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Check out Ghost Town photos from their bad ass set at Warped Tour and pick up The After Party

July 21, 2014

Ghost Town treated fans at Warped Tour to an amazing set filled with their refreshing style of music that blends influences of metal, rock, electronic and alternative. They have added their unique take on it and in return have presented to you their music that is soon to be your favorite. Just last month they released a great album, The After Party that truly highlights the diversity in their music. If you don’t already have it, head over to iTunes here and pick it up today! Check out Rockin Ryan’s photos from their Warped Tour set in Northern California: Ghost Town currently have a couple headlining shows left on their On The Road From Warped Tour to include the following dates as well as performing at the Alternative Press Pre-Show Tonight: July 21 Alternative Press Music Awards Pre-Show Cleveland, OH July 23 The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK July 24 The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO July 25 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT Make sure to visit their social media sites [Read More]

Five Finger Death Punch is our Monster Energy Aftershock Festival Featured Band of the Day

July 21, 2014

Today our spotlight is on a band that delivered one of the best sets at last year’s Aftershock Festival. We are pleased to announce the return of Five Finger Death Punch and they are our Featured Band of the Day. Their performance was awesome last year. These guys came out with adrenaline running through their veins and they did not let up on their fierce energy. The crowd was intense and Ivan had control of them from the front of the pit to the very back of the crowd. His magnetic drew them all in as they were then treated to the spectacular guitar shredding by Jason Hook and Zoltan Bathory. But then you couldn’t help but watch the beard, the man himself, Chris Kael, bassist extraordinaire. Then you couldn’t help but look back and see the ever smiling Jeremy Spencer who just KICKS ASS on the drums and doesn’t miss a beat. He is always so damn happy and looks like he is having a hell of a time, they all do. These guys truly [Read More]

Another Warped Tour gem is Battle of the Bands winner, Gates of Ivory

July 20, 2014

Warped Tour has always been a way to introduce music lovers to new bands and especially with the Ernie Ball stage. We wanted to tell you about one of our Warped Tour highlights, the set by Battle of the Bands winner Gates of Ivory. Gates of Ivory performed on the June 21st date in Mountain View, CA at the Shoreline Amphitheater. We were excited to catch all the great bands and were literally running from one stage to the next. One of the stages we wanted to stop at was the Ernie Ball stage so we could see Gates of Ivory. I had a friend tell me to make sure to check them out. Well, I am glad we did! Band Members: Melissa Marquis – Vocals & Guitar Stephanie Mar – Vocals & Bass Jordan Gafford – Vocals & Lead Guitar Anthoneal Sergio Davis – Drums They have a really unique sound that blends hardcore, rock, pop, progressive and more. They had the crowd revved up and loving every minute of their set. Check out [Read More]

Anberlin premiere music video for Stranger Ways

July 20, 2014

Anberlin have been busy kicking ass on this year’s Vans Warped Tour. They are set to release their new album lowborn on July 22nd via Tooth & Nail Records and follow it up with a farewell world tour. This album brings Anberlin full circle as lowborn will be released on Tooth & Nail, the first record label to which Anberlin was signed. Instead of recording the album together, the musicians did their parts with separate producers they each selected. Drums were recorded with Matt Goldman in Atlanta and later combined with bass and guitar in Lakeland, FL with Copeland’s Aaron Marsh. Vocals were recorded with the band’s longtime collaborator Aaron Sprinkle in Franklin, TN. They have recently released a video for Stranger Ways. Check it out here: Consisting of Stephen Christian (vocals), Joseph Milligan (guitar), Deon Rexroat (bass), Nathan Young (drums), and Christian McAlhaney (guitar), Anberlin have been a band for 12 years. The rock group formed in central Florida in 2002 and have released six innovative and sincere albums that have affected fans in deeply emotional ways. lowborn will be the band’s seventh and final full-length. “Usually breakups happen quickly and suddenly, an implosion of sorts,” McAlhaney [Read More]

Singer Songwriter Jamie Alimorad does it again with another great music video!

July 19, 2014

Singer Songwriter Jamie Alimorad is definitely on his way to scoring another great You Tube hit with his new music video. The Boston based singer won over his Youtube fans with his first music video for Beautiful by reaching over 2 million views! Jamie’s charismatic songwriting and his captivating vocals are ready to do it again with his new video. He has released his music video for Crawling Back to Me, the second single off his album, Words Left Unsaid. The song is a fun catchy pop punk track that takes you on a tale of a crazy ex-girlfriend. The video truly captures the fun spirit of the song. Jamie’s vocals carry the perfect punk angst vibe that bring the lyrics to life. The video is sure to be another fan fave! We need more music like this that brings out good humor wrapped in a lively presentation. Check it out here: I am sure many men can attest to the crazied ex-girlfriend and Jamie has some of the best lyrics in this song:: I won’t go [Read More]

Great metalcore band from Greece, New World Disorder to check out!

July 19, 2014

If you like metalcore, I have a great new band for you, at least they are new to me! They are New World Disorder and they have a refreshing melodic style to their metalcore. This is a band who went after playing the music they wanted to hear and stayed true to their vision. The result is their unique own style that blends thrash, progressive, symphonic metal, melodic metal, everything comes into play and it works quite well with the perfect fit of heavy and the right blend of cleans. Band Members: Geo – Vocals Tonis – Guitars/Back Vocals Simos – Guitars Bill – Bass Guitar Alex – Drums Check out their song, Growing Storm which is featured on their forthcoming EP Promethius which will be released this fall. Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. We will see if we can bring you an interview with these guys soon. Stay tuned for more new music by New World Disorder. ~ Marisol Information & Links: [Read More]

Like A Storm release new music video for Nothing Remains

July 19, 2014

New Zealand rockers Like A Storm release a music video for their new song, Nothing Remains. This is their latest single and was filmed by Chris Fisher and edited by Jared Ward. Check it out here: It is a great song and will have you cranking it up loud and it has a very dreamy rock vibe to it. The song is off their album, Chaos Theory Pt. 1and available on iTunes here. I still remember the first time I saw Like A Storm years ago when they came to San Francisco and opened for Alter Bridge. I was blown away by their performance and have loved their music ever since. They have busy touring and we can’t wait for them to return to San Francisco. Check out their upcoming tour dates: July 23 Ground Zero w/Sick Puppies Traverse City, MI Jul 31 Wooly’sw/ Sick Puppies Des Moines, IA Aug 01 The Brat Shopw/ Sick Puppies Kenosha, WI Aug 02 The Machine Shopw/ Sick Puppies Flint, MI Aug 03 Mercury Ballroomw/ Sick Puppies Louisville, KY Aug 04 [Read More]