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WATCH: Shallow Side release music video for Renegade (Styx)

November 22, 2016

We are so excited to share with you the newly released video from Shallow Side for their cover of Styx’s Renegade. “Renegade” as well as their previous single “Rebel” will appear on their debut full length album ONE on Thermal Entertainment, LLC due in 2017. “Renegade” is the band’s take on the classic Styx song written by Tommy Shaw. Eric Boatright says “The song for me has it all. I’ve always been a fan of what I would consider one of America’s greatest rock bands and it became a no brainer when we mentioned ‘Renegade.’ Love Styx, love the song and we wanted to take that same world and bring it to where we are today.” The band received a great endorsement when Tommy Shaw was sent the video and said “Damn that’s smokin’, I approve”. Check out the video here: Shallow Side are: Eric Boatright (Vocals) Cody Hampton (Bass/Guitar) Seth Trimble (Guitar/Keyboard) Heath Fields (Drums) The band is doing a brief run to end 2016: 12-02-16 in Queens, NY at Blackthorn 51 12-09-16 [Read More]

Interview with Eddie Veliz of Kyng as we discuss their new album, Breathe In The Water

October 30, 2016

Kyng returned to the Regency Ballroom this past Sunday night as they kicked off a night of high energy rock/metal in San Francisco. They are currently out on tour with Clutch and Zakk Sabbath and we were excited to catch them once again. This powerful trio delivers a powerful dose of energy when they hit the stage. You have Eddie Veliz on Vocals/Guitar, Pepe Clarke on Drums and Tony Castaneda on Bass/Backing Vocals. From start to finish, they are at 11 the entire time and they crank up the intensity with fierce riffs, thundering drums and melodic yet heavy vocals. Their energy is inescapable as they bring the truth and honesty back into rock, simple yet completely powerful. Check out some photos of their set by our Rockin Ryan: They have recently released their new album, Breathe In The Water, which I think is their best work to date. So full of raw, honest, powerful hard and heavy rock and metal. It can’t be described as one genre, since they successfully bring out a variety of musical [Read More]

Kyng returns to San Francisco for a high energy set at Regency Ballroom

October 18, 2016

Kyng returned to the Regency Ballroom this past Sunday night as they kicked off a night of high energy rock/metal in San Francisco. They are currently out on tour with Clutch and Zakk Sabbath and we were excited to catch them once again. This powerful trio delivers a powerful dose of energy when they hit the stage. You have Eddie Veliz on Vocals/Guitar, Pepe Clarke on Drums and Tony Castaneda on Bass/Backing Vocals. From start to finish, they are at 11 the entire time and they crank up the intensity with fierce riffs, thundering drums and melodic yet heavy vocals. Their energy is inescapable as they bring the truth and honesty back into rock, simple yet completely powerful. Check out some photos of their set by our Rockin Ryan: They have recently released their new album, Breathe In The Water, which I think is their best work to date. So full of raw, honest, powerful hard and heavy rock and metal. It can’t be described as one genre, since they successfully bring out a variety of musical [Read More]

Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Sixx: AM and From Ashes To New donate to Canadian Red Cross

September 27, 2016

It has been quite a successful Canadian Tour for Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, SIXX:A.M. and From Ashes To New. The tour is about to wrap up on Saturday, September 28th at Scotia Bank Center. This past Saturday night at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, SIXX:AM and openers From Ashes To New presented a check to the Canadian Red Cross for $48,000. The bands donated $1 from each ticket sold on their Canadian arena tour to the Red Cross for Disaster Management Relief. It is great to see these bands giving back. We look forward to the U.S. Leg of the tour as well! Information & Links: Five Finger Death Punch https://www.facebook.com/fivefingerdeathpunch?fref=ts https://twitter.com/ffdp https://instagram.com/5fdp http://fivefingerdeathpunch.com/ Papa Roach https://www.facebook.com/paparoach?fref=ts https://twitter.com/paparoach https://instagram.com/paparoach http://www.paparoach.com/ SIXX:A.M. Website: www.sixxammusic.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/sixxammusic Twitter: @SixxAM Instagram: www.instagram.com/sixxam/ From Ashes To New: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FromAshesToNew Twitter: https://twitter.com/fromashestonew Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/fromashestonew

VIDEO: Coldrain releases new video, Born To Bleed off latest album VENA II

September 27, 2016

Japanese rockers Coldrain have just released a music video for their track, Born To Bleed. On the song and music video (directed by Inni Vision), frontman Masato Hayakawa explains: “While we were touring and writing this song it seemed like all the places we had been to had just been through some sort of devastating act of hate. Terrorist attacks and shootings were happening everywhere. There was so much pain that was more real to us than before. Living in Japan we live in fear of natural disasters. The number of earthquakes that happen is insane and the amount of people they injure or kill is way too much. When I was writing I just kept writing down why? Why is there so much hate…why is there so much danger, pain and suffering. I couldn’t find the answers. But I just had to throw those questions in my head out there. This is how the song became ‘Born To Bleed’ The lyrics were written with dark emotions and hope mixed up. I wanted [Read More]

Butcher Babies join Megadeth on North American Fall Tour!

September 12, 2016

The Butcher Babies will be joining Megadeth on their Dystopia North American Fall Tour. Also joining them will be Amon Amarth, Suicidal Tendencies, and Metal Church. The month long tour starts in Casper, WY on September 20 and concludes on October 16 in Camden, NJ. In addition to the tour, both Butcher Babies and Megadeth will be performing at this year’s “Ozzfest Meets Knotfest” event, which takes place on September 24 & 25 in San Bernardino, CA. Heid Shepherd comments about the tour, “We’re incredibly honored to join forces with some of our idols, legendary musicians and bands! Megadeth is a staple in metal music and we can’t think of a better way to round out our 2016 touring schedule than with these metal gods. Who didn’t grow up with a Megadeth poster glued to your wall with dreams of dreams of sharing the stage with them. Bucket list… Check!” Check out the dates below: We look forward to catching them in San Jose at the National Civic. In case you missed it, check [Read More]

Martin Sweet and his band Sweet Creature is soon to become your new addiction!

September 7, 2016

Martin Sweet (known for his role as lead guitarist in CRASHDIET) knows exactly what to give music addicts, as his new band Sweet Creature is my latest addiction. The band Sweet Creature is fronted by Martin and features his brother Michael of ToxicRose on drums, Tin Star of Gemini Five on bass, and longtime songwriting partner Linus Nirbrant from This Ending on rhythm guitar. They have recorded a full-length studio album The Devil Knows My Name due later this year and you can check out the latest single, Our Moment here: You can pre-order the album which is set for an October 25th release by heading over to: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweet-creature-the-debut-album–3. This album is set to deliver a heavy dose of hard rock with the classic rock flair and yet darkened with gloomy melodies. Martin comments, ”I have all these songs that don’t necessary fit in to the CRASHDÏET formula, so I figured it was time to work with other musicians. I’ve always sung on my own demos so taking on the lead vocals is nothing new to me. ” Need [Read More]