Mick Blankenship Releases New EP "Legacy" on May 11th; Signs to Paul Crosby Management

May 8, 2025

Hard rock artist Mick Blankenship releases a powerful new chapter in his musical journey: Legacy, a six-track E.P. featuring five brand-new originals and a striking cover of Queensrÿche’s classic “Silent Lucidity.” Marking his third studio release, Legacy finds Blankenship boldly reinventing his sound with a fresh edge, and raw intensity.

For the first time, Blankenship collaborates with co-writer and co-producer Noah Henson (Brantley Gilbert, Pillar), ushering in a modernized era of Hard Rock music. The E.P. is anchored by the electrifying singles “Sands of Time” and “Change of Season,” each showcasing Blankenship’s signature vocal grit and sonic force.

Legacy is a loud, raw, villainous, "in your face" kind of album filled with familiar references to throwback bands like Motley Crue and Van Halen, but has the power of bands like Disturbed and Shinedown to deliver the new sound Blankenship has been cultivating.

In addition to the release of Legacy, Blankenship has officially signed with Paul Crosby Management. Paul Crosby, best known as the former drummer of the multi-platinum rock band Saliva, brings years of experience and industry insight to the team as Blankenship enters this next phase of his career.

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Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio is the American Rock artist & multi-instrumentalist known as “Mick Blankenship”.

Mick worked with producer John Moyer (Disturbed) to record his first two full length albums; Crown of Apathy and Madness in the Shadows. Mick's songs "Transcend the Machine" and "Rule the World" have both received radio play in the US and Europe, with "Rule the World" charting on Foundations Top 10 Rock charts in 2021 and was the number one most requested song on Boston Rock Radio (Z107) 4 weeks in a row. Mick collaborated with guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, (Guns N’ Roses/ Sons of Appolo) as well as John Moyer on his first record.

Mick has amassed a devoted following of 300k followers on social media, 10 million streams on music platforms and more than 3 million views on YouTube. Mick currently has over 140k followers on TikTok and growing.

Influenced by artists like Disturbed, Shinedown and Alice in Chains, with a modern appeal, Mick's music is sure to please a large audience.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

August 25 @ The Whisky a GoGo in Hollywood, CA w/ John Corabi

September 19 @ JD Legends in Franklin, OH w/ Queensryche

October 4 @ Trenton Fall Festival in Trenton, OH

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American Hard Rock Band ARTIFAS Releases New Single "Legacy" via IMAGEN RECORDS; Announce Tour Dates with Nonpoint

December 20, 2021

Hard rock band ARTIFAS released their new single "Legacy" via Imagen Records! The single is from their forthcoming album titled Reflections due out January 14, 2022. The band will be on tour with Nonpoint with the start date of January 7, 2022 in Indianapolis, IN at Emerson Theatre.

"Legacy is a question, both to ourselves and our listeners. The question is what will you leave behind when your time is up? This is something we ask ourselves constantly. You only get one life. Are you doing everything you can to live the best life you can? In the end will you be satisfied with the legacy you leave behind?"
says the band.

American Hard Rock band Artifas was formed in 2011 in Jackson, TN by lead guitarist Cody Criswell and lead vocalist Scottie Somerville. In the months following, the two founders of the group would immediately recruit an assortment of hometown musicians and begin looking to record their debut EP. After having a long and ugly encounter that resulted in the theft of all the bands funds and receiving no album in return, the original incarnation of the group would spend 2012-2013 doing several independent tours and writing music. After debuting with their EP Enemy Inside in 2013 and doing numerous regional/national tours in support of it, the band replaced former members with guitarist Mikey Miller, bassist Anthony Mattox, and drummer Jared Wainscott.

With almost two years of touring with the new lineup under their belts, Artifas inked themselves a record deal and hit the studio to make their first full length album. The 2015 release of the title track, “Inhuman,” would bring the band some commercial success, reaching # 32 on Billboard’s Active Rock chart and sending the band on the road in support of their new album. The band landed tours with established artists like Theory of a Deadman, Shamans Harvest, Pop Evil, Saint Asonia, Aranda, and others. The follow up single from that record, “Blood 4 Blood”, would later get picked up by the World Series of Fighting and subsequently land a feature in the UFC movie “Fight Valley”. The band parted ways with their record label in 2016, and remained on tour throughout the US for most of the following year, also traveling internationally for the first time with the likes of Papa Roach, Hoobastank, P.O.D., Trapt, and Sick Puppies to play for our American Troops.

Multiple tour cycles later, Artifas found themselves back in the studio making new music. The band worked with multiple writers and producers throughout the entirety of 2018, but would ultimately only find themselves frustrated with the recordings that resulted. After a soul search within the group, Artifas elected to embrace their own vision and write/produce their next album independently, free from the creative overreach of outside influence.

After two years of writing, recording, and mixing, Artifas has completed the new album, and plans to unleash it upon the world. With catchy guitar riffs, dizzying drums, and soaring melodies, Reflections will send you on an emotional journey, exploring the band’s semi-prog, radio rock sound while diving deeper into the human complex with lyrics centered around self awareness and the bands own struggles with mental health. The goal for the creation of this album was to make a record that met the band’s expectations and you can rest assured they held nothing back. Mixed and Mastered by Forrester Savell (Twelve Foot Ninja, Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus), Reflections promises to wow you with musical prowess, all the while delivering Artifas’ important message on unity, inspiration, and the sempiternal battle between dark and light.

Artifas on tour with Nonpoint:

1/7 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater w/Nonpoint
1/8 - Battle Creek, MI @ The Music Factory w/Nonpoint
1/9 - Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s w/Nonpoint
1/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom w/Nonpoint
1/12 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon w/Nonpoint
1/14 - Hampton Beach, NH @ Wallys w/Nonpoint
1/15 - Easton, PA @ One Centre Square w/Nonpoint
1/16 - Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents w/Nonpoint
1/18 - Charleston, WV @ Rock City Bake Company w/Nonpoint
1/19 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend w/Nonpoint
1/20 - Huntsville, AL @ Sidetracks Music Hall w/Nonpoint
1/29 - Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room w/Nonpoint
1/30 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s

More Music by Artifas:

ARTIFAS - Safe (Official Music Video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MV366Lsvc

ARTIFAS - Cut Me Out (Official Music Video):

https://youtu.be/jtXCIK8_hCw

ARTIFAS - Leave Me For Dead (Official Music Video):

https://youtu.be/Tn6hyrgHUuk

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UNLEASH THE ARCHERS Reveals Video for Acclaimed New Anthem "Legacy"

October 13, 2020

Order the brandnew album "Aybss" here: https://smarturl.it/UTA-Abyss

Top-Charting Breakout Album, Abyss, Out Now via Napalm Records

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In August, breakout Canadian melodic metal quartet UNLEASH THE ARCHERS dropped one of the most highly-acclaimed albums of 2020, Abyss, sparking serious buzz in the metal and rock communities, and beyond. Deservingly, the conceptual benchmark scored banner praise from critics and fans alike, with Stereogum dubbing the opus "a ripper", and Bandcamp enforcing it as "a mandatory listen". Upon release, Abyss charted worldwide, debuting at the #1 spot on the US Current Hard Music and Top New Artist Albums charts, as well as #4 and #8 on the US and Canadian Billboard Top 200 Hard Rock charts, respectively.

Today, the band is following up on the album's successes by throwing fans a hefty bonus in the form of a new video for the post-drop fan favorite "Legacy" – one of Abyss' standout anthems. Searing in with breakneck blastbeats, cosmic guitar work and frontwoman Brittney Slayes' impeccable vocal delivery, the pop-tinged anthem single-handedly proves the band's position as one of this generation's premier heavy acts, bar none. The new video provides an introspective live-action backdrop to the track's conceptual lyrics.

Frontwoman Brittney Slayes explains:

"This song means a lot to us as a band, it's pretty different from everything that we've done before and really set the tone for the sonic exploration that is Abyss. When Andrew first brought the intro riff to us we immediately loved it, but we were a little hesitant as we felt our fans might not understand why we were choosing to include this style of track on the album. The hesitation was momentary though, as we all very quickly decided it was too cool not to continue writing, and luckily it seems like our fans have fallen in love with it as well. It's quite theatrical, and yet somehow very simplistic as well. "

Slayes adds about the video:

"When it came time to choose the next song for a music video, "Legacy" was the resounding winner, but we wanted to do something a bit more than the traditional lyric video. The band all agreed that this is the kind of track that you put on when you're commuting, when you're wandering through the city just vibin', when you're on that long bus ride or skytrain ride staring out the window at the world passing by... So that's what this video is. It's you hanging out in our heads as we walk the streets of Vancouver, traveling towards something, or away from something, but always moving forward. We hope "Legacy" can be your soundtrack to those everyday moments in life, when you've finally put the phone away to really look around and enjoy the beauty of the world that surrounds you. We genuinely hope it can be a small light in this seemingly neverending darkness, even just for a moment."

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boasting over 1 Million collective views:

Abyss

Soulbound

Faster Than Light

Thematically, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS' new album Abyss is the direct sequel to the band’s 2017 album Apex. Beginning with a dreamlike acoustic introduction accented by the smoky beckonings of singer Brittney Slayes, opener “Waking Dream” quickly punches into a colossal wall of sound, setting the stage for the auditory escape that is Abyss. Powerful anthems such as the immense power metal-encapsulated title track “Abyss” and metallic pop-tinged earworm “Through Stars” conjure classic elements while maintaining an entirely fresh, forward-thinking approach. Guitarists Andrew Kingsley and Grant Truesdell turn heads with wicked work on stellar tracks such as “Legacy” (fans of artists like Devin Townsend and Astronoid, take note), while Slayes showcases her incredible vocal diversity and range on mighty epics like “Return To Me” and “The Wind That Shapes The Land”. Drummer Scott Buchanan makes technical strides on burners “Soulbound” and “Faster Than Light” – setting breakneck twists and turns ablaze with his bandmates. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS rounds the edge of Abyss with throwback-hued “Carry The Flame”, and wraps up with the soaring, rewarding concept closer “Afterlife”.

Abyss was once again engineered, mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen of Hansen Studios in Denmark (Volbeat, Delain, Amaranthe), with production by guitarist Andrew Kingsley. Additionally, transcendent closer track “Afterlife” features orchestration contributions from Francesco Ferrini of Italian symphonic death metal machine Fleshgod Apocalypse. Fans will notice that, unlike on Apex, Abyss incorporates a weighty dose of synth in the mix, and for the first time ever, all tracks were written on seven strings – adding to the massive expanse of the album’s sound as it explores the celestial realm.

Order Abyss in physical, digital and bundle formats HERE!

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS is:*

Brittney Slayes - Vocals

Scott Buchanan - Drums

Grant Truesdell - Guitar, Vocals

Andrew Kingsley - Guitar, Vocals, Synth

*Bass on Abyss performed by Benjamin Arscott