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Riot Fest Details 2024 Single Day Band Lineup
by Josh Sharpe - July 17, 2024 Riot Fest, the iconic annual punk rock and alternative music festival, has detailed its 2024 daily lineup, shuttle service, and more. This year's festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 20-22nd, featuring 90+ bands over 3-days, and will feature RiotLand, ...
Jjuujjuu Share New Track 'Up to You' and New Tour Dates
by Josh Sharpe - April 18, 2024 Earlier this year, Los Angeles-based experimental collective jjuujjuu returned with their first single of the new year, “SOME” featuring Brazilian psych rock band, Boogarins. Now the group, led by Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone, has shares new track “Up to You” ahead of their Weekend 2 performa...
Kerry King To Hit The Road With Lamb Of God & Summer Festivals
by Michael Major - February 06, 2024 For all of these dates, King will be joined by the musicians who played on his upcoming debut solo album, From Hell I Rise: drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), Phil Demmel on guitar (formerly Machine Head), and vocalist Mark Osegueda (Death Angel). From Hell I Rise is due...
IAMX Releases New Song 'The X ID'
by Michael Major - April 21, 2023 The song is the first new lyrical material from the project since 2018’s Alive In New Light and builds on the grinding modular sounds of 2021’s Machinate. The first of two albums across the next year, the Fault Lines project explores the rifts and fractures of our lives, both psychologically and wit...
Mastodon & Gojira Join Forces for Extensive 2023 North American Co-Headline Tour
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023 Teaming up for what promises to be an unforgettable jaunt of epic proportions, iconic GRAMMY® Award-winning heavy rock band Mastodon will join forces with GRAMMY® Award-nominated French heavy metal luminaries Gojira for THE MEGA-MONSTERS TOUR, a massive co-headline tour across North America in 2023...
IAMX Unveils Two Tours & Albums For 2023
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023 On stage the band, comprised of Corner and logtime live collaborators Janine Gezang (vocals, keys, bass) and Jon Siren (drums), will combine muscular classics from throughout the expansive IAMX catalog with the bold new material of Fault Lines. Fans can expect the awe of IAMX’s psycho-sexual, explos...
Seattle's Calm Collapse Debut 'Sounds God'
by Michael Major - October 03, 2022 Seattle's CALM COLLAPSE, which features Doug Lorig (Roadside Monument) and Rob Smith (Traindodge, Museum of Light), has unveiled its first single 'Positive Greed' off the forthcoming album 'Mirrored Nature.' The upcoming LP 'Mirrored Nature' was recorded by Matt Bayles (Botch, Mastodon, Minus The Be...
JJUUJJUU Share First New Single in Four Years
by Michael Major - September 28, 2022 JJUUJJUU is a rotating ensemble of collaborators, wrangled by Los Angeles-based musician and Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone. In advance of their return to Desert Daze this weekend, they are sharing their first new music in four years with “Daisy Chain.” Listen to “Daisy Chain” via the psychedel...
VIDEO: Mastodon Share THE MAKING OF HUSHED AND GRIM Documentary
by Michael Major - August 25, 2022 It chronicles the creation of their ninth studio album, HUSHED AND GRIM, which was largely influenced by the untimely death of the band’s longtime friend and manager Nick John. Directed by Bryan Bankovich and produced by Newmerica, the film pulls back the curtain on one of the most enigmatic groups ...
Spirit Adrift Releases '20 Centuries Gone'
by Michael Major - August 19, 2022 Spirit Adrift expand their prolific catalog with 20 Centuries Gone, a collection of two new original songs and six cover songs that span the timeline of the band’s most foundational influences. Featuring artwork by Brian Mercer (Lamb of God, High on Fire, Mastodon), and mixed by Zeuss (Overkill, Cro...
VIDEO: Mastodon Reveal Haunting Music Video 'More Than I Could Chew' From Hushed and Grim
by Michael Major - July 12, 2022 Iconic GRAMMY® Award-winning heavy rock band Mastodon release cinematic, sixties inspired music video for their latest single “More Than I Could Chew.' Directed by Zev Deans [St. Vincent, Denzel Curry, Gojira] the clips nods to classic psychedelic horror with its bright color palette and tense take ...
Grammy Award-Winning Mastodon Set for Arena Tour With Ghost This Fall
by Michael Major - May 17, 2022 Taking over arenas coast-to-coast, it kicks off at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, CA on Friday, August 26, visits major markets throughout the continent, and concludes on Wednesday September 21 at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. Mastodon are on the road supporting their globally acclaimed album HUS...
The Raven Age Announce Summer Tour Dates & New Guitarist
by Michael Major - May 09, 2022 Melodic metal quintet The Raven Age are making their return to the stage with 23 festival and support appearances over the summer. The tour sees them feature at 7 major festivals including main stage appearances at Download & Mystic Festival as well as featuring as special guests to VOLBEAT & TREMON...
VIDEO: Grammy-Winners Mastodon Release 'Peace And Tranquility' Lyric Video
by Michael Major - April 21, 2022 GRAMMY® Award winners Mastodon release a new lyric video for “Peace And Tranquility” from their globally acclaimed album HUSHED AND GRIM. Lysergically-laced visual was directed by Lorenzo Diego Carrera that reveal animated images that match the ebb and flow of the 5:55 minute cinematic roller-coaste...
Find Out Who Won at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards - All the Winners!
by Michael Major - April 21, 2022 The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards featured a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, a win for Barlow and Bear's 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,' Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for their 'Love For Sale' Cole Porter duets album, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Check out the full list of winners now!...
Dälek Release 'A Heretic's Influence' with TOOL's Adam Jones
by Michael Major - April 06, 2022 Dälek share a third single and accompanying video from the duo’s forthcoming album, Precipice, with today’s release of “A Heretic’s Inheritance.' The track, and the Mikel Elam/Paul Romano created video, serve as the last preview of the 10-track album. Watch the new music video now! Plus, check out u...
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot & KISS To Headline Louder Than Life 2022
by Michael Major - March 09, 2022 The massive list of talent includes nearly 100 music artists across four full days, headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers in one of their first shows back with all four original members, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, and KISS, with additional must-see performances from Shinedown, Rob Zombie, Bring Me The ...
Grammy Award-Winning Group Mastodon Announce New Album
by Michael Major - September 10, 2021 Over the past year, the group recorded Hushed and Grim in their hometown. The album consists of 15 tracks, surveying sonic landscapes of rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog threaded together by the innately expressive musical interplay of these four virtuosic musicians....
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival Announces Onsite Entertainment & Unique Food Offerings
by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2021 Festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and unique food offerings for the sold out Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival....
The Raven Age Announce 'No Man's Land Tour' for December 2021
by TV News Desk - July 28, 2021 The new album is a beautifully curated selection of songs featuring 11 tracks including two new original songs, plus fan favourites from their 2019 release Conspiracy as well as hand-picked live tracks from tours in front of massive audiences in Chile, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United State...
Welcome To Rockville Returns In 2021 With Metallica, Nine Inch Nails & More
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 19, 2021 Says Disturbed’s David Draiman, “We cannot wait to share the Rockville stage with the likes of Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Lynyrd Skynyrd and so many other great Disturbed friends. What a massive lineup. C’ya in November, Daytona Beach.” ...
Mastodon Releases New Song 'Fallen Torches' From New Album 'Medium Rarities' Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2020 Today, GRAMMY-winning hard rock iconoclasts Mastodon untether the official video for new song “Fallen Torches” from Medium Rarities, available now. Typically true to form, the video for the new track lifts off into psychedelic stellar regions thanks to directorial skills of Hey Beautiful Jerk and Ma...
Gold Record Share Official Video For 'Dance Where I Want'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020 Gold Record, the musical brainchild of California & New Mexico-based musicians Noah Clark, Ryan McKone, and Evan Michalski, is pleased to present the official video for their new single 'Dance Where I Want.'...
Craft Recordings To Reissue Between The Buried And Me's 'Alaska'
by Stephi Wild - August 18, 2020 Craft Recordings is set to reissue Between the Buried and Me's acclaimed third album, Alaska on vinyl. Releasing September 25th and available for pre-order today, the 2005 record features newly remixed and remastered audio by the group's longtime collaborator, Jamie King, at Basement Studio....
Craft Recordings to reissue Between The Buried and Me's 'Alaska' (9/25)
by Robert Diamond - August 18, 2020 Craft Recordings is set to reissue Between the Buried and Me’s acclaimed third album, Alaska on vinyl. Releasing September 25th and available for pre-order today, the 2005 record features newly remixed and remastered audio by the group’s longtime collaborator, Jamie King, at Basement Studio. ... |