RICKY WARWICK Announces New Album ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’, Out On February 19th

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RICKY WARWICK (BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY) has announced today that he will be releasing a brand new studio album, his first since 2015. The new album is titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ and will be released on the 19th February through Nuclear Blast. The album’s first single ‘Fighting Heart’ has also been released today and is available on all streaming services right now. You can also watch the video here:

Pre-order the album on various formats, including a 2CD Digipack which includes the bonus covers album ‘Stairwell Troubadour’, now from: http://nblast.de/RickyWarwick-WLWHAF

Ricky comments: “Fighting Heart is a celebration of how music, literature, art and movies can inspire and motivate us on a daily basis. Can these things change the world? Who knows for sure. But I believe that loud guitars and rock n roll can save a little piece of us all”

For the process of recording the album, Ricky was joined by Robert Crane (Bass), Xavier Muriel (Drums) and Keith Nelson (Guitar) as well as a number of special guests including DEF LEPPARD’s Joe Elliott, Andy Taylor formerly of DURAN DURAN, THUNDER’s Luke Morley, Dizzy Reed of the mighty GUNS ‘N ROSES and even Ricky‘s daughter Pepper. Keith also produced the new album, having previously worked with BUCKCHERRY, BLACKBERRY SMOKE and ALICE COOPER. Keith noted that “Ricky is a true Rock-n-Roll soul… he’s got incredible stories to tell and a unique way of telling them. It’s been an honor to be asked to partner and contribute to this record.”

Ricky with his band THE FIGHTING HEARTS have announced the following UK tour for April/May 2021 with full date schedule below.

28 April 2021: Cambridge Junction*
29 April 2021: Norwich The Waterfront*
30 April 2021: Bedford Esquires*
1 May 2021: Swansea Patti Pavilion – Sound Bay Festival*^
2 May 2021: London O2 Academy Islington*
4 May 2021: Newcastle University Students Union^
5 May 2021: Glasgow The Garage G2^
6 May 2021: Belfast Limelight 2
7 May 2021: Manchester Club Academy^
8 May 2021: Carlisle The Brickyard^
9 May 2021: Buckley The Tivoli^
12 May 2021: Reading Sub 89*
13 May 2021: Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill*
14 May 2021: Blackpool The Waterloo – Massive Weekend (Ricky Solo Acoustic)
15 May 2021: Blackpool The Waterloo – Massive Weekend *^
16 May 2021: Leeds Warehouse^
19 May 2021: Bournemouth Madding Crowd^
20 May 2021: Nottingham Rescue Rooms^
21 May 2021: Lincoln Call Of The Wild Festival

Special Guests on all dates (except Belfast, Blackpool & Lincoln) are VIRGIN MARYS
Plus THE HOWLING TIDES on all shows marked* and ANCHOR LANE on all shows marked^

Tickets are available from all venue box offices, websites and usual outlets from 9am Monday 19th October 

BENEDICTION: “Scriptures” Album Out Now, New Video “Iterations Of I” Unleashed

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Today marks the release of “Scriptures”, the 8th studio recording from Death Metal Pioneers BENEDICTION from Birmingham, UK. This is the first new album since 2008 (produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio in England), it`s available in your favorite store in several formats and you can stream it on any platform: http://nblast.de/Benediction-Scriptures

To celebrate the release the band drops a new single and video for the opening track “Iterations Of I”:

Darren Brookes gives some insights about the track:
“The last song Dave Ingram featured on in Benediction was ‘I’. That was the last song on “Grind Bastard”. The first song on ‘Scriptures ‘ is this one, ‘Iterations of I’ and it’s a continuation of that song and therefore was put first on the new album. I guess it’s a bridge between the two eras of Benediction with Dave at the helm. Plus it’s a cracker to open with, it’s got all of Benediction`s trademark qualities in one song, from fast and brutal to slow and powerful.”

The video was shot in an abandoned factory building in the outskirts of Sheffield, in the North of England and directed by Dan Hart / Light Engine Films.

A PERFECT DAY Present Second Official Video And Single “All Of My Life”

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Italian alternative hard rockers A Perfect Day present their second official video and single for the song “All Of My Life“! The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “With Eyes Wide Open”, out on October 23, 2020 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.

Digital single of “All Of My Life” is now available across all digital and streaming platforms!

A Perfect Day comment on the song: “In life, we’re always in search of something. So often we’re in difficulties reaching our goals and dreams. But so often happens that something unexpected just drops in.”

Get “With Eyes Wide Open” now:
CD:
http://bit.ly/apdwewomm
http://bit.ly/apdweworoar
Digital pre-save:
https://backl.ink/142823382
http://bit.ly/apdbndcmp

Written, Directed, Edited by Simone Tarca
B-Camera – Manuel Tartaglia

A Perfect Day would like to thank for the access and use of the historical location of Palazzo Vitta:
– Accademia Europea d’arte ‘Le Muse’
– The municipality of Casale Monferrato
– Model: Benedetta Giovannelli: https://instagram.com/benedetta_giovanelli

The third born in the A PERFECT DAY family, entitled “With Eyes Wide Open” and delighted by the touch of the renowned producer Marco Barusso, allows the sound an impressively broader and more American-like airplay, as the band rediscovers a truly free-range and impetuous attitude. Ten intense, passionate and concise songs that definitively replace the late 80’s class metal influences with the more recent hard blues revival of Black Stone Cherry and Blackberry Smoke, keeping the mandatory alternative rock/post-grunge junction at the center of the band’s sound.

JACK SLAMER Release Lyric Video For Second Single ‘Lost’

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Swiss rockers JACK SLAMER recently announced, that their upcoming album “Keep Your Love Loud” will be released on November 27th via Nuclear Blast. Today, they unveil a lyric video for their second single ‘Lost’.

Relationships are complicated and their true meanings oftentimes not immediately clear. On the one hand they can give us a sense of strength and serenity we never thought possible. On the other hand, they can take it all away and leave us with a painful void we will need to work hard to fill again. Both sides can be extreme and both sides are talked about in JACK SLAMER’s second single ‘Lost’. While the verses transport a sense of suffering, the chorus digs deeper and celebrates a sea of sunlight at the end of the tunnel.

Pre-order the album here in the format of your choice: http://nblast.de/JS-KeepYourLoveLoud 
Pre-save: http://nblast.de/JackSlamerKYLLpre 

Also watch

‘Honey & Gold’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/40Zf34Wvn
‘The Biggest Man’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/GTfyDUJo-tE
‘Turn Down The Light’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/vcxEIiTIn8k

Get the album “Jack Slamer” here in the format of your choice: http://nblast.de/JSJackSlamer

ZAKK SABBATH Premiere ‘Under the Sun’

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ZAKK SABBATH have covered the BLACK SABBATH classic ‘Under the Sun’, which Loudwire has described as “flawless” is the third digital single taken from the forthcoming MER Redux series installment “Vol. 4 [Redux]”. More information about this record can be found below.

ZAKK SABBATH is the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist and vocalist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE), bassist Blasko (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE), and drummer Joey Castillo (DANZIG, QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE), who have been constantly gigging since 2014 with their  unique yet respectful take on the Birmingham four’s classic early songs.

Tracklist
1. THOU – Wheels of Confusion
2. THE OBSESSED – Tomorrow’s Dream
3. HIGH REEPER – Changes
4. MATT PIKE – FX
5. SPIRIT ADRIFT – Supernaut
6. GREEN LUNG – Snowblind
7. WHORES – Cornucopia
8. TONY REED – Laguna Sunrise
9. HAUNT – St. Vitus Dance
10. ZAKK SABBATH – Under the Sun

Pre-sale: https://mer.lnk.to/Vol4-Redux

Magnetic Eye bows at the Birmingham altar to celebrate BLACK SABBATH’s 50th anniversary with an offering of an end-to-end re-imagining of “Vol. 4”, which still remains as one of the most acclaimed albums in the canon of these godfathers of heavy metal.

A pantheon of metal and doom heavyweights, including some of metal’s most famously SABBATH-inspired icons, pay homage to “Vol. 4”, which witnessed the masters expanding their minds over their weighty foundation.

“Vol. 4 [Redux]” features stunning takes on each song from that indisputable classic, which includes unique tributes among others by ZAKK SABBATH, MATT PIKE, THE OBSESSED, HAUNT, THOU, and SPIRIT ADRIFT.

MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN Debuts Acoustic Version Of “Circle The Drain”

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Following February’s anti-Valentine’s Day single “Circle The Drain,” which has racked up millions of streams and cracked the Top 50 at radio,  MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has released a poignant acoustic version of the song today with Nuclear Blast. 

Listen to the acoustic version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nblast.de/MHCircleTheDrainAC

“When the pandemic hit in March, and all Machine Head tours got canceled, I started doing free Acoustic Happy Hour shows on Machine Head‘s Facebook page to get out the pent-up energy, entertain some friends, have some laughs, and have a few drinks every Friday,” Flynn explains. “As we had just released our new song “Circle The Drain” fans started asking for me to play it, so I started messing around with it and came up with a re-imagined version of it. It got a phenomenal response… People genuinely loved it, and were continually asking me to release it, and so I recorded it a few weeks back in my home studio, and here it is.”

Originally released in February 2020, the anti-Valentine’s Day song, “Circle The Drain,” was inspired by Flynn’s friend who served in Afghanistan and returned home only to find his relationship with his partner falling to pieces.

Flynn stated after the original was released, “She had messed around on him, then got paranoid about him messing around on her, and drove him crazy. We had a conversation on Valentine’s Day and he said to me, ‘They were just circling the drain…’ The phrase struck me. A few days later, I incorporated it into the song I’d been working on.”

Listen to the original version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-circlethedrain

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Flynn and MACHINE HEAD have been outspoken and unstoppable, cranking out vital music for the tumultuous times. The band’s recent single “Stop The Bleeding,“ which features guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman, Jesse Leach, was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Their followup, “Bulletproof,” rounding out the digital single “Civil Unrest,” “Bulletproof” is a clear, defiant statement about the country’s disgraceful climate of corruption, injustice, racism and inequality that has risen during the current administration.

Stream “Civil Unrest” Digital Single: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-civilunrest
“Stop The Bleeding” Feat. Jesse Leach (Music Video):  https://youtu.be/pXiwr6OsYcM
“Bulletproof” (Lyric Video): https://youtu.be/g0xKPIQdb24