Multi-angle video of the Graham Bonnet Band's show at LankaFest 2019 in Puolanka, Finland on July 6th, courtesy of videographer Esa Kankaala, can be viewed below.

On March 16, 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band played a very special show in Tokyo, Japan. The set included songs from the band’s repertoire alongside a number of Rainbow, MSG, Impellitteri, and Bonnet solo classics. It was a unique setlist and show, a chance for fans in attendance to experience a number of hidden classics from Graham Bonnet’s repertoire that covers his 40+ year career in the rock ‘n roll business.

Live In Tokyo 2017 can be considered an accompanying piece to last year’s Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017 release from Alcatrazz. To refresh your memory, founding Alcatrazz members, Graham Bonnet (vocals), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) and Gary Shea (bass), reunited after 33 years for a unique series of shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Japan in March 2017, during Graham Bonnet Band's tour of Japan. Frontiers released footage from these shows last December.

Frontiers now have both performances from these two bands, both fronted by the iconic Graham Bonnet, available to fans for their listening and viewing pleasure.

Says Graham Bonnet: "In March 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band went to Japan for our first headline dates as GBB. We also did a full Alcatrazz set that same night featuring Gary Shea, which was released last year by Frontiers, titled Parole Denied and included a bonus album of some Alcatrazz rarities. For the GBB part of the show, we put together a great setlist covering the main eras of my career. It was a great night and this live album and video look fantastic... I’d say it’s the definitive Graham Bonnet Band live/video release. Great light show, visuals and sound. This was and is intended to be the companion piece to the Alcatrazz Parole Denied live release taken from the same night. As a bonus, we have included a revised studio version of the GBB song 'The Crying Chair'."

Live in Tokyo 2017 is out now. Order the CD/DVD or Digipak (audio only) here. Watch "Into The Night" from the release below.

Tracklisting:

"Eyes Of The World"
"California Air"
"S.O.S."
"Night Games"
"Stand In Line"
"Into The Night"
"Love's No Friend"
"Dancer"
"Samurai"
"Desert Song"
"Rider"
"Since You've Been Gone"
"Assault Attack"
"All Night Long"
"Lost In Hollywood"
"The Crying Chair" (Alternate Lyric Version)

"Into The Night" video:

"Samurai" video:




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Metallica have posted pro-shot footage Of their Master Of Puppets classic “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” from their July 6th show at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.

Metallica announced last week the new book, The ABCs Of Metallica, with the following message:

"We have a new book coming out and this time it rhymes! We’re having a bit of fun as The ABCs Of Metallica hits the shelves and online book stores on November 26, 2019, all for a great cause with a portion of the proceeds benefiting All Within My Hands as we continue to support workforce education and the fight against hunger.

"Including rhymes and illustrations, The ABCs Of Metallica looks back at the history of the band from, duh, A to Z! Each letter of the alphabet highlights a moment along our journey from Garage Days to Master Of Puppets to fun facts about us. The book is co-authored by Howie Abrams (The Merciless Book of Metal Lists, Hip-Hop Alphabet), with illustrations by Michael "Kaves" McLeer, who participated in Metallica's Obey Your Master exhibit in 2012.

"Books, as well as bundles with Young Metal Attack merchandise, are available for pre-order now in the Met Store."




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Fan-filmed video footage of PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, the project led by the former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT frontman, performing on July 13 at the Rockmaraton festival in Dunaújváros, Hungary can be seen below.

Last month, Anselmo spoke to Graspop Metal Meeting about his decision to play a number of PANTERA songs during the current European tour with PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS.

"Honestly, it was not even part of the gameplan until Vince [PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott] died," he said. "And then, after Vince died, it was, like, 'Ugh…' A lot of people got in touch with me, and they expressed, they said, 'Phil, if you were ever gonna do PANTERA songs, this would be the time.' And for the first time, I listened, because before, I was very hesitant to do any of that. But now it feels… I guess the tribute feels necessary.

"Some people ask me, 'Is playing those old songs, is it difficult? Does it bring up this memory or that memory?'" he continued. "It can, for sure, but that's why I concentrate on the young people in the audience going crazy, man."

Asked if there is "a measure of closure" in performing PANTERA songs live again after all this time, Anselmo said: "There's no closure — there's no closure — but I would say it feels very good to see this new group, young people enjoying the PANTERA songs. It feels great."

Pressed about what was so special about PANTERA that seemingly inspired generations of music fans and musicians, Anselmo said: "Every now and again in the history of whatever — music — there's a perfect storm, and I think PANTERA was a perfect storm for its time. And it's pretty obvious that the people that were watching us back in the '90s have procreated, and their kids have grown up listening to PANTERA. So it's the meeting of the generations, man. And the reason why it's important? I don't know. I don't know, man."

Up until his death in June 2018, Vinnie remained on non-speaking terms with Anselmo, whom the drummer indirectly blamed for the death of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was his brother.

Vinnie Paul and Dimebag co-founded PANTERA. When PANTERA broke up in 2003, they formed DAMAGEPLAN. On December 8, 2004, while performing with DAMAGEPLAN at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag was shot and killed onstage by a troubled schizophrenic who believed that the members of PANTERA were stealing his thoughts.

Vinnie Paul died of dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart, as well as severe coronary artery disease. His death was the result of chronic weakening of the heart muscle — basically meaning his heart couldn't pump blood as well as a healthy heart.

Vinnie was buried on June 30, 2018 next to his brother and their mother, Carolyn, at Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.

Ozzy Osbourne's wife and manger, Sharon Osbourne, is featured in a new, in-depth interview with Larry LeBlanc for Celebrity Access Encore. During the extensive interview, Sharon discusses Ozzy's recent health scare, his No More Tours II tour, her first encounter with Black Sabbath, and much more.

An excerpt follows:

Larry LeBlanc: British rock was pretty tame until the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cream, and Led Zeppelin arrived.

Sharon Osbourne: "Yep."

LeBlanc: Here we are 50 years later.

Sharon: "I know, and it’s incredible. Listen I think it’s brilliant that they have got the bridge in their name. It’s lovely for them. They deserve it. They really, really do deserve it because I was just so pissed off at the Grammys this year because they gave them a Lifetime Achievement Award, but wouldn’t give it to them on the TV show that we all know as The Grammy Awards (on CBS). They did it at a separate (stand-alone) ceremony (“Grammy Salute To Music Legends”) which goes out on another network (PBS) later on. I wouldn’t let Ozzy go because I just thought it was shocking what they did to them. So I wouldn’t let Ozzy go."

LeBlanc: Black Sabbath had occult lyrics in their songs, and they scared both music fans and critics alike, but they really never have had full credit for being one of the influential, pioneering heavy metal bands.

Sharon: "No. And they wanted to give it to some pissy fucking ceremony that they had. Listen there were artists there (George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Sam and Dave, Dionne Warwick, Julio Iglesias, Donny Hathaway, and Billy Eckstine) that got awards that deserved it too. But I just thought because Sabbath - their career spanned 50 years and they are still selling records today - their catalog still sells and their last record that was out 6 years ago was #1 in many countries worldwide - so the other artists they were honouring had great careers, and deserved to be honoured but they still didn’t have the careers that Sabbath had. So not to put them on the proper (TV) show, it was like, “How dare you?” I was so angry. I just thought, “Fuck you. I am not going to give you the honour of having Ozzy at your shitty ceremony.”

LeBlanc: The debut Black Sabbath album of 1970 was a watershed moment in heavy rock.

Sharon: "Yeah, that’s right. Yeah. And you tell me albums that were made 50 years ago that still sell. There are a handful of artists that are blessed with that. It’s an incredible feat for any artist who’s album still sells 50 years later. It’s a gift. It should be celebrated."

Read the entire interview at Celebrity Access Encore.




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German a cappella metal band VAN CANTO has released the official music video for its cover version of the AC/DC classic "Hells Bells". The song is taken from VAN CANTO's seventh studio album, "Trust In Rust", which came out last August via Napalm Records.

Since 2006, they have brought pure vocal power to the metal world. Now made up of seven members, VAN VANTO's "Trust In Rust" covers a wide stylistic range, from melodic to bombastic, showcasing the band's takes on ballads, hard rock ballbreakers and speed metal anthems. Covers, ranging from HELLOWEEN's "Ride The Sky" (featuring HELLOWEEN's Kai Hansen) to the aforementioned "Hells Bells", give listeners a completely fresh glimpse at the vocal crew. The sound of "Trust In Rust" reflects VAN CANTO's varied experiences on the road with unbroken power and passion for the human voice in heavy metal.

Singer Stefan Schmidt told Metal Hammer that VAN VANTO is "still the only a cappella metal band" in existence, more than a decade after the group's inception. "I don't know if that's a good thing," he said. "Maybe people think we're doing it so well that they don't want to try it, or they think it''s rubbish and steer clear of us."

Schmidt went on to say that VAN CANTO's a cappella approach opens more creative doors than it closes.

"We have that freak factor, we have a style not everybody likes, but we wouldn't have tried it for [more than] 10 years if nobody cared," he said. "We're living the dream — as long as we’re playing shows and people turn up to listen to us, we must be doing something right."

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT kicked off their North American tour Wednesday night (July 10) at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Never known to rest on their laurels, QUEEN on this "Rhapsody" tour unveiled a stage show as experimental and rule-defying as the hit-packed QUEEN back catalog. The band has worked with the creative partners behind the eye-popping "News Of The World" 2017 tour — Ric Lipson of Stufish Entertainment Architects handling set design; Rob Sinclair on lighting design; and Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio behind the video content — to develop an unmissable show.

Lipson said: "QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT's 'Rhapsody' tour will, once again for them, expand the parameters of what a live music experience can be. This new show promises to be their most spectacular yet, an innovative and interactive celebration of the continued power of QUEEN's music."

The tour follows an acclaimed run of 10 sold-out shows at the MGM Park Theater, Las Vegas in September 2018. Stop-offs include some of the most history-packed venues in the U.S. and Canada, including The Forum in Los Angeles (the last venue the original lineup played in North America on September 15, 1982) and New York City's Madison Square Garden (the site of past QUEEN glories, including a memorable performance from QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT on July 17, 2014). It will wrap August 23 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The band's setlist for the Vancouver show was as follows:

01. Now I'm Here

02. Seven Seas Of Rhye

03. Keep Yourself Alive

04. Hammer To Fall

05. Killer Queen

06. Don't Stop Me Now

07. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited

08. Somebody To Love

09. The Show Must Go On

10. I'm In Love With My Car

11. Bicycle Race

12. Fat Bottomed Girls

13. One Vision

14. Machines

15. Radio Ga Ga

16. Love Of My Life

17. '39

18. Doing All Right

19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

20. Under Pressure

21. I Want To Break Free

22. Who Wants To Live Forever

23. Last Horizon

24. Tie Your Mother Down / Death On Two Legs / The Invisible Man

25. Dragon Attack

26. Another One Bites The Dust

27. I Want It All

28. Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore:

29. We Will Rock You

30. We Are The Champions

The soaring success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" — the Freddie Mercury/QUEEN movie that has become the biggest-grossing music biopic of all time — has proven that the public's love for QUEEN remains as strong as ever.

Since Adam Lambert first shared the stage with QUEEN for the 2009 "American Idol" final, his dynamic performances have reinvigorated the band and delighted fans worldwide. Their first full show together — starting as they meant to go on — thrilled a half-a-million-strong crowd in the Ukraine capital city of Kiev in June 2012. Since then, May and Taylor's musical fireworks have been matched by Lambert's vocal prowess and stage presence, making for an explosive combination. Over 180 gigs later, the partnership has proven a commercial and critical triumph, playing to enraptured full houses in every corner of the world.

Completing the tour lineup are long-term collaborator Spike Edney on keyboards, Neil Fairclough on bass, and Tyler Warren on percussion.

Guitarist Thomas Zwijsen has released this new video, in which he performs an acoustic version of Van Halen hit "Jump" with Wiki Krawczyk.

Zwijsen recently released the video below, in which he performs a classical fingerstyle guitar arrangement of Iron Maiden's "Quest For Fire", from the Piece Of Mind album.




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On March 16, 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band played a very special show in Tokyo, Japan. The set included songs from the band’s repertoire alongside a number of Rainbow, MSG, Impellitteri, and Bonnet solo classics. It was a unique setlist and show, a chance for fans in attendance to experience a number of hidden classics from Graham Bonnet’s repertoire that covers his 40+ year career in the rock ‘n roll business.

Live In Tokyo 2017 can be considered an accompanying piece to last year’s Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017 release from Alcatrazz. To refresh your memory, founding Alcatrazz members, Graham Bonnet (vocals), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) and Gary Shea (bass), reunited after 33 years for a unique series of shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Japan in March 2017, during Graham Bonnet Band's tour of Japan. Frontiers released footage from these shows last December.

Frontiers now have both performances from these two bands, both fronted by the iconic Graham Bonnet, available to fans for their listening and viewing pleasure.

Says Graham Bonnet: "In March 2017, the Graham Bonnet Band went to Japan for our first headline dates as GBB. We also did a full Alcatrazz set that same night featuring Gary Shea, which was released last year by Frontiers, titled Parole Denied and included a bonus album of some Alcatrazz rarities. For the GBB part of the show, we put together a great setlist covering the main eras of my career. It was a great night and this live album and video look fantastic... I’d say it’s the definitive Graham Bonnet Band live/video release. Great light show, visuals and sound. This was and is intended to be the companion piece to the Alcatrazz Parole Denied live release taken from the same night. As a bonus, we have included a revised studio version of the GBB song 'The Crying Chair'."

Live in Tokyo 2017 is out now. Order the CD/DVD or Digipak (audio only) here. Watch "Into The Night" from the release below.

Tracklisting:

"Eyes Of The World"
"California Air"
"S.O.S."
"Night Games"
"Stand In Line"
"Into The Night"
"Love's No Friend"
"Dancer"
"Samurai"
"Desert Song"
"Rider"
"Since You've Been Gone"
"Assault Attack"
"All Night Long"
"Lost In Hollywood"
"The Crying Chair" (Alternate Lyric Version)

"Into The Night" video:

"Samurai" video:

Lineup:

Graham Bonnet - Vocals
Conrado Pesinato - Guitar
Beth-Ami Heavenstone - Bass
Jimmy Waldo - Keyboards
Mark Benquchea - Drums




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Singer/lead guitarist Jacob Cade has launched a new band, The BRKN, and today unveils their first official video for the song "Your Existence". 

"Making the video was amazing," exclaims Cade. "It was amazing finally being able to fulfill my own vision for a music video. Kyle and his guys of Digital Myle are super talented. They made every one of our wishes come true and brought many different ideas that enhanced the video even more. I couldn’t have picked a better crew to work with. One of my favorite parts of the whole video shoot was watching Bailey’s dad put together the set for the warehouse shot! He was moving things left and right with the forklift, quite a sight to see! Destroying the chair with the axe was also a favorite of mine! We even had fans come up to us and ask for autographs when we were shooting the Union Station bits. Above all I had a great time hanging out with the dudes in the band all day. Such a great experience, can’t wait for the next one! 

Featuring Cade, rhythm guitarist Kick Stevens, and drummer Mike Bokenkamp, The BRKN will be appearing at Rockfest in Cadott, Wisconsin, on July 20th - on a bill also featuring Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, and Evanescence, among others, with new music coming out shortly, as well.  

“Couldn’t be more excited for this new project and record to come out!,” exclaims young Jacob. “Meeting Mike and Kick was such a blessing. For the first time I feel like this is exactly where I’m supposed to be and can’t wait for the fans to hear the new music. We’ve added more to the live show and filled up the sound immensely. It’s like a dream playing with these guys. All it really needs now is an audience which will be at Rockfest on July 20th! Perhaps the biggest show I’ve had in my career. A bit nervous but more excited than anything.” 

From the beginning, Cade has surrounded himself with exceptional talent, and continues to do so - first working with producer Michael Wagener on an EP, ‘Hunger,’ The BRKN is now working on new material with producers Glenn Sawyer and Rich Veltrop. But despite the name change, Cade is in charge of writing all the material for The BRKN (as well as continuing to handle all singing and guitar duties). 

And others have recognized Cade’s talents, as he has previously worked with the likes of Paul Taylor from Winger, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger from Halestorm, and Rachel Bolan from Skid Row, and has already shared the bill with some of rock’s biggest names, including Steel Panther and Bobaflex. 

With a new band, a new video, and new single on the horizon, fans will get a chance to see what all the buzz is about on July 20th, when The BRKN rock Rockfest.




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Fan-filmed video footage of KISS's July 11 concert at the O2 Arena in London, England can be seen below.

According to Billboard, the first North American leg of KISS's "End Of The Road" tour grossed $58.7 million and sold 518,395 tickets.

The trek kicked off on January 31 in Vancouver and played an additional 42 shows throughout the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up on April 13 in Birmingham, Alabama

All but five dates grossed at least $1 million and all but seven sold at least 10,000 tickets. The tour's biggest showing was at New York's Madison Square Garden on March 27, where KISS grossed $1.947 million and sold 13,359 tickets.

The rest of 2019 will see KISS playing three more dates in Europe, an additional 26 in North America, nine final shows in Australia and New Zealand, and five more in Japan.

The "End Of The Road" tour is expected to continue throughout 2020.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently said about the "End Of The Road" tour and stage production: "People say is this bittersweet? No. If the tour is anything like this stage, it's totally sweet. We always try to raise the bar — that's just for us — but when other bands would see us, they would feel they had to up their game. Let me tell you something: everybody better start working out, because we're upping the game that much more. This is absolutely mind-bogglingly good. It's totally KISS. And I'll be looking for you on the 'End Of The Road' tour."

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer told Australia's Hysteria Magazine that the group's farewell tour would be "the biggest" one the band has ever done "in terms of production." It will be "a whole new thing for KISS," the guitarist said. "It's just gonna be the bombastic show KISS has always been famed for."

The lineup features the current version of the band — Stanley, Thayer, bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and drummer Eric Singer.

Professionally filmed video footage of TRIVIUM's entire June 29 performance at Vainstream Rockfest in Münster, Germany can be seen below.

Featured songs:

0:26 The Sin And The Sentence

6:43 Beyond Oblivion

12:41 Until The World Goes Cold

19:17 The Heart From Your Hate

23:38 Strife

28:24 Capsizing The Sea - In Waves

TRIVIUM is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "The Sin And The Sentence", which was released in October 2017 via Roadrunner. Recorded with producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA) at Santa Ana, California's Hybrid Studios, the LP features the band's first recordings with drummer Alex Bent, who joined TRIVIUM in 2016.

In an interview with That's Not Metal Podcast, TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy spoke the choices he and his bandmates have made in their varied back catalog that has led to "The Sin And The Sentence".

"We've always liked to test the boundaries of what we can do as a band and as TRIVIUM," Heafy said. "[While making 'The Sin And The Sentence'], we said to ourselves, 'This has to be the greatest record we've ever made or there's no point in carrying on.' That's one of the things we said; it's very intense. Another thing we said is, 'This album has to make everything make sense.' Another thing we said was, 'Let's just make the kind of music that we wanna hear as fans of metal.' If we were guys not in TRIVIUM, what's the record we would wanna hear? Let's make stuff that, we don't care if people are gonna love it or hate it; let's just make this thing."

Matt also addressed the fact that it has been difficult for TRIVIUM's core trio — Heafy, guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto — to keep a drummer in the last few years, prior to the addition of Bent less than three years ago.

"The drumming is what the band is built upon, it's the foundation for which all the music is built upon, and if you don't have a strong foundation for a house or a building, it eventually collapses," Matt explained. "And I'm so thankful that the stars finally aligned, after eight records, to find the guy that we needed to find. And I think that when people hear Alex, it's not a question of 'Why?' It's more like an observation, like, 'Oh, I see you did it again, but I know why.' Because he's that freakin' good."

Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's July 12 performance at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey can be seen below.

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy and bassist Juan Croucier recently confirmed that the band is planning to release new music in 2020.

"It's natural for us to, obviously, record," Croucier said during an appearance on the June 25 edition of "Trunk Nation LA Invasion: Live From The Rainbow Bar & Grill" on SiriusXM. "But [the current version of RATT has] only been together just about a year next month. And at that, we had a little bit of lag time, 'cause Stephen had to get his knee fixed. So we just wanna get the band out there. I think it's a mutual thing — we wanna get out there and play more shows, get the band in the right condition. And invevitably we're gonna go ahead and record."

Added Stephen: "Yeah, we wanna play new music. Whether we release a song or two, and maybe we'll do a video or some podcast. We're gonna do something."

This past May, Pearcy told Sleaze Roxx that he and Juan will be the primary songwriters of any new RATT music. "You know, 'Lack of Communication', 'You're In Love' and all these other songs that we co-wrote together, so we're going to try along those veins for songwriting," he said. "And we'll see what happens. I have plenty of ideas. Juan's got plenty of ideas and we'll see what the other guys have to offer down the line."

RATT's current lineup includes Pearcy and Croucier, along with drummer Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE) and guitarists Jordan Ziff (RAZER) and Chris Sanders (BRITNY FOX, KNIGHT FURY).

In January, Pearcy underwent knee surgery. The operation came three months after two disastrous RATT shows that saw the 62-year-old singer incapacitated to the point where he had trouble remembering the words to some of the band's biggest hits.

Pearcy later apologized to the RATT fans, saying in a statement that he was "dealing with a pain-management issue due to a bad knee." He added that he "made the critical error of adding alcohol to my pain meds while on stage" at the September concert in Huntington, New York "and it destroyed my performance."

RATT played its first show of 2019 on May 4 at the Domination México festival in Mexico City.

Decibel Geek TV has uploaded video footage of Janet Gardner's July 12 concert at The Venue in Denver, Colorado. Check out the clips below.

Gardner's second solo album, "Your Place In The Sun", was released on May 31 via Pavement Entertainment.

Like her 2017 debut self-titled solo album, the new LP is a collaboration with her husband, guitarist/producer Justin James, who has previously worked with STAIND, COLLECTIVE SOUL and TYKETTO.

"Your Place In The Sun" combines modern rock elements with the classic sound Janet has become known for in her decades of female-fronted and influential fury.


Gardner announced her departure from VIXEN in January, saying in a statement that it was time for her to step aside and let drummer Roxy Petrucci and bassist Share Ross "pursue their vision for the future of VIXEN."

Gardner, Petrucci and Ross are considered to be part of VIXEN's classic lineup, along with founding guitarist Jan Kuehnemund, who died of cancer in October 2013.

Gardner contributed lead vocals to VIXEN's most commercially successful studio albums — "Vixen" (1988), "Rev It Up" (1990) and "Tangerine" (1998) — as well as the group's latest release, last year's live album "Live Fire".

In January 2018, Gardner underwent surgery to remove blood clots in her brain, a condition known as a subdural hematoma.

While Gardner was recovering from her surgery, VIXEN played a show in Durant, Oklahoma in March 2018 with a fill-in singer, Lorraine Lewis of FEMME FATALE. This past January, Lewis was announced as Gardner's official replacement.

A Black Sabbath fan’s mission to meet his idols succeeded beyond his wildest dreams after he was given VIP access at a Birmingham tribute event.

Prison officer Alex Woodford found himself rubbing shoulders with guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler as the band’s ‘heavy metal bench’ and Black Sabbath Bridge were unveiled in the city. His good fortune on June 26 followed a mini-disaster in February when the lifelong Sabbath fan’s car caught fire as he travelled to Birmingham for an earlier exclusive viewing of the bench, where Tony Iommi was the special guest.

Alex, who lives in Littlehampton, Sussex, said: “I was absolutely distraught when my car broke down halfway through my four-hour journey to Birmingham back in February. I was stranded by the side of the road holding my ticket and had to go home knowing this great event was going on without me. But now I’m still pinching myself that I finally made it to Birmingham for the latest event and ended up meeting and chatting to Tony and Geezer face-to-face. I keep looking at the pictures because I can’t believe it’s happened, and it’s made memories that will stay with me for a lifetime.”

Alex, aged 40, travelled to Birmingham the night before the June event to make sure he didn’t miss it, visiting Ozzy Osborne’s former home in Aston and the Crown pub in the city centre where the band played their first gig. He arrived early for the event to get a front row space and began chatting to Mike Olley, general manager of Westside Business Improvement District (BID), which was organizing the event. Before he knew it, he had been co-opted to help out and was invited behind the scenes as Tony and Geezer set sail on a narrowboat to the canal bridge renamed in honour of the band.

Alex explained: “I was there when they arrived and chatted with Geezer after the unveiling. I helped to guide the VIPs into position and was then invited along to the private drinks afterwards and got to speak to Tony. He was great, a real gentleman, and chatted to me even though there was a room full of people waiting to talk to him. He and Geezer signed my vinyl - it was incredible, I just couldn’t believe it was happening.”

Mike Olley, of Westside BID, said: “We could tell that Alex was a true Black Sabbath fan and when we heard about his heart-breaking journey in February we just had to help. The bench and bridge are a tribute to both Black Sabbath and the passion of the amazing fans who have made them into the legends they are today, so bringing Alex together with Tony and Geezer really embodied the spirit of what we are trying to celebrate here in Birmingham.”

Westside BID worked closely with the Canal & River Trust charity and Birmingham City Council to have the bridge over Birmingham’s Broad Street renamed as 'Black Sabbath Bridge'. At the same event the metal bench featuring cut-outs of the band’s members was installed on top of the bridge.




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More rare Pink Floyd live footage has surfaced. This is a performance of "Atom Heart Mother" that was broadcast live on KQED in San Francisco on April 30, 1970.

Rare footage from Pink Floyd's performance at Music Power & European Music Revolution, Festival Actuel, in Amougies Mont de l’Enclus, Belgium on October 25, 1969, can be seen below:

Watch "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun", "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", and "Green Is The Colour" from the same festival:




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Athens, Greece-based thrash metal commando, Domination Inc. have released a single and music video for the song "The Eye", taken from the forthcoming album, Memoir 414. Watch the clip below.

Memoir 414 will be released worldwide on August 23rd via SPV/Steamhammer as a CD digipak version, LP version, download and stream. Pre-order here.

Tracklisting:

"Cutting Edge"
"Day VIII Deus‘ Ignorance"
"The Sickening"
"Dark City"
"Dehumanized"
"Crux, Nux, Lux..."
"The Eye"
"Culling"
"Love Me Forever"

"The Eye" video:

"The Sickening" video:

Lineup:

Aggelos “Alpha” Karatzas - drums
Aris “Ares” Karatzas - guitar
Kostas Evangeliou - guitar
Theodore Papadopoulos - vocals
Jim Kakes - bass




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Brutal death metal behemoths Disentomb have unveiled a music video for their song "Indecipherable Sermons Of Gloom". The track is off of the group's monstrous, devastating, and genre defining new album The Decaying Light, which is out now on Unique Leader Records.

The Decaying Light is the follow up to Disentomb's 2014 album Misery, and contains 13 slabs of uniquely obliterating extreme metal. The album shows the band truly coming into their own and cements their place as one of the most singular and exciting bands in the genre.

Guitars for The Decaying Light were tracked by band guitarist Jake Wilkes, drums and bass were recorded by Joe Haley (Psycroptic), and vocals were tracked by Dan Field at Sledgehammer Studios. Mixing and reamping for the effort were done by Disentomb bassist Adrian Cappelletti, and mastering was done by Colin Davis at Imperial Mastering (Deeds of Flesh, Devourment).

Artwork for The Decaying Light comes from the incredible Nick Keller with the layout and design coming from Steve Crow of Condemned.

The band commented on the effort, "These 13 tracks combined make up an album we have always wanted to write and have been on the path to writing since the birth of Disentomb 10 years ago. The Decaying Light solidifies a unique sound we have worked to carve out, 13 tracks of dissonant Brutal Death that we feel is our most personal and accomplished work to date. The addition of Adrian on bass has helped Disentomb reach new levels of songwriting and cemented our sound. We understand five years is a long time between albums, especially for touring bands, and we thank our fans for their patience."

Tracklisting:

“Collapsing Skies”
“Your Prayers Echo Into Nothingness”
“Indecipherable Sermons Of Gloom”
“Undying Dysphoria”
“Centuries Of Deluge”
“The Decaying Light”
“The Great Abandonment”
“Dredged Into Existence”
“The Droning Monolith”
“Dismal Liturgies”
“Invocation In The Cathedral Of Dust”
“Rebirth Through Excoriation”
“Withering”

Dates have been revealed for the Bloodletting North America Tour. Now in its thirteenth year, the trek, which covers a large portion of the US and Eastern Canada, will see Unique Leader artists Disentomb headlining with support coming from Visceral Disgorge, and label mates Signs Of The Swarm, Continuum, Organectomy, and Mental Cruelty.

Unique Leader Records commented, "We are beyond excited to unveil the lineup for the 13th Bloodletting North America Tour! We are incredibly happy to have the mighty Disentomb headlining alongside so many of our artists. This is definitely one of the most insanely brutal lineups of the year so don't miss out!"

September
13 - Los Angeles, CA - Catch One
14 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro
15 - Portland, OR - Bossanova Ballroom
16 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
19 - Denver, CO - The Roxy Theatre
20 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
21 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
22 - Minneapolis, MN - Amsterdam Bar
24 - Milwaukee, WI - Club Garibaldi
25 - Chicago, IL - Cobra Lounge
26 - Indianapolis, IN - The Citadel
27 - Detroit, MI - Sanctuary
28 - Toronto, ON - The Rockpile
29 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
30 - Quebec City, QC - L’Anti Bar

October
1 - Manchester, NH - Bungalow
2 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus Bar
3 - Stanhope, NJ - Stanhope House
4 - Frederick, MD - Cafe 611
5 - Spartanburg, SC - Groundzero
6 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
8 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
9 - Austin, TX - Come and Take It Live
10 - Fort Worth, TX - Tomcats West
11 - El Paso, TX - Rockhouse Bar
12 - Mesa, AZ - Club Red
13 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick

Discover "Your Prayers Echo Into Nothingness" by Disentomb:




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Canadian independent Gothic/symphonic metal artist Cecile Monique has released “Break,” her latest single and music video.

The video was filmed on location at Toronto’s The Imaginarium, an immersive escape room crafted by former set designers in the Canadian broadcast industry.

“When we were scouting locations for the Break video and stumbled upon The Imaginarium, I knew instantly that their Grand Wilshire Hotel escape room would be the perfect location for the shoot. As soon as we walked in, we all felt like we were on the set of a Stephen King movie! It just had the perfect, chilling atmosphere and so many impressive little details that made it the perfect complement to the feel of the song,” says Cecile Monique of the video shoot.

The single will also be released to streaming platforms and will feature a previously-unreleased bonus remix.

“The Break remix showcases an alternate version of the song that highlights a more industrial, ambient take with a hint of darkwave, which definitely channels my gothic roots in a new way. This is the first time that I’m featuring a remix of one of my original songs and I hope that it will also be a way for new listeners of other styles of music to encounter my work.”

Cecile Monique’s debut album, Genesis, is also available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play and all major digital platforms worldwide. Physical CD copies are also available at select Sunrise Records stores in Canada, and autographed album and merch bundles are also available through Cecile Monique’s official store.




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Australia's Greystone Canyon have premiered their music video "Path We Stray" off the band's Wild West inspired debut album While The Wheels Still Turn released during 2018 via Rockshots Records (EU/NA) and Hellfire Records (AU). If you're a fan of classic metal in the vein of influences such as Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and Megadeth, then this will be right up your alley. Check out the BraveWords premiered video below:

The band adds: 

"The song starts with some huge rhythmic percussion providing the backbone for Richard's Steve Vai inspired melody.  Sounding similar to something Megadeth may have done in the early '90s with a chugging verse and pre-chorus key change before shifting to another big chorus. The song deals with the subject matter of where we go after this life. The song ends with some dark solo guitar harmonies disappearing into a phaser."

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Australia gave the world great hard rock/metal acts like AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Now, joining those Aussie giants of rock is Greystone Canyon.

The band released their debut album While The Wheels Still Turn on March 9th, 2018, in Europe, U.S.A, and Canada through Rockshots Records and on Hellfire Records in Australia on March 12th, 2018.

The album was tracked at the splendidly named Goatsound Studios in Melbourne, Australia, and then mixed in Canada, making ‘the album a real rock n’ roll frequent flyer. Mixing duties were undertaken by none other than Grammy-nominated producer and legend Glen Robinson, who had engineered, mixed and produced equally legendary acts like Annihilator, Queensryche, and Voivod.

Inspired by legends like Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth and King Diamond, While The Wheels Still Turn is an album that could not only sit well beside the works of those legends, but with the current tsunami of all things the ‘70s and ‘80s inspired, Greystone Canyon are in the right place at the right time. We are traveling back to the future and they are the soundtrack!

As vocalist/guitarist Darren Cherry proudly states.

“We really wanted to make an album similar to old Ozzy Osbourne record where songs like ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘Goodbye To Romance’ can sit comfortably. This is music from the heart and soul!”




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September 6 will see Swedish occult rock masters, Year Of The Goat, return with their brand new opus, Novis Orbis Terrarum Ordinis, via Napalm Records. Today the band is not only sharing the initial album details, spectacular album artwork, but also a brand new music video for the hard-hitting rock juggernaut "Avaritia". Watch the clip below.

Evoking a musically, sinister reality that surrounds us in this world with the majestic sound by Year Of The Goat, the occult rock collective adds a fire to the chaos with the band's third studio album. In these times of global upheaval, the band's upcoming record will celebrate your sins "[...] and rejoice in the perverseness of evil", but one is definitely clear: The Year Of The Goat is now.

Novis Orbis Terrarum Ordinis showcases Year Of The Goat's roots in the darker sounds of the 60's and 70's, while they have never sounded so bracing before. Captivating tracks such as the just released "Avaritia" indulge in the finest occult rock full of blackened heart`s blood and elegiac melody lines that will haunt your dreams.

Available on LP, CD and digital formats, the pre-order is underway, here.

Tracklisting:

"Subortus" "Acedia" "Luxuria" "Ira"
"Superbia" "Gula"
"Avaritia" "Invidia" "Subicio"

"Avaritia" video:

Lineup:

Thomas Sabbathi - vocals, guitar
Jonas Mattsson - guitar Linus Lundgren - guitar Daniel Melo - drums
Joona Hassinen - bass Pope - mellotron, vocals




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Boston’s The Offering are streaming the song "Lovesick", from their debut album, Home, out worldwide on August 2 via Century Media. Listen to the song below, and pre-order the album here.

The Offering partly tracked Home at Carriage House Studios in Stamford CT, a place where diverse pop, rock and metal artists recorded influential albums including Pantera, Fates Warning, Overkill, Deftones, BoySetsFire or Sugar. Home was then mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Bring Me The Horizon, Architects and many more).

Fredrik Nordström about Home: “This is the most crazy and insane music I ever worked with, I love it!”

Tracklisting:

“Waste Away”
“Lovesick”
“Ultraviolence”
“A Dance With Diana”
“Failure (S.O.S.)”
“Hysteria”
“Glory”
“Home”

“Lovesick”:

“Ultraviolence” video:

"Failure (S.O.S.)" lyric video:

The Offering have announced a number of European shows including the legendary Wacken Open Air (Germany), Free & Easy in Munich and and FEZEN Festival in Hungary. More dates will be announced shortly.

Alexander Richichi (vocals) about coming to Europe: “Since our teens, we (The Offering) have heard rumors about the majesty of the European metal scene. Like a myth - stories of the grandness and the abundance of fans of the European festivals travel across the Atlantic to us, mocking us and reminding us that our scene is lacking. The Offering is humbly grateful for the opportunity to travel to historic festivals to play and share our art. This is a dream for most, if not every metal musician. We recognize our opportunity and will do everything to make it the best for you, our listeners. Let’s have some fun.”

Dates:

July
20 - Gävle, Sweden - Gefle Metal Festival
25 - Takarodó, Hungary - Fezen Festival
28 - Munich, Germany - Free & Easy (Werkstatt-Studio)

August
3 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air

(Photo - Joshua West)




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New Zealand based thrash metal trio, Alien Weaponry, have release a music video for their single, "Blinded"

The song is physically available on the almost sold out Ahi Kā 7 Inch Single (A-side: “Ahi Kā”, B-side: “Blinded”) now and talks about the difficulty of relationships. It focuses on how hard it is to reconcile and see through all the confusion when you’re a teenager and travel around the world to play your music while trying to keep a relationship working. It is deeply personal and very touching, since probably everyone has felt something similar to this at least once in their lives. Watch the new video below. Order the single here.

"The song has very personal meaning for me (Lewis), but we wanted the video to leave things more open, so people can interpret it their own way. Piotr and Dwayne have really captured the notion of altered realities that we were going for, and we hope people will find their own messages in the images and the music," says Lewis de Jong.

Alien Weaponry have announced their next run of dates in the US and Canada. The band will join forces with legendary metal bands Black Label Society and The Black Dahlia Murder for a month long tour this fall. The trek kicks off September 11 in Ventura, CA and concludes on October 12 at the inaugural Exit 111 Festival in Manchester, TN. A complete list of dates is below. Following those dates, the band has scheduled a string of headline dates. They start October 13 in Kansas City, MO and run through October 26 in Seattle, WA.

Tour dates:

September (with Black Label Society and Black Dahlia Murder)
11 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater
13 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
15 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma
16 - Billings, MT - Pub Station
18 - Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
19 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
21 - Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos
22 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
23 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
25 - Fayetteville, AR - Fayetteville Town Center
27 - Turtle Lake, WI - St. Croix Casino
28 - Belvedere, IL - The Apollo Theatre
30 - Kitchener, ON - Elements

October (with Black Label Society and Black Dahlia Murder)
1 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
2 - Pikeville, KY - Appalachian Wireless Arena
4 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
5 - Montclair, NJ - The Wellmont Theater
8 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
10 - Destin, FL - Club LA
12 - Manchester, TN - Exit 111 Festival *

October
13 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
16 - Window Rock, AZ - Window Rock Sports Center
17 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red
20 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
21 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver
23 - Portland, OR - Hawthorn Theatre
24 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
26 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey

* festival

(Photo - Piotr Kwasnik)




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Finnish symphonic power metal band, Everfrost, will release their sophomore album, Winterider, via Rockshots Records on September 6. Pre-order here, and watch a video for the song "Cold Night Remedy" below.

Winterider will be a unique undertaking for a metal/rock band, as it will be the combination between a fully coherent manga comic and a conceptual album. The story will feature characters from their debut album Blue Eyed Emotion.

The music includes generous use of catchy melodies and heavy riffs, plenty of guitar and keyboard solos, a large instrumental variety from orchestral to electronic and energetic drumming. 10 Freezing Songs Of A Harsh Winter Tale!

The album features Asim Searah from Wintersun as special guest on "Above The Treeline", and includes a cover version of "Die Young" originally By Kesha.

Tracklisting:

“Winterider”
“Juhannus In January”
“Chainlace Angel”
“Actraiser”
“Cold Night Remedy”
“Above The Treeline”
“Brandy And Antifreeze”
“Die Young”
“Darkwoods Drain Backwaters”
“A Whisper In A Frozen Tale”

“Cold Night Remedy” video:

Album trailer:

Lineup:

Mikael Salo - Lead Vocals
Markus Laito - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Benji Connelly - Keyboards
Jope 'James' Salminen - Drums
Allan C Hasanen - Bass




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Emerging from the shadows of eastern Poland back in 2015, black metal band Batushka have established themselves as one of the modern era's most powerful and evocative bands. Harnessing the fire and fury of arcane black metal and channeling it through the reverberant grandeur of ancient rituals of worship, the band's debut album Litourgiya stood apart from the extreme metal hordes: a monument to originality, depth and dark mysticism that swiftly cast its spell over the metal underground and beyond.

The band have released their sophomore album, Hospodi, via Metal Blade Records. A video for the song "Utrenia" can be found below.

Named after an Old Church Slavonic word for "God," Hospodi enhances all the unique qualities that made the band such an instant phenomenon, while offering an entirely distinct and fresh sensory experience. The album boasts the most ferocious and bewitching songs the band has penned to date - along with a newfound sense of rock swagger.

"The whole album is a concept based on the Liturgy Of Death, the prayers for the dead, and Orthodox funeral rites and dirges," said the band. "It's all about a ritual that involves the dead and the mourners. We also used a lot of old folk songs and elegies from our homeland. These are sung during the wake, around the casket, in the deceased person's home. Nowadays only a few older people know them and still sing them accordingly in our region. We decided to cherish that tradition and I'm glad that with our album these songs and rites will survive."

Find order options here.

Hospodi is available in several configurations, listed below:

-Limited edition digibook CD
-Deluxe box set (wooden box, digibook CD, clear/black marbled vinyl, DVD, hard cover book, incense box, candles, pin, guitar pick - limited to 800 copies)
-Deluxe box set (EU Webshop exclusive - wooden box, digibook CD, blood splatter vinyl, DVD, hard cover book, incense box, candles, pin, guitar pick - limited to 200 copies)
-180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
-Amber marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies)
-Dead gold marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
-Blood-red black marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
-Clear/red/black splatter vinyl (EU Webshop exclusive - limited to 100 copies)
-Gold / black split vinyl (US retail exclusive - 500 copies)
-Cream w/ black splatter vinyl (US webstore exclusive - 500 copies)
-Black w/ gold haze vinyl (US webstore exclusive - 500 copies)

Tracklisting:

“Wozglas”
“Dziewiatyj Czas”
“Wieczernia”
“Powieczerje”
“Polunosnica”
“Utrenia”
“Pierwyj Czas”
“Tretij Czas”
“Szestoj Czas”
“Liturgiya”

"Utrenia" video:

"Liturgiya" video:

“Wieczernia” video:

“Polunosznica” video:




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Nuclear Blast Records will release NorthTale's new album, Welcome To Paradise, on August 2. Pre-order the album here, and watch a lyric video for the song "Shape Your Reality" below.

Formed by guitarist Bill Hudson (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I Am Morbid, ex-U.D.O./Dirkschneider), vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force), and drummer Patrick Johansson (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-W.A.S.P.) in late 2017, the lineup was quickly completed by Mikael Planefeldt (bass) as well as keyboardist Jimmy Pitts.

Hudson comments: "The artwork for Welcome To Paradise represents an entrance to whatever 'paradise' represents to each of us. With this album, we intend to introduce the band to the world, as well as to spread our message, that you can be or do whatever you want, it's all inside your own mind. Felipe Machado did a great job capturing our ideas and bringing them into reality. The album, the music and the lyrics all seek to empower the listener and remind them that THEY are masters of their destiny and what happens in their lives."

"Welcome To Paradise"
"Higher"
"Follow Me"
"The Rhythm of Life"
"Time To Rise"
"Way Of The Light" (Bonus Track)
"Shape Your Reality"
"Everyone's A Star"
"Siren's Fall"
"Bring Down The Mountain"
"Playing With Fire"
"If Angels Are Real"
"Even When"

"Shape Your Reality" lyric video:

"Higher" lyric video:

The group is set to conquer not only your audio systems, but also the world's stages, with their very first gig to take place at their label mates Sabaton's very own open air festival (August 14-17) and heading forward to two concerts in Tokyo, Japan for the Evoken Festival (August 31, September 1). Stay tuned for further info.




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In the new video below, Bon Jovi performs "Wanted Dead Or Alive" live at Wembley Stadium on June 21:

Bon Jovi's sixth tour diary from their 2019 European This House Is Not For Sale tour, featuring the Wembley Stadium show, can be seen below:

Footage of the band performing "Blood On Blood" at the concert can be seen below:

Bon Jovi perform tonight, July 12, at PGE Norodowy in Warsaw, Poland. Find the band's live itinerary here.




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After nine strong albums, Italian folk power metal band, Elvenking takes the next step in their career: Reader Of The Runes - Divination will be released on August 30 via AFM Records. A video for the song "Silverseal" can be found below.

With this album, the group creates a complete new world embracing and containing the essence of Elvenking, the concept of their message and the atmospheres of their music. Built as a concept, Reader Of The Runes - Divination is an adventurous journey into a mystic world of runes, magic and ancient powers far away from the visible.

The band about their new album: "Expect big melodies, folk tunes, lots of acoustic breaks and heavy stuff in an album that those who already listened to it already consider (one of) our best ever."

Reader Of The Runes - Divination will be available on digipak, ltd. gatefold vinyl and boxset. Pre-order here.

Tracklisting:

"Perthro"
"Heathen Divine"
"Divination"
"Silverseal"
"The Misfortune Of Virtue"
"Eternal Eleanor"
"Diamonds In The Night"
"Under The Sign Of A Black Star"
"Malefica Doctrine"
"Sic Semper Tyrannis"
"Warden Of The Bane"
"Reader Of The Runes - Book I"

"Silverseal" video:

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After yesterday's exclusive premiere on the "Ken Bruce Show" (BBC Radio 2), BLACK STAR RIDERS are thrilled to share their brand new single, "Ain't The End Of The World", out today. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming fourth album "Another State Of Grace", set for release on September 6 via Nuclear Blast, and it is accompanied by a sharp and unconventional animated video, which can be viewed below.

"Ain't The End Of The World" is yet another example of BLACK STAR RIDERS' skillful songwriting and distinctive sound. The track displays the band's unique sonic dimension, in which Scott Gorham's guitar intertwines with Christian Martucci's, the rhythmic section solidly sustains the melody throughout the song, and Ricky Warwick's powerful and raw vocals harmoniously bind music and lyrics.


Frontman Ricky Warwick comments: "'Ain't The End Of The World' is trademark BLACK STAR RIDERS. Showcasing the dual guitars of Christian Martucci and Scott Gorham perfectly. It's a song of hope, positivity and seeing the light at the end of a dark tunnel in a world of uncertainty."

The follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire", "Another State Of Grace" was recorded in February 2019 at Sphere Studios in Burbank, California with producer Jay Ruston (STONE SOUR, ANTHRAX, URIAH HEEP). The album will be made available on CD, vinyl and vinyl picture disc, limited-edition boxset and limited edition light green vinyl.


Track listing:

01. Tonight The Moonlight Let Me Down

02. Another State Of Grace

03. Ain't The End Of The World

04. Underneath The Afterglow

05. Soldier In The Ghetto

06. Why Do You Love Your Guns?

07. Standing In The Line Of Fire

08. What Will It Take?

09. In The Shadow Of The War Machine

10. Poisoned Heart

Longtime supporter Joe Elliott, vocalist of DEF LEPPARD, says: "I've been an ardent supporter ever since they started their journey having moved away from being THIN LIZZY and becoming a legitimate band in their own right. For me, this is by far their best effort to date."


Warwick says: "This has probably been the most enjoyable experience in the studio I have had making a record. The vibe and commitment the boys brought into this was stellar. Our most anthemic and soulful album to date. I'm very proud and excited for people to hear 'Another State Of Grace'."

BLACK STAR RIDERS consists of Ricky Warwick (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Gorham (lead guitar) and Robert Crane (bass) along with recent additions Chad Szeliga (drums) and Christian Martucci (lead guitar).

Gorham says: "It was great to be back in Los Angeles, and recording with Jay Ruston was an absolute pleasure. I am excited to see everyone's reactions to this amazing record… and I can't wait to get back on the road and play you these new songs."

Guitarist Damon Johnson announced his exit from BLACK STAR RIDERS in September, but continued performing with the band until the end of the group's U.K. tour in early December.

"Heavy Fire" was a worldwide success, reaching position No. 6 on the U.K. chart, No. 11 on the German chart, and No. 91 on U.S. Current Top Albums chart.

German dark metal band, Lacrimas Profundere, have released a video for "The Kingdom Solicitude", a track from their upcoming Bleeding The Stars album, out on July 26 via Steamhammer/Oblivion/SPV. Watch the video below, and pre-order the album here.

“This new record is like a new beginning for us” guitarist and band leader Oliver Nikolas Schmid explains. He reclaimed their drummer Dominik Scholz and got Julian Larre on board as a new vocalist. “I cast aside the shackles of the last years, in search of my musical roots, my dream to be a musician, breaking down Lacrimas Profundere to their very essence along the way - for the sake of music. This includes my brother and songwriter Christopher, with whom I started this madness of a band in 1993.”

The album was produced by Kristian ‘Kohle’ Kohlmannslehner, the cover artwork - featuring shades of deep crimson - was again created by Brazilian artist Elton Fernandes. Asked about their telling album title, Oliver says the following: “We read up on the big bang theory a bit. When something huge is created, there is always blood and tears involved somewhere in the process. And voilà: the album’s title was born!”

Tracklisting:

"I Knew And Will Forever Know"
"Celestite Woman"
"The Kingdom Solicitude"
"Mother Of Doom"
"Father Of Fate"
"Like Screams In Empty Halls"
"The Reaper"
"After All Those Infinities"
"A Sip Of Multiverse"
"A Sleeping Throne"

"The Kingdom Solicitude" video:

"Like Screams In Empty Halls" video:

"Father Of Fate" video:




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On September 6, STATUS QUO will release "Backbone" through earMUSIC/Edel; the band's 33rd studio album – the LP will be their 33rd 33rpm!

The official music video for the disc's title track can be seen below.

Some doubters said "Backbone" was a record that could not be made, but the 2019 lineup of STATUS QUO has been through a lot, they have chalked up 130 shows as a unit and travelled tens of thousands of miles. This is a group of musicians that is strong, that back each other up and are tighter than ever. "Backbone" features of a trio songs drawn from the classic partnership of Rossi/Young as well as contributions from all of the rest of the band.

The 11-track album was recorded at Francis's studio in the late months of 2018 and into this year. The sessions were initially just to keep the juices flowing, improvise and have fun. As the hours rolled on, songs stacked up, everyone began to believe that something special was happening. And so it proved. Even from within the group, there had been some resistance to creating a new record.

As Francis says: "This new material had to be seriously good. QUO have achieved so much and meant so much to too many people for the quality to slip now. Also, let's face it, things have changed and we're an easier target than ever.

"Losing Rick was hard to bear but, through Richie Malone, who was inspired to pick up a guitar by him, we can not only keep going but actually pick up the pace. The energy that he and Leon bring to QUO can't be underestimated.

"I wasn't sure I had another album in me, but I couldn't be more proud of 'Backbone'. I hope the fans love it, but you can't please everyone and I'm not going to start trying to now."

To have "backbone" means to stand firm, to stand up for what you believe in. The title fits. The hundreds of songs recorded by QUO over half a century still resonate today, and the tracks on this album are a worthy addition to that incredible catalogue. A new QUO studio album is a cause for celebration, especially when it kicks like this one. And for the doubters? A "backbone" is also a support, a unifying element that keeps things in shape. Underlying this new record are the core desires to keep creating, to be the best and to keep playing: these are the qualities that have kept QUO at the top for so long. "Backbone" will ensure that Francis Rossi and QUO keep standing proud. And, by naming the album "Backbone", they're ready for the "Spinal Tap" headlines too!

"Backbone" track listing:

01. Waiting For A Woman (Rossi/Young)

02. Cut Me Some Slack (Rossi/Edwards)

03. Liberty Lane (Rossi/Edwards)

04. I See You're in Some Trouble (Rossi/Young)

05. Backing Off (Bown/Rossi)

06. I Wanna Run Away With You (Rossi/Young)

07. Backbone (Rossi/Edwards)

08. Better Take Care (John David)

09. Falling Off The World (Cave)

10. Get Out Of My Head (Malone)

11. Running Out Of Time (Bown/Rossi)