Jackyl has announced that their brand new album, ‘ROWYCO,’ will be released on August 5th via Mighty Loud Records. ‘ROWYCO’ (let us know when you figure this one out!) is the FATTEST sounding record to date for the band. “This will be an exciting year,” predicts lead singer Jesse James Dupree. “With the album’s release timing perfectly with the grand opening of the Full Throttle Saloon, in Sturgis, South Dakota. The original location burned to the ground last year AND they are building back bigger and better than ever.”
Adrenaline-doused rockers Thousand Foot Krutch are back to the aggressive side of the dial with EXHALE set to release independently worldwide tomorrow (June 17) on TFK Music and with marketing, sales and distribution through Fuel Music. Available to pre-order now with five instant downloads from iTunes along with special order options from Amazon.com, Best Buy and other digital and physical retailers internationally, the acclaimed new album is meant to shake stereo speakers and earbuds, all the while being crafted to be fully experienced live.
Multiple Grammy® Award-winning, Golden Globe nominated singer and songwriter Chris Cornell will kick off the second North American leg of his critically acclaimed Higher Truth World Tour tonight in Clearwater, FL at Ruth Eckerd Hall. The tour will travel up the East Coast through the Midwest and up to the Pacific Northwest before winding down on July 27th in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Along the way Cornell will make his first appearance at the Ravinia Festival on July 3rd in Highland Park, Illinois. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
This past weekend saw a huge 3 day event simply monickered FreakTulsa; featuring metal ranging from Death Metal to Fuzz Meta, Doom to Psyche Rock and it simply DECIMATED in Tulsa, Oklahoma. If you weren’t there, you probably got to sleep quite a bit, but holy reverb, did you miss 3 evenings worth of fuzz, volume, riffs, and did I say VOLUME?! Follow the break for some words about the bands who crossed the threshold into awesomeness that night!
Friday, June 3rd, HELLYEAH unleashed “UNDEN!ABLE” to the world and achieved a debut at #1 on the Independent Current Chart and #2 on the Billboard Rock/Metal Chart, UNDEN!ABLE has taken the hard rock and metal community by storm. Selling over 20k copies in its first week, HELLYEAH’s mixture of ferocious guitar riffs, biting lyrics addictive hooks have fans and media captivated. Connecting globally, the album debuted at #20 in the ARIA national pop chart and #2 on the Rock Chart in Canada.
On May 10, 1996 Finnish Rockers, APOCALYPTICA, released their epic debut PLAYS METALLICA BY FOUR CELLOS. The instrumental cello-driven rock opus changed the landscape of heavy music for years to come. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the album, the group is re-releasing it remastered with 3 bonus tracks on July 22, 2016.
The remarkable thing about hardcore music, or the bands that show a clear influence from the style, is that there’s an incredible amount of energy that comes with it. Between the band members and the people in attendance, that surge of adrenaline is what separates these gatherings from your typical metal show.
Wyoming based Hard Rock quintet RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA are proud to announce that they have signed with Another Century Records. The band is currently in the studio with producer Mitchell Marlow (In This Moment, Stitched Up Heart, He Is Legend) working on their debut full length for Another Century. In addition to this, the band will also be joining their new label-mates LIKE A STORM for a handful of tour dates this summer, which can be found below.
