Houston, TX based hard rock band WELLBORN ROAD has released the official music video for their heavy cover of the 1980 ZZ TOP classic, “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers”.
“We feel like Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers was meant for us to cover. This is our gift to our fans, The Brew Crew. It was fun to do. Plus, it’s ZZ Top, the embodiment of Texas music, so of course, being from Texas, we had to pay tribute to them!” – WELLBORN ROAD
Established 2005 in College Station and now calling Houston home, Wellborn Road has carved its name as one of the heavy weights in the Texas Hard Rock and Metal scene. Wellborn Road is nothing short of in-your-face energy and excitement on stage, and has been playing the Texas circuit regularly building their fanbase, called the Brew Crew, across the state. The quartet has shared the stage with such acts as Drowning Pool, All Hail the Yeti, Skinlab, Pissing Razors, Shattered Sun, Buckcherry, Pop Evil, Taproot, Powerman 5000, Kill Devil Hill, and countless other Texas acts. With the release of their ZZ Top cover single, “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers,” Wellborn Road is ready to once again wave the Texas Metal flag with ferocity and power.
Catch Wellborn Road LIVE: June 11 @ Acadia in Houston, TX July 8 @Grand Stafford in Bryan, TX July 9 @BFE Rock Club in Houston, TX August 6 @Come and Take It in Austin, TX August 20 @Anderson Mill Pub in Austin, TX
The genre-welding Danish-Swedish quartet VOLA celebrates the first anniversary of Witness, announcing that they will be releasing a deluxe digital edition that will include bonus tracks. It will be released on 20 May viaMascot Records/Mascot Label Group. Ahead of this, they have revealed the video for Napalm (Re-Witnessed) which you watch here.
When it was released, the album was a critical smash, surpassing an incredible 14m streams already, it picked up international acclaim from Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, Distorted Sound and Kerrang Radio & TV in the UK, reaching #7 in the Rock & Metal Charts. They were picked up by SiriusXM for multiple tracks and Metal Radio in the US which saw the album reach the Top 20 in the Current Hard Rock Charts and Top 25 in the New Artist/Heatseekers Album Chart. It also received rave reviews across Europe in Aardschok (The Netherlands), Rock Hard (France), Metal Hammer (Germany) and throughout the press and national radio in their native Denmark. Tracks from the album were also added to numerous playlists across Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music.
The Deluxe digital edition features the special bonus tracks of beautifully tender acoustic takes on “Napalm (Re-Witnessed)” and “Straight Lines (Re-Witnessed)” as well the stunning piano instrumental interpretation of “24 Light-Years (Piano Session)”.
Cover artwork, ‘The Eye’, by Gregor Huber
The band have recently wrapped up a run of three shows supporting the legendary Devin Townsend in Dublin, Glasgow and London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall. They will be spending the summer playing festivals, including Roskilde, before they head out on a European 20-date headline run in September and finish at Euroblast Festival on 2 October.
Witnesscame nearly three years after the release of Applause of a Distant Crowd, which saw the band go deep into the rabbit hole, exploring society’s distractions from thoughtfulness and examining how human relationships have evolved. Witness went a step further, shining a light on the subject of failed relationships on a societal scale—the friction between leaders and followers caused by the misuse of power. They released several videos from the album for “Straight Lines,”“24 Light-Years,”“Head Mounted Sideways”, and “These Black Claws” ft. SHAHMEN.
“If I zoom in,” guitarist-singer Asger Mygind says. “The failure is born from unrequited love, grief, manipulative behaviour and insecurity. Connecting it with the album title, one could view the characters portrayed in the lyrics as witnesses to the dissolution of the bond they have created with people in their lives.”
After returning from their successful 2019 headline tour across Europe, VOLA wrote the songs for the album. The tour had a string of sold-out shows along the way. It capped off an incredible two years of seeing them also tour with Dream Theater, Anathema, Katatonia, Haken, Monuments, and show-stealing performances at Euroblast, Ramblin’ Man Fair, Radar Festival, Bloodstock, Damnation Fest, Tech Fest and more.
Always evocative, VOLA glide along, barely a breath away from its subject matter, holding the listener close and silent as you observe the journey unfold. Their ability to create a cinematic aesthetic allowed you to be a detached observer and enveloped in the narrative.
VOLA are Asger Mygind (vocals/guitar), Martin Werner (keys), Nicolai Mogensen (bass) and Adam Janzi (drums).
VOLA Nordic gigs summer 2022 15 June, Copenhell, Copenhagen, Denmark 16 June, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden (opening act for YONAKA and Evanescence) 28 June Roskilde festival, Roskilde, Denmark 06 August, SaariHelvetti, Tampere, Finland
European tour autumn/winter 2022
September 09 Munich Feierwerk, Germany 10 Hamburg headCRASH, Germany 11 Berlin Cassiopeia, Germany 12 Krakow Zaścianek, Poland 13 Warsaw Hydrozagadka, Poland 14 Vienna Chelsea, Austria 15 Budapest A38, Hungary 16 Prague Rock Café, Czech republic 17 Milan Legend Club, Italy 18 Aarau KiFF, Switzerland 20 Barcelona Bóveda, Spain 21 Madrid Moby Dick, Spain 22 Toulouse Connexion Live, France 23 Lyon CCO, France 24 Paris Backstage, France 27 Bristol Fleece, U.K. 28 Manchester Rebellion, U.K. 29 London Garage, U.K. 30 Tilburg 013 KZ, Netherlands
SUMO CYCO havejust dropped a brand new, high-voltage music video for their deliciously chaotic Initiation track “Cyclone”. Experience the unique, trademark sound of SUMO CYCO alongsidea visual showcasing band energetically performing as frontwoman Skye “Sever” Sweetnam finds herself in a stormy predicament.
Plus, as a special treat for fans, SUMO CYCO and Napalm Records are discounting both the regular digital and digital deluxe versions of Initiation until May 17! Get your copy HERE.
Frontwoman Skye “Sever” Sweetnam says about the “Cyclone” video: “‘Cyclone’ was written about the unpredictable scenarios life can throw at us all. We just have to hang on.”
She adds about the band’s touring plans: “As we embark on our first tours since the pandemic began in 2020, it feels like things have been ramping up from zero to sixty real fast. And with more dates just added with Icon for Hire and Awake at Last, our life is imitating art right now. They say there’s quiet before the storm and we’re brining the storm on the road this spring/summer!”
SUMO CYCO 2022 Tour Dates: *= supporting Buckcherry, Blacktop Mojo ^= SUMO CYCO headline w/ Black Satellite support &= w/ Awake At Last supporting Icon for Hire
5/3/22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi Fi (The Annex) * 5/4/22 – Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall * 5/6/22 – St Charles, IL @ Arcada Theatre * 5/7/22 – Flint, MI @ Machine Shop * 5/8/22 – Horseheads, NY @ The L Live * 5/10/22 – Hermon, ME @ Morgan Hill Event Center * 5/11/22 – Portland, ME @ Aura * 5/13/22 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall * 5/14/22 – Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho * 5/16/22 – Murrells Inlet, SC @ Suck Bang Blow * 5/17/22 – Black Mountain, NC @ Silverados * 5/18/22 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre * 5/19/22 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade ^ 5/20/22 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City * 5/21/22 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room ^ 5/22/22 – Greensboro, NC @ The Blind Tiger ^ 5/24/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Hard Rock Cafe ^ 5/25/22 – Harrisburg, PA @ HMAC ^ 5/26/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery ^ 5/27/22 – Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz ^ 5/29/22 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Wallys ^ 5/31/22 – New Bedford, MA @ The Vault ^ 6/1/22 – Montreal, QC @ Turbohaus ^ 6/2/22 – Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti Bar & Spectacles ^ 6/3/22 – Ottawa, ON @ Brass Monkey – REBEL 101.7 FREE SHOW ^ 6/4/22 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck ^ 6/6/22 – Buffalo, NY @ Iron Works ^ 6/7/22 – Cleveland, OH @ The Winchester ^ 6/9/22 – Westland, MI @ The Token ^ 6/10/22 – Battle Creek, MI @ Music Factory ^ 6/11/22 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies ^ 6/18/22 – Lancaster, PA @ Mickeys Black Box & 6/19/22 – Williamsburg, NY @ Sovereign & 6/21/22 – Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall & 6/25/22 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba & 6/26/22 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache & 6/28/22 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge & 6/30/22 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club & 7/1/22 – Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theater & 7/2/22 – Iowa City, IA @ Wildwoods & 7/3/22 – Des Moines, IA @ Leftys Live Music & 7/5/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room & 7/7/22 – Denver, CO @ HQ & 7/8/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex & 7/11/22 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon & 7/13/22 – Roseville, CA (Sacramento) @ Goldfield Trading Post & 7/15/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge & 7/17/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad & 7/19/22 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger & 7/21/22 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar & 7/22/22 – Dallas, TX @ Trees &
About SUMO CYCO and Initiation: Over the course of the past several years, Ontario, Canada’s SUMO CYCO –featuring teen pop-superstar/songwriter turned rock goddess Skye “Sever” Sweetnam as well as producer/guitarist Matt “MD13” Drake and bassist Oscar Anesetti – have proven themselves as one of the hardest working DIY-to-overnight sensation stories in heavy music, boasting an undeniable following of fans with their impressive mixture of metal, pop and everything in between. Even after garnering early viral acclaim and signing to Napalm Records in 2020, the band’s seasoned DIY attitude and self-starting viral savvy continues to propel their creativity at every step, converting audiences all around to their infectious world of sound!
Prior to signing with Napalm Records, SUMO CYCO won awards such as “Best Female-Fronted” band at the Toronto Independent Music Awards, top finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Indie Week Canada “Best of the Fest” (prize included a trip to play Indie Week Ireland), as well as Best Hard/Loud Recording at the Hamilton Music Awards 2015. The band has shared stages with The Offspring, Coal Chamber, Our Lady Peace, Life of Agony, Hollywood Undead, Jinjer, The Birthday Massacre, Nonpoint, Butcher Babies, and FOZZY to name a few.
After launching their most recent, breakout album Initiation (2021) with the hooky hit “Bystander” (which recently hit the 1 million views mark on YouTube) it was immediately clear that SUMO CYCO is lightning in a bottle. Garnering hundreds of thousands of cross-platform streams and nearly instantaneous, rabid response to their self-produced music videos, the band turned the heads of fans and critics alike! Alternative Press dubbed SUMO CYCO a “New Artist You Need To Hear” and Kerrang called the album “a breathless blur of energy and action”.Revolver praised the band’s first single as “…ridiculously catchy…” and SiriusXM‘s Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin, who said “…the chorus will stick in your head for days to come…”, went on to feature it on Octane and Liquid Metal. Upon release, the album landed at #1 on both the Canadian and UK iTunes Metal Charts, and within the top 5 in the United States.
Initiation invites a mass of new followers into SUMO CYCO‘s warped, dystopian-like world of “Cyco City”! As with their prior full-length albums Lost In Cyco City (2014) and Opus Mar (2017), and countless singles, Initiation is based in the imaginative conceptual location of the same name. Last fall, SUMO CYCO took the album a step further and dropped the officialDigital Deluxe Edition of Initiation, featuring peppy new single “Sun Eater”, plus additional limited edition tracks “New Jive”, “We Are The Nation” and “Awakened”.
Order Initiation & the Initiation Digital Deluxe Edition HERE
Japanese Thrash Metal veterans “Samurais From Hell”, SURVIVE – active for more than 20 years – have a pleasure to announce that the band will play at “Metallization III“, taking place on September 3rd 2022 at Club Città in Kawasaki, Japan, one-day-event, dedicated to Japanese bands!
Last year’s edition was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but this year the third edition will be held and alongside SURVIVE, “Metallization III” will see 13 bands on stage: Head Phones President, Genocide Nippon, Hone Your Sense, Invictus, Numb, Phantom Excaliver, Sable Hills, Serenity In Murder, Sex Machineguns, Terror Squad, Volcano and more…
Check out the digest movie from SURVIVE’s show at “Metallization I” in 2019:
SURVIVE are currently in the studio, working on the band’s next full-length studio album. Every week the band post a new studio vlog. In case you missed, check them out at https://www.youtube.com/c/SURVIVEOFFICIAL/videos, so you’ll get an idea about what’s coming up.
SURVIVE are set to release their first live album “Live At Death Valley” on May 4th 2022 in conspiracy with Pest Records. The CD version will feature 8 tracks plus a bonus EP made of 4 tracks, one having Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan (Venom Inc) as special guest!
“Live At Death Valley” coverart + booklet created by Mohsen Fayazi
Here’s what the legendary Mantas from Venom Inc. had to say about SURVIVE’s live potential:
“I had the pleasure and honor of touring Europe with Survive and they proved themselves to be a valuable asset to the touring package. I can say without hesitation or reservations that they were most definitely my favorite band on the tour. Incredibly nice and gracious guys who obviously loved their music and delivered every single night. I gave them the nickname ‘The Japanese Machine Head’ a song that they played at every sound check became the tour anthem because of its wonderful chorus structure. Melody, hook lines and brutally heavy guitar riffs define this amazing band who deserve global recognition. Maximum Respect from Jeff (Mantas)”
“Live At Death Valley” coverart + booklet created by Mohsen Fayazi.
Track list : 01_Degenerate 02_Wrath 03_Fuck Against Authority 04_Obey Your Own Army Corps 05_Rules Of Lies 06_Immortal Warriros 07_Human Misery 08_the Road to hell is paved by goodwill
+bonus tracks from EP ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will’: 1.The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will (Featuring Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan/Venom Inc)
Rules Of Lies (Orchestra Ver)
Seize The Victory
The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will (Live@Club Citta Metallization Festival 2020)
“It is easy to be technically brilliant metal band in the studio but the true trial by fire is a Live album! With this “Live At Death Valley” album SURVIVE proves they are truly the “Samurais From Hell”! The album was mixed live so it is 100% authentic, no studio gimmicks! Great songs, fantastic technical skills! On top of that you get great new bonus tracks! Brilliant!” – Kimmo Kuusniemi, Band Manager, Sarcofagus Guitarist
Produced by SURVIVE Executive Producer by NEMO Recorded & Mixed by GAKU
Tokyo’s Thrash Heroes SURVIVE – active in the world for over 20 years – have forged their own indelible path within the jmetal scene. It was back in 1998, when former Death File guitarist and mastermind Nemo decided to form a thrash metal band of his own which soon became the juggernaut known as SURVIVE. Over the next two decades the band have played many big festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc) and toured all over the world with acts such as Behemoth, United, Killswitch Engage, Dope, Pulling Teeth, Testament, Outrage, Anthrax, Hatebreed, Napalm Death, Amon Amarth, Venom Inc, At The Gates, to name just a few, cementing their place in Japanese metal history. Still going strong, SURVIVE‘s latest album “Immortal Warriors” was released to the Japanese market on September 12th, 2018 and a year later, on September 24th 2019, the album is out worldwide via Sliptrick Records. SURVIVE are set to release their first live album “Live At Death Valley” on May 4th 2022 in conspiracy with Pest Records. SURVIVE have lost none of their verve and “Immortal Warriors” is an absolute must for fans. The band’s first ever live album “Live At Death Valley” will be unleashed on May 4th 2022 via Pest Records.
SURVIVE’s album catalogue: 2001 Against Next 2002 Chaos Confusion 2003 Rebel Lion 2006 SURVIVE 2008 Nothing Left On My Path 2015 Human Misery 2018 Immortal Warriors
“Stay Wild” is the name of the new album by the turbo rock trio BALLS GONE WILD from Cologne, which will see the light of day on July 22nd 2022.
To celebrate the band’s 10th anniversary, the guys are giving themselves an album with 11 songs full of power, melody and above all hooks, hooks, hooks.
The band recorded the new record with producer Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Studio in Troisdorf (near Cologne), just like the previous album “High Roller”.
The listener immediately notices that three guys have gone to work here who know how to hold their instruments. The joy of playing and good humour drip out of every pore when you put on the songs and turn them up.
So… LISTEN LOUD!!!
BALLS GONE WILD – This is the punk and hard rock sound of the 70s and 80s with a fresh wind in the here and now!
The smell of beer is in the air and it sounds like the result of an extramarital liaison between Motörhead and AC/DC.
TURBO ROCK PAR EXCELLENCE!!!
TRACK LISTING
Killing One
Hangman
School On Fire
Feel My Love
Twist Of Fate
Masked City
Stay Wild
Knocked Out
Plata O Plomo
Ready For Love
Bride Of Satan
LINE UP Vince van Roth – Vox & Bass Tom Voltage – Guitars & backing Vox Artyrium – Drums & backing Vox
SOURCE OF RAGE will make their label debut on 22 July with the new studio album “Witness The Mess” on Metalville Records.
The band from Hildesheim (near Hannover) stands for melodic groove metal. For danceable neckbreak together with the necessary technical finesse and catchy melodies. Just what makes the party mood and emotions spill over with a cold drink.
Oliver Roffmann and the three brothers Marko, Thilo and Riko Krause complement each other perfectly, which led to them winning the German final of the Wacken Open Air Metal Battles in 2019.
The tracks on the new album are intended to further establish the band’s own sub-genre and to create a unique selling point with their own sound as well as the content-related themes of the songs, which allows them to stand out from the large mass of good modern metal bands.
LINE UP Marko Krause Vocals Oliver Roffmann Guitar Thilo Krause Bass, Backing Vocals Riko Krause Drums
Chief Shock Video
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
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Ads
Visionary artist KIMMO KUUSNIEMI's ANCIENT STREAMING ASSEMBLY (ASA) have released “Aurora Nuclearis”, a powerful 12-minute audiovisual experience, dedicated to the Late Keyboardist Esa Kotilainen. - Click image to watch the video
Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 