DOBERMANN have released their latest lyric video for the track ‘Summer Devil’. Check it out below.
Dobermann are one of the most active independent groups in the European rock circuit.
With 900 concerts and 5 albums in twelve years under their belt, the band has covered more than 1 million kilometers across Italy, Switzerland, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Germany, playing hundreds of dates in Spain and the United Kingdom.
They have also participated in important festivals such as Hard Rock Hell, Rock The Ring, Moped Marathon, Cubelles Rock Festival, Luppolo in Rock, Suoni di Marca, and many others, sharing the stage with Skid Row, Girlschool, Doro, Great White, and the Quireboys, all without an agency or management.
Their latest studio work, ‘Shaken to the Core,’ was released in 2021, with deliberately sleek and essential production by Alessandro del Vecchio.
UK blues rock band, ALBANY DOWN, are pleased to announce their second single “Same Damn Thing” – taken from their forthcoming album “Born In The Ashes” released Friday 1 September 2023. The album is available to pre-order from http://shop.albanydown.com.
Released Wednesday 2 August, Albany Down’s second single, “Same Damn Thing” is available on all streaming platforms from https://hyperfollow.com/AlbanyDown.
“Same Damn Thing has a hint of Motown about it,” says Albany Down’s guitarist and vocalist Paul Turley. “The premise of the song is about feeling of being stuck in a rut, unable to escape your worries.”
Albany Down originally came together with some classic rock and British blues-rock influences, but with their 2011 debut album, “South of the City,” they found their own sound.
Albany Down comprises founder member Paul Turley on vocals and guitars, drummer and backing vocalist, Pete Hancock, and bassist and backing vocalist Ben Atkins. The band has recorded four studio albums with producer Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, INME, Super Furry Animals).
Blues Rock Review offered a fair assessment of the band and their debut album: “South of the City” is a solid debut album from Albany Down. It will be interesting to see how they develop in the coming years.”
In 2013 the band stepped up to the plate with 12 original well-crafted songs on their formidable second album “Not Over Yet”, including the 2013 ISC award winning “Best Blues Song” – “You Ain’t Coming Home.” Traditionally a band’s second album is regarded as being problematical but Albany Down turned that notion on its head, taking all that was good in “South of the City,” honing their song writing craft and revelling in Greg Haver’s powerful production.
With the release of their third album “The Outer Reach” in 2016, Albany Down won many new fans touring in the UK and The Netherlands. They were voted winners of the 2016 UK Song Writing Competition for Best Rock Song (“Feeding the Flame”) and Best Music Video, and voted #5 Best Album of 2016 by Blues Rock Review.
It was no surprise therefore that in 2020 they once again turned to Greg to produce their new opus “Born In The Ashes” which like previous albums has a strong “overcoming adversity” theme, inspired by those darkest days during the 2020/22 global pandemic followed by War in Ukraine, political, civil, and economic unrest. The new album was recorded at Rockfield Studios with Greg bringing together the same recording and production team as he used on all previous Albany Down albums.
“We all came to the band with different but related musical influences” says Paul Turley. “I wanted to build on those and write and play music that was all our own and contemporary. We enjoyed working with Greg and his team and he has undoubtedly enabled us to expand both our musical horizons and our self confidence in trying out new things.”
With over 12,000 fans on Facebook, fans of Albany Down agree that their live show never disappoints. The band run on pure adrenalin, unrelenting energy and raw emotion and soon have any crowd entranced. The music is based on Paul’s thunderous guitar riffs, Pete and Ben’s pounding bass and drums juxtaposed with soulful, soaring, emotionally charged ballads.
Album Track Listing (CD and Digital)
1. Always Want What You Can’t Have 2. Good News 3. Same Damn Thing 4. The Memory of What Used To Be 5. Reflections 6. Born In The Ashes 7. Darkest Day 8. Kingdom of the Blind 9. Don’t Look Back 10. I’ll Come Running 11. Your Days Are Numbered 12. This Heavy Soul 13. Let Your Love Shine
Album Track Listing (Vinyl)
Side A
1. Always Want What You Can’t Have 2. Good News 3 Same Damn Thing 4. The Memory of What Used To Be 5. Reflections
Side B
6. Born In The Ashes 7. Darkest Day 8. I’ll Come Running 9. This Heavy Soul 10. Let Your Love Shine
Production Credits
Paul Turley: Lead and backing vocals, guitars Ben Atkins: Bass guitar, backing vocals Pete Hancock: Drums, backing vocals Produced by Greg Haver Engineered by Clint Murphy Assistant Engineer: Tarrant Shepherd Backing vocals: Cat Wyn Southall Keys: Nick Nasmyth Strings: Andrew Walters – The Vulcan Strings Brass: Uppercut Horns French Horn Matt Jewell (Darkest Day) Bedford Friends Choir (This Heavy Soul) Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound USA
Album Track By Track
Always Want What You Can’t Have The album kicks off with the first song the band recorded at Rockfield Studios. Opening with a spiky guitar riff that is soon joined by a thumping rhythm section groove, in a song for people who are never satisfied with what they have.
Good News An endless barrage of bad news can soon wear you down, this song is a reminder that sometimes we all need a little Good News too. From the very first chord this tune Rocks like a bull in a China shop.
Same Damn Thing Brass stabs lend a hint of a Motown feel to this song about the feeling of being stuck in a rut, unable to escape your worries.
The Memory of What Used To Be A meditation on the relentless passage of time and the inevitability of change, featuring the beautiful soulful vocals of Cat Wyn Southall and benefitting from Greg Haver’s powerful production.
Reflections A Hendrix-tinged blues rock song contemplating the paths in life we didn’t take.
Born In The Ashes A song about rebirth and renewal seems appropriate as the title track of the new album. The band’s first live performance of this song was at the Whitby Blues Festival in November 2022 which proved to be the perfect setting for their “Born In The Ashes” album music video.
Darkest Day Continuing the themes of Born In The Ashes this dynamic song evokes a new chapter in the direction of the album. It creates a musical tapestry of images that bring together elements of the previous songs with those that are to follow.
Kingdom of the Blind This is an escapist homage to the Classic Rock songs of yesteryear. The song is littered with obscure cultural references, including its title which originates from a quote credited to Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus.
Don’t Look Back This high-octane rock song describes a journey of “no return” at a breakneck pace.
I’ll Come Running A feel-good song about friendship, featuring Brass recorded by Uppercut Horns in New Zealand
Your Days Are Numbered Inspired by corrupt leaders clinging to power, this song describes the termination of a dysfunctional relationship.
This Heavy Soul The albums penultimate song is a heartfelt ballad and a message of hope to those who feel the weight of existence is too much to bear.
Let Your Love Shine The final track on the album is a powerful love song full of optimism for a better future.
The album title track “Born In The Ashes” has recently been awarded semi-finalist in the 2022 ISC International Song Writing Competition “Best Rock Song” category.
Brian Slagel is once more opening up the doors to the Metal Blade Records Museum, located in Las Vegas, NV.
The museum will be opening up to ticket holders on Saturday, August 19 and open up every Saturday thereafter.
Lizzy Borden will be present on Saturday, August 19 to take a stroll through the museum himself!
Hours of operation are 12pm to 5pm PT and tickets are available HERE.
*ticket holders will be informed of the museum address after purchase
About Metal Blade Records: Founded upon owner Brian Slagel‘s enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalog, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it celebrates its fourth decade.
Metal Blade Records launched Metallica, Slayer, Armored Saint, Fates Warning, GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth,Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cattle Decapitation, and dozens more genre giants, shaping four decades and counting of hard rock, metal, and extreme music culture. Brian Slagel worked as a record store clerk when he founded Metal Blade in 1982, reserving a spot for a young Lars Ulrich on his Metal Massacre compilation series. Metal Blade grew from humble beginnings in Los Angeles to become an international powerhouse, selling millions of albums while remaining fiercely independent. In 2017, Slayer‘s Kerry King inducted the label into the Hall of Heavy Metal History. Slagel’s For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records arrived the same year.
Polish blackened death metal practitioners HATE will return to North America this September to take part in a portion of The Carnival Of Death Tour featuring Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn, Reaping Asmodeia, Warforged, and Visceral Disgorge on select dates. The full tour runs from September 7th through October 6th. HATE will terrorize stages from September 7th through September 19th. The band’s latest live endeavor follows the band’s successful North American run with Batushka last year as well as their recent tour through Asia, Australia, and New Zealand!
Tickets are on sale now! See all confirmed dates below.
HATE w/ Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn, Reaping Asmodeia, Warforged The Carnival Of Death Tour 2023: 9/07/2023 Jewel Nightclub – Manchester, NH 9/08/2023 Meadows – Brooklyn, NY 9/09/2023 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ 9/10/2023 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA 9/11/2023 The Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA 9/12/2023 The Brass Mug – Tampa, FL 9/14/2023 Scout Bar – Houston, TX 9/15/2023 Come and Take it Live – Austin, TX 9/16/2023 TBA – Dallas, TX 9/17/2023 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM 9/18/2023 Backstage Bar – Las Vegas, NV 9/19/2023 Nile Underground – Mesa, AZ
No one combines death and black metal quite like Poland’s HATE. With unflinching viciousness and a sense of atmosphere unique to the band, Rugia, the band’s twelfth and most recent full-length released via Metal Blade Records, pushes the boundaries of their craft even further.
Rugia, which earned the #30 spot on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart and #33 on Billboard’s Top New Artists Albums chart in the US as well as the #25 on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart in Canada upon its first week of release, is currently available on CD, LP, and digital formats.
Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to former Quiet Riot guitarist and now King Kobra guitarist Carlos Cavazo. In the chat Calvazo talked about King Kobra’s new album ‘We are Warriors’ (That will be released on Aug 11, 2023 via Cleopatra Records) as well as his time in Quiet Riot and Ratt
When asked how he got involved in King Kobra “I’ve done a things with these guys before in the past I’ve done a few records with Paul Shortino obviously and I’ve done a lot of gigs with Carmine Appice here and there. We never did a record together but I’ve always admired Carmine he’s a great drummer, great musician, great person to work with and Paul’s a great person to work with, I always enjoyed working with him. So they contacted me one day and asked me if I’d be interested in maybe doing a song or two on the record and I said yeah. And then they ended up wanting me to do the whole record so I ended up bringing some songs as well. They had about half the record written before I joined and I liked their material. So I quickly jumped on the opportunity. I figured they’re all nice guys, I’m sitting around not doing anything right now. I didn’t really even want to be in a band anymore or even tour anymore but they kind of dragged me into it but uh we’ll see what happens.”
When asked about the musical direction of the new King Kobra Album ‘We are Warriors’ “It sort of like 80’s style Rock. Anthemic sort of choruses and a lot of guitar shredding here and there. Bluesy-based Edge and some of the songs. There’s a couple fast tracks like one or two Up Tempo and there’s double bass drumming and a lot of vocals and harmonies.”
When asked about the indecent of abandoning Kevin DuBrow in the hotel room in Hawaii at the end of the QR 3 tour in the late 80’s “It was my fault indirectly, I didn’t mean to do this but we’re in the hotel and our tour manager came to me and he goes here’s your airline ticket everybody leaves at 12 noon. I go oh please can you get me home earlier I just want to get the hell out of here, can you get me an eight 8 A.M flight or 7am and he goes okay. So he switched me earlier and then everybody else got word of it and wanted to go home early too, we all wanted to get the hell out of there. And so everybody switched and I think he (Tour manager) switched Kevin but Kevin was passed out and he didn’t get the memo and he (tour manager) put his tickets under the door he didn’t get it and he was like maybe he had a hangover or something. He woke up and everybody was gone. It wasn’t intentional, we wouldn’t do that to him even though we had a little falling out whatever, we’re not gonna leave somebody behind.”
When asked if he was asked to rejoin Quiet Riot “They haven’t asked. That’s a political thing. I don’t think I would do it anyways. I don’t even want to be in a band anymore to be honest with you. I’m still recording and writing songs with people but as far as touring and being in a band I don’t know about that anymore I’m just kind of over as far as being in that band (Quiet Riot). I mean I already jumped off that crazy train once I’m not gonna get on it again.”
When asked about his time in Ratt “We toured in 2017, we did all kinds of festivals and stuff and then they decided to fire Warren (DeMartini) for whatever reason and I said I can’t do this without Warren. I don’t want to be in a band with a revolving door of musicians like Quiet Riot, I’m not going to do that again so I left. “
When asked if he participated in the making of the Quiet Riot Documentary “I didn’t. I was out of the band and they called me up and it’s like those guys kind of screwed me over a little bit and after that I was like you know what I didn’t want nothing to do with these people or this band anymore. I vowed to myself I’m not gonna ever do anything for that band and I haven’t for 20 years. People still think I’m in the Band. I’ve been out of the band for more than 20 years. It’s like being married. Sometimes the marriage breaks up in a bad way and it’s a bad divorce and sometimes it’s an amicable divorce if you don’t know what you’re going to get. “
When asked if he would ever return to Quiet Riot “If Frankie and Kevin were around today I would come back but without them I think it’s a no for me.”
When asked about Kevin DuBrow’s Character “Kevinwas a really nice guy. He really was a great person but he had a dark side that would come out occasionally and he had a substance abuse problem, I’m sure everybody knows that. I have to say that Frankie was his bad medicine when Frankie (Banali) wasn’t around Kevin (DuBrow) was a good guy but when Frankie would come around also he ‘d get evil you know. Well on that note I don’t think I’ve ever said that in an interview before.”
A new King Kobra line-up of the band, perhaps their strongest gathering yet, is ready to announce the release of We Are Warriors, the band’s hard-hitting 7th studio album. KK founder Appice is joined once again by longtime bassist Johnny Rod, and vocalist Paul Shortino who welcome to the den the newest vipers, Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo and former Dio member Rowan Robertson. With these two talented virtuosos aboard, We Are Warriors is bound to be one of the band’s most celebrated albums!
Check out below the first single, the supercharged title track, which is being released today on all digital platforms. The band even recorded a captivating performance music video that proves these veteran rockers still have what it takes to bring the rock!
TRACK LIST: 1. Music Is A Piece Of Art 2. Turn Up The Music 3. Secrets And Lies 4. Drownin’ 5. One More Night 6. Love Hurts 7. Dance 8. Darkness 9. We Are Warriors 10. Drive Like Lightning 11. Trouble [CD ONLY] 12. Side By Side [CD ONLY]
Swedish hard rock band GRAVEYARD have revealed details of their new album 6, that’s set to be released on September 29th via Nuclear Blast Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have also released the video for first single ‘Twice‘, their first new music in five years. 6 is easily identifiable as the most striking, original album of GRAVEYARD’s story so far. A gently lysergic blend of desolate guitars, simmering Hammond and lithe, nimble bass and drums, the Swedes demonstrate a lightness of touch that they have only hinted at in the past.
The band comments “Finally it’s here, ready to be harvested and enjoyed like the forbidden fruit in your backyard. We are very, very happy being able to share album number 6 with you all very soon. Peace out”
GRAVEYARD – 6 Tracklist 1. Godnatt 2. Twice 3. I Follow You 4. Breathe In Breathe Out 5. Sad Song 6. Just A Drop 7. Bright Lights 8. No Way Out 9. Rampant Fields
The album was recorded at Silence Studios and Don Pierre Studios and was produced by Don Ahlsterberg, who previously worked with the band on Graveyard (2007), Hisingen Blues (2011) and Lights Out (2012).
About GRAVEYARD
As enduring and authentic as an old school leather jacket, GRAVEYARD have long since mastered the art of rock’n’roll. Formed in 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, their shared passion for hard rock, psychedelia and the eternal bedrock of blues marked them out from the start. Led by vocalist/guitarist Joakim Nilsson, they opened their account with their now seminal self-titled Tee Pee Recordings debut in 2007, showcasing fiery chemistry and some wildly imaginative songwriting. Subsequently snapped up by the mighty Nuclear Blast Records, the band’s rise to prominence was swift and irresistible.
In 2008, guitarist Jonatan Ramm expanded the ranks, joining Nilsson, bassist Rikard Edlund and drummer Axel Sjöberg for the recording of second album Hisingen Blues. A critical smash that more than lived up to the hype, it established GRAVEYARD as rock’n’roll heavyweights. A thunderous, soul-stirring live band, with subtlety and swagger in equal amounts, they spent the next decade keeping fans of loose-limbed and earthy rock music in a near-constant state of rapture. From the rootsy clatter of 2012’s Lights Out to the magical, muscular grooves of 2018’s Peace (taking in the sepia-tinted folk doom of 2015’s Innocence & Decadence along the way), GRAVEYARD have made some of the most vital and vivid heavy rock of the 21st century.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
