A review on several albums all suggested by patrons so I can catch up on what I should have been paying attention to! This video covers Humanz by Gorillaz, Melancholia Hymns by Arcane Roots, and Hell Yeah by KMFDM. Special thanks to Christopher Geriak, Timothy Marks and Greete Korvits for their pledges and suggestions!
Beginning today at 12:01am local time around the world, legendary British rock icons Def Leppard debut their full recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download platforms. One of the last multi-platinum selling acts to be made available on streaming and download, music fans from all corners of the globe can now enjoy tracks and albums from Def Leppard who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide to become one of rock’s most enduring and influential bands.
Said Joe Elliott, “It is with a mixture of relief & euphoria that we now see our entire catalog finally getting a digital release. Having embraced every other format with open arms, especially & more recently the reemergence of vinyl, we’re now going to be available to everyone everywhere and honestly, it’s as exciting as the original releases were.”
Added Rick Savage, “Finally the wait is over! Our music is now available on all digital formats. Very excited. Thanks for your patience and continued support.”
Phil Collen also said, “We felt we’d been left out of the digital party but it’s a thrill to us to finally accept the invitation and to be able to say ‘yeah, you can stream us, download us and get us great on all of these digital outlets’.”
As a cornerstone of rock and roll’s history, Def Leppard’s substantial career includes numerous hit singles including their first early chart hit “Wasted” — to their radio and MTV staples “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak”, “Photograph”, “Rock of Ages”, “Too Late”, “Animal”, “Armageddon It”, “Love Bites”, “Rocket”, and “Let’s Get Rocked.” Their ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time with sales of more than 10 million copies each in the U.S. alone,Pyromania and Hysteria, captured some of the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, “Hysteria” and “Foolin’.” The group continued their success expanding into the world of film, covers, and new collaborations including “Two Steps Behind” from the film Last Action Hero, “No Matter What”/”Waterloo Sunset” and “Nine Lives” with Tim McGraw as well as straight ahead Def Leppard hits “When Love and Hate Collide”, “Slang”, “Work It Out”, “Promises” and “Now.” Finally, all of Def Leppard’s awe-inspiring music is available for everyone around the world, from the band’s eponymous debut EP through to their most recent album.
In conjunction with the release of their catalog, Def Leppard also announced they will embark on a massive co-headlining tour with Journey. Comprised of stadiums and arena venues around the U.S., the 58-city run is set to kick off in Hartford, CT on May 21st and will wrap in Los Angeles, CA on October 6th. Please see tour routing below. Tickets go on sale beginning Saturday, February 3 at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.com.
DEF LEPPARD TITLES NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD PLATFORMS INCLUDE:
The Def Leppard EP (1979)
On Through The Night (1980)
High ‘N’ Dry (1981)
Pyromania (1983)
Hysteria (1987)
Adrenalize (1992)
Retro Active (1993)
Vault (1995)
Slang (1996)
Euphoria (1999)
X (2002)
Yeah! (2006)
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (2008)
Mirror Ball – Live & More (2011)
Def Leppard (2015)
2018 DEF LEPPARD & JOURNEY TOUR DATES
Mon May 21 Hartford, CT XL Center**
Wed May 23 Albany, NY Times Union Center
Fri May 25 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
Sat May 26 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center**
Mon May 28 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Wed May 30 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
Fri Jun 01 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
Sat Jun 02 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Tue Jun 05 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
Wed Jun 06 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena
Fri Jun 08 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Sat Jun 09 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Mon Jun 11 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center**
Wed Jun 13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Fri Jun 15 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sat Jun 16 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
Sun Jul 01 Atlanta, GA SunTrust Park
Tue Jul 03 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Pavilion
Wed Jul 04 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Fri Jul 06 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
Sat Jul 07 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
Mon Jul 09 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Wed Jul 11 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
Fri Jul 13 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat Jul 14 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field**
Mon Jul 16 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
Wed Jul 18 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Thu Jul 19 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
Sat Jul 21 Denver, CO Coors Field
Mon Jul 23 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena**
Wed Jul 25 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center**
Fri Jul 27 Minneapolis, MN Target Field
Sat Jul 28 Fargo, ND Fargodome**
Sat Aug 11 Boston, MA Fenway Park**
Mon Aug 13 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Wed Aug 15 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
Fri Aug 17 Ft Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Sat Aug 18 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Mon Aug 20 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena @ The BJCC
Wed Aug 22 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Fri Aug 24 St. Louis, MO Busch Stadium
Sat Aug 25 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Mon Aug 27 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Wed Aug 29 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Fri Aug 31 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Sat Sep 01 Houston, TX Toyota Center**
Wed Sep 05 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre
Fri Sep 07 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Sat Sep 08 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena**
Fri Sep 21 San Francisco, CA AT&T Park
Sun Sep 23 San Diego, CA Petco Park
Tue Sep 25 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
Wed Sep 26 Nampa, ID Idaho Center Arena
Fri Sep 28 Portland, OR Moda Center
Sat Sep 29 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Mon Oct 01 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Thu Oct 04 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Sat Oct 06 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
**Not ticketed by Ticketmaster
Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick “Sav” Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell(guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) – continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as an institution in both the music and touring industry. The band’s most recent self-titled studio album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Independent Albums charts. The album also took the #5 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums and #10 spot on the Top 200, as well as claiming15 top 10 debuts around the world.
New York Metal act Extinction A.D. has debuted another single today exclusively via MetalSucks called “Age of Revenge” with plans to release a brand new record next month.
“The most recent presidential election was such a complete scam and a disheartening proceeding,” says vocalist/guitarist Rick Jimenez. “The American public was left with even worse options than ever before and it’s never been more obvious that the system is utterly broken. Two sides of the same evil coin; this one focuses more on the megalomaniac than the egomaniac.”
Extinction A.D. will release their second full length titled Decimation Treaty on February 16, 2018, via Good Fight Music. The sophomore full length was recorded and mixed by Joe Cincotta (Suffocation, Obituary) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Iron Reagan, Converge, Obituary). Pre-orders are now live.
“Age of Revenge” and the recently announced “In The Wake of Uprising,” are now available on all streaming platforms and the iTunes music store.
The band will hit the road this winter in support of Darkest Hour and Whores. All tour dates can be found below.
Long Island metal vets Rick Jimenez, Pieter van den Berg and Mike Sciulara, along with Ian Cimaglia, who is making his first official recording appearance as the bands lead guitar player, are back with another unrelenting and ferocious thrash explosion with Decimation Treaty. The “question everything” approach of the band’s lyrics combined with their unmatched raw live energy and 2018 power and precision approach to classic thrash metal has elevated them to a whole new level.
The band formed in 2013 and has been releasing music and touring steadily throughout North America, as seen on tour with Havok, Municipal Waste, Darkest Hour, Testament, D.R.I, Unearth, Exodus, Venom and many more.
On a single-digit weather night in St. Louis, hundreds of fans swarmed into The Pageant to see the double headline show with Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria. As brutally cold as it was, the crowd was ready for the show. Asking Alexandria is currently promoting their self-titled album that was just released last month. The current single “Into The Fire” is being played nationwide on FM and XM.
At one point during the show, Danny Worsnop took to the mic and addressed the crowd saying “You guys are what this is all about.” To a crowd of cold but happy fans ready to lose their minds, I see where he is coming from. Asking Alexandria has earned fans the world over who are willing to go out of their way to see the band perform.
Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the music video for “Into The Fire”.
Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs has released his newest video, “10 Songs In The Style Of Korn (ft. Jared Dines)”.
“I’m more than psyched to be collaborating with my buddy Jared Dines on this video; he laid down all the bass and guitars, which really set the tone to get into Jonathan Davis mode. I’ve always thought Korn would make an amazing version of “I’m Blue”, so I’m glad I got the opportunity to do so!” – Anthony Vincent
Moose Blood has spent a lot of time on the road since breaking through on the national rock scene about half a decade ago. Touring two albums released just two years apart is a grueling process, and that wear and tear invigorates the latest track from the British punks’ forthcoming third LP, fittingly titled I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore.
“It’s Too Much” just sounds like the numbing routine of the road, an icy, entrancing expanse of repetitive riffs and mid-tempo drums, perhaps meant to evoke that unrelenting march of soundchecks and early alarm clocks. “I feel like I haven’t slept in months and it takes everything that I have to get up,” drawls guitarist Eddy Brewerton in one particularly dire point in the second verse. “Please take my home” is the final plea, repeated over and over before the guitars finally combust and peter out.
Take a listen below and drift into the headspace of Moose Blood LP number three.
I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore drops March 9 via Hopeless Records. In following up 2016’s Blush, they’ve also shared a new track called “Talk In Your Sleep.”
A review on Vale, the fifth full album from Black Veil Brides.
Following the release of their hugely successful debut album last year, The Hunna have established themselves as one of the UK’s most in-demand bands. Returning with new music, The Hunna unveil the anthemic single ‘Flickin Your Hair’, taken from their forthcoming release, “DARE” available via 300 Entertainment.
Having experienced a rapid rise that saw the band land at #13 in the album charts only ten months into their career, The Hunna have achieved a massive amount in the year that has proceeded. From selling-out two back-to-back album tours that included London’s Kentish Town Forum and Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the band also headlined memorable nights nationwide at venues such as Glasgow’s Barrowlands, Manchester’s Academy 1 and Nottingham’s Rock City. The Hunna’s last show of the year was at Camden’s Roundhouse before a pioneering moment topping the Festival Republic Stages billings at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival. The Hunna also returned to North America in 2017 to support youthhood heroes Jimmy Eat World as well as co-headlining a tour for radio station Sirus XM.
“Flickin Your Hair” follows the nostalgic “Summer,” and infectious “Dare” and is third installment from their forthcoming release, “Dare” due May 25 via 300 Entertainment. The song is a reminder of the alarmingly contagious energy the Watford four-piece possesses having previously been referred to as ‘Rock’s Next Big Thing’ by Kerrang Magazine.
With previous singles such as ‘Bonfire’ and ‘You & Me’ helping to earn over 45 million streams across The Hunna’s Spotify catalogue, the band have been championed by BBC Radio 1 with ‘Never Enough’ reaching B-list and gaining `support from the likes of Huw Stephens, Clara Amfo and Greg James.
Kicking off 2018 with a sold out show at London’s 02 Academy, The Hunna’s reputation as one the best live bands on the UK scene is sure to be solidified Stateside by their upcoming tour with COASTS this Spring.
US Tour Dates with Coasts:
3/9 – Orlando, FL – The Social
3/10 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
3/11 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
3/13 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
3/14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry at The Fillmore
3/15 – New York, NY – The Bowery Ballroom
3/17 -Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
3/18 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter
3/19 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
3/21 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
3/22 – Kansas City, MO – Recordbar
3/24 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
3/27 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
3/28 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
3/30 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
3/31- Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
4/2- Anaheim, CA – House of Blues – Parish Room
4/3 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues – Voodoo Room
4/4- Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
4/6 – Austin, TX – The Parish
4/7 – Houston, TX – House of Blues – Bronze Peacock
4/8 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues – Cambridge Room
A review on Avatar Country, the new album from Avatar cherishing the king.
Earthless, the San Diego-based trio whose most recent release, the 2013 album From The Ages, was included on multiple best of year-end lists including Rolling Stone and Magnet magazines, return with the full-length album Black Heaven on March 16 (via Nuclear Blast).
The band is giving fans an early preview of the six-track, forty-minute album, with a stream of the first track on the album, “Gifted by the Wind:”
“We are proud to drop the first single ‘Gifted by the Wind’ today,” says drummer Mario Rubalcaba. “Something that moves, grooves and wants to shake your brains! We hope you enjoy and of course blast the ‘F’ out of it.” The song, which kicks off the album, marks a shift for the band, with four of the six songs featuring vocals whereas earlier albums only occasionally had vocals. “It wasn’t a premeditated thing to do a record with vocals,” continues Rubalcaba. “On the older records, Mike [Eginton] was responsible for a lot of the riffs that would start these jams, but on this one, Isaiah [Mitchell] really brought his own pizazz and flavor to it. I’d say that’s one of the major differences on this album: It has more of Isaiah’s input. He took a risk bringing these ideas to us, not knowing if we’d like them. But as with everything we’ve done in the past, it felt very organic and natural.”
Black Heaven was recorded at Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree, Calif. with Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal) handling production.
Black Heaven tracklist:
Earthless recently announced both North American and European tour dates:
February 28 San Rafael, CA Terrapin Crossroads
March 1 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
March 2 San Diego, CA Casbah
March 3 San Diego, CA Casbah
March 4 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
March 5 Santa Cruz, The Atrium
March 7 Las Vegas Beauty Bar
March 8 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
March 13 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
March 14 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
March 15 Montreal, QC L’Astral
March 16 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel
March 17 Boston, MA The Sinclair
March 18 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
March 20 Washington, DC Rock’n’Roll Hotel
March 21 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
March 22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
March 23 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill
March 24 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
March 25 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
All North American dates with Kikagaku Moyo and JJUUJJUU except San Rafael which is Earthless and JJUUJJUU only
April 3 Korkrijk, Belgium De Kreun
April 4 Bristol, UK The Fleece
April 5 Manchester, UK The Deaf Institute
April 6 London, UK Islington Assembly Hall
April 7 Paris, France Petit Bain
April 8 Frankfurt, Germany Zoom
April 10 Munich, Germany Feierwerk
April 11 Berlin, Germany Bi Nuu
April 12 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset
April 13 Oslo, Norway BLA
April 14 Gothenberg, Sweden Truckstop Alaska
April 16 Hamburg, Germany Molotow
April 19-21 Tilburg, Netherlands Roadburn 2018
All European, non-Roadburn dates with Comet Control
