Currently reigning as Germany’s most successful heavy metal band, POWERWOLF are about to boost their prowess to the next level as they embark on their very first journey to North American shores! Today, POWERWOLF proudly announces two massive, once-in-a-lifetime live performances in New York, NY and Montreal, QC in 2023. The first performance will take place on February 23 at The Palladium, located in New York City’s world famous Times Square, and the second will take place at Montreal’s impressive M TELUS on February 24.
This is the very first time that North American POWERWOLF fans will get their chance to feed the need for the ‘Wolf – live and in person! POWERWOLF is internationally renowned for their colossal, breathtaking world-class stage shows, so come see what all of the buzz is about and feast your eyes on one of the most impressive live spectacles in heavy music!
Tickets for both dates go on sale this Friday, October 7 at 10:00 AM local time. Make sure to grab your tickets quickly – these will go fast. For tickets and more information, make sure to check local venue listings and www.powerwolf.net/tickets.
POWERWOLF states: “North America, your calls over the years have not gone unheard! The holy heavy metal mass will finally be celebrated next year for the very first time in New York City and Montreal! Let’s make sure that it will be an experience that neither you, nor we as POWERWOLF will ever forget!”
POWERWOLF Confirmed Live Dates:
European Wolfsnächte Tour, November/December 2022: w/ Dragonforce, Warkings
11/11/2022: Berlin, DE @ Velodrom 11/12/2022: Munich, DE @ Zenith 11/13/2022: Prague, CZ @ Tipsport Arena 11/14/2022: Katowice, PL @ MCK 11/16/2022: Budapest, HU @ Barba Negra 11/17/2022: Vienna, AT @ Gasometer 11/18/2022: Stuttgart, DE @ Schleyerhalle 11/19/2022: Zurich, CH @ Samsung Hall 11/21/2022: Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 11/22/2022: Madrid, ES @ Riviera 11/24/2022: Milan, IT @ Alcatraz 11/25/2022: Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle 11/26/2022: Oberhausen, DE @ Rudolf-Weber-Arena 11/27/2022: Paris, FR @ Zenith 11/29/2022: London, UK @ Roundhouse* 12/1/2022: Amsterdam, NL @ Afas Live 12/2/2022: Hamburg, DE @ Sporthalle 12/3/2022: Saarbrücken, DE @ Saarlandhalle 12/4/2022: Antwerp, BE @ Lotto Arena *without Dragonforce
Live in North America 2023: 2/23/2023: New York, NY @ The Palladium 2/24/2023: Montreal, QC @ M TELUS
Confirmed Festivals 2023: 6/7-10/2023: Austria @ Nova Rock Festival 8/17-19/2023: Germany @ Reload Festival
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Canadian blackened death metal horde NECRONOMICON will be performing a run of shows in Quebec and Newfoundland this November! The run kicks off on November 12 in St. John, NF & will conclude in Trois Rivieres, QC on November 19. The full tinerary and ticket links can be found below!
NECRONOMICON will be supporting 2019’s ‘UNUS,’ which can be streamed, downloaded, and ordered HERE.
NECRONOMICON Live: 11/12: St, John, NF, @ Rockhouse [TICKETS] 11/17: Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electrics [TICKETS] 11/18: La Tuque, QC La Chapelle du Vieux Corbeau [TICKETS] 11/19: Trois Rivieres, QC @ L entite [TICKETS]
The album art for ‘UNUS’ was created by Simon Bossert.
Tracklist 1. From Ashes into Flesh (04:23) 2. Infinitum Continuum (05:27) 3. Paradise Lost (04:55) 4. The Price of a Soul (01:56) 5. Singularis Dominus (04:50) 6. The Thousand Masks (03:20) 7. Ascending The throne of Baator (04:54) 8. Fhtagn (01:59) 9. Cursed MMXIX (04:13) 10. Vox Draconis (04:13) Total playing time: 0:40:10
With the band releasing more content in advance of an album release than ever before, ALTER BRIDGE is back with the fourth song from their upcoming album, Pawns & Kings. “This Is War” is the bombastic album opener that sets up the musical journey that listeners can expect from a new ALTER BRIDGE album. With Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums, the band is at their songwriting finest on the aggressive track that showcases the musicianship that has earned them a global army of fans.
The haunting vocal intro sounds like an internal battle is waging as Myles belts out the lyrics: “Fight for your life, can’t you see what’s coming. Fight for your mind, this is war.” The lyric video was created by ALTER BRIDGE visual collaborator Wayne Joyner.
Pawns & Kings – the band’s seventh studio album – is scheduled for worldwide release on October 14 via Napalm Records. From the opening riffs of “This Is War” to the title track album closer “Pawns & Kings,”ALTER BRIDGE returns with an album of intense tracks that were born after the cycle for their last album was cut short by the global pandemic. Songs like “Dead Among The Living,” “Holiday” and “Last Man Standing” showcase the signature songwriting the band is known for. The album offers numerous epic adventures, with three songs clocking in over six minutes each. The opus “Fable Of The Silent Son” clocks in at 8:29 and is the longest recorded song in the band’s catalog – a distinction held by “Blackbird” until now. Mark Tremonti steps out of his backing vocal role to take the lead on “Stay,” an introspective ballad that is sure to become a fan favorite live. The band released a lyric video for the title track “Pawns & Kings” and for the now fan-favorite “Sin After Sin”.
Known for its signature dual-guitar attack backed by a driving rhythm section, the album’s fast-rising chart-climber “Silver Tongue” is one of the harder songs in the band’s recent catalog. Its animated music video was created and directed by Ollie Jones of Better Feeling Films (Myles Kennedy, Prodigy, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets) and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/snl8OANQ948.
Pawns & Kingsfound ALTER BRIDGE reuniting with longtime collaborator and producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette to create a collection of memorable new additions to the band’s impressive catalog.
The track listing for Pawns & Kings is: 1) This Is War 2) Dead Among The Living 3) Silver Tongue 4) Sin After Sin 5) Stay 6) Holiday 7) Fable Of The Silent Son 8) Season Of Promise 9) Last Man Standing 10) Pawns & Kings
ALTER BRIDGE will tour extensively in support of Pawns & Kings. The band announced a tour of Europe that will make 25 stops over the course of six weeks, kicking off November 1 in Germany and making stops in Denmark, Sweden, Spain and others before ending on December 12 at O2 Arena in the United Kingdom. Longtime friends Halestorm and Mammoth WVH will lend their support on the upcoming European tour.
The band also just announced a North American tour for 2023 – their first in the market in almost three years. The 30-city tour – split into two legs – kicks off on January 25 in Tampa, FL and wraps up April 1 in Highland, CA, making stops in Nashville, TN (January 30); Toronto, ON (February 11); Kansas City, MO (March 11) and Seattle, WA (March 23). Mammoth WVH will join them as direct support on the entire tour, with rockers Red playing on the first leg of the tour and newcomers Pistols At Dawn playing on the second leg. Tickets for all shows are now available and more information on tickets and VIP experiences can be found at https://alterbridge.com/pages/tour.
European Tour Dates Nov 1 – HAMBURG, GERMANY – Sporthalle Nov 2 – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – Falconer Nov 4 – PARTILLE, SWEDEN – Partille Arena Nov 5 – OSLO, NORWAY – Sentrum Scene Nov 7 – KATOWICE, POLAND – MCK Nov 9 – ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, LUXEMBOURG – Rockhal Nov 11 – BERLIN, GERMANY – Columbiahalle Nov 12 – HLAVNÍ MĚSTO PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC – O2 Universum Nov 14 – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – Budapest Arena Nov 16 – PARIS, FRANCE – Palais Des Sports Nov 18 – MADRID, SPAIN – Vistalegre Nov 20 – BARCELONA, SPAIN – Razzmataz1 Nov 22 – MUNICH, GERMANY – Zenith Nov 23 – ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND – Samsung Hall Nov 25 – ASSAGO, ITALY – Mediolanum Forum Nov 26 – ZAGREB, CROATIA – Dom Sportova Nov 28 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Wiener Stadthalle Nov 30 – COLOGNE, GERMANY – Palladium Dec 1 – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Ziggo Dome Dec 5 – NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – Motorpoint Arena Dec 6 – GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – OVO Hydro Arena Dec 8 – DUBLIN, IRELAND – 3 Arena Dec 9 – MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AO Arena Dec 11 – BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – Resorts World Arena Dec 12 – LONDON, ENGLAND – O2 Arena
North American Tour Dates: Jan 25 – TAMPA, FL – Seminole Hard Rock * Jan 27 – ORLANDO, FL – Hard Rock Live * Jan 28 – ATLANTA, GA – Coca Cola Roxy * Jan 30 – NASHVILLE, TN – Ryman Auditorium * Feb 1 – MONTCLAIR, NJ – The Wellmont Theater * Feb 2 – HUNTINGTON, NY – The Paramount * Feb 4 – SILVER SPRING, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring * Feb 5 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – Franklin Music Hall * Feb 7 – WALLINGFORD, CT – The Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre * Feb 8 – BOSTON, MA – Roadrunner * Feb 10 – WATERLOO, NY – Del Lago Casino Resort (On sale soon) ^ Feb 11 – TORONTO, ON – HISTORY ^ Feb 14 – DETROIT, MI – The Fillmore * Feb 15 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre * Feb 17 – PRIOR LAKE, MN – Mystic Lake Casino Showroom * Feb 18 – CHICAGO, IL – The Riviera Theatre * Mar 10 – QUAPAW, OK – Downstream Casino Resort # Mar 11 – KANSAS CITY, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland # Mar 14 – CHESTERFIELD, MO – The Factory # Mar 15 – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Criterion # Mar 17 – HOUSTON, TX – 713 Music Hall # Mar 18 – DALLAS, TX – South Side Ballroom # Mar 20 – DENVER, CO – Mission Ballroom # Mar 21 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Union Event Center # Mar 23 – SEATTLE, WA – The Paramount Theatre # Mar 25 – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino ^ Mar 26 – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino ^ Mar 28 – ANAHEIM, CA – House Of Blues # Mar 29 – TEMPE, AZ – Marquee Theatre # Mar 31 – RENO, NV – Silver Legacy’s Grande Expo Hall # Apr 1 – HIGHLAND, CA – Yaamava Theater at Yaamava Casino Resort ^
^ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH *ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH – Red #ALTER BRIDGE – Mammoth WVH – Pistols At Dawn
ALTER BRIDGE have steadily climbed to the forefront of hard rock worldwide. They’ve exceeded all expectations and benchmarks with over a billion streams, millions of units sold, glowing critical acclaim, real estate on the covers of Classic Rock Magazine and Guitar World, and storied sets at Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and Download Festival. On this journey, 2004’s debut LP One Day Remains bowed in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 and went gold. In 2007, Blackbird’s title track took flight on the wings of the “Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time,” as voted in Guitarist Magazine, while countless fans etched its lyrics and logo onto their bodies. That album also recently went gold in the United Kingdom. Critical plaudits surrounded the 2013 opus Fortress with “5-out-of-5 stars” from KERRANG! and Total Guitar, as well as Eddie Trunk’s declaration of, “A Top 10 album of the last 10 years.” 2016’s The Last Hero saw them return to the Top 10 on the Top 200. Maintaining this momentum, Walk The Sky made impressions around the globe when it reached #1 on the US Billboard Top Albums, Top 200 Alternative Albums, Top 200 Hard Rock Albums and Top 200 Rock Albums charts, as well as #1 on Canada’s Top Hard Music Albums chart. The album also hit #1 on the Swiss Album charts, landed in the Top 5 on the Canada, UK, Germany, Austria, Scotland and Switzerland charts and closed out the year on Loudwire’s “The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2019.” These musicians have unassumingly done all of this with a quiet dedication to writing meaningful songs and performing unforgettable shows (and they’ve delivered both with almost alarming consistency). Still, the influential quartet—Myles Kennedy [vocals, guitar], Mark Tremonti [guitar, vocals], Brian Marshall [bass], and Scott Phillips [drums]—ascend to yet another level on 2022’s Pawns & Kings [Napalm Records]. It is the culmination of almost two decades together soaked in blood, sweat, tears, and the triumph earned through never giving up. It represents the bandmates’ dedication to one another and their collective devotion to a devout fanbase.
With their new album TEKKNO Electric Callboy set another milestone in their career and enter the German album charts on #1. A completely sold-out tour in Germany, almost sold out shows in France and the USA speak a clear language.
On top of strong ticket sales, Electric Callboy are a remarkable force online, as reflected in over 150-million video views on YouTube, more than 500.000 followers on social media and 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Electric Callboy take their audience back to the 90s with TEKKNO and combine feelings of nostalgia with their flawless and modern production. A hot contender for one of the most important metalcore albums of the year, TEKKNO delivers the most diverse sound the band from Castrop-Rauxel has ever presented.
Swedish Black & Death metal force NECROPHOBIC announce the re-release of “Spawned By Evil”, which originally came out in 1996 as four track EP. To perfectly extend the re-issue series that started earlier this year with “Hrimthursum” and “Death To All”, followed by “Satanic Blasphemies” and the recently launched “The Nocturnal Silence”, this time the band decided to release a strikingly longer version of “Spawned By Evil”.
In addition to the 1996 released title track “Spawned By Evil” and the three cover tracks – “Die By The Sword” by Slayer, “Nightmare” by Venom and “Enter The Eternal Fire” by Bathory – this re-issue features two previously unreleased tracks from 1994 and additional cover versions such as Autopsy’s “Ridden With Disease”, Iron Maiden’s “Moonchild” and Celtic Frost’s “Into The Crypts Of Rays”.
Band founder and drummer Joakim Sterner about this special version of “Spawned By Evil”, “The reason why we did this release in the first place, back in 1996, was that it had taken a bit longer time to come up with a follow up album to ‘The Nocturnal Silence’. We were pretty much ready, but needed to write maybe 3 more songs to have a full album, so we thought it was good to record one new song (‘Spawned by Evil’) to have it like a teaser and to show our fans what to expect on ‘Darkside’.
Around this period, it was popular to record cover versions for different tribute albums and we were asked to be represented for a Bathory tribute and a Slayer tribute, so we included those songs as well. We also chose to record a cover of Venom, as they are old heroes to us and also to have 4 songs in total and have it released as a mini album or a maxi single, whatever you call it.
Later, we were asked to be represented on 2 other tribute albums and we recorded cover versions of Autopsy and Iron Maiden. They were never intended to be released elsewhere, but a former label released ‘Spawned by Evil’ again and included those covers as well. They also got their hand on a never before released demo recording we did in 1994, with the songs ‘Black Moon Rising’ and ‘The Call’. So, all of a sudden, this original 4-song release was now an album, with 3 Necrophobic songs and 5 cover songs.
Last autumn (2021), I was searching for old tapes, as we started work on all the re-issues that is being released this year, and one day I found an old tape from 1994. A demo recording of ‘Darkside’ and a Celtic Frost cover of ‘Into the Crypts of Rays’ that was never heard of or spread before to the public, so these 2 songs are really exclusive and unreleased before for this re-issue of ‘Spawned by Evil’.
I hope you will enjoy this re-issue of ‘Spawned by Evil’!”
“Spawned By Evil” was remastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound and is going to be released through Century Media Records on November 11th , 2022. It will be available as Ltd. CD Jewelcase in slipcase, LP including LP-booklet & double-sided A2-sized poster and as digital version.
The next chapter in the epic journey of LORNA SHORE is there, leading up to the release of new album, Pain Remains (due to be unleashed October 14th via Century Media Records): “Pain Remains II: After All I’ve Done, I’ll Disappear”. Currently streaming on all digital platforms, the age-gated video (directed by David Brodsky) can be viewed HERE.
The band comments on “The Pain Trilogy”: “‘The Pain Trilogy’ is a three-part tale focusing on the stages of grief and vulnerability and exemplifying it through a love story. The first song ‘Pain Remains I: Dancing Like Flames’ begins with the main character becoming enamored by the person within his dreams. He decides to turn to this reality as a sense of purpose despite knowing that the closer he gets to his goal, the further it seems to drift away. This leads to the second song, ‘Pain Remains II: After All I’ve Done, I’ll Disappear’. This is the part where the person vanishes and the main character struggles to accept the pain. He as well wishes to disappear and seeks to throw it all away. Lorna Shore supports suicide prevention and support. We encourage all to speak to their issues and spark conversations that help and mend us all.”
Don’t miss the final part of the trilogy that will unfold when the album is released on October 14th! In the meantime, fans can also watch the previously released videos below: – “Pain Remains I: Dancing like Flames”: HERE – “Sun//Eater”: HERE – “Into the Earth”: HERE – “Cursed to Die”: HERE
For Lorna Shore, 2020 was nothing short of a reckoning – in a career built on challenges, changes and a single-minded vision. For the New Jersey quintet, 2020 signaled the pandemic and cancelled tours. The following year presented the band with a staggering creative challenge in the form of the song, “To the Hellfire ” (currently at 11M+ views on YouTube, 22M+ streams on Spotify), from their hugely well-regarded EP …And I Return to Nothingness. Yet, through it all, they upped their sonic ante with their upcoming album, Pain Remains, that not only aligns with everything Lorna Shore has hinted at, but it also exceeds that – brutally and magnificently. “I’m a firm believer in the butterfly effect,” says guitarist Adam De Micco. “While you can try and boil it down to one song or one moment in a song, that’s just one moment in a career with a lot leading up to that.”
“‘Hellfire’ was a big, viral moment for the band, but we are way more than just a viral 30-second breakdown band,” adds drummer Austin Archey.
Clocking in at just over an hour, Pain Remains is as far-reaching in scope as any modern extreme metal album. It thinks big, pushing beyond preconception or musical boundaries.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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