Gone Is Gone – the new supergroup featuring of At the Drive-In drummer Tony Hajjar, Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders, and Queens of the Stone Age/Failure guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen has debuted a second single from their upcoming début EP. You can stream ‘Starlight’ below:
Releasing on July 8th, The self-titled EP will drop from Rise Records and is one of the most anticipated releases of the second half of 2016. Pre-orders are live now for both merch packages and digital.
The set times have been announced for the 2016 ‘Rock On The Range’ festival which takes place May
20-22nd at the MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH. The festival is sold out for the fourth year in a row. You can plan your festival weekend accordingly below:
May 20th:
Monster Main Stage:
09:35pm: Disturbed
07:55pm: Shinedown
06:15pm: A Day To Remember
04:15pm: SIXX:A.M.
03:30pm: Bullet For My Valentine
02:15pm: Sevendust
01:15pm: Sick Puppies
Stage Two:
07:10pm: Megadeth
05:40pm: Machine Gun Kelly
04:15pm: Asking Alexandria
02:55pm: Trivium
01:40pm: Enter Shikari
12:30pm: Avatar
11:45am: Monster Truck
Stage Three:
05:40pm: Butcher Babies
04:15pm: Memphis May Fire
02:55pm: Miss May I
01:40pm: Andrew Watt
12:30pm: We Came As Romans
11:45am: Cane Hill
ROTR Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:
07:20pm: Jay Mohr
07:00pm: Bethany Dwyer
06:45pm: Mike Baldwin
06:30pm: Jay Snyder
06:15pm: Adrian Cosby
Saturday, May 21st:
Monster Main Stage:
09:45pm: Rob Zombie
08:45pm: Five Finger Death Punch
06:15pm: HELLYEAH
04:55pm: Steel Panther
03:35pm: Pop Evil
02:20pm: Saint Asonia
01:10pm: P.O.D
Stage Two:
07:20pm: Lamb Of God
05:40pm: Ghost
04:20pm: Parkway Drive
03:30pm: Issues
01:45pm: Texas Hippie Coalition
12:35pm: Aranda
11:50pm: Lacey Strum
Stage Three:
05:40pm: Clutch
04:20pm: Crown The Empire
03:00pm: New Years Day
01:45pm: Wilson
12:35pm: Jelly Roll
11:50pm: Citizen Zero
ROTR Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:
07:00pm: Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson & Jim Florentine from That Metal Show
06:30pm: Craig Gass
06:15pm: Madison Malloy
Sunday, May 22nd:
Monster Main Stage:
09:20pm: Red Hot Chili Peppers
07:50pm: Deftones
06:10pm: Bring Me The Horizon
04:45pm: Wolfmother
03:25pm: Death From Above 1979
02:15pm: The Struts
01:05pm: Highly Suspect
Stage Two:
07:05pm: At The Drive-In
05:35pm: Pennywise
04:15pm: Anti-Flag
02:50pm: Red Sun Rising
01:40pm: Hands Like Houses
12:30pm: The Glorious Sons
11:45pm: Battle Of The bands Winner TBA
Stage Three:
05:35pm: Between The Buried & Me
04:10pm: The Sword
02:50pm: The Shrine
01:40pm: Wild Throne
12:30pm: Code Orange
11:45am: Silver Snakes
ROTR Rolling Rock Comedy Tent:
07:30pm: Big Jay Oakerson
07:10pm: Nate Bargatze
06:55pm: Billy Squire
06:40pm: Jay Armstrong
06:25pm: Chad Zumock
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Back for an 11th year in a row, Amnesia Rockfest near Quebec, in Montebello Canada will host mega bands such as Blink-182, Rise Against, Jane’s Addiction, Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube among the 125 bands who are slated to perform. Other bands scheduled to appear include Korn, Ontario punks Billy Talent and Sum 41, Bring Me The Horizon, Florida’s A Day To Remember, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Twisted Sister (farewell tour and last show in Canada), Puscifer, NOFX (performing their album Punk In Drublic), The Used (performing their album In Love and Death), At The Drive-In (reunion show), Underoath (reunion show), Blink-182’s Travis Barker (solo show), NOFX’s Fat Mike performing as Cokie The Clown (world-exclusive solo show), Lagwagon (performing their album Hoss), Millencolin, Streetlight Manifesto, Against Me!, Strung Out, Guttermouth, No Use For A Name (special tribute), Leftover Crack, Wizo, Flag, The Adicts, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Steve Ignorant of Crass, D.O.A., Turbonegro and GG Allin (special tribute), Sepultura, Sodom (first show in Canada in 10 years), D.R.I. (first show in Canada in 20 years), Cannibal Corpse, Korpiklaani, Max & Igor Cavalera Back To ‘Roots’ (performing Sepultura’s Roots album), Corrosion Of Conformity, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Faceless and Poison The Well (reunion show) and many more. Some defunct Quebec bands will temporarily reunite exclusively for Amnesia Rockfest, including Vulgaires Machins, Kermess, Raid, Démence and Yelo Molo. Festival regulars Grimskunk, Despised Icon, The Sainte Catherines (performing Dancing for Decadence), Voivod, Anonymus and BARF will be back this year. In addition, Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Bob Bissonnette, Gorguts and WD-40, alt rock legends Ludwig Von 88 (reunion show and only Canadian date) and Les Ramoneurs de Menhirs, Bérurier Noir’s Loran’s group.
Tickets are now on sale at www.amnesiarockfest.com and at Amnesia stores. Once again this year, festival weekend passes will be sold at very reasonable rates: $120 (plus fees and taxes), which comes out to less than a dollar per band! New this year: festival-goers can pay for their order in five instalments. VIP packages are also available.
For the 2016 edition of the festival, the VIP campground will be totally revamped to offer a unique experience to festival-goers. Again this year, several public transit options will be available, as well as an area for RV camping.
In an interview with Metal Hammer, Max Cavalera has reported that he expects another Killer Be Killed album to be released in 2016.
“There’s another Killer Be Killed record coming next year, and more Cavalera Conspiracy stuff in the future. At this point I’m just letting it roll. Whatever happens will happen – that’s my attitude. I’m not forcing anything. If it happens, great; if not then it’s still okay.”
A bonafide supergroup, Killer Be Killed performed their first live dates as a band in Australia earlier this year, is comprised of Cavalera, Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, and drummer Dave Elitch (Antemasque/ex-The Mars Volta).
Leeds’ alt.Rockers Hawk Eyes have successfully married US Discord Records style with off-beat prog melodies to good effect. Everything Is Fine (Pledge/Red Vole) is the sound of the band putting their best foot forward and maturing into a more versatile outfit striving to rise to the top of the Brit-rock pack.
The former Chickenhawk have mastered the blend of pop melodies without sacrificing the deliciously punchy nature of their songs. The driving melodies of nineties post-hardcore are injected with a shot of sludge and mathrock passion to great effect. Angular riffs underpin soaring harmonies which give the likes of ‘The Ambassador’ an urgency reminiscent of At The Drive-In.
The exhilarating rush of ‘Die Trying’ with its soaring chorus is another highlight, a deceptively addictive earworm which embeds itself in your cerebral cortex with its catchy lyrics full of righteous determination. The air of confidence the band has gained is never more evident that on the bruising ‘I Never Lose’, which rides an urgent riff and another great chorus.
In the four years since their Ideas (Vinyl Junkie) opus, Hawk Eyes dogged approach to touring has clearly benefited them, honing their craft through touring with rock journeymen such as Therapy?. Their duel vocals are used to great effect and while the maverick spirit of acts like The Melvins hovers over this it never threatens to extinguish the rabid pop nous of tracks like ‘The Ballad Of Michael McGlue’ which flies high on a rousing call and response chorus which declares “I don’t think God is gonna change his mind”.
Gleefully delivering agitated alt rock wrapped in easily swallowed bubblegum melodies Everything Is Fine is a stirring collection which warrants several visits, and the songs flow superbly from one riotous track to the next making this an intoxicating adrenaline rush which you will want to experience frequently.
“Happiness is a risky business” they spit on ‘Terribly Quelled’; it may be one they have to get used to if they continue to progress in such promising fashion.
8.0/10
ROSS BAKER
Vermont based avant-garde prog metallers Barishi have been chosen as one of the national openers for 14 string guitar-wizard Felix Martin’s US tour. The run of dates lasting over a month kicks-off tonight in Los Angeles. Mixing equal parts At The Drive In, Tool and The Dillinger Escape Plan, the band has a refined sound and an explosive stage show that is not to be missed. Stinking Lizaveta and Dyse will also be performing on select dates. Check out their recent video for ‘Smoke From The Earth’ below:
Press Notes:
BARISHI recently released the Endless Howl EP, the follow-up to 2013’s acclaimed self-titled full-length. The band’s new effort is a brilliant mix of progressive metal dynamics and inventive hardcore harshness that is at once creative, melodic, and captivating. The Endless Howl EP is streaming in its entirety and available for purchase at http://barishi.bandcamp.com/album/endless-howl-ep
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Following the ending of The Mars Volta, it seemed the long time working relationship and friendship between Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez had sadly soured and it did seem that tensions were high and this dynamic duo was gone for good. Then, out of the blue arrived Antemasque, with both of them at the helm once again.
After the visceral post-hardcore of At The Drive-In and the explorative and unpredictable prog journeys of the The Mars Volta, Antemasque (Nadie Sound) sees them in new territory. This is a much more straightforward album than they have been accustomed to producing, part blues rock, part indie rock (think NME fodder) with shades of punk. Aside from Bixler-Zavala’s instantly recognisable voice this has little in common with their previous works, and even then this suitably lacks the vocal spite in At The Drive-In.
This is the most simplistic album of the duo’s career; song structures are a stock verse-chorus formula, only 3-4 minute average durations and focused on catchiness and tune rather than tangents and thought provoking routes. The indie vibes may put off many people especially those who discovered them from a progressive background, but otherwise this should make a great summer soundtrack, especially in a festival setting.
7.0/10
CHRIS TIPPELL