Finnish hippie metal superstars EGOKILLS are back – bigger, badder & more dangerous than ever!
The latest Egokills banger is called Life’s a Party and it is a reminder of what life’s about in these dark times. The song comes with a movie quality music video, directed by the bands long-time friend Timo Lepistö and shot by Anthony Putkonen. The video portrays the band in its natural habitat, partying around their own camper van. Vocalist Janne Selo plays the main part.
Selo has also written the song. The banjo riff at the beginning is played by Egokills’ own guitar virtuoso Niko Viita-aho when the band happened to find a real banjo from Fantom Studio.
“The spring is in the air and I can hear the internal banjos playing. Life’s good!”, Janne Selo comments.
Finnish rockers JUDITH ALICE are set to release their new EP Resolute on March 24th 2023 via Secret Entertainment. The first single & music video Tonite’s Alright (Feat. Diison) is released today.
The band comments: ”When the pandemic hit things got closed up. No gigs, no fun. During these times Judith Alice recorded a new EP entitled ’Resolute’. The first single from the upcoming record – ’Tonite’s Alright (feat. Diison)’ – is basically about the worst hangover you can imagine. After listening the song you can forget the hangover and get the party started again!”
Resolute (EP 2023) Track list:
Tonite’s Alright (feat. Diison)
Person That I Hate
Watch Out!
Blind Leadin’ The Blind
Close To The Sun
EP Picture by Aaro Tuisku, EP cover by Jussi Aaltonen
Judith Alice was formed in Helsinki, Finland by old friends June Stacy and Stan Ford (Skeeter Hazy) in 2016. The nowadays five piece band has been creating a reputation as a wild live performer and a party maker since. The first single, “I Only Go Out When It’s Dark” was released in 2017. The second single “Drug Festival” was released in December 2018 and as a third single they recorded a cover for an old danish hit “I WIll Stay”, it was released January 2020. Yeah, the one Hurriganes made famous in Finland back in the day. Recordings of the first album began in 2017, and after all the setbacks and struggle it was finally released Thursday, August 13th 2020. When the world closed because of the pandemic, Judith Alice used the time to write and record new music! 2023 starts with a brand new single/video ”Tonite’s Alright (feat. Diison)” followed by an EP called ”Resolute”!
Line-up: Skeeter Hazy – Vocals June Stacy – Guitar Vasco – Guitar Eric Jacobi – Bass Aaron Snow – Drums
FROM ASHES TO NEW havedelivered an intense and captivating new single “Nightmare,” taken from their upcoming as-yet-titled fourth album due this summer via Better Noise Music. “Nightmare”masterfully showcases dual vocalists Matt Brandyberry and Danny Case expertise in contrasting heavy rock anthemic choruses with nu-metal/rap rock verses. ”Nightmare” takes listeners through the emotions of being betrayed and the nightmares that result which are presented in the track’s accompanying apocalyptic-themed music video directed by Josiahx (Distrubed, Miss May I) out now via YouTube HERE or seen streaming below.
“Betrayal by someone we trust happens to the best of us,” says CASE. “We befriend someone, let them in, build a connection and then all of a sudden they turn into someone unrecognizable. Someone you once trusted and cared for so deeply is now a backstabbing enemy. In a heartbeat, the person you once thought you knew is now gone. There aren’t many things in life that cut quite as deep as betrayal. Erasing that person from your life and moving forward is the only way to wake up from the nightmare.”
The Lancaster, PA-based group—Brandyberry (vocals), Case (vocals), Lance Dowdle (guitars) and Mat Madiro (drums)—will be on tour this spring, joining fellow Top 10 active rock-charting acts Shinedown and Three Days Grace across the East Coast and Midwest from April 3 to May 9 before appearing as some of the summer’s largest rock festivals including Welcome To Rockville (5/19 – Daytona Beach, FL) and Sonic Temple (5/27 – Columbus, OH). For tickets and dates, visit fromashestonew.com/tour.
Hailed as the “sweet spot of mass appeal where there’s a little something for everyone” (Knotfest), FROM ASHES TO NEW’sblend of hard rock, hip-hop, electronic and alternative music has built them a diverse and dedicated fanbase while garnering over 345 million streams, 55 million video views and four Top 10singles. Prior to “Nightmare,” the band released two additional tracks from their forthcoming album: the reflective single “Heartache” and the fiery, vindictive track “Until We Break (feat. Matty Mullins of Memphis Mayfire)” which was also featured on the official soundtrack for the horror-thriller The Retaliators in which the band also appeared in with a guest role.
l-r in the photo above: Mat Madiro, Matt Brandyberry, Lance Dowdle, Danny Case
FROM ASHES TO NEW Tour Dates with Shinedown & Three Days Grace
4/3 Saginaw, MI – The Dow Event Center 4/4 Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center 4/7 Bridgeport, CT – Total Mortgage Arena 4/8 University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center 4/10 Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena 4/12 Huntington, WV – Mountain Health Arena 4/14 Jacksonville, FL – Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena 4/15 Orlando, FL – Amway Center 4/17 Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena 4/19 Huntsville, Al – Von Braun Center 4/21 Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum 4/22 Baton Rouge, LA – Raising Cane’s River Center 4/24 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 4/25 Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 4/27 Ft. Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 4/29 Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum 4/30 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center 5/3 Bozeman, MT – Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 5/6 Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena 5/7 Everett, WA – Angel of the Winds Arena 5/9 Portland, OR – Moda Center 5/19 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville* 5/27 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple* *Festival Date, No Shinedown & Three Days Grace
With the David Bowie documentary “Moonage Daydream” shortlisted as Best Documentary for the 2023 Academy Awards, CLASSLESS ACT, one of the hottest new rock bands to emerge in 2022, pays tribute to Bowie with its upcoming double-A-side digital single, “All The Young Dudes,” and “Starman.” The tracks will be available via all DSPs today, February 3 (Better Noise Music).
Click HERE to stream both “All The Young Dudes” and “Starman.”
“When we learned there was a documentary about the creative, spiritual and musical journey of the great David Bowie, we wanted to pay our tribute, acknowledge his genius, his artistry, his influence and our gratitude to him,” said band vocalist Derek Day. “We’ve always had a few cover songs in our set; in the beginning, it was out of necessity as we didn’t have enough of our own songs. Now it’s our choice. Whether it was Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Guns N’ Roses, Queen, or many others, they represent a road map of our influences, our roots…and how we’ve gotten ‘here’ musically. David Bowie played a major role.”
There’s a starman waiting in the sky He’d like to come and meet us But he thinks he’d blow our minds There’s a starman waiting in the sky He’s told us not to blow it ‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile… —David Bowie, “Starman”
Twenty-twenty-two was a true break-out year for Classless Act. The band – Day, guitarists Dane Pieper and Griffin Tucker, bassist Franco Gravante, and Chuck McKissock on drums – toured the U.S. with Dorothy on her Spring “Gifts From The Holy Ghost” trek, released its debut album, Welcome To The Show, in June, receiving rave press reviews from North America to the U.K. and Europe, South America and Australia, hit the North American road in July on the summer’s biggest tour, The Stadium Tour, opening for Motley Crüe and Def Leppard, split the month of December between supporting Giovannie and The Hired Guns, and their own headline dates on its “The Most Wonderful Tour of the Year,” and wrapped up the year with the release of Welcome To The Acoustic Show EP, that featured stripped-down versions of five songs from their album.
As BraveWords’ Jonathan Smith wrote about Classless Act in his Stadium Tour review, “Led by highly charismatic and off-the-wall frontman Derek Day, who could be best described as a composite of Robert Plant’s high-end brilliance, Roger Daltry’s power, Axl Rose’s grittiness, and David Lee Roth’s stage presence, their comparatively short set, set the air ablaze.”
Classless Act L-R, in the photo above: Chuck McKissock, Dane Pieper, Derek Day, Griffin Tucker, Franco Gravante,
Los Angeles based rock band, ThemGuns have released their highly anticipated new single ‘Acid Plane’ from Golden RobotRecords. The band, made up of lead vocalist and guitarist Navarone Garibaldi Garcia, keyboardist/drummer Kyle Hamood and bassist Chuck Holiday, are no strangers to the studio and stage having released two previous singles from their upcoming second album, ‘Shot in the Dark‘ and ‘Dark Side.’
‘Acid Plane’ is a song about getting on a flight right before a nuclear disaster with the only survivors being those who were in the skies at the time of the eruption. When they make it to their destination, they arrive at a completely different existence from the one they left. The song was written by Garcia and Hamood.
The band’s charismatic lead singer/guitarist Navarone Garibaldi Garcia and keyboardist/drummer Kyle Hamood had a chemistry for music from an early start. It was circumstance that brought them together after meeting as toddlers at a pool in Hawaii. Twenty years later, at a chance meeting, the two became bandmates and quickly put their mark on their own unique style of music. Bass player Chuck Holiday rounds out the trio now known as “Them Guns.”
The band’s dynamic spirit helps to create their unique sound and with a presence usually reserved for rock and roll royalty. Their lyrical talents are unmatched and go beyond your typical storytelling, Them Guns has created a legion of worldwide fans. Past favorites like ‘Fireworks,’ ‘Horoscope‘and ‘Somebody Called the Cops‘ have had hundreds of thousands of views.
“The lyrics for Acid Plane actually came to me in a dream. I wrote them down and the same night Kyle had an idea for a melody for a new song. Neither one of us knew the other had something new until the next day…that’s when the magic happened.” – Navarone Garibaldi Garcia
Garcia is no stranger to the limelight as the son of Priscilla Presley, but he has forged his own way through his music. With the band’s global, loyal following are energized by the release of their new music. Back in the studio and creating a new music video only precedes plans for a Fall 2023 tour with the band having already performed in U.S., the U.K, South America and Latin America previously.
ALICE COOPER is inarguably one of the biggest names in the history of rock music. To honor his 75th birthday on February 4, 2023, POWERWOLF has released a cover version of his larger-than-life song “Poison”. The 1989 hit single from the legendary album Trash is an absolute evergreen and known by every rock and metal fan worldwide. POWERWOLF pays tribute by adding their trademark sound to the song, without sacrificing the iconic structure of the original.
POWERWOLF on the cover: “Over the years we have released several cover songs to pay tribute to artists / bands that we personally hold in high regard. With “Poison”, Alice Cooper has created a timeless classic and we could not miss the opportunity to celebrate his 75th birthday (on February 4) with our own version.“
POWERWOLF are undoubtedly one of the most celebrated and successful heavy metal bands of the last decade. Multiple #1 album chart entries, gold and platinum records, huge sold out arena shows, as well as headline slots at the biggest festivals have paved their way. In less than 20 years of band history, POWERWOLF has made it to the very highest league of heavy metal.
Just in time for the highest Christian holiday, Easter 2023, another highlight of the band’s discography,the special album Interludium, will be released on April 7, 2023. The new release features six new studio tracks, including the single “Sainted By The Storm”, which was already celebrated on the band’s exhilarating Wolfsnächte 2022 headline tour, as well as one of the most intense tracks in the band’s history, “My Will Be Done”. Interludium also features gems and rarities from the band’s history, such as “Midnight Madonna” and “Living On A Nightmare”.
Interludium Tracklisting : 1. Wolves Of War 2. Sainted by the Storm 3. No Prayer At Midnight 4. My Will Be Done 5. Altars On Fire 6. Wolfborn 7. Stronger Than The Sacrament 8. Living On A Nightmare 9. Midnight Madonna 10. Bête du Gévaudan
One day before the release of the special album Interludium, POWERWOLF will celebrate Easter with their devotees at Palladium in Cologne. The album release show will be one of the biggest concerts in the history of the band and a once in a lifetime experience for each POWERWOLF fan!
North America Shows 2023: 23.02.23 US – New York, NY / Palladium Times Square – SOLD OUT! 24.02.23 CA – Montreal, QC / M TELUS – SOLD OUT! 25.02.23 US – Worcester, MA / The Palladium – SOLD OUT! 20.03.23 US – Dallas, TX / The Factory In The Deep Ellum 22.03.23 US – Denver, CO / The Odgen Theatre 24.03.23 US – San Francisco, CA / Regency Ballroom 25.03.23 US – Los Angeles, CA / The Wiltern
Exclusive “Interludium” Release Show: 06.04.23 DE – Cologne / Palladium
Festival Shows 2023: 02.-04.06.23 CZ – Pilzen / Metalfest 04.06.23 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra Open Air 06.06.23 RO – Bukarest / Romexpo 07.-10.06.23 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock Festival 17.06.23 FR – Clisson / Hellfest 22.-24.06.23 NO – Oslo / Tons Of Rock 28.06.-01.07.23 ES – Galicia / Resurrection Fest 15.07.23 DE – Saarbrücken / SB Open Air 11.-13.08.23 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz 16.-18.08.23 DE – Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze 17.-19.08.23 DE – Sulingen / Reload Festival 26.08.23 DE – Gießen / Gießener Kultursommer
POWERWOLF are: Attila Dorn – vocals Falk Maria Schlegel – organ Charles Greywolf – guitar Matthew Greywolf – guitar Roel van Helden – drums
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