THE JAILBIRDS Release New Single & Video ‘I Will Move On’

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Dynamic Canadian hard rock trio THE JAILBIRDS have dropped a brand-new single I Will Move On. Releaased via Golden Robot Records, I Will Move On is taken from the band’s upcoming 5 track concept EP.
 
2020 was a big year for The Jailbirds having built a strong global following and earning a place on the prestigious Spotify Hard Rock Playlist.
 
I Will Move On sees The Jailbirds back at their origins – heavy, modern hard rock, with loud and aggressive guitar tones, soft, crisp acoustic and clean guitars, with powerful thrashing drums, eerie vocals and chilling harmonies.
 
I Will Move On is the last song on the EP, and the last part of the story. It again follows the same character, rising up above the negativity in their life and gaining the confidence to keep on going.

Stream/buy I Will Move On HERE

ABOUT THE JAILBIRDS

Over the course of the last three years, the power trio – consisting of the intricate guitar work and powerful vocals from Myke Penney, the sludgy bass lines of Liam Hills, and the pounding drums of Eric Parent – have performed extensively across Ontario demonstrating, both in the studio and on the stage; they’re a band you simply must hear.

Winners of Best Rock Band at the 2018 Mississauga Music Awards (Canada), THE JAILBIRDS and The Black River have drawn comparisons to the likes of Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Royal Blood and Alter Bridge, among others.

THE JAILBIRDS have established themselves one of the most promising up and coming independent bands Canada has to offer with a sound that is equally rooted in the rock and roll of today as it is in that of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

2019 has proved to be a huge year for the band. Beyond releasing their debut studio EP The Black RiverTHE JAILBIRDS have received strong critical acclaim, including being featured on the esteemed Hamilton/Burlington based radio network, Y108 Rocks! The record and band have received a phenomenal response from their dynamic live performance.

Having cut their teeth on the road, THE JAILBIRDS have spent a majority of the first half of 2019 touring extensively throughout Ontario and Quebec in support of The Black River, most notably including a set at last year’s Voodoo Rockfest near Kingston, Ontario. The band also churned out two video clips for the cuts Black Madonna and The Black River.

GYPSY PISTOLEROS Release New Single ‘Lost in a Town called Nowhere!’

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GYPSY PISTOLEROS will release a brand new single and anthem for the underdog ‘Lost in a Town called Nowhere!’ on February 26th from the forthcoming brand new Album, ‘The Mescalito Vampires’! On Golden Robot/RIOT Records out June.

Described as the Album they always promised to make, this release see’s GYPSY PISTOLEROS fully embracing their fiery flamenco/rumba passion & crossover punk Rock n Roll leanings! Latin Rock’s Appetite for Destruction, ‘The Mescalito Vampires’ is here!

Gypsy Pistoleros are best described as being the ideal house band for the fictitious Titty Twister bar of Rodriguez’s From Dusk till Dawn. Between the nods to Morricone’s tense, tumbleweed atmospheres and the Gypsy Kings’ manic Mediterranean energy, a New York Dolls raw glam spark and a surplus of prime G ’n’ R attitude, the Pistoleros‘ sonic style is captured to the full with the release of an album they have always threatened!  

Gypsy Pistoleros remain something truly unique and interesting in today’s predictable musical landscape.  Combining their truly unique mix of flamenco rumba which gleefully collides with old school punk rock ‘n’ roll riffs in a head on collision. In the best rock ‘n’ roll tradition, with big hooks, attitude, and sleaze. Yet those flamenco breaks got into your head and refuse to leave – this hybrid rocks.  

“The Pistoleros are sheer musical escapism” – Malcolm Dome Classic Rock Magazine

“Gypsy Pistoleros are a thrill-a-minute collection of melodic eye-patch swagger that smells of exotic spices and forbidden concubines. The Gypsy Pistoleros sound like Hanoi Rocks, if Hanoi Rocks were sultans and snakecharmers.” – Sleazegrinder-Classic Rock Magazine

“Gypsy Pistoleros were, and still are, a breath of fresh air. You will never hear another band like this. They are the greatest flamenco sleaze glam band ever. And that’s just a fact. If you don’t believe me, listen to this.” Maximum Volume Music – Andrew Thorley

“Can you imagine Sleaze, Glam, Hard Rock, Punk and some Flamenco rolled into one with a whole lot of Spanish attitude oozing out it? Imagine no more – The Gypsy Pistoleros will give it all to you, and you will love every minute of it and want to reach for a tequila shot”.- * Michele Storm Hairspray Heaven

“GYPSY PISTOLEROS have been carving out a unique niche for themselves in the crazy world of rock n’ roll. From the New York Dolls to Guns N’ Roses via El Bronco the Gypsy Pistoleros have got a stunning TexMex thing going on. Gypsy Pistoleros are the undisputed kings of Flamenco Sleaze”- Pulse Alternative Magazine

This mongrel offspring of fiery flamenco/rumba passion and gritty gutter glam, was born roamin’ somewhere between Barcelona and Worcester. Standing alone in musical ancestry and sum sound, they are one of those most rare acts who can honestly claim the tag ‘unique’ 

RELEASE SCHEDULE

Friday 26th Feb – First Single ‘Lost in a Town called Nowhere’ (B side – Soho Daze, just another Friday Night) Pre- sale Friday 12th Feb 

(Special limited signed Edition 7″ Red & Gold Splatter vinyl edition- 500 copies) will be available at this location.

April 26th- Second Single ‘The Name’s Django’ (Digital) *Supporting video also Pre-sale from 12th April

June 7th Third Single ‘Viva la revolution, Viva Zapata’ (Digital) * Supporting video plus Pre-sale May 24th

July 9th – Full album released on Light Blue (White splatter) Vinyl & gatefold sleeve, plus Fan bundles out

(Vinyl/CD & fan bundles) ‘The Mescalito Vampires’ Pre-sale Mid May

Tracklist:
Lost in a Town called Nowhere
Viva la Revolution, Viva Zapata
Mescalito Vampires (Welcome to the Hotel de la Muerta)
Soho Daze, just another Friday Night
Roses, Gallows and the Wild Preachers Daughter
The Forsaken
The name’s Django
Cisco Kid
Gonna die with a Gun in my Hand
Alone again or

The new Gypsy Pistoleros line up is –

Gypsy Lee Pistolero – Vox, bad rumba guitar
Mark Westwood (Shadowland, Clive Nolan, GLP) – Great Guitars
Gaz Le Bass – Double Bass (The Delray Rockets)
Jan Vincent Vellazco (Pendragon, Ghost, PIG) – Drums
Kris Jones – Trumpet

‘The Mescalito Vampires’ was recorded in Black Tree Recording Studios, Tardebigge, Worcestershire with guitarist Mark Westwood engineering & producing (The Beat, Dogs D’Amour, Chumbawamba, Arena, Hazel O’Connor, Dreadzone, etc)  

Live Tour & Festival dates will be announced as confirmed!

First show is Hard Rock Hell Festival Sat 7th November 2021 


TESTAMENT’s Alex Skolnik And ARCH ENEMY’s Alissa White-Gluz Cover QUEEN’s “We Are The Champions”

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TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnik has issued, via his Facebook Page:

“Last spring, when lockdown “challenges” were all the rage, we’d been among more than a dozen musicians and singers answering Brian May’s call in a wonderful, elaborate all-star video in tribute to 1st responders (Scroll back to last Spring to see the full version, with a different vocalist singing each line). For this we created a straight through “jamming” version, with her voice straight through and remixed by yours truly (not easy, but a fun challenge!).

This is a special video posted on both of our Patreon accounts (thank you, patrons!) as a gift during the holidays. Now we are announcing it as it is available to view for all (more details, musician credits etc are in post). Enjoy!”

WELICORUSS Drummer Covers DREAM THEATER’s “Beyond This Life”

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Symphonic Black Metal Lords WELICORUSS Drummer Ilya Tabachnik has posted on his Youtube Channel a cool drum cover for DREAM THEATER‘s “Beyond This Life“, watch it here:

Ilya stated:
“My new Drum cover for the band which started my drumming career. I want to dedicate it and thank to Jiři Kanajlo who was my first drum teacher and showed me this band!
And thank you to Tomáš Sršeň for shooting the video! Unfortunately DT don’t play or recorded with metronome this times and it was sometimes hard to adapt but i still hope many of you might like it :)”

Also check out Ilya’s performance of two recently posted drum cover videos:

GENESIS’ “Land Of Confusion”: https://youtu.be/QqoqBOI2Em8
SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s “Toxicity”: https://youtu.be/nN54eW3g9_I

January 11th, Symphonic black metallers WELICORUSS premiered their “Welicoruss – 15 years of Madness” documentary. The documentary is available in Russian, English, German and Czech subtitles.

Watch the documentary here:

The band stated about the documentary:
“We have been waiting for this moment, our long-awaiting documentary (or as we used to call it “DVD” in broadcastings, although this medium has lost its relevance) is out now, dedicated to our 15th anniversary and it’s called “15 years of madness” in 4 languages (Russian, English, German and Czech)!
Thiss quite voluminous work, including footage taken from the very begining of Welicoruss and first concerts in Russia, opinions of musicians playing in Welicoruss at different times, colleagues of metal scene, business guys, fans, backstage footage and much more! This documentary, we think, is interesting not only for Welicoruss’ fans, but also for heavy music lovers who want to learn more about metal scene in Russia (Siberia), to follow Alexey’s complicated path from distant Siberia to Prague and to know what is behind bands music and conception. We have been waiting for that moment for a long time, we hope you too!”

🙏Support the band’s crowdfunding capaign which is going to the end very soon: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/welicoruss-making-two-new-videos–2#/”

Photo by Lady Unicorn Art

WELICORUSS released their latest album “Siberian Heathen Horde” on March 27th 2020, via El Puerto Records worldwide. Get your copy of “Siberian Heathen Horde” here – https://bit.ly/2UvYVlS

Also watch the videos
‘Frostbounded’ live video: https://youtu.be/X30_zAGXunI
“Making of …Siberian Heathen Horde”: https://youtu.be/-xHWiwS8zZI
‘Siberian Heathen Horde’: https://youtu.be/VbC7TetpqOI
‘Spellcaster’: https://youtu.be/6Q2fnHBxvqk

Symphonic Black Metal From The Coldest Depths of Siberia is what WELICORUSS (formed in 2005) have brought with them to us here in Europe. WELICORUSS appeared in Europe 4 years ago and they have already played all the biggest festival across the whole Europe and playing over 320 concerts. You will be absolutely stunned by their stage performance and imagery as they take you away on a journey far away to Depths of Icy Cold Siberia and back.

More information at:
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/welicoruss
MANAGEMENT: https://alphaomega-management.com | https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

ANDREW W.K. Announces Colossal New Single “Babalon”

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[“Babalon” Single Art]

Inimitable God of Partying, ANDREW W.K., and the entire team at Napalm Records, are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of the colossal new ANDREW W.K. single entitled, “Babalon”, available to pre-order now in a limited edition 7” colored vinyl format! The track (which marks ANDREW W.K.’s Napalm Records debut, and its first musical output since the release of 2018’s You’re Not Alone), will be unleashed to the world both physically and digitally on February 17, 2021, along with a gripping new music video. 

The aforementioned limited edition “Babalon” 7” vinyl single, available in an eye-catching red/blue split variant, will also include a B-side instrumental track, entitled “The Party Gods”, as well as a pair of 3D glasses autographed by ANDREW W.K. Get yours now – only 393 copies are available worldwide!
 
Mario Dane, who worked extensively on the new music, added the following:
“We’re all very happy about this brand new ‘Babalon’ song. It’s the result of a great labor, a great restraint, and a lot of great people dreaming. ANDREW W.K. has always been focused on making dream feelings come true, and this feels like a high point in that ongoing effort. There’s a lot of great energy and enthusiasm, and it’s only just begun…”

Pre-order the limited edition “Babalon” 7” single HERE

ANDREW W.K. got its start in southeastern Michigan, before moving to New York City and officially launching in 1999. Now, entering the new decade having already conquered the worlds of music, television, radio, and motivational speaking (even receiving the American Association of Suicidology’s “Person” of the Year Award in 2018), the inimitable God of Partying is more determined than ever to reach euphoric levels of positive perfection. Having released five larger-than-life albums, including the revered chart-topping full-length debut, I Get Wet (2001), ANDREW W.K.  is hard at work (for two years and counting) on crafting a brand new album of brand new music, guaranteed to pressurize the power of partying into diamond levels of hardness.

OPHIDIAN I Sign To Season of Mist

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Season of Mist is pleased to announce the signing of Icelandic Tech Death outfit OPHIDIAN I. The band, which features members of HELFRÓ, will release their brand new album ‘Desolate’ via Season of Mist in the summer of 2021!

OPHIDIAN I comments on the signing: “We are ecstatic to announce that we’ve partnered with Season of Mist for the release of our album ‘Desolate’ in 2021. The new album is a product of relentless dedication and we could not imagine a more fitting home than with the incredible team at Season of Mist. Through the years we have been inspired by many artists from their roster and now we humbly take our place amongst them.“

Season of Mist CEO Michael Berberian comments on the signing:
“It all started by a mail from an old partner in crime, known to many in the industry; Ula Gehret. I quote : ‘Am I nuts, or is this really good?’ Two emails later: ‘I’ve really fallen for this album’ (it’s my new ‘Unquestionable Presence’) And my god, was he right. It’s my most played album of the last two months. There is something extra to this one, in my mind there is no doubt that this is a future classic. So a few weeks later, we signed the band, and he’s managing them. Two music industry veterans falling for an album like we were teens. We, at SOM were lucky to release with ARCHSPIRE and BEYOND CREATION the two cornerstones of the last decade in the “Tech Death” world. Here is the first one of 2021.”

For a glimpse of things to come and updates, check out the band’s official Bandcamp or give them a follow on Facebook. 

With a clear goal of reaching the apex of technical metal in terms of proficiency, arrangements and sound, OPHIDIAN I has  produced the destructive full-length album ‘Desolate’.  

Emerging from Iceland; the barren island in the north, home to apocalyptic weather, eruptions and storms. The breeding intensity,  blazing speed and ferocity of OPHIDIAN I reflects the chaos it hails from as well as the inherent beauty and complex harmony.

With various influences ranging from all styles, the unique melt of technical death metal – with immersive melody and hooks at every corner – ‘Desolate’ will appeal to all those who seek peak militant musicianship on all fronts.