HOOKERS & BLOW Release New Single ‘Time of the Season’

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HOOKERS & BLOW, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently hit the studios last year to record a covers album that will be released in 2021 via Golden Robot Records.

Now the band have dropped the fifth single off the album, a cover of The Zombie’s Time Of The Season, via Golden Robot Records.

Time Of The Season follows the release of the singles Shakin‘ (Eddie Money), Rocks Off (Rolling Stones) and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) and Trampled Underfoot (Led Zeppelin)

“We love the Zombies. Great band with a great name led by the incomparable Rod Argent and his keyboard wizardry. Time of the Season is an iconic song with a timeless message. It was our intention to try and honor them and all of that. To help get the word out and share the burden as well as the fun, the lovely Nadja picks up the lead vocals on this one.” – Dizzy Reed

Stream/buy Time of the Season HERE

The first single that hit our ears was an inspired cover of the Eddie Money classic Shakin‘. Shakin‘ finally saw the undeniable talent of Hookers & Blow shine through on their debut single. Hookers & Blow delivered the track with all the soul, honesty and depth of the original but in their own fashion, dripping with immaculate musicianship and flawless vocals. 

Following Shakin’ was an energetic and rambunctious version of the Rolling Stones classic Rocks Off from the iconic double album Exile On Main Street. 

Dizzy states: “If I had to pick one song to cover from the Stones, Rocks Offwould be it. Enjoy!”

The third single was an emotive version of David Bowie‘s Ziggy Stardust that truly and respectfully holds a candle up to the original. 

Guitarist Alex Grossi comments, “‘Ziggy Stardust‘ has been in the Hookers & Blow live set since our very first show 17 years ago. We are really happy that we were able to capture the vibe of the way we do it live in the studio.“

Listen to Rocks Off, Shakin’, Ziggy Stardust and Trampled Underfoot

Their fourth single, a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Trampled Underfoot was dedicated to their good friend and colleague, the late Frankie Banali, who passed away recently after a battle with cancer. A portion of proceeds from this single will be donated to https://www.pancan.org/

Guitarist Alex Grossi comments:“This song was added into our live set during our first residency at The Whisky A Go Go in 2013 for Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot) to come down and jam on, when it came time to picking songs to cover for this record, naturally we had this one on the list, with Frankie on drums.’’

The band has used producer Alistair James who recently worked with Joe Perry, Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp on the newest Hollywood Vampires album.

FIERCE HEART Premiere Music Video For ‘Lost Inside Your Love’

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FIERCE HEART premiere the music video “Lost Inside Your Love”. The video was filmed in “Painted Canyon” Mecca California and was shot and directed by Stefano Milla who directed films for Sony and Lionsgate including: “Richard The Lionheart”. “Lost Inside Your Love” is a return to the 80’s ballads and has been set to be released right before Valentines Day. The song “Lost Inside Your Love” has also been released as a second single to radio, following the first single “Out For Blood” which made the Top 200 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator Charts.

War For The World from FIERCE HEART is available EXCLUSIVELY on DARK STAR RECORDS/SONY/UNIVERSAL, is now available at https://smarturl.it/fierceheart.

“This beautiful song tells a timeless story of love from the point of view of a rock musician on tour. For all the romantics out there like myself, we are pleased to bring you this brand new video from FIERCE HEART.  “Lost Inside Your Love” is a song that’s written for lovers everywhere – so turn down the lights, turn up the music, and have a happy, romantic Valentine’s day! – Rex Carroll

Track Listing:
Into The Sun
Built For Speed
Out For Blood
Just Got Lucky
Lost Inside Your Love
Power To Rock
Bad Child
Rest My Bones
Long Time
War For The World
Road To Nowhere

U.D.O. Announce “Live in Bulgaria 2020” Release

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U.D.O. return with the upcoming 5th live album of the heavy metal legend. The year 2020 faced many with tough challenges, but U.D.O. managed to play a great show under pandemic conditions in front of the breathtaking backdrop of the amphitheater in Plovdiv/Bulgaria, making it not only one of the world’s grandest shows under Corona, but also certainly beyond compare. This is exactly the feeling that the live recording captures.

There are certain events that put bands into the spotlight, even experienced musicians who have been in the business for over 40 years. This is one of those events, and happened on September 18, 2020 with U.D.O.

U.D.O., the band featuring German rock icon Udo Dirkschneider (the original voice of Accept who had rock hits like ‘Balls To Wall’, ‘Metal Heart’ and many more) played a concert in the stunning Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in front of 2500 fans – in the middle of a year that is one of the quietest ever for musicians and bands, both at home and internationally.

“Live in Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show will be released 19th March 2021 and available as
CD/DVD, Blueray/CD and very strong limited vinyl (only audio)

Tracklist
CD1 01  Tongue Reaper  04:35
CD1 02  Make The Move  04:33
CD1 03  Midnight Mover  04:32
CD1 04  Wrong Side Of Midnight 04:28
CD1 05  Metal Machine 04:53
CD1 06  Independence Day 07:22
CD1 07  Rose In The Desert 06:16
CD1 08  Vendetta 04:46
CD1 09  Rising High 04:04
CD1 10  Prologue: The Great Unknown 02:23
CD1 11  In The Darkness 04:57
CD1 12  I Give As Good As I Get 04:59
CD1 13  Princess Of The Dawn 11:28

CD2 01  Timebomb 05:13
CD2 02  Drum Solo 04:10
CD2 03  Bass Solo  03:41
CD2 04  Hungry And Angry 04:21
CD2 05  One Heart One Soul 06:22
CD2 06  Man And Machine 06:48
CD2 07  Animal House 04:46
CD2 08  They Want War05:22
CD2 09  Metal Heart 11:01
CD2 10  Fast As Shark 05:26
CD2 11  Balls To The Wall 10:41
CD2 12  Outro (Stillness Of Time) 01:09

VOODOO CIRCLE Unleash New Music Video “Locked & Loaded”

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Classic hard rock masters VOODOO CIRCLE proudly present their new music video, filmed for the title track (and latest single) of their new album, „Locked & Loaded“. The clip was directed by Kai Swillus (Buntmetall). „Locked & Loaded“ (Digipak, colored Vinyl) was released on January 15th.

If you ask the fans of German hard rock act Voodoo Circle about the most impressive line-up in the band’s history, they will vote almost unanimously for the one that recorded the second album “Broken Heart Syndrome” (2011). At that time, band mastermind, guitarist and main songwriter Alex Beyrodt was supported by three excellent musicians, namely vocalist David Readman (Pink Cream 69), bassist Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) and drummer Markus Kullman (Glenn Hughes, among others). So it comes as no surprise that Beyrodt is proud and happy to be able to present the return of that outstanding team on Voodoo Circle’s latest release, Locked & Loaded. “This constellation presents Voodoo Circle at its strongest, especially since the new material is practically tailored to our classic line-up,” the exceptional guitarist explains.

From the opener ‘Flesh & Bone’ and the two subsequent tracks, it’s apparent what Beyrodt is talking about: the band celebrates a powerful, deeply melodic hybrid of hard rock and melodic metal, featuring succinct quotations and bluesy elements, interspersed with intelligent references to their own icons. “The truth is that I had written a dozen songs fairly early, before Mat and I got together and decided that we wanted to embark on a slightly more retro and 70’s-oriented direction. Once the return of David and Markus was a fact, I sat down again and wrote some more numbers with that 70’s vibe concept at the back of my mind. Because we absolutely wanted David’s charismatic voice and Markus’s brilliant drumming to play a prominent part in those new songs.“

It turned out to be a wise decision to adapt the stylistic direction of Locked & Loaded to the current personnel situation: Voodoo Circle have achieved a perfect mélange of different influences. There are at least three numbers (‘Wasting Time’, ‘Magic Woman Chile’ and ‘Devil With An Angel Smile’) that bring to mind that famous airship, while the above-mentioned ‘Flesh & Bone’ and ‘Eyes Full Of Tears’ are an unmistakable homage to Whitesnake and their more bluesy approach. “Here you can hear David highlight impressively how much depth his voice has,” enthuses Beyrodt, adding with a wink: “And the title ‘Straight For The Heart’ indicates where the journey is going.”

ARION Release New Music Video ‘Bloodline’ (Feat. Noora Louhimo)

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Finnish metal shooting stars ARION today proudly present the official music video for their latest single, “Bloodline”. The track features guest vocals by none other than Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast). Noora also appears in the new video of course. The clip was directed by André Rodriguez Films.

Arion’s latest album „Life Is Not Beautiful“ was released in October 2018. The band has been special guest on Battle Beast’s European tour in 2019. 

ODD DIMENSION Release ‘The Invasion’ Official Audio Video

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Progressive metal power force ODD DIMENSION have released an official audio video for the song ‘The Invasion’, taken from their long-awaited third album, ‘The Blue Dawn’, which will be released on March 26 on Scarlet Records.

This is how the band commented: “We are very happy to be back with our first single ‘The Invasion’. The song describes, in the general concept texture of the album, the moment in which the two travelers, Marcus and Eloise, are attacked by an unknown space population called Helidunians, aiming to invade their planet and use their just built space stations to steal energy for their travels. The track starts with a power guitar riff and shows a variety of musical moments, that together with two strong vocal performances by Jan Manenti and Aileen perfectly anticipate the band’s intentions on the upcoming album.”

‘The Blue Dawn’ is an intriguing existential Sci-Fi concept-album in the vein of Rush’s ‘2112’, which is beautifully portrayed by the cover artwork of none other than renowned artist Gustavo Sazes (Angra, DGM, Firewind, James LaBrie).

Heart and brain, passion and rationality… progressive and metal