HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES have unveiled a new video for the song “Heroes”, taken from the band’s second album “Rise”, coming out on June 21st on earMUSIC as CD Digipak, 2LP+Download and Digital.
Watch “Heroes” here:
“Rise” is some of the purest, unapologetic and most enjoyable rock and roll of the year, made by masters of the craft and true fans of the form. Unlike their 2015 debut record, the new album “Rise” consists mainly of original material, written by the band. There are however, in the spirit of the Vampires’ original mission, three covers of songs originally written and recorded by some fellow rockers who died far too young: an intimate and intense version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, again beautifully performed on record by Johnny Depp; the late Jim Carroll Band’s “People Who Died,” and Johnny Thunder’s “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory,” sung by Joe Perry. Produced by Tommy Henriksen and the Hollywood Vampires, “Rise” is set to the most anticipated rock albums of 2019 will be released on June 21st, 2019 on earMUSIC as CD Digipak, 2LP+Download and Digital.
Also watch “The Boogieman Surprise” live video here:
Fresh off a triumphant seven-city North America tour this week, which included a stop at the famous Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES have unveiled the brand new song “The Boogieman Surprise”. At the aforementioned L.A. performance, Steven Tyler, the Aerosmith frontman and long-time musical partner of Joe Perry, turned up for a guest appearance, as did Marilyn Manson. Johnny Depp took lead vocals on Bowie’s “Heroes” and the “world’s most expensive bar band,” as proclaimed by Alice Cooper, delivered a live master class of rock ‘n’ roll, which included their newest track “The Boogieman Surprise.”
The song has been part of the band’s live set since the 2018 world tour and is a highlight of every Hollywood Vampires live show. Written by the band, it features the undeniable chemistry between rock and roll royalty Perry, Hollywood superstar Depp and shock rock icon Cooper. A laid back groove, grinding guitars, and smooth strings create an epic, ominous, outsider anthem with Cooper’s vocal sounding as fierce as ever. Their stage telepathy is showcased in the accompanying live video, filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2018.
WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO TO “THE BOOGIEMAN SURPRISE” HERE:
“Rise”, the band’s 2nd album, is some of the purest, unapologetic and most enjoyable rock and roll of the year, made by masters of the craft and true fans of the form.
Unlike their 2015 debut record, the new album “Rise” consists mainly of original material, written by the band. There are however, in the spirit of the Vampires’ original mission, three covers of songs originally written and recorded by some fellow rockers who died far too young: an intimate and intense version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, again beautifully performed on record by Johnny Depp; the late Jim Carroll Band’s “People Who Died,” and Johnny Thunder’s “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory,” sung by Joe Perry.
Produced by Tommy Henriksen and the Hollywood Vampires, “Rise” is set to the most anticipated rock albums of 2019 will be released on June 21st, 2019 on earMUSIC as CD Digipak, 2LP+Download and Digital.
THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES return with new music from their explosive second album, “Rise”. Rock and roll royalty Joe Perry, Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and shock rock icon Alice Cooper join forces once again for the unmissable rock album of 2019.
Seconds into the opening track “I Want My Now,” it’s clear this supergroup has created something special – the chemistry between the individuals is unmistakeable when they come together on stage or in the recording studio. Forget the star-studded lineup’s individual reputations, “Rise” is some of the purest, unapologetic and most enjoyable rock and roll of the year, made by masters of the craft and true fans of the form.
Unlike their 2015 debut record, the new album “Rise” consists mainly of original material, written by the band. There are however, in the spirit of the Vampires’ original mission, three covers of songs originally written and recorded by some fellow rockers who died far too young: an intimate and intense version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, beautifully performed by Johnny Depp; the late Jim Carroll Band’s “People Who Died,” and Johnny Thunder’s “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory,” sung by Joe Perry. Raucous rock anthems like “The Boogieman Surprise” and “Who’s Laughing Now” (the first single from the new album), capture the natural, raw, celebratory attitude of Hollywood Vampires displayed in their rowdy shows around the world. But the album shows off their range as well with tracks like “We Gotta Rise” – a tongue-in-cheek politics song in the the tradition of Alice’s “Elected” – to the psychedelic gothic epic of “Mr. Spider.”
“‘Rise‘ is not only a totally different animal than the first Vampires album, it is unique to anything I’ve ever been a part of. I approached it very differently than I usually do when working on an album. Each of us; Joe, Johnny, Tommy and myself have written songs on this album. What is different though is that I didn’t try to change any songs to be more “Alice-like.” Because each of us has different influences, the sound of this album is very cool. I think that with this album, we are establishing what the Vampires’ sound really is, whereas with the first album we were more tipping our hats to our fallen rock n roll brothers.” – Alice Cooper
“’Rise’ came from pure creative energy, which is just like playing live with the Vampires. The record showcases everyone doing what they do best without anyone looking over our shoulders. There was no pressure or deadlines, allowing us to write and record an album that is one of the freest and most honest sounding records I’ve been part of. I can’t wait to perform some of these tunes live for our fans.” – Joe Perry
earMUSIC, the global independent rock label of Edel Germany GmbH, is proud to announce the worldwide signing of Hollywood Vampires. Following the release of Alice Cooper’s 2017 studio album “Paranormal” on earMUSIC, his best chart-performing work in decades, the label is proud to welcome the band to their family.
WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO TO “WHO’S LAUGHING NOW” HERE:
Produced by Tommy Henriksen and the Hollywood Vampires, “Rise” will be released on June 21st, 2019 on earMUSIC as CD Digipak, 2LP+Download and Digital.
1. I Want My Now
2. Good People Are Hard To Find
3. Who’s Laughing Now
4. How The Glass Fell
5. The Boogieman Surprise
6. Welcome To Bushwackers (feat. Jeff Beck & John Waters)
7. The Wrong Bandage
8. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory
9. Git From Round Me
10. Heroes
11. A Pitiful Beauty
12. New Threat
13. Mr. Spider
14. We Gotta Rise
15. People Who Died
16. Congratulations
The Hollywood Vampires who previously performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Rock In Rio and the 2016 Grammy Awards in addition to hugely successful U.S. and EU/UK tours last year, will embark on a seven-date U.S. West Coast tour in May.
THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES ON TOUR:
5/10 – The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
5/11 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
5/12 – Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
5/14 – The Fillmore – Denver, CO
5/16 – Sandia Resort – Albuquerque, NM
5/17 – Talking Stick Casino – Scottsdale, AZ
5/18 – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino – Indio, CA
Israeli alternative/thrash metal band DEAD ON IMPACT havereleased their new single ‘Rise’. Check it out below:
The band was formed by guitarists Felix Sandler and Kirill Shvetsov in May 2010. After releasing the debut single ‘Progress to Nothing’ in 2012 the band members decide to take a break from activity. In 2015 the band returned with a new line-up and are currently working on new material.
For more information about DEAD ON IMPACT, check their official Facebook page here.
SF Bay Area metallers KILL RITUAL have released a video for the song “Rise” off their upcoming release Karma Machine that will be made available on September 18th through Scarlet Records. The video was shot at Soundwave Studios in Oakland CA. with Mike Sloat(Testament, Machine Head, Lynard Skynard) directing and features the bands new revamped line-up and sound. Watch “Rise” below:
Also check out the video trailer “The Making Of The Rise” for “Rise”:
Kill Ritual:
David Read Watson-Vocals
Steven D. Rice –Guitars
Koryun Bobikyan-Drums
Bobby HQ Storm-Bass
Kill Ritual-Karma Machine
1. Just A Cut
2. Rise
3. The Enemy Inside
4. The Key
5. Karma Machine
6. My Green Room
7. Kundalini
8. Land Of The Dead
9. The Camera’s Eye
‘Karma Machine’ is a powerful sonic beast that can be described as the perfect mix of all the band’s influences. Encompassing 9 tracks, the CD finds Kill Ritual going from heavy to melodic while retaining their thrash roots. The album was once again produced by guitarist Steven D. Rice and mixed/mastered by King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque. Artwork was completed by longtime Kill Ritual artist Jobert Mello (Sabaton, Primal Fear, Benedictum). ‘Karma Machine’ also marks the debut of new vocalist David Reed Watson, drummer Koryun Bobikyan and bassist Bobby HQ Storm. The album will be available starting from September 18. More information at http://www.scarletrecords.it and http://www.killritual.com.
Vocalist David has this to say about the new CD “Karma Machine will take the fans on a journey not traditionally seen in metal while still maintaining its metal roots. This is some of my best writing and singing to date and I’m positive Kill Ritual will take the world by storm.”
SF Bay Area metallers KILL RITUAL are set to release their new album ‘Karma Machine’ on September 18th via Scarlet Records. To give a taster of what’s coming up, the band has unvealed a video trailer “The Making Of The Rise” for their upcoming video “Rise”, which the band finished shooting just recently at Sound Wave Studios in Oakland CA. with Mike Sloat (Testament, Machine Head, Lynard Skynard) that will introduce the new line up prior to the September 18th release.
Vocalist David Reed Watson tells the back story about the “Rise” video:
This past July I headed up to San Francisco to do a video shoot with my new band Kill Ritual. We met with Videographer/Producer Mike Sloat and his crew in the morning at Soundwave Studios. Soundwave Studios doesn’t look like much… a bit run down from the outside, but on the inside you can feel its history. Bands like Metallica, Testament, Machine Head, Exodus and many others have called this place home at one point or another.
Mike Sloat had the lyrics to our song ‘Rise’ for a good two weeks and we could tell that he got the picture of them because he took the wheel and ran with it. We didn’t question anything that he did because this dude’s a pro. He’s shot videos for Skynyrd, Testament, Staind, Tom Waits, Machine Head, and the list goes on…
Let me backtrack a bit to the day before the shoot.
I flew in to San Jose, where Steven D. Rice, the guitarist lives. I was picked up by Koryun Bobikyan, our drummer. He’s Armenian and he makes me laugh because he sounds exactly like my other Armenian friend in LA, Chris Melikyan. Very friendly guy, much bigger than I expected from his photos. His arms are like tree trunks and he pounds the drums like Bonham! This will blow your mind… He has never broken a stick. Serious. I questioned him about this and asked if he was for real… he was dead serious. I won’t mention what he said about drummers breaking sticks because I have some very good friends that are amazing drummers that break them all the time. Respect.
Kore, as he likes to be called, and I headed over to Steven’s house. So here I am with these two dudes that I’ve never met before. The initial fear runs through your head, you know, like, Am I going to like these guys? But that fear was quickly replaced when we all sat at the kitchen table and started telling jokes, talking about labels, bands, etc. It was a relief really because Steven and I had been collaborating on this album for several months together. I got a good sense of who he was from telephone conversations, but you know what it’s like. It’s like a blind date. Ha!
The only person we were waiting for was the Bass player. A guy from LA that both Steven and I got a good vibe from. Good looking guy, long hair, great bass player. Kind of a hidden gem in the LA scene. Someone I had never heard of. I had a couple of my friends scouting for players for us.
Heidi Horvath, a photographer, and DJ Will who really needs no introduction. So when Bobby HQ Storm came along I had to trust my instincts on this one and trust that my friends weren’t throwing me just anybody. After a lot of weeding out of different players we chose Bobby. Not just for the fact that he was good looking and could play the bass but the fact that he was willing to drive up to San Francisco, sight unseen with only our CD to judge us by. That to me says a lot about somebody’s character. He never once mentioned money, compensation or anything like that. He knew what he was walking into. CD, Label, Touring. All he needed to do was show up. So when Bobby showed up at Steven’s house and the four of us sat around the table, it was a relief for all of us. Now we have a band.
When we left Soundwave Studios it had taken 6 hours of shooting, multiple takes of the song as a whole band and individually. By the end of the shoot we were all dripping with sweat from the multiple lights surrounding us all day long. It was nice to have Mike directing us the whole way and also nice to watch the process. He’s a true artist. He knows how to get the shot he wants and had his guys moving lights, cables, you name it just to get the exact shot that he had pictured in his head. He never missed a beat and I highly recommend him for anybody that can afford to invest themselves into a quality product.
Our CD releases September 18th on Scarlet Records. I’m sure you’re going to love it because it’s something we poured our heart into for you to enjoy.
‘Karma Machine’ is a powerful sonic beast that can be described as the perfect mix of all the band’s influences. Encompassing 9 tracks, the CD finds Kill Ritual going from heavy to melodic while retaining their thrash roots. The album was once again produced by guitarist Steven D. Rice and mixed/mastered by King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque. Artwork was completed by longtime Kill Ritual artist Jobert Mello (Sabaton, Primal Fear, Benedictum). ‘Karma Machine’ also marks the debut of new vocalist David Reed Watson, drummer Koryun Bobikyan and bassist Bobby HQ Storm. The album will be available starting from September 18. More information at http://www.scarletrecords.it and http://www.killritual.com.
‘Karma Machine’ track listing:
Just A Cut
Rise
The Enemy Inside
The Key
Karma Machine
My Green Room
Kundalini
Land Of The Dead
The Camera’s Eye
Vocalist David has this to say about the new CD “Karma Machine will take the fans on a journey not traditionally seen in metal while still maintaining its metal roots. This is some of my best writing and singing to date and I’m positive Kill Ritual will take the world by storm.”
Kill Ritual 2015:
David Reed Watson-Vocals
Steven D. Rice-Guitar
Koryun Bobikyan-Drums,violin
Bobby HQ Storm-Bass
