Austin Texas Hardcore band Portrayal of Guilt haveshared a new single and video for the song “A Tempting Pain”. The track comes off of their upcoming new album We Are Always Alone, due for release on January 29, 2021 through Closed Casket Activities. Watch it now!
Stoner Doom band High Reeper will see the re-release of High Reeper‘s self-titled debut album this January 11th, via Heavy Psych Sounds! Ther release will feature brand new artwork and two bonus tracks including a cover of Pentagram’s “Hurricane,” which you can hear right now, via The Obelisk!Continue reading
If the ’80s were your decade, then you’ve probably heard at least one song by Emmy winning US singer-songwriter Stan Bush, possibly without even realising it. From giving Jean-Claude Van Damme kung fu flicks Bloodsport, and Kickboxer a surge of synth-enhanced adrenaline with ‘Fight to Survive’ and ‘Never Surrender’, to giving criminally overlooked Charlie Sheen sci-fi ghost car movie The Wraith an extra helping of AOR cheese with ‘Hearts vs Heads’, Bush is arguably most famous for his musical contribution to 1986 animated classic Transformers: The Movie – ‘The Touch’.
Metallers Kill The Ideal has released a new single and video, right in time for time spent on the frosty winter fjord. The band has dropped their cover of Led Zeppelin’s Viking Saga classic – “Immigrant Song” with a hysterical tongue-in-cheek music video as well. The band recently announced the February 2021 release of their new EP, Against The World, which you can pre-order at the link below.
Ascension Of The Watchers released their new album earlier this fall, Apocrypha, out now via Dissonance Productions. The band just shared a new mini-documentary, created with Revolver, which you can see below. The band features pioneering vocalist Burton C. Bell (ex-Fear Factory), John Bechdel, and Jayce Lewis. Check out our interview with Bell here. Continue reading
Sevendust, fresh off of their lone show of 2020, a livestream supporting their new album Blood and Stone (Rise Records) has booked another streaming even. The band will perform its entire Animosity album during a January 8, 2021 livestream event from Opav in Orlando, Florida to celebrate 20 years of their third album. Tickets for the virtual concert can be purchased at the location below.
In a new interview, Sons of Apollo and former Guns N Roses guitarist and songwriter Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal believes that the much-maligned Chinese Democracy album will gain more acceptance over time from fans and critics alike. Thal was in GNR from 2006 to 2014 was the featured guitarist on Chinese Democracy. The album took over ten years to complete as a reported cost of one million dollars. As reported by Radio Station Q104.3, in a recent interview with Music Is Win’s Tyler Larson, Thal pointed out that the conversation around Chinese Democracy had been tainted for years before the album actually arrived. But that doesn’t change the fact that the music is good. He noted that some of the stigma of the album has to do with the GNR acrimony over their issues, and not the music on the album, or GNR leader W. Axl Rose.
In this episode, Matt and Curtis welcome back Bradley Zorgdrager to the podcast to discuss music marketing, management relationships, and journalism. Dumb and Dumbest Episode #530 is all about Bradley Zorgdrager! The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), and Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR).
Despite the cancellation of their tours and US Festival in 2020, Foo Fighters are celebrating 25 years as a band this year. They have shared a video retrospective – as they’ve never been Times Like Those, a 25-year visual journey through the band’s most memorable moments onstage and off. Featuring commentary, Times Like Those is narrated by the band and shares their history in a way fans rarely get to see. You can catch it below. The band will also appear on Amazon Music’s Holiday Plays on December 15 for an exclusive performance. In other news, the band beamed into The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a November 19 performance of “Shame Shame,” the first single from its forthcoming 10th album Medicine at Midnight (Roswell Records/RCA Records), that can be seen here. Medicine at Midnight is due out February 5, 2021.Continue reading
Denver post-Rock duo In The Whale is a group we have followed for a long time. The band just dropped their new single “Crosses” via Riot Records. In The Whale often draws comparisons to contemporaries like Melvins, Big Business, Royal Blood, Mantar, and High On Fire! The band has played many festivals and big shows like Riot Fest, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Afro-Punk, as well as shows with Jane’s Addiction, The Descendents, The Offspring, Gogol Bordello and many more. The band celebrated their 7-year anniversary in 2018 with the release of Dopamine a six track EP produced by Steve Evetts (The Used, Sepultura, Dillinger Escape Plan) and recorded at the Foo Fighters’ famed Studio 606. Buy and stream “Crosses” now!
