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10 Ridiculous Feuds Between Bands

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Luke Spencer
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Even though rock and metal is supposed to be one happy family, some bands would rather not be related. This video looks at 10 ridiculous feuds between bands.

10 Ridiculous Feuds Between Bands

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Guns N’ Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current lineup consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese.

Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990.

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil.

Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career.

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson. 

Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock and metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Its lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals); Sam Rivers (bass, backing vocals); John Otto (drums, percussion); DJ Lethal (turntables); and Wes Borland (guitars, vocals).

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip hop, and psychedelic rock.

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as the Rain, the group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals, tambourine), Paul Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums). Liam’s older brother Noel (lead guitar, vocals) later joined as a fifth member, finalising the group’s core lineup. During the course of their existence, they had various lineup changes, with the Gallagher brothers remaining the only staple members.

Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band until his frequent collaborator, Atticus Ross, joined in 2016.

Best New Music August 2022 | Playlist

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Luke Spencer
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Streamed on New Music Night and voted on by Rocked viewers, this is a playlist of songs all given the highest percentage of positive votes through August of 2022. Each song was played to a live audience and voted on with a thumbs up or thumbs down by each viewer on Twitch.

You can listen to new music live and join the discussion every Sunday at 7PM EST on Twitch. Click here to follow and for go-live notifications. http://twitch.tv/rockednet

Best New Music August 2022

Featuring (in order of time added to the list):
Slipknot – “Yen”
The Killers – “Boy”
Alter Bridge – “Silver Tongue”
Sunsleeper – “Stay Home”
Frayle – “Bright Eyes”
Holding Absence – “Coffin”
The Midnight – “Brooklyn. Friday. Love.”
The Halo Effect – “In Broken Trust”
Pale Waves – “Clean”
Anti-Flag, Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker – “The Fight Of Our Lives”
Band-Maid – “Unleash!!!!!”
Alyxx – “Serenity”
Heilung – “Tenet”
Demi Lovato ft. Yungblud – “Freak”
Clutch – “Slaughter Beach”
Wolfheart – “The King”
Fallujah – “Soulbreaker”
Alpha Wolf & Holding Absence – “60CM Of Steel”
Parkway Drive – “Darker Still”
L.S. Dunes – “Permanent Rebellion”
Fire From The Gods – “Thousand Lifetimes”
Story Of The Year – “Real Life”
MCC – “Darling”
Michigander – “The Other Way”
The Midnight – “Heart Worth Breaking”

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Boston Manor Share New Track “Inertia”

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Ana Santos
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Boston Manor have released another song from their forthcoming album Datura.

Says vocalist Henry Cox of the meaning behind the track, “‘Inertia’ is a love song I wrote for my wife, the support of whom has guided me through some of the darkest times in my adult life. The partners of touring artists are often forgotten about. They have to spend months alone without the person they love whilst we fly around the world with our friends. They comfort us when we’re home sick, cheer us one when we win, and console us when we lose. Often they can be a lifeline to our friends and family, a bridge back to the real world. To me, my wife is many things, home being one of them. This record is about a darkness in my life and the end of the album marks the exit from it. Without her, that never would have been possible.”

Datura will be released October 14 via SharpTone Records and features the previously released “Passenger,” which delves into the record’s nighttime aesthetic with the kind of intense and unrestrained burst of an anthemic chorus for which the band have become known in recent years. The darkness, literally and metaphorically, is also exemplified with “Foxglove,” the album’s crunching, catchy first single, released back in April.

This is an album that pushes the limits and stretches the boundaries of Boston Manor more than ever before, musically, lyrically, thematically, and conceptually. 2018’s Welcome To The Neighbourhood and 2020’s GLUE shifted the needle in terms of Boston Manor’s sound, incorporating synths into their framework and a heavy focus on atmosphere. Coming off the back of last year’s Desperate Times, Desperate Pleasures EP, Datura takes all that one step further. The first of two parts, this set of songs exists in the dim light between dusk and dawn. It’s a record you don’t just merely listen to, but one — from the moment the sinister opening strains of first song “Datura (dusk)” begin — you actually inhabit and experience. It’s a record that envelops you, drags you into the dark shadows, leaves you cold, breathless, and paranoid. The mood you’ve just been submerged in is inspired by Cox drinking too much during the height of the pandemic and the dark nights and darker mornings that followed.

DATURA TRACK LISTING:
“Datura (dusk)“
“Floodlights On The Square”
“Foxglove“
“Passenger“
“Crocus”
“Shelter From The Rain”
“Inertia”

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Ville Valo Releases New Single “Echolocate Your Love” From Upcoming “Neon Noir”

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Ana Santos
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Finnish Love Metal pioneer Ville Valo (VV) has released “Echolocate Your Love,” the second single from his forthcoming debut solo album ‘Neon Noir’. The album will arrive in early 2023.

The elegiac goth-optimism of “Echolocate Your Love” gives a fuller picture of the wrought elegance to come. Watch the video HERE. 

“It’s a sonic step-by-step guide on how to survive, and perhaps even enjoy, the realm of VV with its abundance of things that go bump in the night,” says Valo. “It’s a teary mascara marathon between Robert Smith and Ozzy, with a dash of hope.” 

You can watch the previously released video for “Loveletting” HERE.

Further details about ‘Neon Noir’ will be released in due course. 

In the meantime, VV’s headline tour, taking place next year across Europe, the UK and North America – has already sold-out across a number of cities.

Get your tickets HERE to avoid disappointment.

NORTH AMERICAN 2023 TOUR DATES:

3/31—Philadelphia, PA—Theater of Living Arts
4/1—Philadelphia, PA—Theatre of Living Arts*
4/2—Boston, MA—Big Night Live 
4/4—Pittsburgh, PA—Roxian Theatre 
4/5—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues 
4/6—Detroit, MI—St Andrews Hall 
4/8—Cincinnati, OH—Bogarts 
4/9—Chicago, IL—House of Blues*
4/10—Chicago, IL—House of Blues
4/11—Minneapolis, MN—Varsity Theater
4/13—Denver, CO—Summit 
4/14—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot 
4/16—Sacramento, CA—Ace of Spades 
4/17—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore 
4/18—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco*
4/19—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco 
4/21—Las Vegas, NV—House of Blues 
4/22—San Diego, CA—House of Blues 
4/23—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren 
4/25—Dallas, TX—House of Blues 
4/26—San Antonio, TX—Aztec Theater 
4/27—Houston, TX—House of Blues 
4/28—New Orleans, LA—House of Blues 
4/30—Orlando, FL—House of Blues 
5/1—Ft Lauderdale, FL—Revolution 
5/3—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre 
5/4—Nashville, TN—Brooklyn Bowl 
5/5—Charlotte, NC—Underground 
5/7—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore 
5/8—New York, NY—Irving Plaza 
*SOLD OUT

In the annals of 21st century alternative rock history, there are few artists who cast a longer or more peculiar shadow than Finnish Love Metal pioneer Ville Valo. After all, his band HIM was easily among the most iconic and idiosyncratic groups of the millennium.

Zealously revered, gleefully reviled but impossible to ignore, their music left an indelible mark on a worldwide legion of fans. The scarlet letters stood for “His Infernal Majesty.” Their founder stood for something delightedly out of step with the status quo. 

“We only hoped to temporarily redirect hard rock’s blood flow from the nether regions towards the heart,” reminisces Valo, the singer, songwriter, and primus motor of HIM. Judging by the monolithic presence of the Heartagram in any account of music this side of the millennium, it’s apparent that he succeeded. 

Inspired by everyone from Poe to Bukowski and tinged by a penchant for perfumed Sabbathian gloom, Valo‘s creative lovechild would produce eight era-defining studio releases and over 10 million record sales, including a Grammy nomination, countless magazine covers, critical acclaim, and the veneration of a generation. Thus, it came as no surprise that the news of a farewell tour in 2017 was greeted with shock and disbelief among devotees and caused endless speculation as to what or who was to take up the velvet mantle.

“As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again. Eventually, I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That’s how “Loveletting” was born.”

“Loveletting“, the first single off VV‘s debut album ‘Neon Noir‘, out in early 2023, suggests this new infernal mix of light and shade is nothing short of a landmark release from one of modern music’s most distinctive and intriguing voices. It belongs to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, but with the nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet.

“Artistically speaking, the main difference between HIM and VV is the extra line in the Heartagram, but what an exquisite line it is! It’s the Mamas and the Papas dressed up as Metallica on their way to a Halloween bash at the Studio 54, and now who wouldn’t want to witness that?”

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SUICIDE SILENCE Releases New Song “You Must Die”

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Ana Santos
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SUICIDE SILENCE releases new track and music video for “You Must Die” today via Century Media Records. The track, which is off the band’s forthcoming release, Remember… You Must Die, is available on all digital platforms today. Check out the music video, which will premiere today at 7PM CET / 1PM EST / 10AM PST, HERE.

“’You Must Die’ reminds us that time is merciless. Every second the clock ticks we grow closer to death and what happens after our short bout with time is a total mystery. ‘You Must Die’ was written as a reminder to remember death and to not let time be our master,” states SUICIDE SILENCE about “You Must Die”.

SUICIDE SILENCE’s forthcoming 7th studio album, Remember… You Must Die, was produced and mixed by Taylor Young (NAILS, Xibalba, Vitriol, etc.) and will be released the first quarter of 2023. For the artwork, the band enlisted renowned Necrosurrealist artist David Van Gough to visualize the concept.

Before the album release, SUICIDE SILENCE will hit the road with Lamb of God and Killswitch Engage for The Omens Fall 2022 U.S. tour. Then, this November SUICIDE SILENCE will join After The Burial for their “Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2022” co-headline European tour. Tickets are available for the co-headline tour, HERE.

SUICIDE SILENCE Tour Dates:
with Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage and Baroness
Sep 09 – Brooklyn, NY – Coney Island
Sep 10 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Sep 11 – Alton, VA – Blue Ridge Music Festival
Sep 13 – Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheater
Sep 14 – Baltimore, MD – Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
Sep 16 – Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy
Sep 17 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
Sep 18 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sep 21 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Sep 23 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival *LOG and Baroness only
Sep 24 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Sep 25 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amp at Freedom Hill
Sep 26 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
Sep 30 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium

“Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2022”
w/After The Burial, Currents, Spite, Invent Animate, Cabal, Boundaries
* Note: SUICIDE SILENCE / After The Burial alternate every evening
05.11.22 (DE) Cologne – Essigfabrik
06.11.22 (NL) Dordrecht – Bibelot
08.11.22 (UK) Bristol – SWX
09.11.22 (UK) Birmingham – The Mill
10.11.22 (UK) Glasgow – Garage
11.11.22 (UK) Manchester – Club Academy
12.11.22 (UK) London – The Electric Ballroom
13.11.22 (BE) Antwerp – Zappa
15.11.22 (DE) Hamburg – Gruenspan
16.11.22 (DE) Hannover – Faust
17.11.22 (DE) Berlin – SO36
18.11.22 (PL) Wroclaw – Zaklęte Rewiry
19.11.22 (DE) Leipzig – Felsenkeller
20.11.22 (CZ) Prague – Futurum
22.11.22 (AT) Vienna – Arena
23.11.22 (IT) Milan – Circolo Magnolia
24.11.22 (DE) Stuttgart – LKA
25.11.22 (CH) Pratteln – Z7
26.11.22 (DE) Munich – Backstage
27.11.22 (DE) Wiesbaden – Schlachthof

SUICIDE SILENCE have come full circle and returned to their original label home, Century Media Records. With nearly two decades of non-stop touring around the globe, hundreds of thousands of records sold and cementing themselves as a lynchpin band in modern extreme metal, the Riverside, California quintet has rejoined the label that released the highly acclaimed albums: The Cleansing (2007), No Time To Bleed (2009) and The Black Crown (2011).

Fire From The Gods Announce New Album “Soul Revolution” Out 10/28

By
Ana Santos
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Today, Fire From The Gods announced that they would be releasing their new album, Soul Revolution, on October 28 via Better Noise Music. The Austin-based rock band also released a new track “Thousand Lifetimes” and an accompanying video. The band is excited to share brand new material with fans, as they have created a body of work that masterfully blends themes of inspiration and aggression with soul searching. Pre-order the album HERE and watch “Thousand Lifetimes” HERE.

Touching on the meaning of “Thousand Lifetimes,” AJ Channer said, “I came from a broken home and society has a way of turning its back on people like me. I watched my mum along with some very strong women in my life sacrifice everything to keep their families above water. That strength helped build me into the man I am today. The video also serves as a homage to those mothers who have lost their children to the harsh realities of our world. I wanted to honor them and the thousands like them because a mother’s love is a force to be reckoned with. This goes out to those warriors in our lives.”

Soul Revolution was produced, engineered and mixed by Erik Ron (Godsmack, Motionless In White, Panic! At The Disco). The band is teasing their new music on tour with Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, and The HU now through the fall – see below for a full list of dates. For tickets and additional information, visit https://www.firefromthegods.com/.

As artists, Fire From The Gods are fueled by something larger than themselves, having adopted the tagline “In Us We Trust,” which means “we the people” are responsible for change. It is their unifying statement, which listeners will hear reflected in Soul Revolution, that aims to prevent society from succumbing to the growing malaise brought on by soul-sucking technology, divisive politics and environmental destruction.

Fire From The Gods is currently on the road, opening up for Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, and The HU later this summer. Tonight they will be in Phoenix, and will be playing in Houston, Charlotte, Milwaukee and other cities before the tour closes out in Salt Lake City on October 15. See below for a full list of dates and purchase tickets HERE.

The band’s last album American Sun was met with positive reviews after its release in 2019. Soon after, the band dropped American Sun (Reimagined). The LP served as a reflective statement from the band, who typically calls for unity in their music, drawing inspiration to take a new approach to their art from current events.

Soul Revolution Track Listing

  1. “Soul Revolution”
  2. “SOS”
  3. “I N I”
  4. “Thousand Lifetimes”
  5. “Double Edged Sword”
  6. “Love Is Dangerous”
  7. “World So Cold”
  8. “Be Free”
  9. “The Message”
  10. “8 Billion Rats”
  11. “Rapture (Fool Dem)”
  12. “Collapse”

Fire From The Gods Upcoming Tour Dates
August 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
August 27 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
August 30 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
September 1 – Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
September 2 – Houston, TX –The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
September 6 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
September 7 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
September 9 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
September 10 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
September 12 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
September 14 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
September 15 – Camden, NJ – Waterfront Music Pavilion
September 17 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater
September 18 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
September 20 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
September 21 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake**
September 23 – Scranton, PA – Pavilion at Montage Mountain
September 24 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
September 27 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater**
September 28 –Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
September 30 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
October 1 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
October 4 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
October 5 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
October 7– Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater – Summerfest Grounds
October 8 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
October 10 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
October 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
October 14 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
October 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheater

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Eva Under Fire Announce Release Date for “Love, Drugs & Misery”

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Ana Santos
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Detroit-based rock band Eva Under Fire officially announced the new release date for their long-awaited debut album Love, Drugs & Misery today. The album, recorded via Better Noise Music, will be available for streaming and download on September 23. Most recently, the band released “Blow (ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills),” which is featured in The Retaliators soundtrack and now boasts over 7.6M streams across the globe, as a digital single and as an acoustic version earlier this summer. Ahead of this announcement, the band also dropped their collaboration with Jonathan Dörr of Ego Kill Talent “Comatose,” “Unstoppable,” and the Sno Babies soundtrack single “Heroin(e).” Each song has offered fans a diverse taste of what’s to come on the album. Pre-order Love, Drugs & Misery HERE.

Thrilled to be sharing the news, lead singer Eva Marie said, “We’re super excited to finally be releasing our album Love, Drugs & Misery. We can’t wait to show you guys the full scope of what we’ve been working on for so long. It was kind of a wild ride because when we’d completed the record, we were super proud of it, it was some of our best writing to date, and then the world shut down. It’s been long-awaited, much-anticipated, and there’s so much heart and soul in this record. I can’t wait for you guys to experience it with us.”

The official music video for “Blow” gives fans a sneak peek of the band’s frontwoman Eva Marie’s onscreen acting debut in a pivotal scene of The Retaliators. The film is premiering in theaters across North America on September 14. Eva Marie and Charnas both appear in the film, alongside some of the biggest names in rock: Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, Five Finger Death Punch, Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach, All Good Things, Cory Marks. Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx co-wrote and recorded the title song of the film. 

The band joined NOTHING MORE, Asking Alexandria and Atreyu on their North America tour, earning media attention from Top Shelf Music Magazine, who praised, “Eva Under Fire was up first and this female-fronted Detroit metal group absolutely crushed it. They came out firing on all cylinders and had everyone jumping up and down from the get-go.” Fans can watch the band play at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on October 9.  For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.evaunderfire.com/.

Eva Marie is a therapist by day and rock star by night. This past May, she wrote columns for Loudwire in observance of Mental Health Awareness Month, drawing on her personal and clinical experiences. For insight into issues such as anxiety, substance abuse, body image, and grief, and to get an inside look on the themes tackled in the band’s music, read Eva’s columns HERE.

Love, Drugs & Misery Track Listing

  1. “Blow (ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)”
  2. “Unstoppable”
  3. “With or Without You”
  4. “Another Shot Through The Heart”
  5. “Misery”
  6. “The Strong”
  7. “Death Of Me”
  8. “Heroin(e)”
  9. “Ghost”
  10. “Coming For Blood (ft. From Ashes To New)”
  11. “Comatose (ft. Jonathan Dörr of Ego Kill Talent)”
  12. “Give Me A Reason”

If you think rock n’ roll fairy tales are a thing of the past, you haven’t met Eva Under Fire. These Detroit rock upstarts got their start five years ago and instantly began cutting their teeth in the underground rock scene, building an enthusiastic fan base the old-fashioned way. However the band’s trajectory shifted toward the stratosphere when they sent an unsolicited demo to Better Noise Music, who recognized the band’s hybrid of rock, metal, pop and classic rock as something wholly unique. 

That said, it took a lot of hard work for them to get to this point. The group’s roots go back to 2015 when Eva, guitarists Chris Slapnik and Rob Lyberg, bassist Ed Joseph and drummer Corey Newsom, decided to get together and write music that represented their diverse set of influences. The chemistry clicked and after releasing a well received full-length and two EPs, the band signed to Better Noise and spent the past two years working on their next album, their most ambitious and fully realized release to date. 

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Bad Omens Presents: ‘A Tour Of The Concrete Jungle’ North American Headlining Tour

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Ana Santos
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Los Angeles-based rock sensation Bad Omens have announced their highly-anticipated North American headlining tour, A Tour Of The Concrete Jungle feat. Dayseeker, Make Them Suffer, and Thousand Below. The band has also released their new cinematic music video for the upcoming tour’s titular track “CONCRETE JUNGLE“, taken from their phenomenal new album ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND’ (out via Sumerian Records). Artist and Spotify pre-sales begin today at 12 PM ET/9 AM PT with tickets going on sale to the general public this Friday, 8/26 at 10 AM local time. Many of Bad Omens‘ previously announced UK/EU headlining dates have been upgraded due to high demand and are already sold out, so be sure to get your tickets at the link here before it’s too late. 

A Tour Of The Concrete Jungle – North American Dates

November 3 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
November 4 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven)
November 5 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
November 7 – Houston, TX @ Rise Rooftop
November 8 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall
November 10 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
November 12 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
November 13 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfields
November 15 – Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom
November 16 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
November 18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
November 20 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
November 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
November 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
November 25 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
November 26 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
November 27 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
November 29 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
November 30 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
December 2 – TBA
December 3 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theater
December 4 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
December 6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
December 7 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
December 9 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium (Downstairs)
December 10 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
December 11 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

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

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

They’ve always wielded this level of magic though…

The group’s 2016 self-titled debut, ‘Bad Omens’, yielded fan favorites such as “Glass Houses” and “The Worst In Me” which eclipsed nearly 25 million Spotify streams. On its heels, 2019’s ‘Finding God Before God Finds Me’ spawned “Dethrone” (14.6 million Spotify streams) and “Careful What You Wish For” (10 million Spotify streams). Along the way, they toured with numerous marquee acts and received tastemaker praise. 

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

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

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

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

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

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Parkway Drive Share “Darker Still” Video

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Ana Santos
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Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE — Winston McCall (vocals), Luke Kilpatrick (guitar), Jeff Ling (guitar), Jia O’Connor (bass), and Ben Gordon (drums) — will drop their seventh album DARKER STILL on September 9 via Epitaph Records. Darker Still, their first full-length since 2018’s Reverence,can be pre-ordered here.

Today, the band has shared the video for the title track. Watch it here. 

The song is unlike anything you’ve previously heard from Parkway Drive — it’s a monumental song in scope, with career-defining performances all around. “Darker Still” creeps to life with a whistle and an acoustic guitar. From here — for close to seven minutes — the band takes the listener on a sweeping odyssey through guitar solos, ethereal choirs and strings, and a surprising vocal performance from McCall.

“Love. Time. Death. The great defining elements that make up our existence. This song begins with the simplest of human sounds and represents these elements as the musical journey grows to reach its souring crescendo before facing the inevitable conclusion of its journey. The night grows dark… darker still,” states the singer.

DARKER STILL TRACK LISTING:
“Ground Zero”
“Like Napalm”
“Glitch“
“The Greatest Fear“
“Darker Still”
“Imperial Heretic”
“If a God Can Bleed”
“Soul Bleach”
“Stranger”
“Land of the Lost”
“From the Heart of the Darkness”

In the kitchen of the Byron Bay home of Winston McCall stands a refrigerator, adorned on one side by a quote from Tom Waits: “I want beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

This, the Parkway Drive vocalist says, is a pretty good summation of himself. It holds true, too, as one of the guiding principles behind Darker Still, the seventh full-length album to be born of this picturesque and serene corner of north-eastern NSW, Australia, and the defining musical statement to date from one of modern metal’s most revered bands. 

Darker Still, McCall says, is the vision he and his bandmates have held in their mind’s eye since a misfit group of friends first convened in their parents’ basements and backyards in 2003. The journey to reach this moment has seen Parkway evolve from metal underdogs to festival-headlining behemoth, off the back of close to 20 gruelling years, six critically and commercially acclaimed studio albums (all of which achieving Gold status in their home nation), three documentaries, one live album, and many, many thousands of shows. 

“When Parkway originally started out, we all were trying to push ourselves to do more than we possibly could,” is how McCall explains it. “What you hear on Darker Still is the final fulfillment of our ability to learn and grow catching up with the imagination that we have always had.”

To understand that growth is to understand Darker Still, both musically and thematically. Those who thought they had Parkway Drive figured out — the unrivaled energy, the high-octane breakdowns, McCall’s trademark bark — need reconsider everything they know about Australia’s masters of heavy. Darker Still stands as the culmination of a transformative time that has seen Parkway reach new heights of creativity and success by eschewing the restrictive, safe conventions of genre and abandoning their own self-imposed rules in favor of a wide-eyed appreciation of bold new horizons. “There are compositions and songs that we’d never attempted before — or, to be more accurate, which we have attempted in the past, but not had the courage, time or understanding to pull off,” McCall reveals. 

And so while Darker Still remains irrefutably Parkway Drive, it finds the band sonically standing shoulder to shoulder with rock and metal’s greats — Metallica, Pantera, Machine Head, Guns N’ Roses — as much as it does their metalcore contemporaries. The album explores the concept of the “dark night of the soul,” which is “the idea of reaching a point in your life where you are faced with a reckoning of your structure of beliefs, your sense of self and your place in the world, to a point where it’s irreconcilable with the way that you are as a person,” as McCall describes. Darker Still unfurls like the great rock concept albums, from Pink Floyd to, most comparably, Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral, its 11 tracks taking in ruminations on society’s fear of death, isolation, and a loss of humanity in its journey to redemptive enlightenment. 

This is the Parkway Drive the band have been striving to be for two decades. Guitarist Jeff Ling says it best: “I’m really proud of what we have achieved together, and feel that as musicians, we have really ascended to new realms of class and ability.” 

Emerging from the darkness of the past few years, this is the true face of Parkway — redefined and resolute, focused in mind, and defiant in spirit. 

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JINJER Announces 2022 USA Headline Tour

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Ana Santos
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Progressive groove metal juggernauts JINJER recently announced that with the support of the Ukrainian Ministry Of Culture, they were granted a special exemption to exit Ukraine in order to help their countrymen the best way they can – through music – and since hit the road on their just-wrapped European tour. 

But JINJER‘s reign of the road has only just begun! The band is thrilled to announce their upcoming 2022 USA headline tour, produced by Live Nation, with direct support from hard rock icons and special guests P.O.D. – beginning October 31 in San Diego, CA and ending on December 22 in Los Angeles, CA.

Additional support on select dates will come from rising American metal stars Vended (October 31-November 23), English groove/metalcore force Malevolence, (December 7-December 22), and fellow Ukrainian modern metalcore unit Space of Variations (full tour). Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 26 at 10:00 AM local time. Additionally, Citi is the official card of JINJER‘s USA tour, and Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, August 23 at 11:00 AM ET until Thursday, August 25 at 10:00 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com. 

Visit www.jinjer-metal.com for tickets and more information, and for VIP packages including a photo with the band, t-shirt and more, visit www.JinjerVIP.com.

Catch JINJER on tour:
USA Tour 2022 w/ P.O.D., Vended, Malevolence & Space of Variations
^No Malevolence 
*No Vended

Oct 31 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues^
Nov 01 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades^
Nov 03 – Denver, CO – Fillmore^
Nov 05 – Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore Minneapolis^
Nov 07 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues^
Nov 09 – St Louis, MO – The Pageant^
Nov 10 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live^
Nov 11 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall^
Nov 13 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues^
Nov 14 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s^
Nov 15 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom^
Nov 17 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore^
Nov 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian^
Nov 20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues^
Nov 21 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom^
Nov 23 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore^
Dec 07 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore*
Dec 08 – Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall*
Dec 10 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle*
Dec 11 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Hall*
Dec 13 – Tampa, FL – Jannus Live*
Dec 14 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues*
Dec 16 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater*
Dec 17 – Austin, TX – Emo’s*
Dec 18 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues*
Dec 20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren*
Dec 21 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues*
Dec 22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern*

Australia 2022
Dec 2 – Melbourne, VIC – Flemington Race Course
Dec 3 – Sydney, NSW – Centennial Park
Dec 4 – Brisbane, QLD – Brisbane Showground 

EU / UK Tour 2023 w/ Bullet For My Valentine & Atreyu
Jan 29 – COLOGNE (DE) Palladium
Jan 31 – PARIS (FR) L’Olympia
Feb 01 – TILBURG (NL) O13
Feb 03 – WARSAW (PL) Stodola
Feb 04 – HAMBURG (DE) Sporthalle
Feb 05 – BERLIN (DE) Verti Music Hall
Feb 07 – PRAGUE (CZ) Forum Karlin
Feb 08 – MUNICH (DE) Zenith
Feb 10 – BUDAPEST (HU) Barba Negra
Feb 11 – ZAGREB (HR) Bocarski Dom
Feb 13 – ZURICH (CH) The Hall
Feb 14 – MILAN (IT) Alcatraz
Feb 16 – BARCELONA (ES) Razzmatazz
Feb 17 – MADRID (ES) La Riviera
Feb 18 – LISBON (PT) Sala Tejo
Feb 21 – TOULOUSE (FR) Bikini
Feb 22 – ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE (LU) Rockhal
Feb 23 – OFFENBACH (DE) Stadthalle
Feb 26 – BRUSSELS (BE) Ancienne Belgique
Feb 27 – CAMBRIDGE (UK) Corn Exchange
Feb 28 – BRISTOL (UK) O2 Academy
Mar 01 – LIVERPOOL (UK) Mountford Hall
Mar 03 – NEWCASTLE (UK) O2 City Hall
Mar 04 – GLASGOW (UK) Barrowland
Mar 06 – LEEDS (UK) O2 Academy
Mar 07 – BIRMINGHAM (UK) O2 Academy
Mar 08 – SOUTHAMPTON (UK) O2 Guildhall
Mar 10 – SWANSEA (UK) Arena
Mar 11 – LONDON (UK) Roundhouse

Although they were forced to cancel both their previous North American tour with Slipknot and Latin American headline tour due to the war in Ukraine, JINJER called upon their fans to help raise funds for their countrymen and women by releasing two special donation T-Shirt designs that can be purchased HERE!

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