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As I Lay Dying members; Nick, Jordan, Josh and Phil announce new band, WOVENWAR

April 16, 2014

Just last week we brought to you a statement which at first we thought was from As I Lay Dying but turned out to be only on the part of Tim Lambesis. We then updated you with the news the remaining members were working on their own music project. Well the time has come to bring you information on the new band with Jordan Mancino, Nick Hipa, Phil Sgrosso, Josh Gilbert and with singer Shane Blay (previously clean vocals/lead guitar in Oh, Sleeper). The band is called WOVENWAR and they have us very excited for the new music! Check out a teaser video for you from WOVENWAR here: WOVENWAR is on Metal Blade Records and over approximately the last year, the band completed work on new material recorded with producer Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag) with mixing duties currently being handled by Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Trivium). On April 21st, they will be premiering “All Rise”. We are so excited to hear the new music. We have been enjoying the teasers and snippets that the [Read More]

The Tontons announce Spring Tours including a performance at Hangout Fest in May

April 16, 2014

Houston’s indie 4-piece The Tontons announce new tour dates for 2014 in support of their latest LP Make Out King and Other Stories of Love. The LP was released in February and has been well received. After quite a busy schedule at this year’s SXSW and performing back to back shows, they are soon gaining everyone’s attention. The Tontons aren’t looking to slow down anytime soon and are set to play an impressive lineup of shows and festivals this Spring and Summer including The Hangout Fest, Free Press Summer Fest, Middle of the Map Fest, Texas Crawfish Fest, FireFly Music Festival and more to be announced soon. The dates so far are: May 3 – Spring, TX @ Texas Crawfish Music Festival May 16-18 – Gulf Shores, AL @ The Hangout Fest May 24 – Ft. Worth, TX @ The Shack at Island Panther Pavilion May 31-Jun 1 – Houston, TX @ Free Press Summer Fest Jun 19 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival July 18 – Pemberton, BC, CA @ Pemberton Music Festival If you are not familiar with [Read More]

Catch (hed) P.E. and Soil out on the Born To Ride 2 Tour set to start in May!

April 16, 2014

Get your calendars ready and save the date in May for you to catch (hed) P.E. and SOiL out on the Born To Ride 2 tour. The tour is set to start on May 1st at the HOME Bar in Arlington, IL and will wrap up at the end of May. This tour is the follow up to the first Born To Ride tour featuring the same bands. (Hed)P.E.’s forthcoming album “Evolution” is currently being mixed and is slated for a summer 2014 release on Pavement Entertainment. This is the follow up to 2010’s “Truth Rising”. According to vocalist Jahred, the album will be “Some of the heaviest material we have ever recorded”. Their label mates, SOiL is currently supporting their new single “The Hate Song” which comes from the critically acclaimed new album “Whole”. This is one tour that you don’t want to miss. We caught SOiL at the Aftershock Sacramento Festival last year and they were amazing as always. I can’t wait to see them perform their new single, “The Hate Song” which has some [Read More]

James Otto is our Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Featured Artist of the Day

April 16, 2014

Today our Bottle Rock Napa Featured Artist is James Otto. Today I wanted to feature country artist, James Otto. I love James’ vocals. As many of you know I don’t listen to country that often. I guess it can best be explained by the following meme: James has such an amazing voice, he can take you from flirty, seductive, spiritual, comforting, and fun just by the range of his tones. He currently has his third album out, Shake What God Gave Ya and it is a collection of songs that highlight his powerful vocals and brings to the forefront, his heart of soul. The album is a journey of exploration of country-soul and one of my favorites on it is Soldiers & Jesus. The emotionally stirring lyrics are captivating and will feed your soul. In regards to his latest album James explains, “As much as there’s all these different fractures of country music these days—you have pop country, rock country, traditional country, alt-country, and all these things in between—I don’t know why country-soul couldn’t exist [Read More]

Truckfighters return to the US for another tour in May, DON’T MISS THEM!

April 15, 2014

Last month we caught Truckfighters perform at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. They put on one of the most energetic, fantastic and entertaining performances I have seen in a long time. These Swedish ROCKERS know how to put on a show!! If you missed them, don’t worry they are coming back to the US for another tour starting in May. Make sure to catch them live, here are the tour dates: When I first saw Truckfighters, the singer reminded me of Kurt Cobain, the guitarist reminded me of Angus Young and the drummer remind me of Tre Cool. It was like I was watching a supergroup as these charismatic and intense musicians gave it a 150% and rocked the crowd from start to finish. You can check out a tribute video that Rockin Ryan made from footage of their set at the DNA Lounge. Then I am sure, you won’t want to miss them!! Also be sure to head over to Itunes and pick up their latest album Universe. ~ Marisol [Read More]

Shane Gibson of stOrk and former Korn touring guitarist dies at age 35

April 15, 2014

Shane Gibson 1979 – 2014 Shane Gibson, most widely know as the former touring guitarist for Korn has passed away at age 35 as a result of a blood clotting disorder. Shane performed with Korn from 2007 – 2010. Shane after touring with Korn was the founding member and guitarist for stOrk, great metal progressive rock band. The news was posted via the stOrk Facebook page It is with deepest sadness and regret that we must confirm that stOrk founding member and lead guitarist Shane Paul Gibson passed away at 5:45 AM on April 15th, 2014 in the UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama as a result of complications from a blood clotting disorder. He was 35 years old. He was one of the best guitar players the world has ever known and his virtuosity was matched only by his wit and generosity of spirit. He will be missed beyond measure. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and all those who loved him as much as we did. -stOrk-: It is very [Read More]

Silence the Messenger start their tour in New York

April 15, 2014

Get ready for some heavy death metal/hard core coming to your town with Silence The Messenger. The band is from Texas which might surprise you for a heavy death metal band but they are heading out and bringing a dose of heavy metal core d directly to you. They are setting out on tour which starts tonight at Bogies in Albany, NY for the Mindfucked and Furious Tour with Years Since The Storm. Tour dates are listed below: April 15 – Albany, NY at Bogies April 19- New England Metal and Hardcore Festival April 21 – New York, NY at SLake April 23 – Stanhope, NJ at Stanhope House April 24 – Allentown, PA at Crocodile Rock Cafe April 25 – Akron, OH at Rock Factory April 26 – Peoria, IL at Rail Li April 28 – St. Louis, MO at Fubar April 30 – Kansas City, MO at Czar Bar May 2 – Englewood, CO at Moes Original May 8 – Phoenix, AZ at Joe’s Grotto May 9 – Tucson, AZ at The Rock [Read More]