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Saliva, Powerman 5000, Adema and Flaw Join Forces for the “Nu-Metal Revival 2020” Tour

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Get you JNCO’s and your ball chain necklaces out of storage! Saliva, Powerman 5000, Adema and Flaw will team up for the “Nu-Metal Revival 2020”. Also appearing on the bill be the Salt Lake City rap/metal artist Andrew W. Boss. So far, only one date has been revealed: July 17 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, February 28 at 10 a.m., with more details expected later this week. Last fall, it was announced that Saliva would reunite with the band’s original frontman Josey Scott for a possible tour in 2020.Continue reading →


Spotlights Announce New EP – “We Are All Atomic”, Pre-Orders Go Live

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Post-Rock/shoegaze stars Spotlights, hot on the heels of a recent mini-headline tour and an opening spot at one of the reunion shows in Brooklyn for Mr. Bungle, Spotlights has announced a new EP. We Are All Atomic will release via Blues Funeral and the Post-Wax labels on March 27th. New music will arrive soon. This is the bands’ first album since their acclaimed 2019 release, out now via on Ipecac Recordings. Korn, Faith No More, Scars on Broadway, and Helmet tour!

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BACON BLOODY BACON: Matt Bacon on Whether You Should Tour with Another Band

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I haven’t done an in-depth article about touring here in a while and it seems to be something that a lot of you are interested in so I wanted to make a point of going deep on it with you cats. Particularly, I wanted to talk about the eternal question of, ‘Should we go on tour with another band?’ This is a tricky one with acts on the DIY level. The question of course, is built around how this impacts the overall experience, the booking of the tour, how the promoters will want to deal with it and of course what the financial side of things will look like. Definitely a tricky question – so let’s go deep and investigate what it can mean for a DIY band.Continue reading →


EXCLUSIVE STREAM: Kill Ritual “Touch the Dark” Official Lyric Video

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Ghost Cult is bringing you the furiously savage and melodic Thrash Metal of Kill Ritual today, and their anthemic new lyric video for ‘Touch The Dark’. The track comes from their upcoming third full-length album The Opaque and the Divine, and the Bay Area-based group are not only looking to follow their forbearers’ footsteps but also chat their own path. T/he new album is due out The album is scheduled for release on March 27th, 2020 via “POS illegal torrent file sharing and old school metal head tape trading”. For the uninitiated, Kill Ritual will find fans in modern bands, but also old school heads that love Forbidden and Kreator. Check out the ‘Touch the Dark’ lyric video right now! Continue reading →


Dumb and Dumbest Episode #334: Facebook Groups and the Music Marketing Mixer

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Matt and Keefy go hard on Facebook Groups, which ones we get a lot of value out of and how you can too! Dumb and Dumbest Episode #334 is streaming now and it’s all about Facebook Groups and the Music Marketing Mixer! Dumb and Dumbest is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR) and Keith Chachkes (Ghost Cult/BDWE Media). In addition to the podcast, Matt, Curtis, and Keith all host The Music Marketing Challenges: low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists.  And we just launched a Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! DM Matt or Curtis at the links below for detailsContinue reading →


Baroness Books Co-Headline Tour Dates with Against Me! For North American

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6/14/2019, Rough Trade Records, Ghostcult Magazine, Brooklyn.

Baroness has booked a co-headline tour with Against Me! For this spring in North America. Dates begin on May 1 at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre. Destroy Boys support on the first half of the tour, with Drug Church supporting on the second half. Baroness continues. The band will venture to Australia before returning to the U.S. Tickets for the newly announced, North American shows are on-sale this Friday at 10:00 am local time with a limited number of pre-sale tickets available Wednesday at 10:00 am local time. Baroness continues to tour behind their amazing album Gold & Grey, out now via the bands’ own label, Abraxan Hymns. (http://smarturl.it/baroness-goldandgrey).Continue reading →


Ozzy Osbourne Plans to Begin Work On Another New Album Next Month

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Ozzy Osbourne has said in a new interview that he plans to begin working on the follow-up to his brand new Ordinary Man (Epic Records) album later this year while he continues to recover from various health issues. Speaking to iHeart Radio’s Eddie Pappani at last night’s (Monday, February 24) iHeartRadio’s “ICONS” event, Ozzy said

 

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Bloodstock Adds Six New Bands and New Charity Partner!

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Bloodstock Open Air 2020 continues to pile on the big names with six new acts added to the lineup! Savage Master, Blasphemer, Liberty Lies, Black Tongue, Pist, and Sharks In Your Mouth have joined a bill that includes headliners Devin Townsend (Friday), Behemoth (Saturday), and Judas Priest (Sunday) as well as Hatebreed, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Skindred, Paradise Lost, Life Of Agony, Bury Tomorrow, Black Dahlia Murder, Diamond Head, Jinjer, Vio-Lence, Sacred Reich, Gloryhammer, Dark Tranquillity, Bloodywood and more! The fest also named this year’s charity partner will be the mental health charity Mind. Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem, and campaign to improve services and raise awareness. 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem every year and Mind won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect. In addition to guestlist donations, raising funds on behalf of Mind on site at BLOODSTOCK will be festival attendee Michael Lacy, with his Patch Amnesty initiative. Bring your old, spare, or new patches to donate, browse patches to buy, or even just stop by for a chat. All proceeds go to Mind. Please look out for Patch Amnesty/Mind signage and stop by his stand in the main arena to give your support. Continue reading →


Arctangent Festival Adds Chelsea Wolfe, Caspian, Emma Ruth Rundle, Intronaut, Bell Witch and More!

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Arctangent Festival has made a major announcement, their third of many for the 2020 event! Chelsea Wolfe has been named as the mainstage headliner for the Thursday night kickoff. Also added to the bill are Caspian, Emma Ruth Rundle, Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin, Intronaut, Talons, Arabrot, Wheel, The Guru Guru, Latitudes and many more. Opeth, Tesseract (UK festival exclusive), Swans, Metz, Oathbreaker (exclusive), The Locust (exclusive), This Will Destroy You, Amenra (UK 2020 exclusive), Ihsahn, Perturbator, maybeshewill (exclusive), Rolo Tomassi (performing two full albums sets – ‘Grievances’ and ‘Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It’), Earthtone9, Giraffes? Giraffes!, Fronterier and many more to be announced still. The fest takes place on August 20th/21st/22nd 2020 at Fernhill Farm, Compton Martin near Bristol, and tickets are on sale now at the link below. Continue reading →


Pyrior Shares New Video for “X (Space Trip Video)”, New Album Incoming!

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Berlin-based Stoner and Psychedelic Rock band Pyrior have shared a brand new video for their new single and video ‘X(Space Trip Video)’! The track comes from their new album Fusion, out via Tonzonen Records on March 20, 2020. Watch the video right now! Continue reading →