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12 Days of Bands You Have to Know starts with Centerlink!

December 9, 2013

So here we are again, that time of year where you not only get in the holiday spirit, shopping mode but also a time to appreciate new music! This year we are starting our 12 Days a bit early so you can make sure to pick up the music in time to give or enjoy. Today we start one of our 12 Day Features…. 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know. Day 1 starts right now with the heavy rock trio Centerlink from Boston. We wrote about them earlier this year and you can read that post here. To relive that moment when I first listened to Centerlink….. “I went to watch it and was BLOWN AWAY. Seriously just BLOWN AWAY. I thought I had found the lost recording of Metallica of 1985! I went back to check the message so I could see the band name only to see David’s response to them about how the singer had some Hettfield in him! Oh ya, we were on the same wavelength! It was like true old [Read More]

Butcher Babies to join In This Moment for HellPop II Tour!

December 9, 2013

We have been thoroughly enjoying BUTCHER BABIES debut album “Goliath” and I love their just released video for “Magnolia Blvd.” They have had quite a busy year touring in support of this awesome album and finished the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem festival, supporting DANZIG on his 25th anniversary tour and we were glad to catch them at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento in September. They will be having a brief break and then setting out on January 2nd for the 16 city Hellpop II Tour with Century Media labelmates In This Moment. The tour also includes Devour the Day and All Hail the Yeti. After the Hellpop II Tour, they are going to set out on the sold out Shiprocked cruise from January 26- 30th and then return to play some dates in Florida with Sevendust. Make sure to get your tickets for the Hellpop II Tour! We had the opportunity to catch In This Moment and All Hail the Yeti on the Hellpop I Tour that came to San Francisco just a couple weeks [Read More]

Christian Martucci of Thousand Watt Stare will join Stone Sour on new tour

December 4, 2013

I know I have told you before that I love Christian Martucci’s music. I have my Ipod filled with great songs from Christian’s past and they are some of my favorite songs. From “Nowhere Ride” by The Chelsea Smiles to “Last Fucking Hope” by Black President and to “Shine”, “Downsider” and “Lights Out” from “Thousand Watt Stare“. Not to mention Christian’s solo project, “Man Without a Name”. Christian is just purely awesome on guitar and vocals. He has such a great unique sound that just draws you in and energizes you. He is like liquid adrenaline running through your veins. Well, Stone Sour recently announced their upcoming tour which is set to start in January in Florida. They also made an announcement that due to the upcoming Slipknot album, guitarist Jim Root will not be heading out on tour with them. We will miss Jim but guess who is coming in to play for the tour??? That is right, the ever so talented Christian Martucci. So Christian will be rejoining his old bandmate Roy [Read More]

Pop Evil announces tour dates in January with Stone Sour

December 3, 2013

We are excited to hear that Pop Evil has announced their upcoming tour in January! They will be touring with Stolen Babies and Stone Sour! The tour will start on January 14th at the House of Blues Orlando in Lake Buena Vistsa, Florida. You can head over to their website for a complete list of tour dates. Don’t forget that they are still out on tour this month so check those dates as well. We are excited and hoping they add a San Francisco date, if not we will head down to LA for one of the shows! We loved catching Pop Evil when they played at the Aftershock Festival earlier this year in Sacramento. In case you missed it, you can read our post here. Here is a bit from it: “I headed over from the Media Tent to the Ernie Ball stage as fast as I could since Halestorm was taking the main stage. Then as I got closer and closer to the Ernie Ball stage, it was packed die hard [Read More]

In This Moment delivers another spectacular performance for Hell Pop Tour

December 3, 2013

Last week, we had the pleasure of covering the Hell Pop Tour with All Hail The Yeti, Kyng, Motionless in White and In This Moment. From the first time I heard In This Moment, I fell in love with them. This was the sixth time covering their show and they never cease to amaze me with their performance. When you see In This Moment, is not just like seeing a band on stage with their backdrop, etc. is a production like no other and you can’t help but be adrenalized by it! In This Moment has Maria Brink on vocals and she has excellent stage presence. For the first time I saw her live, I haddubbed her the Metal Version of Lady Gaga, she just has a presence that you can’t ignore. Her vocals are spot on and is definitely a crowd pleaser. Then you look to each side of Maria and you are blown away by the guitarists; Chris Howorth on Lead guitar, Randy Weitzel on guitar and Travis Johnson who reminds my son [Read More]

Check out your NEW favorite hard rock band, September Sky

December 2, 2013

As you know we have our annual 12 Days of Music coming up in a couple weeks but I don’t think I can wait that long to feature this band, September Sky. They are just too incredible and I have to share them with you. My great Twitter friend Bill @MetalGod41 sent me their video tonight to check out and it was one of those times where the whole family got involved. I was playing it and from the other room, came my 15 year old Rockin Ryan to ask, “who is that??”, shortly after my husband Steve came from the garage to say, “turn it up, who is that?”. I think if my youngest Brandon wasn’t so involved in his SpongeBob game he would of ran over to do his usual headbang to it! September Sky is a hard rock metal band from Indianapolis, IN and includes Scott Bernhardt on vocals, Larry Craigon guitar, Mark Lentz on lead guitar, Martin Baker on drums and Tobias Konnersman on bass. They have a powerful in your face sound that you can’t [Read More]

The Broken Ravens new single; Pressure is out NOW!

December 1, 2013

It is that time! I told you a couple weeks ago about an amazing new rock band from Scotland, The Broken Ravens who were out Tuesday Travels Pick of the week. You can read more from that post here. Well, they just released their new single, Pressure and it is incredible. Hailing from from the Stornoway from Isle of Lewis, Scotland, The Broken Ravens are soon to be one of your favorite new bands. They remind me of a mix of Black Sabbath with Soundgarden. The Broken Ravens are Kevin Clark on Drums, Lotto Ferguson on Bass/Vocals, Calum ‘Thrash’ Macaulay on Guitar/Vocals and Bugsy Maclean on Guitar/Vocals. The band has been working hard on putting the final touches on their debut album. Kevin says, “Just now we are putting together demo’s for an album. We have quite a few finished (11 or so) and want to put out the strongest album we can. We are also releasing our first single in a couple of weeks, available through every major digital retailer, we recorded, mixed, produced and will be releasing ourselves [Read More]