Driift, this fully-live performance will be streamed worldwide at 9pm London time (BST). The show will then be re-broadcast twice, so fans around the world can watch at a time suitable for them. Thereafter, the show will be available to watch ‘On Demand’ for another 48hrs.

• Live: 9pm BST

• Rebroadcast #1: 9pm EDT

• Rebroadcast #2: 9pm PDT

• On Demand: Monday 17 October 11.30pm PDT - Wednesday 19 October 11.30pm PDT

Ticketholders will get access to the livestream and to on-demand replays which will be available for 48-hours after the live show has ended. Fans can buy tickets and watch the live show and on-demand replays, from anywhere around the world.  

Last year, Corey released his CMFB...Sides EP, comprising 9 unreleased tracks; B-sides, cover tunes that inspired his solo band, acoustic renditions and live versions. It is available now to buy or save on all streaming platforms, alongside his debut solo album CMFT, which arrived in October 2020 to vast critical acclaim, landing in the Top 10 on Official Album Charts in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with Top 20 debuts in the UK, Finland and Japan.

SPIRITWORLD announce 'Deathwestern' album, drop video

Las Vegas metallic riff-riders, SPIRITWORLD, will release their 2nd studio album, DEATHWESTERN via Century Media Records. Today, the band reveal the title track, which is available to stream HERE and comes accompanied by a mini western horror movie video, directed by Todd Hailstone, which premiered today.

In August, the band revealed another new track, Moonlit Torture, featuring Dwid Hellion of Integrity. 

Stu Folsom (SPIRITWORLD's leader and mastermind) comments:

"Super stooooooked to announce our new single and video DEATHWESTERN will be out! I started writing our new album right when I finished Pagan Rhythms. At that point, I had been playing guitar everyday for about a year and it was - no joke - the highlight of my days. Just banger riff after banger riff jumping out of the Viper Blood Tele.  It took six months to get four songs together that I thought could stand up to Pagan. Then I knew I had another full length. This was the 4th song I wrote and it became the title track and our partner in crime and A&R extraordinaire, Mike Gitter's favourite. When we finished tracking, I vividly remember getting chills.  The intro whammys are 100% intentional White Zombie worship. ‘La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1’ was SUCH an important record for me. From samples, to groove, to incorporating horror into metal... definitely one of the most influential albums of my youth. I'm following that blueprint still. Always have. Can't wait for this video to drop... finally!"

Check out that killer video below.

The album is available in the following formats:

  Ltd. CD Edition

• Black LP (w/ LP-Booklet & Poster). Available at all outlets

• Red LP (w/ LP-Booklet & Poster) - 300 only. Available at Century Media EU Store

• Yellow LP (w/ LP-Booklet & Poster) - 300 only. Available via SpiritWorld (band exclusive)

• Transparent tan color LP (w/ LP-Booklet & Poster) - 500 only. Available at all outlets

• Transparent orange crush LP (w/ LP-Booklet & Poster) - 300 only. Available at Century Media US Store

The restless Stu Folsom (leader of SPIRITWORLD) is also pleased to announce the release of his book Godlessness, which will also be released on November 25th. 

The book is a collection of short stories, inspired in equal parts by the western pulp of Louis L’Amour, the novels of Cormac McCarthy, and the twisted horror of Clive Barker, Godlessness is the fictional companion piece of SPIRITWORLD’s debut Pagan Rhythms (2021) and upcoming follow up, DEATHWESTERN (2022).

Dedicated to the memory of, and edited in part by, Power Trip’s Riley Gale, who died unexpectedly in 2020, Godlessness was initially released as a limited-edition paperback.  The book will be available to pre-order through Rare Bird Lit, who also have the collectable formats below.

DEATHWESTERN Limited Edition Cassette: https://rarebirdlit.com/deathwestern-by-spiritworld-limited-edition-cassette

SPIRITWORLD emerged in 2017 as a musical outlet for Folsom’s love of punk, outlaw country and metal. SPIRITWORLD’s earliest efforts took a decidedly outlaw roots punk bent. Yet, it was with the full-metal direction taken on the initially self-released Pagan Rhythms, (re-released in 2021 through SPIRITWORLD’s new label home, Century Media) that won the band international acclaim. Daniel P. Carter, BBC 1 DJ and curator of The Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter, as well as the likes of Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt and former Sepultura/current Soulfly leader Max Cavalera sang the album’s praises on their social media, discovering the band on word-of-mouth alone.

Find SPIRITWORLD online at

www.spiritworldprophet.com

The L.I.F.E. Project reveal new single, 'Dying Of The Light'

THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT, the musical partnership of Grammy-nominated STONE SOURguitarist, Josh Rand and PARALANDRA vocalist Casandra Carson have released a new single, 'Dying Of The Light'.  The band debuted the colossal new song live on their recent US tour dates with Alice In Chains, Breaking Benjamin and Bush.

Casandra Carson confesses;

"I love being able to play a new song live before releasing it, because you can actually watch people's reactions to it in real time - it's like getting an honest, firsthand opinion. Dying of the Light definitely turned some heads on this last tour.  It’s not often that the crowd hears a song for the first time and is singing along by the last chorus, so I’d say it went over really well!”

Meanwhile, guitarist and songwriter Josh Rand notes:

"Sometimes the best songs just put themselves together. That’s how I feel with 'Dying of the Light'. I had the basic song structure down within about 30 minutes, everything just came together."

Check out the track on streaming services or check out their video compiled on the road at the below.

Stylistically, THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT is a fluid combination of classic metal sensibility and Rand’s penchant for pushing the boundaries of contemporary heavy. Released last summer, THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT's debut self-titled EP can be streamed here, with physical CDs and vinyl options available exclusively through the band's webstore or via the Nuclear Blast store.

Josh and Casandra's 2021 debut single, 'The Nothingness' was featured on numerous streaming platform playlists upon release, including Rock Hard on Spotify, Breaking Metal on Apple Music, Break Through Rock on Amazon and Metal Radar on Deezer.

Expect more from THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT in due course.

ABOUT THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT

Arriving at the intersection of time and circumstance, multi-instrumentalist, veteran songwriter, and long-tenured guitarist of the Grammy-nominated rock outfit STONE SOUR, Josh Rand, found himself at a proverbial fork in the road.

Rotating back to real world after an extensive two-year run on the road with STONE SOUR’s Hydrograd album cycle, Rand resumed his routine of immersing himself in his craft, songwriting with clear intent, breaking new ground and exploring new sounds. Shortly thereafter, a series of events would prompt Rand to make some significant professional decisions. The pivot would find Rand continuing to push his creative pace as a songwriter, while devising a brand-new outlet that would feature his stylistic signature throughout. Accustomed to working with the kind of vocalist that is equally commanding and versatile, Rand knew he wanted to maintain a standard of a dynamic lead, while bringing something new to the space of hard rock and metal.

As chance would have it, just a few degrees of separation stood between Rand and vocalist Casandra Carson. THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT introduced themselves with a five-track debut EP that offered a succinct presentation of a songwriter asserting his stride after more than two decades steeped in his craft. Building off the sonic stamp he established during his six albums, twenty-year tenure with STONE SOUR, Rand’s current iteration holds true to his track record, without relying on it.

Find THE L.I.F.E PROJECT online

thelifeprojectband.com

Vended unveil new single, 'Ded To Me', Prep EU Tour & Bloodstock Fest

Kick Off Debut International Tour Dates Next Week In Bucharest, Romania

Open The Ronnie James Dio Main Stage At The UK's

Bloodstock Festival on Sunday 14th Aug

Reveal New Single, 'Ded To Me'

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Des Moines’ firebrands, VENDED have revealed another incendiary new single, 'Ded To Me', ahead of their first ever UK and European dates.

The five-piece tell us; “This song is unforgiving and uncompromising. We are back and better than ever. This is a straight fuck you!”

Next week, the five piece will cross the pond to mainland Europe for their debut European shows, kicking off in Bucharest, Romania on 20th July. In August, they will find themselves on UK shores for their first British festival, opening the Ronnie James Dio main stage at the UK's biggest extreme music fest, BLOODSTOCK on Sunday 14th August. They will then play headline shows in London and Bournemouth before continuing their touring back out in mainland Europe.

VENDED continue; "We’ve spent the past year playing shows, touring, releasing music, and meeting fans in the U.S. Now it’s time to start WORLD DOMINATION and hit Europe with the same energy. Hope you're ready, here we come…!"

Check out new single, ‘Ded To Me’ below

Late last year, the band dropped a duo of singles ('Asylum' and 'Burn My Misery') ahead of their 5-track debut EP, ‘What Is It / Kill It’, which arrived at DSPs on November 12th. The much-acclaimed collection was recorded with Griffin Landa of The Acacia Strain. The two singles bookended their first US headline tour, after which the band went on to open the day's proceedings at the huge KNOTFEST LOS ANGELES show at the Banc Of California Stadium, playing alongside SLIPKNOT, BRING ME THE HORIZON, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, FEVER 333, CODE ORANGE and CHERRY BOMBS.

VENDED‘s fresh and furious sound heralds a new era of heavy music and the arrival of the next generation of brutality. Formed in February 2018 by Cole Espeland (lead guitar), Griffin Taylor (vocals), Simon Crahan (drums), Jeremiah Pugh (bass) and Connor Grodzicki (rhythm guitar), VENDED showcase a barbarous sound built on foundations laid by the power and precision of the rhythm section, layered with vicious guitars, soul crushing solos and guttural-yet-melodic vocals portraying the hardships and harsh realities of life.

Stay tuned for more coming from VENDED very soon. In the meantime, catch them live at any of the dates below. Tickets available at OfficialVended.com.

Find VENDED Online:

www.officialvended.com