C2 is a new podcast series from the minds of Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), Cori Westbrook focusing on helping bands with their music marketing, sales, and promotion. Curtis and Cori are frequently joined by Holly Royle, Aliyah Daye, and Gaia Guarda who both have recently joined forces with them in C Squared. In this episode of the podcast Gaia chats with Kevin Stewart-Panko of Decibel Magazine and Gaia Guarda discuss negative reviews.Continue reading
Metal juggernaut Volumes has returned with their great new album Happier?, out today, November 19, via Fearless Records. The band celebrates the release by dropping the new track “Void.” Listen to the song now and order the album below!
Sabaton has released their limited-edition, live-in-concert, double DVD/Blu-Ray, “The Great Show”, “The 20th Anniversary Show”, plus “The Great Show Stage Collector’s Edition” box set are in stores and available online at the link below. Filmed during Sabaton’s 2019-2020 “The Great Tour” world trek, the two-hour “20th Anniversary Show” captures the band’s extraordinary headline set in front of 75,000 fans at the 2019 Wacken Open Air Festival, performed on both of the festival’s Main Stages simultaneously. Joining the Sabaton line-up of vocalist Joakim Brodén, bassist Pär Sundström, guitarists Chris Rörland and Tommy Johansson, drummer Hannes Van Dahl, the Wacken performance also features several guest performers: former Sabaton band members Thobbe Englund and Rikard Sundén on guitars, keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr, and drummer Daniel Mulback, the 20-voice Great War Choir, and acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated virtuoso cellist Tina Guo. Watch the band perform “Great War (Live from the 20th Anniversary Show at Wacken 2019)” on two stages now.
Norwegian retro rockers Kvelertak rebooked new dates for their rescheduled European and UK tours, postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic. The extensive 43-show tour will take place January – March 2022. Joining them on select dates will be Planet Of Zeus, Blood Command, and Astro Saur. Tickets are on sale now for all dates. The band released their stellar album Splid in 2020 and will release in music in 2022.
Avant-Garde Doom Metal artist Mizmor will release a highly anticipated new album Wit’s End on Gilead Media on January 14, 2022. The solo multi-instrumentalist A.L.N. goes by the moniker Mizmor and the album will be comprised of two songs, in a 30 minute album. In addition to the album artwork, and track listing, and a short 30 second clip of the masterfully animated music video by Zev Deans featuring the title track to “Wit’s End”Continue reading
Mick Rock a.k.a. ’The Man Who Shot The 70s’ who created some of the most iconic shots of bands in music history, has died. He was 73. The news was broken by his family on social media. No cause of the death has been announced. In addition to a stint as David Bowie’s personal photographer, the native of Great Britain show iconic rock music acts such as Queen, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, and Blondie. We send our sympathy out to his friends and family at this time. Read their statement about Mick’s passing and lifeswork below.
Zakk Wylde’s BLack Label Society will release their highly anticipated new album, Doom Crew Inc. on Friday, November 26th, 2021 via MNRK Music Group. The day before the release Zakk and the band will host a a listening party happening on Thanksgiving Day! Spend Thanksgiving with the band and crew for a listening livestream event followed by a fan q&a. The album is a tribute to the band’s “first to bleed, last to leave” road crew and the band will gather together with the current road crew in Salt Lake City while on tour to celebrate them and the release. The feast starts next Thursday at 4pm ET. Fans can pre-save and pre-add the album at the link below to RSVP!
Billy Graziadei of BillyBio, Biohazard, Poweflo, and producer of countless other bands out of his studio in Los Angeles has been hard at work on a new BillyBio solo album due for release in 2022. In a post to Instragram today we got the first taste of new music from him. Check it out!
Long-running rock veterans Silverstein have shared a new single – “It’s Over”, in the midst of their current US tour, their first real run of dates since the pandemic. Check out the track now! Continue reading
