Sabaton guitarist / Majestica frontman Tommy Johansson has released his solo cover of the Survivor classic, "Burning Heart". Check out the video below.
"Burning Heart" is taken from the Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, reelased in 1985.
Johansson recently shared his solo cover of TNT's 1987 classic, "10,000 Loves (In One)".
EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee performed on December 17 at the Vatican's annual "Concerto Di Natale" as part of Pope Francis's Christmas celebrations at the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome, Italy.
The event, which also included appearances by AKA7even, Cristina D'Avena, Darin, Fiorella Mannoia, Jimmy Sax and more, was aired New Year's Eve on Italian television.
Professionally filmed video of Lee's performance has now been uploaded to YouTube and can be seen below.
In late December, Amy shared a few photos from last year's "Concerto Di Natale", and she included the following message: "I am so incredibly honored to be a part of the Vatican's @concerto_di_natale. Still buzzing about the whole unforgettable experience, can't wait for you to see!
"My gorgeous dress was created by the legendary @valerjpobega . And we couldn't have done it without my all time favorite, absolute ROCKSTAR stylist @marjanmalakpour".
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Lee became involved with the concert after she and other musicians took part in a songwriting session last summer with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son, Matteo, at Bocelli's estate in Tuscany.
The Vatican City has been hosting a Christmas concert every year since 1993. Organized mainly for charitable purposes, the event brings together internationally renowned music artists.
Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley played his first concert of 2023 this past Thursday (February 3) at the Paramount in Bristol, Tennessee. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.
Ace's setlist was as follows:
01. Parasite (KISS song)
02. Snow Blind
03. Speedin' Back To My Baby
04. Stranger In A Strange Land
05. Insane (FREHLEY'S COMET song)
06. Getaway (KISS song)
07. Rock Soldiers
08. Rocket Ride (KISS song)
09. Escape From The Island (KISS song)
10. Love Theme From Kiss (KISS song) (partially played)
11. Detroit Rock City (KISS song)
12. Rip It Out
13. New York Groove (Russ Ballard cover) (with "God Of Thunder" intro)
14. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll (KISS song) (partially played while Ace was off stage)
15. Shock Me (KISS song)
16. Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
17. Cold Gin / Black Diamond (KISS song)
Encore:
18. Deuce (KISS song)
As previously reported, Ace is putting the finishing touches on his new solo album for a tentative early 2023 release.
The former KISS member offered an update on the LP's recording progress in late November while sharing a list on social media of his "Best 10 Sci-Fi Movies Released Up Until 1960". At the end of the message, he wrote: "My New Studio Record is nearing its completion! Hopefully it will be out Spring-Summer 2023!!!"
Back in November 2021, Ace said that he had collaborated with his longtime friend Peppy Castro on "some heavy songs."
Peppy reportedly taught Frehley how to play guitar and previously collaborated with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons as a songwriter and performed on Frehley's and KISS frontman Paul Stanley's solo records.
In December 2020, Frehley told Talking Metal Live that he would start recording his next all-original album the following year. The record will be the follow-up to "Spaceman", which was released in October 2018 via eOne. At the time, he said that had "been writing all along. Plus, I have tracks that I've already recorded that I have to revisit and decide whether they have a chance to make it on my new studio record — [if they] have to be rewritten or [they're] just good the way they are," he explained. "And I've got people sending me song ideas constantly… So, little by little, it's an ongoing process, and it evolves as it goes."
Earlier in 2020, Frehley told Canada's iHeart Radio that he had "only written about three songs" for his next LP, and he added they were "not finished." He said: "Now that I'm [living] on the East Coast [after moving to New Jersey from Southern California], my engineer only lives an hour from me, Alex Salzman, who worked with me extensively on this last record, and he played a lot of bass guitar as well, So it's gonna be even easier, 'Origins Vol. 3' and the next [original] record."
Frehley's latest release was "Origins Vol. 2", the sequel to his 2016 collection of cover songs that inspired the former KISS guitarist.
"Origins Vol. 2" featured cover versions of THE BEATLES' "I'm Down", DEEP PURPLE's "Space Truckin'", LED ZEPPELIN's "Good Times Bad Times", THE ROLLING STONES' "Jumpin' Jack Flash", THE KINKS' "Lola" and THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE's "Manic Depression", among others. A cover of the 1975 KISS tune "She" also appeared as a bonus track. Guests on the set included CHEAP TRICK's Robin Zander, Lita Ford and former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick.
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons co-wrote two tracks on "Spaceman", "Without You I'm Nothing" and "Your Wish Is My Command", the latter of which also features Simmons's bass playing.
THE COVERUPS, the side project of GREEN DAY's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, performed this past Thursday (February 2) at the Retro Junkie in Walnut Creek, California. Video of the concert can be seen below.
Started in 2018 as a way to play cover songs, the group, which also features GREEN DAY touring guitarist Jason White, the band's audio engineer Chris Dugan, and guitar and bass tech/tour manager Bill Schneider, performed renditions of MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Live Wire" and CHEAP TRICK's "Surrender" during its set.
THE COVERUPS' live shows have also been known to include covers of David Bowie, NIRVANA, RAMONES, THE CURE, THE HEARTBREAKERS and the MISFITS.
Formed in 1986 in Berkeley, California, GREEN DAY is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide and 10 billion cumulative audio/visual streams. Their 1994 breakout album "Dookie", which sold over 10 million and achieved diamond status, is widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock, catapulting a career-long run of No. 1 hit singles. Entertainment Weekly calls GREEN DAY "the most influential band of their generation," while Rolling Stone attests, "GREEN DAY have inspired more young bands to start than any act this side of KISS, and that doesn't seem to be changing."
In 2004, GREEN DAY released the rock opera "American Idiot" which captured the nation’s attention, selling more than seven million copies in the U.S. alone and taking home the Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album". Mojo declared, "It's exhilarating stuff, the kind of record that sets new parameters as to what is possible from a punk rock'n'roll band in the 21st century." In 2010, a stage adaptation of "American Idiot" debuted on Broadway to critical and commercial acclaim.
Released in 2020, GREEN DAY's thirteenth studio album "Father Of All Motherfuckers" (Reprise/Warner Records) debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Album Sales chart and No. 1 in both the U.K. and Australia. Pitchfork declared, "GREEN DAY's most fetching and youthful songs in ages. The trio sounds reinvigorated, more like hungry newcomers staking their claim."
Finnish melodic death/doom/gothic metallers Hanging Garden have released an official video the second song to be revealed off the band's upcoming album, The Garden, set for release on March 24th via Agonia Records. Checkout "The Fireside" below.
Hanging Garden recently revealed details of its eighth studio album, and first for Agonia Records. The Garden, recorded by a seven-piece amplified by female vocals, navigating its way through a dark setting of melodic, gothic, doom and death metal, will see its release on March 24th, 2023.
Hanging Garden formed in 2004, starting out as a heavy, doom-oriented project. Roughly two decades, seven albums and a couple of line-up shuffles later, the band shifted to a more melodic, contemporary sound, surrounded by a veil of melancholy.
The compositions are dark, atmospheric & emotional, and concomitantly lean towards open-minded and playful musicality. While entrenched in metal's doom, gothic and melodeath branches, Hanging Garden displays a versatile, many-layered style of playing, packs female & male vocals, and draws influence & inspiration from music and art, far and wide.
The new album - The Garden - dives deep into atmospheres both "tender and harsh, devilish and serene" and "embarks upon a journey to mankind's spiritual roots, contemplating the fragility of our technological society" - as poetically described by the band. "There is a kind of energy in the songs that there wasn’t before," introspects Toni Hatakka of Hanging Garden. "A feel of hope to contrast our old friend the despair, a strong notion of action against the familiar melancholy, or maybe a light amidst the comfortable gloom..."
Read Toni's full comment below.
"After almost two decades of dwelling in the musical and lyrical thematics of despair, loss and melancholy, I had the feeling that our next release could have some room for hope and light as well - of course not forgetting our trademark-ish somber aesthetic. The approach we decided to take was to weave a story of how humanity would still thrive, still find meaning, after the world as we know it has finally met its end."
"Exploring the rituals, belief systems, connection to nature, finding purpose in just being and surviving were the cornerstones of how The Garden came to be. Another strong theme is that of dreams; since childhood, I’ve had this recurring dream world with a silent feel of stagnation, colossal constructs of rust, the action of journeying to the unknown, and lush nature. This is where I also draw a lot of what ended up on the album. The lyrics written by Riikka also amalgamated into this aesthetic perfectly. Even the name was given to me in a dream. Back in spring, I had a dream where our keyboardist Nino and I had a talk about this being our Magnum Opus and that we should call it The Garden. Such a powerful notion could not be left unheeded, and so the album had its name. The Garden is at the same time familiar and atypical for us. There is a kind of energy in the songs that there wasn’t before, a feel of hope to contrast our old friend the despair, a strong notion of action against the familiar melancholy, or maybe a light amidst the comfortable gloom. But in the end, this is us."
The Garden, the follow-up to Skeleton Lake (2021), was produced by Jussi Hämäläinen (vocals, guitars) and Jarno Hänninen. The album was mixed and mastered by the latter at D-studio (Beherit, Shape of Despair). Cover artwork and new band photos are by Finnish artist Kalle Pyyhtinen. "The Garden" marks the return of new-old drummer Antti Ruokola, last seen in Hanging Garden seven years ago.
Tracklist:
"The Garden"
"The Four Winds"
"The Construct"
"The Song of Spring"
"The Fire at First Dawn"
"The Nightfall"
"The Stolen Fire"
"The Journey"
"The Derelict Bay"
"The Fireside"
"The Resolute"
"The Four Winds"
Line-up:
Mikko Kolari - guitars
Jussi Hämäläinen - guitars, vocals
Toni Hatakka - vocals
Riikka Hatakka - vocals
Nino Hynninen - keyboards
Jussi Kirves - bass
Antti Ruokola - drums
Toronto's Deadwolff recently released their latest single, "Homeward Bound", via Golden Robot Records. This is the second single for the up and coming Canadian rockers following the 2022 release of their appropriately titled debut single, "Heavy Rock n' Roll".
"Homeward Bound" is a top pick amongst the band for their upcoming debut full length album, expected out later in the year. On the surface the song is a catchy and easy to sing along to track but hidden layers hide heavy emotions. It's a song about being bullied and trying to get in with the popular crowd while having to fight to prove your worth; a topic most people can relate to on some level.
"A trauma based tune, heavy and raw, such is life," says frontman Tommy Wolffe.
Pick up "Homeward Bound" here. Check out the official video below.
Deadwolff is a three-piece band based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2020, Deadwolff is composed of Tommy Wolffe, on bass and vocals, Bobby Deuce, on guitars and backing vocals, and Angus Pike on drums.
In late December of 2020, Boonsdale Records released the band’s debut EP digitally. Shortly after, Deadwolff signed with Metal Assault Records, based out of Los Angeles, and released their debut EP on cassette, which sold out quickly.
As of recently, Deadwolff has been touring throughout Canada, bringing their catchy hooks, and eccentric live show to electric audiences. Building momentum quickly, Deadwolff sought out and was noticed by Golden Robot Records, whom is set to release their full length debut album.
A blend of hard rock, punk, and metal, Deadwolff set themselves apart from other bands with their take on the New Wave of Heavy Rock and Roll. Recommended for fans of Judas Priest, Motörhead, and W.A.S.P, Deadwolff‘s is a revival of foot-tapping, beer-drinking, head banging tunes, and more.
The Jim Powers YouTube channel has uploaded video of JOURNEY's February 4 concert at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The band's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm:
01. Only The Young
02. Neal Schon Guitar Solo #1
03. Stone In Love
04. Don't Stop Believin'
05. Lights
06. Send Her My Love
07. Dead Or Alive
08. Who's Crying Now
09. Walks Like A Lady (Deen Castronovo lead vocals)
10. Let It Rain
11. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
12. Jonathan Cain Piano Solo
13. Open Arms
14. Faithfully
15. Girl Can't Help It (Jason Derlatka lead vocals)
16. Neal Schon Guitar Solo #2
17. Wheel In The Sky
18. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
19. Be Good To Yourself
20. Any Way You Want It
JOURNEY played its first concert of 2023 on January 27 in Durant, Oklahoma. The two-hour performance at the 3,000-capacity Grand Theater at the Choctaw Casino & Resort marked the band's first appearance since JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain publicly feuded over several issues, including Neal allegedly causing over $1 million in personal expenses to be charged to the band's shared American Express card and Schon demanding that Cain stop playing events for former U.S. president Donald Trump.
Last month, Cain filed a lawsuit against Schon over the guitarist's personal expenses which were allegedly charged to the American Express card, including $400,000 in a single month last year.
Cain's allegations come more than two months after Schon filed a lawsuit against his longtime bandmate, contending that he was being denied access to the American Express card.
In a countersuit filed in California state court, Cain said that during the first one-month billing cycle, after Schon obtained the AMEX card, Schon charged more than $50,000 in personal expenses for the billing period ending September 15, 2021. For the one-month billing period ending January 15, 2022, Schon allegedly charged more than $100,000 of his personal expenses on the AMEX card. For the one-month billing period ending February 13, 2022, Schon allegedly charged approximately $30,000 of his personal expenses on the AMEX card. For the one-month billing period ending March 16, 2022, Schon allegedly charged more than $400,000 of his personal expenses on the AMEX card. The charges allegedly included $42,000 to various PayPal accounts, over $104,000 to Chrome Hearts (jewelry and apparel),more than $31,000 to the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City, and over $54,000 for his personal insurance premiums.
According to Cain's lawsuit, "Schon's charges placed considerable pressure on JOURNEY and its ability to cover normal tour expenses. Schon was spending JOURNEY's money, and Cain is the one who was and is ultimately liable for the AMEX Account and Schon's charges on the AMEX Card. Even with the $30,000 limit on Schon's card on the Nomota AMEX account," referring to the company Cain and Schon set up to operate the band, "Schon still managed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional, excessive personal expenses through other tour personnel and travel agents. For example, the budget allocated a maximum of $1,500 per night for hotel rooms for Schon and Cain. However, Schon demanded to stay in hotel suites that cost in excess of $5,000 per night. After the recent tour ended in Honolulu, Hawaii, Schon stayed an extra week in a hotel suite that cost $6,000 a night and charged more than $100,000 in expenses to the AMEX Account."
In a statement to Billboard, Schon's attorney Skip Miller called allegations "ridiculous" and "as phony as a three dollar bill." He said the countersuit was merely "sour grapes" after a recent incident in which Schon demanded that Cain stop playing for Trump. "We want Cain to just focus on JOURNEY and its fans," Miller said.
In December, Cain fired back at Schon when the JOURNEY guitarist called him a "hypocrite" for performing the band's 1981 hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" at Trump's Mar-a-Lago property. Cain, whose wife, Paula White-Cain, is the former president's self-styled spiritual adviser, played the track in November with a backup chorus of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle and former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
"Neal Schon should look in the mirror when he accuses me of causing harm to the JOURNEY brand," Cain said in a statement. "I have watched him damage our brand for years and am a victim of both his — and his wife's — bizarre behavior."
An attorney for Schon sent a cease-and-desist letter to Cain after he performed at Trump's Florida estate.
The latest legal move came a few weeks after Schon filed his lawsuit against Cain. Cain, for his part, accused Schon of misusing the card, citing his "excessive spending and extravagant lifestyle."
A month earlier, former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry took legal action against both Schon and Cain, asking them to stop registering federal trademarks on the names of many of the band's hits.
Presented by AEG Presents, JOURNEY's tour with TOTO will make stops in Austin, Montreal and Memphis before wrapping April 25 at the brand-new Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California.
The "Freedom Tour 2023" run includes rescheduled dates in Washington, D.C., plus Hartford, Toronto and Quebec, which were postponed last year due to the coronavirus.
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah Willcox, are back in the kitchen serving up another Sunday Lunch. Check out their take on the THe Tubes classic "White Punks On Dope" below.
A selection of Robert & Toyah's previous Sunday Lunch videos can be seen below:
From Ashes To New have today (February 3) delivered an intense and captivating new single “Nightmare,” taken from their upcoming as-yet-titled fourth album due this summer via Better Noise Music. “Nightmare” masterfully showcases dual vocalists Matt Brandyberry and Danny Case expertise in contrasting heavy rock anthemic choruses with nu-metal/rap rock verses. ”Nightmare” takes listeners through the emotions of being betrayed and the nightmares that result which are presented in the track’s accompanying apocalyptic-themed music video directed by Josiahx (Distrubed, Miss May I).
“Betrayal by someone we trust happens to the best of us,” says Case. “We befriend someone, let them in, build a connection and then all of a sudden they turn into someone unrecognizable. Someone you once trusted and cared for so deeply is now a backstabbing enemy. In a heartbeat, the person you once thought you knew is now gone. There aren’t many things in life that cut quite as deep as betrayal. Erasing that person from your life and moving forward is the only way to wake up from the nightmare.”
The Lancaster, PA-based group—Brandyberry (vocals), Case (vocals), Lance Dowdle (guitars) and Mat Madiro (drums)—will be on tour this spring, joining fellow Top 10 active rock-charting acts Shinedown and Three Days Grace across the East Coast and Midwest from April 3 to May 9 before appearing as some of the summer’s largest rock festivals including Welcome To Rockville (5/19 - Daytona Beach, FL) and Sonic Temple (5/27 - Columbus, OH).
Tour dates:
April
3 - Saginaw, MI - The Dow Event Center
4 - Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center
7 - Bridgeport, CT - Total Mortgage Arena
8 - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center
10 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena
12 - Huntington, WV - Mountain Health Arena
14 - Jacksonville, FL - Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena
15 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
17 - Savannah, GA - Enmarket Arena
19 - Huntsville, AL - Von Braun Center
21 - Memphis, TN - FedExForum
22 - Baton Rouge, LA - Raising Cane's River Center
24 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
25 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena
27 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
29 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
30 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
May
3 - Bozeman, MT - Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
6 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena
7 - Everett, WA - Angel of the Winds Arena
9 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
19 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville*
27 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple*
Poland-based metal band, Death Reapers, have released their new EP, The New Beginning. Get it here, and find a full EP audio stream, as well as a video for the title track, below.
Formed in 2019 in Przytoczna, a small town in Poland by instrumentalists Hubert Potomski, Kamil Winter, Filip Kudliński and Szymon Śmigiel, Death Reapers spent a year creating music and performing live without a vocalist. Hubert's cousin Konrad joined the band as the vocalist and lyric writer in 2020, just prior to the Covid Pandemic.
During the lockdown, Death Reapers recorded and released their first single "Fire & Glass." In early 2021 Death Reapers followed up with their first EP Sightless. The drummer, Szymon, left the band.
Death Reapers continued on, releasing another single "Death Reapers" before finding their newest member, drummer Mateusz Ratajczak in early 2022. With the current lineup, Death Reapers recorded a live session and played their first concert. The band then began the process of creating and recording the The New Beginning EP. The busiest recording period was the summer, which ultimately ended with a concert at a local festival in front of a large audience, and on the same day, the recording of their first music video.
Hubert and Mateusz are 18 years old, Filip and Kamil are 19 and Konrad is 20. The future is bright for these young metalheads!
Lineup:
Konrad Kropidłowski - vocals
Hubert Potomski - lead guitar
Kamil Winter - rhythm guitar
Filip Kudliński - bass guitar
Mateusz Ratajczak - drums
Four years after the globally released and critically acclaimed album, Nucleus, in 2019 (a re-recording of their classic hits with English lyrics), leading Japanese heavy metal band Anthem has used the pandemic break wisely and is now ready to release their brand new studio album, Crimson & Jet Black. All songs are again in English, and the album will be released worldwide. The album will be released on April 21st via Reaper Entertainment.
Today, the band presents the first single, "Wheels Of Fire". The song is now available on all streaming platforms. The accompanying video can be seen below.
Bassist / founder Naoto Shibata comments: "This is clearly the strongest heavy metal album I've ever made. Experience the monstrous groove that the band creates. You'll witness Anthem's best album. I promise that Anthem will come to your cities and play. Until then, listen to this incredible album and let yourself be blown away."
After Anthem completed not one, but two anniversary tours in 2021, Anthem embarked on this new album to begin their next chapter. Originally, the completion was planned for spring 2022, but band leader Naoto Shibata, a perfectionist, decided to increase the quality of the songs even further and postponed the recordings to the summer / autumn so that the pure brilliance could unfold. As with previous albums, Naoto is the main producer of the album, but this time the renowned Swedish producer Jens Bogren (known for his work with bands such as Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, Dimmu Borgir and Opeth, to name a few), who had already mixed and mastered Nucleus, is co-producer.
The tracklist is as follows:
"Snake Eyes"
"Wheels Of Fire"
"Howling Days"
"Roaring Vortex"
"Blood Brothers"
"Master Of Disaster"
"Void Ark"
"Faster"
"Burn Down The Wall"
"Mystic Echoes"
"Danger Flight"
Soilwork drummer Bastian Thusgaard has shared a drum playthrough video of the band's song "Harvest Spine", taken from their latest album, Övergivenheten, released in August 2022.
Soilwork and Canadian death metal masters Kataklysm are teaming up for a co-headline run across Europe in winter/spring 2023. This massive tour starts in Belgium, Vorselaar on February 3rd and will take them through 25 countries across Europe, to finish off in the Netherlands, Amstelveen, on April 30th.
Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono comments on the upcoming tour: "We are excited to announce that we are finally returning to Europe. We look forward to support our latest album Unconquered, which we didn't have the chance to do, due to the pandemic. We will be visiting the four corners of Europe with our friends in Soilwork. We are energized, determined and ready to bring the Kataklysm impact to Europe once again. This promises to be an incredible night of metal anthems, see you there!"
Soilwork states: “We look forward to take Övergivenheten out on the European roads in February and April 2023. We are currently touring the new album in Australia and the response is just out of this world. Övergivenheten means so much to us as a band, so we simply cannot wait to bring it to our European fans.”
Tour dates are as follows:
February
3 - Vorselaar, Belgium - De Dreef
4 - Bochum, Germany – Matrix
5 - Hengelo,Netherlands – Metropool
6 - Lille, France – Le Splendid
7 - Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie
8 - Paris, France – La Machine de Moulin Rouge
9 - Bourg-en-Bresse, France – La Tannerie
10 - Rennes, France – Antipode
11 - Limoges, France – CC John Lennon
12 - Bordeaux, France – Rock School Barbey
14 - Porto, Portugal – Hard Club
15 - Lisbon, Portugal – LAV
16 - Sevilla, Spain – Custom
17 - Madrid, Spain - Changó
18 - Barcelona, Spain – Salamandra
19 - Tarbes, France – La Gespe
21 - Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
22 - Aarau, Switzerland – KIFF
23 - Milan, Italy – Slaughter
24 - Ljubljana, Slovenia – Kino Siska
25 - Budapest, Hungary – Barbra Negra
26 - Prague, Czech Republic – Palak Akropolis
28 - Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof
March
1 - Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater
2 - Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan
3 - Leipzig, Germany – Hellraiser
4 - Munich, Germany – Backstage Werk
30 - Roskilde, Denmark – Gimle
31 - Gothenburg, Sweden – Brewhouse
April
1 - Oslo, Norway – Vulkan Arena
2 - Stockholm, Sweden – Slaktkyrkan
4 - Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
5 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Lutakko
6 - Kuopio, Finland – Sawohouse Underground
7 - Joensuu, Finland – Kerubi
8 - Lahti, Finland - Möysän Musaklubi
9 - Tallinn, Estonia – Helitehas
11 - Riga, Latvia – Melna Piektdiena
12 - Vilnius, Lithiania – Vakaris
13 - Gdansk, Poland – B90
14 - Warsaw, Poland – Progresja
15 - Krakow, Poland – Kamienna12
16 - Bratislava, Slovakia – Majestic Music Club
18 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Form Space
19 - Bucharest, Romania – Arelene Romane
20 - Sofia, Bulgaria – Hristo Botev Hall
21 - Belgrade, Serbia – Dom Omladine
22 - Zagreb, Hungary – Boogaloo
23 - Vienna, Austria – Simm City
25 - Wörgl, Austria - VZ Komma
26 - Hannover, Germany – Musikzentrum
27 - Drachten, Netherlands – Poppodium Iduna
28 - Stuttgart, Germany – Im Wizemann
29 - Cologne, Germany – Essigfabrik
30 - Amstelveen, Netherlands - P60
Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Feed After Midnite recently released their debut EP, The Hunger, and have a new music video out now for the song “False Awakening”.
The Hunger is a collection of different, unrelated stories bringing out the full groove of the band. The single is based on the films The Matrix and They Live, and it relates to how life and society are ruled by the media and government and their narrative, and we the people are tired of being controlled and lied to. The band continues to explain:
“It is the fastest, most aggressive song on the EP. It starts off sounding old-school Slayeresque, but quickly shifts into a headbang-inducing double bass groove. It was actually the last song written for the EP. It really came to its final form as we were recording the other songs. Joe Lyko really helped us with the breakdown on this one. We were really pleased with how it turned out post-production, so we decided to make it the first single. This is the fastest tempo song out of all and really represents a new level of technical skill for us all.”
The Hunger artwork and tracklisting:
"Shadows Of The Night"
"False Awakening"
"Red Dead"
"Ascending The Flames"
"Book Of The Fallen"
Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Aldo Nova, has today released a new video for his fourth single, “The Bitch In Black”, taken from his 10-song EP, the larger-than-life The Life And Times Of Eddie Gage.
Watch the video here below, and listen to the song here.
Says Aldo: “'The Bitch In Black' is a song about Ayida Rati, a pivotal character in the story of Eddie Gage. She is the female antagonist in Eddie Gage’s story, and is the character that corrupts Eddie, sending him into a downward spiral, till he hits rock bottom, where she, and the main antagonist, M.F. Stophalis intend to keep him. They know that Eddie’s not just a rockstar but a messenger, who, through his music, can convey a message of faith and hope, and make people believe in themselves. Ayida Rati, and M.F. Stophalis will do anything to stop this."
Aldo does a great job of creating a smooth, funky, rock track that has an almost AC/DC feel to it.
Instead of making a video that showcased Aldo and just one woman, the video’s director, Sylvia Bechard, took another direction completely and made a video about women from all walks of life who can seduce men with their sensuous looks and bodies, enslaving them to the point where the women are in control.
This is his fourth single taken from The Life And Times Of Eddie Gage, which was released on April 1, 2022. Aldo’s musical output in 2022 surpassed the total output of his last 33 years with The Life And Times on April 1, his Aldo Nova Reloaded on April 19, his Short Stories EP on July 15, and his completely instrumental EP, Sonic Hallucinations, on August 18.
Connecticut metalcore dynamos, Currents, will release their new album, The Death We Seek, on May 5 via SharpTone. Pre-order here.
Today, the band has shared the video for "Remember Me", which can be viewed below.
"'Remember Me' is a statement to our growing divide between one another," says singer Brian Wille. "The dark side to technology's double-edged-sword is access to a font of information and public discourse, curated to engagement, and skewed to individual interest and world-view. The further we go in, the further we're separated from the middle ground and impartial truths. Over the course of the Internet's existence and the rise of social media empires, we're beginning to fracture our relationships with one another over anything we can fight about, even going as far as to relish in the chaos and division. You can see the exact same event and come out with instant, infinite perspectives across the ideological spectrum; painted on a mass public forum accessible to billions of people. Driven further by algorithms and advertising, poison can spread quickly and have lasting outcomes on how we see eachother and the world around us."
He finishes, "While disagreement and debate are not new, nor the real enemy here, we've all felt a particular strain to our closest ties over the last three years. This song is the release of that frustration and loss, and a call to find what brings us together and work through what set us apart. Whether it's a personal issue or an ideological impasse, we can all do better to practice empathy, understanding, and trust in those around us; that’s the only way we can collectively see through what’s real, and what's interest-driven spectacle."
The band has also shared the news that guitarist Ryan Castaldi is battling lymphoma. A GoFundMe has been set up here, and details his prognosis.
The Death We Seek tracklisting:
"The Death We Seek"
"Living In Tragedy"
"Unfamiliar"
"So Alone"
"Over and Over"
"Beyond This Road"
"Vengeance"
"Gone Astray"
"Remember Me"
"Guide Us Home"
"Vengeance" lyric video:
"The Death We Seek" video:
Lineup:
Brian Wille - Vocals
Chris Wiseman - Guitar
Ryan Castaldi - Guitar
Christian Pulgarin - Bass
Matt Young - Drums
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