Classically-trained vocal powerhouse, Kobra Paige, is best known for her time as founder, lead singer and songwriter of double Juno-nominated hard rock outfit Kobra And The Lotus. Over the course of six albums and one EP, the band charted several songs at rock radio and garnered over 46 million streams across various platforms (Spotify, YouTube, etc.). Kobra And The Lotus have played over 800 shows worldwide in 20+ countries and have performed for tens of thousands at some of the world’s biggest music festivals (Rock Am Ring, Hellfest, Download, Wacken and more).
Kobra has released her new solo single, "Thank You". Check it out below.
Kobra's previous single, “Under One Sun”, had its worldwide premiere on AXS TV’s Power Hour. Check out the epic video that depicts the power of nature, healing and the divine feminine below.
Of “Under One Sun,” Kobra Paige commented, “This song is incredibly symbolic for me as it was the very first one ever written for this album. Co-written on an acoustic in Nashville alongside producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Evanescence), the song was formally recorded and produced by Brian Howes (Skillet, Chris Cornell, Mother Mother). Brian played all the various guitar layers and together with engineer Karl Dicaire, we elevated it to the global sound the messaging called for. ‘UOS’ speaks to our resilience and capacity to heal as human beings. It serves as a reminder that we can heal enough to coexist with the things in life that wound us the most. I hope this song and video bring grace into your darkest crevices of pain, grief, traumas and suffering you have endured.”
"Under One Sun" and "Thank You" are featured on Kobra Paige’s forthcoming debut solo album, the title of which has now been revealed; Like No Other is due out April 5. It is produced by Grammy Award winner Brian Howes (Skillet, Linkin Park, Simple Plan). The first single from Like No Other", “Love What I Hate” is chartbound, added to over thirty Active Rock radio stations.
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah Willcox, have released the video below, along with the following message:
"Merry Christmas from the Sunday Lunch team! This week is a true gem! Enjoy!"
Toyah recently revealed in an interview with eonmusic that a movie of the Sunday Lunch series is in the planning. The weekly event, which sees Toyah and partner Robert Fripp cover songs from across the rock spectrum, started during the lockdown of 2020, and has grown into a "phenomenon," according to the singer.
Toyah made the revelation while speaking to eonmusic's Eamon O'Neill ahead of her performance at Rewind South in Henley-on-Thames in August.
Speaking about how Sunday Lunch has taken off; Toyah said; "Well, the Sunday lunch phenomenon, which is a worldwide phenomenon, it's basically, we picked up on classic rock, and our treatment of rock is; if you can teach Mozart and Beethoven in schools, then why can't you teach classic rock? Because that's what it is now; rock from Led Zeppelin, rock from Black Sabbath; it's classic, it's never going to go away. And it's something that I think, kids would really love learning about. That's not that we're going on the road and being educational, but our show kind of goes on a journey with artists we know, artists who visit us in our homes."
Going on to reveal that a movie about Sunday Lunch is on the way, Toyah said; "We have a documentary crew following us, and we have quite a big production company scripting an idea at the moment. Obviously we won't be in it. It's for actors to play, but that's all in the back kind of pool of what do you call pre-production. All of that's going on."
Asked when the movie might see the light of day, she was however, less committal; "I mean, movies take years, you know, for the even scripts to be accepted, so who knows what will happen?"
After the release of their self-titled album Beyond The Black, which was released in January 2023, the band now shares the brand new piano version of the song, "Wide Awake". The piano version of "Wide Awake" is the perfect song to start the pre-Christmas time and gets you in the right mood. Their Dancing In The Dark tour starts in April 2024. All tour dates are listed below.
Jennifer Haben comments: "The piano version of 'Wide Awake' is something very special, because the song's creation process began with piano and vocals. I love that this pure, almost naked version, as it originally was, can now be heard by everyone. The song couldn't feel more personal to me."
After a successful South American tour in October, Where’s My Bible have released the awaited second single, "Creator Of Abyss", from their upcoming album. With this release the band show their darkest side so far. In addition to sinister death metal, the band brings elements of black metal to their sound to create this song.
Check out the official video below. The single is available here.
Vocalist Jussi Matilainen comments: "'Creator Of Abyss' is a song that deviates thematically from the upcoming album's main theme. Of course, it still delves into the intricacies of the human mind, but the mood of the song strongly takes you to darker places.
The story is about a very serious disease that ravages a person and eventually takes its victim with it. It is a story about how this kind of illness not only exhausts the sick person, but also eats away at his loved ones mentally and even physically - how mental well-being is corrupted and suffering increases. In this song, we wanted to create this disease as a physical entity that only causes destruction around it and eats in abundance endlessly.
'Creator Of Abyss' is one of the darkest songs we've ever released and therefore fits perfectly with that story. It has been our intention for some time to write a song about such a topic and as soon as this song was composed, we knew that the two fit together seamlessly.
As before, I immediately got a certain vision of the music video and its story when I first heard the song. Over the years, we have formed such a perfect and tight-knit group that we were able to capture the vision and the story perfectly in the music video. This might even be the best music video in the history of Where's My Bible."
Starting their new era in 2022 by releasing concept EP, Circle, Where’s My Bible will continue with a distinctive sound that introduces new melodic elements - ancient instruments and Scandinavian mythology. With this sound they will continue thriving forward to the year 2024 and releasing their new album at the start of the year.
The new album will tell stories about the human mind through metaphors and tales from Scandinavian mythology, as the album’s first single, "Fenrir", also did. In addition to these stories and compositions, the band will present more amazing music videos that bring the tales of the songs to life.
A List Media Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Home Entertainment recently announced their partnership to distribute the evocative new music documentary, Yoshiki: Under The Sky on digital on demand in North America following the success of the global theatrical release of Yoshiki's directorial debut, which has been released in over 130 cinemas in Japan, Europe, and the United States to date. The documentary feature will stream on a major platform in early 2024.
Yoshiki: Under The Sky gathers an extraordinary collection of international artists for an emotional journey through the pain of losing loved ones and uniting globally through the healing power of music. Shot in Germany, Beijing, Tokyo, and LA, the film features interviews and performances from The Chainsmokers (USA), St. Vincent (USA), Scorpions (Germany), Sarah Brightman (UK), Nicole Scherzinger (USA), HYDE (Japan), SUGIZO (Japan), SixTONES (Japan), Jane Zhang (China), and Lindsey Stirling (USA), as it crosses international borders and celebrates an array of diverse voices coming together at a time of universal upheaval.
The film is produced by Emmy Award winner Sid Ganis (Iron Man, Akeelah and the Bee, The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark), Emmy Award winner Mark Ritchie (Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, The Big Steppers Tour: Live from Paris), along with consulting producer Stephen Kijak (WE ARE X, Stones in Exile, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man) and directed by Yoshiki – composer, drummer, pianist, and leader of rock bands X Japan and The Last Rockstars. The project is the artist’s first feature film as director and was conceived during the pandemic when musicians could not connect with their fans.
Watch the performance of "Closer" with The Chainsmokers below:
Yoshiki was recently profiled in TIME magazine and in September 2023 became the first Japanese artist in almost 100 years to be honored with a handprint and footprint ceremony at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood since the tradition began in 1927. Amongst Yoshiki’s long list of accolades in music, fashion, and film, he has composed a concerto for the Emperor of Japan; was the first Japanese man on the cover of Vogue Japan; was chosen to be the first living person to have a Hello Kitty doll named after him, called 'Yoshikitty', and has received international recognition for his continued philanthropic efforts.
In October 2023, Yoshiki headlined a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City, after dazzling audiences and receiving standing ovations at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Tokyo Garden Theater, and Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. This marks the first time a Japanese artist has headlined all of these historic venues.
Check out the official trailer for Yoshiki: Under The Sky below.
Yoshiki comments: "Magnolia Pictures has been a fantastic distribution partner, and I am thrilled that more people will now have the opportunity to experience this celebration of music featuring so many talented artists from across the globe. The message of this film is that, as humans, we are all here to support each other, not hate each other. I would like people to watch this film to realize why we’re here. We are supposed to spread our love."
Houston based rock band Hindsight is making a huge splash in Texas with the release of a new music video for their song “Back Around” that is receiving major radio airplay on the iHeart radio station “94.5 The Buzz” this December. The song is featured on their latest 3-track EP titled Just Blow On It as a follow-up to their 2021 release _Catalyst.
Regarding the inspiration for “Back Around” as well as the rest of the EP, Hindsight states, “For this record, we really wanted to get back to some of the original sounds and styles that got us all into playing music in the first place. We are all huge fans of modern rock, metal, and electronic music and that is obvious on our previous release Catalyst. However, we all grew up heavily influenced by the alternative, grunge, and punk movements of the mid-late ‘90s and early ‘00s as well. This song and record was very organic for us and we had a blast recording it. Nothing is forced and more than anything, we just wanted to make something fun that we could all really jam too. Lyrically, the song “Back Around” discusses coming to terms with the fact that despite music being an exhausting pursuit, it always seems to keep drawing us back and continues to add value to our lives.”
The track has recently received heavy fan voting to make it one of ten independent artists to be featured on Houston iHeart radio station “94.5 The Buzz.” As a result, the band decided to shoot the video for “Back Around” and schedule a series of performances in the Houston area in December, January, and February along with additional select dates in the gulf coast region. Their next concert date will be held at Acadia in Houston, Texas with fellow Texas rockers Downfall 2012.
After their amazing return to the live stage, on Friday, October 13, Phear has premiered the first video title track from their new studio album, Save Our Souls, through BraveWords!
The album is set for release in spring of 2024. Phear has been recording this album over the last three years, mostly due to Covid restrictions. But now it’s time for these Canuck Metal heads to unleash the heaviest tracks so far in the Phear Catalogue!
2024 will be all about performing these new songs live. If you have ever seen Phear in concert, you know that they deliver an arena show in a club. As stated by the band; “You haven’t seen anything yet!”
Fans can stay up-to-date on Save Our Souls release details by joining their email list here.
Psychlona have set their signatures under a multi-album deal with Magnetic Eye Records, with the British desert rockers planning to release their fourth album via the label later in 2024.
In celebration of joining Magnetic Eye, Psychlona also release a new video single today.
"We are stoked to be joining Magnetic Eye,” guitarist and singer Phil Hey writes on behalf of the band. "We had a few offers on the table but we all knew that this label was the way we wanted to go. We have already worked with label director Jadd Shickler under various guises over the past few years and he has become a trusted confidant and friend. That was probably our primary reason, very closely followed by the fact that Magnetic Eye has a great roster including Greenleaf, who are one of my all-time favourite bands. It made perfect sense. We're looking forward to a long relationship with Jadd and the guys!"
Jadd Shickler welcomes Psychlona: "I've been working with Psychlona for several years in different capacities, and admire the fast leaps forward they've taken in a short time", the Magnetic Eye director explains. "In 2020, they gave even Lowrider and Elephant Tree some tough competition for a lot of folks' favorite record that year. Then they played back to back at Psycho Las Vegas, and I saw people go crazy for them firsthand. I dig their effortless desert vibe despite the guys being as British as it gets, and I love the dynamic they bring to our carefully curated roster of driven, sonically unique acts. I can hardly wait to hear what they'll do on their first full album for us next year!"
Thundering riffs and searing solos meet anthemic melodies in Intranced, an LA-based metal/hard rock band featuring singer James-Paul Luna (Holy Grail, White Wizzard) guitarist Fili Bibiano (Fortress), bassist Nico Staub (The Fae), and drummer Ben Richardson (Wild Eyes). Building on their celebrated musical pasts, the band was united by the goal of mining the deep, rich seams of classic ‘70s and ‘80s heavy metal, with a premium on songwriting and a focus on the epic themes of real life: triumph, tragedy, and heartbreak.
The band has just signed a deal with High Roller Records to release the debut full-length album in May 2024. Tracking for the album is completed, and it is currently being mixed by Herbrand Larsen (Audrey Horne, Enslaved, Immortal). More info will follow soon - stay tuned.
Along with the album, High Roller Records will also reissue an enhanced edition of the Intranced self-titled EP that will include the two songs from the "Rogue Warrior" single, which the band released in June 2023.
This reissue will be available in March to coincide with the band's appearance at the notorious Hell's Heroes festival in Houston, TX, March 21-23, 2024.
Morta Skuld will release their new album, Creation Undone, on February 23 via Peaceville Records. The album will be released on LP, limited edition Green LP, CD and digital. Pre-order the album here, and check out a promo video for the first single, "We Rise We Fall", below.
Scaling new heights of brutality for the longstanding US death metal veterans, Creation Undone is the latest work of inspired extremity from frontman and mastermind Dave Gregor and co. In a time when the band’s iconic and celebrated debut Dying Remains reaches its thirty year milestone, and with recent live activity on both sides of the Atlantic seeing the quartet performing to a ravenous fanbase of metalheads both old and new, Morta Skuld now returns with a ten track opus of pure death metal in their unrelenting and unwavering pursuit of heaviness, still going strong after three decades, as the band unleashes their successor to 2020’s Suffer For Nothing.
With themes exploring an increasingly savage, corrupt and destructive state of the world in present times, and executed with a razor-sharp precision, with ferocious and hook-laden compositions to match and even exceed any of their highly regarded early output, Creation Undone was recorded and mixed at Belle City Sound Studios by Chris Djuricic, with mastering work conducted at Flatline Audio with Dave Otero.
Morta Skuld formed in Milwaukee in 1990, quickly producing two demos before going on to release three albums on Peaceville Records (initially via legendary sub-label Deaf Records) in the early-mid 90's. Many years later, and with a new lineup, founder and main-man David Gregor then reunited with Peaceville for the opuses Wounds Deeper Than Time, and Suffer For Nothing, showing that none of the brutal & inspired magic of the band's former years had been lost.
Tracklisting:
"We Rise We Fall"
"The End Of Reason"
"Painful Conflict"
"Unforeseen Obstacles"
"Perfect Prey"
"Soul Piercing Sorrow"
"Into Temptation"
"Self Destructive Emotions"
"Oblivion"
"By Design"
Smoking Snakes, the electrifying sleaze metallers hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, have officially inked a deal with Frontiers Music. The band is set to unleash their debut album, Danger Zone, on February 9. Today marks the release of the first single and accompanying video for the track "Sole Survivors". Watch the clip below.
Smoking Snakes are known for their high-energy performances and a sound that pays homage to the golden era of rock while infusing a contemporary edge. With their upcoming debut album, Danger Zone, the band aims to solidify their place in the sleaze metal genre and captivate audiences around the globe.
The band states: "It's our aim to start writing a new chapter for the music we love. We aren't trying to reinvent the wheel, but at the same time, we are using our own experiences and passion for the sleaze genre and are committed to keeping it alive"
Produced by Jakob Herrmann, known for his work with acclaimed acts such as Anthrax, In Flames, and Machine Head, Danger Zone promises to be a sleaze metal masterpiece. Herrmann, who honed his skills with Hardcore Superstar, lends his signature touch to the album.
In 2022, Smoking Snakes made a thunderous entrance onto the music scene, grabbing attention with a self-released demo that cranked up the volume to 11. Their distinctive blend of powerful old-school rock with a modern edge garnered acclaim, drawing inspiration from iconic artists such as W.A.S.P., Ratt, Dokken, and KISS. Recognizing their potential, Frontiers Music eagerly welcomed Smoking Snakes onto their roster.
With a perfect blend of raw energy, infectious melodies, and a commitment to the essence of sleaze, Smoking Snakes are poised to make a significant impact on the global music scene with Danger Zone.
"Angels Calling"
"Sole Survivors"
"Run For Your Life"
"Lady Lucky"
"Excited"
"Restless And Wild"
"Sorrow, Death And Pain"
"There Is No Tomorrow"
"Who Am I"
"We Are Alive"
"Rocking To The Morning Light"
"Sole Survivors" video:
Smoking Snakes are:
Brett Martin - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Andy Delarge - bass, backing vocals
Stan Ricci - drums, backing vocals
Leo Razor - lead guitar, backing vocals
Arch Enemy performed at the Rock Am Ring in Nürburgring, Germany omn June 4th, 2023. Pro-shot video of the band's entire set has been released by festival organizers and can be viewed below.
Setlist:
"Deceiver, Deceiver"
"War Eternal"
"House of Mirrors"
"My Apocalypse"
"The Watcher"
"The Eagle Flies Alone"
"Handshake With Hell"
"Sunset Over the Empire"
"As the Pages Burn"
"Nemesis"
Three of Sweden's most iconic metal bands - In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork - are teaming up for a European co-headline tour dubbed the Rising From The North. The tour promises an unforgettable night of Swedish metal mayhem.
Anders Fridén from In Flames: "Couldn’t be more excited to announce this tour. It’s been a long time coming and we are finally back together again on stage with our friends in Arch Enemy and Soilwork. We plan to bring you an unforgettable night of melody and mayhem! This is some of Sweden's finest - a tour you simply should not miss!!!"
Michael Amott from Arch Enemy adds: “What an insane Swedish Metal extravaganza across Europe in 2024! We share a lot of history with In Flames and Soilwork, going all the way back to the very early days of Arch Enemy. We’re extremely stoked to be doing this special tour with our Swedish comrades - let’s go!!!”
Björn Strid from Soilwork states: "Finally we can release the great news of one of the greatest tour line ups to hit the streets in at least a decade! We are super excited and we are pretty damn sure that this is a tour that a lot of people have been longing for. We go way back with both Arch Enemy and In Flames, so prepare yourself for an absolute legendary Swedish melodic metal assault!"
The general on sale for the tour starts on Friday, November 24th, 10AM CET. Exclusive pre-sale starts on Wednesday, November 22nd, 10AM CET. Fans are encouraged to secure their tickets early to ensure they don't miss out on this historic gathering of metal giants.
Tour dates:
October
3 - Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
4 - Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
5 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy
6 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
8 - Paris, France – Olympia
9 - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
11 - Hamburg, Germany – Sporthalle
12 - Düsseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Hall
13 - Den Bosch, Netherlands - Mainstage
15 - Zurich, Switzerland – The Hall
16 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
18 - Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyer-Halle
19 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
20 - Munich, Germany – Zenith
22 - Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
23 - Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
25 - Prague, Czech Republic – Sportovni Hala Fortuna
26 - Dresden, Germany – Messe
27 - Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
29 - Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
31 - Malmö, Sweden – Malmö Arena
November
1 - Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavium
2 - Stockhom, Sweden – Hovet
3 - Sundsvall, Sweden – Nordichallen
5 - Helsinki, Finland – Ice Hall
Following Live at Freak Valley in 2017 and their latest album, Sphere (2019), instrumental psych rock frontrunners Monkey3 will herald 2024 with a true album highlight of the new year: The Lausanne-based four-piece has announced a brand new, cosmic studio offering, entitled Welcome To The Machine, set for release on February 23 via Napalm Records.
Once again, Monkey3 envelops listeners in their unique, cosmic auditory haze. Welcome To The Machine not only marks their seventh and most epic, dark and captivating record to date, but will also clearly prove why they are one of the most exciting instrumental rock bands in the modern stoner and psychedelic rock scene.
Today, Monkey3 has premiered a music video for their first album single "Rackman”. "Welcome To The Machine is a reflection on the future of humanity through the duality of man and machine,“ the band explains. About the new single, they comment: "Are human beings becoming machines or machines becoming human beings?"
Watch the visualizer for “Rackman” below.
Welcome To The Machine’s musical themes are inspired by movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, Sunshine, Solaris and 1984, while unveiling an intense mankind vs. machines story that instantly launches the listener into deep space. Right from its first tones, the album immediately emerges as a perfect soundtrack to a journey into the unknown. Tracks such as "Rackman" perfectly showcase how Monkey3, who formed in 2001, are one of only a few instrumental bands that know how to tell an enthralling story. Welcome To The Machine explores as much as it poses questions. It is dark and menacing; evoking melancholic destruction while somehow bursting with hope at the same time, moving between haunting passages and progressive breaks, mesmerizing grooves and colossal riffs.
The album was recorded and mixed by Raphaël Bovey at Blend Studio and MyRoom Studio, and was mastered by Lad Agabekov at Caduceus Studios in Switzerland. The incredible cover artwork was created by Sebastian Jerke.
Welcome To The Machine will be available in the following formats:
- Digipak
- 1 Vinyl Gatefold Black
- 1 Vinyl Gatefold Clear Orange
- 1-Vinyl Gatefold Crystal Clear Deluxe Version (incl. Slipmat & Art Print )
- Digital
DEF LEPPARD has shared a professionally filmed video of the band's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" performance from November 11 at Giants Stadium in Sydney during the Australian leg of LEPPARD's "The World Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE. Check out the clip below.
DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will join forces for a summer 2024 North American tour. The 23-date trek will begin on July 6 in St. Louis, Missouri and hit cities including Orlando, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and more before wrapping in Denver on September 8. Openers include STEVE MILLER BAND, HEART and CHEAP TRICK, which will vary by city.
DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE have completed several legs of "The World Tour", which included U.S. dates with Alice Cooper.
DEF LEPPARD's latest album, "Diamond Star Halos", sold 34,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release in May 2022 to land at position No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marked the band's eighth top 10 LP.
Of "Diamond Star Halos"' 34,000 units earned for the week, album sales comprised 32,000, SEA units comprised 2,000 (equaling 2.7 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprised less than 500 units.
DEF LEPPARD's previous Top 10 albums included "Pyromania" (which peaked at No. 2 in 1983),"Hysteria" (No. 1 for six weeks in 1988),"Adrenalize" (No. 1 for five weeks in 1992),"Retro Active" (No. 9; 1983),"Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection" (No. 10; 2005),"Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" (No. 5; 2008) and "Def Leppard" (No. 10; 2015).
To mark two decades of rocking the world with their True Norwegian Balkan Metal, the unrivalled ambassadors of madness, TrollfesT, are dropping a compilation as wild as their journey. From ancient demos to fresh live jams, unreleased gems, bonus tracks, and even a couple of remixes - this collection has got it all!
Staying true to their chaotic selves, TrollfesT delivers an album bursting with joyous fun and kickass musicianship. They plow the metal field, harvesting nothing but the good stuff. Picture this awesomeness on an exclusive picture disc vinyl, adorned with artwork by Jonas Darnell and Terje. It's a must-have for any TrollfesT fanatic and, for the rest, a splendid wall decoration at the very least. Time to join the TrollfesT madness!
Speaking of madness & K.A.O.S, first single is an insane and utterly mad cover version of Korpiklaani's "Happy Little Boozer". Bonded by Booze, endless late night shenanigans and a few too many hangovers, influence this Balkan madness.
20 Years In The Wrong Lane is out now. Order here.
Tracklisting:
"Atlantis" (Recorded during Kaptein Kaos)
"…Skogsfest" (Recorded during Brumlebassen)
"Smoldering Failure" (Recorded during Flamingo Overlord)
"A Shot Of Trolljoy" (Recorded during Flamingo Overlord)
"Drinking Beer" (Recorded during Flamingo Overlord)
"Happy Little Boozer" (Cover - Recorded during Flamingo Overlord)
"Dance Like A Pink Flamingo" (Remix)
"Der JegerMeiste"r (Recorded during Happy Heroes)
"Drinking Song From Hell" (From Drinking Game From Hell)
"Gigantic Cave" (Live in Salzburg 2018)
"Flamongous" (Live in Trondheim 2022)
"Kjetteren Afterski" (Remix)
"Happy Little Boozer" video:
Live dates (with Tyr, Æther Realm, The Dread Crew Of Oddwood)
March
28 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
29 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
30 - Boston, MA - Middle-East Downstairs
31 - Quebec City, QC - La Source de la Martinière
April
1 - Montreal, QC - Studio TD
2 - Ottawa, ON - Brass Monkey
3 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
4 - Detroit, MI - The Sanctuary
5 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
6 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater - Studio B
7 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theater
8 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
9 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
10 - Calgary, AB - Dickens
12 - Vancouver, BC - The Rickshaw
13 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
14 - Portland, OR - Bossanova Ballroom
15 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone
16 - Los Angeles, CA - 1720
17 - San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
18 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater
20 - Austin, TX - Come and Take it Live
21 - Dallas, TX - The Granada
22 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
24 - Orlando, FL - Conduit
25 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Hell)
26 - Greensboro, NC - Hangar 1819
May
31-June 2 - Pilsen, Czech Republic - Metalfest
METALLICA played its first-ever concert in Saudi Arabia last night (Thursday, December 14).
The heavy metal giants headlined the opening night of the three-day Soundstorm festival in Riyadh.
METALLICA's setlist was as follows:
01. Creeping Death
02. For Whom The Bell Tolls
03. Wherever I May Roam
04. The Memory Remains
05. Lux Æterna
06. Too Far Gone?
07. Fade To Black
08. Fuel
09. Orion
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Sad But True
12. The Unforgiven
13. Seek & Destroy
14. One
15. Master Of Puppets
16. Enter Sandman
Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below.
Other artists scheduled to appear at the event include Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown, H.E.R., BLACK EYED PEAS, J Balvin and Anne-Marie, as well as DJs Tiesto and David Guetta.
More than 600,000 people reportedly attended last year's Soundstorm.
Soundstorm, organized by Saudi music giants MDLBEAST, has been attracting some of the biggest acts in the region and the globe to Riyadh since its launch in 2019.
The festival site spans more than five and a half million square meters with park life areas for food outlets and street performers keeping festival goers entertained between sets at what's been dubbed "the loudest week in Riyadh".
METALLICA made its Middle East live debut in 2011 at Abu Dhabi's Etihad Park. They played the same venue two years later.
Before METALLICA performed in Abu Dhabi in 2013, drummer Lars Ulrich told The National: "When we were here a year and a half ago, it was really magical. Now, I don't say that everywhere… there were so many different nationalities — a great energy and shared experience.
"When we started playing, there were so many parts of the world where the type of music that we were doing was not really accepted. There were a lot of places where people didn't know what we were doing or didn't have enough infrastructure to support a band like us. But it's opening up. It's changing and the world is shrinking. It's great to be in the front lines."
In October 2022, Saudi melodic death metal band IMMORTAL PAIN became the first group to perform heavy metal at a large public event when it played at Comic Con Arabia.
Back in October 2019, Saudi Arabia's grindcore band CREATIVE WASTE played what is believed to have been the first public metal concert in the kingdom's history. At the time, CREATIVE WASTE frontman Fawaz Al Shawaf told Metal Injection: "Leading up to the show, people, especially bands, were skeptical for the longest time, because they existed in the old generation. A lot of them were being conservative. They were worried. No one's ready to take the risk. But, I mean, the ones who organized the show are actually basically newcomers and young. They didn't even know what grindcore or death metal was. So they weren't into extreme music, but they asked us, and I thought the idea was so crazy that I accepted it because it's a part of the change."
In early 2022, Saudi metal artist Meshari Sangora, who goes by the name "Dusk", told Mille about the metal scene in the kingdom: "Yes, there was and still is a metal scene all over the kingdom — from bands that were formed in the late '90s to the early 2000s and even up to today. Recently, places like Syrup in Riyadh and The Music Space in Jeddah have given the opportunity for indie musicians, including metal artists like myself, to express themselves. With all the changes that are happening and the continuous engagement on social media, more people are getting exposed to the genre. Which makes me see a great future for the metal scene and metal music in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia." #Metallica's setlist on their first Saudi Arabia show on Dec. 14, 2023.#Soundstorm23pic.twitter.com/GDRWXMxfUH
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