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Washington D.C. area metal band A SOUND OF THUNDER has announced their new album “Tales from the Deadside”with a Kickstarter campaign that reached full funding in under 24 hours. The new album is a full-length concept album based onValiant Entertainment’s SHADOWMAN comic book series. The album was recorded at Assembly Line Studios with RIAA-platinum awarded […]
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ARTIST/ TITLE New Light Choir- Volume II TRACKS: -Higher Fire (Proximity) -All I Need -Frost And Fire -April Witch -Violet Skies (From The Ashes) -July Sky -New Light In October -December Flying -Darkest Of Nights -Sea Of Stars MUSICIANS: John Niffenegger- vocals, guitars, bass and M-Tron Chris Dalton- drums Times are changing. A couple of […]
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Los Lobos, the Grammy winning East L.A. legends comprised of David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin, are back with an all new full length studio album, “Gates of Gold,” which will be released September 25(th) on 429 Records. Their first collection of new songs since 2010, the album was produced […]
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When Kelly Lang’s long-time friend Paul Shaffer visited Nashville for vacation recently, they did what most musicians do. They made music, recording a track for her upcoming album in their first studio session together. Lang’s performance with the former musical director of Late Show With David Letterman is one of several star-studded cuts from her […]
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HEAVEN & EARTH–the Los Angelesbased quintet who masterfully fuseelements of hard rock, blues and bits of classical on their acclaimed album Dig, which they toured Europe in support of throughout 2014–are back in the studio working on a new album(produced by Dave Jenkins and available via Quarto Valley Records) set to be released this fall […]
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Praying Mantis are finally ready to unleash their tenth studio album, “Legacy”! The early reactions to the new songs have been outstanding and there is a real buzz beginning to emerge that this could arguably be the best album that Mantis have ever made! Bold words to be sure, but this is more than mere […]
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It took almost 20 years for German power metal masters IRON SAVIORto release a Live DVD/CD. The band, founded in 1996 by Piet Sielck, Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray) and Thomen Stauch (ex-Blind Guardian), has unleashed eight studio albums since then and has just recently issued a reworked version (remixed, remastered, partly re-recorded) of their “Megatropolis” […]
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On August 28, 2015, Nirvana’s self-titled, double platinum-selling (United States) / 7x platinum-selling (Worldwide) posthumous collection Nirvana (UMe) makes its debut on 45rpm double LP, pressed on 200-gram heavy weight vinyl and packaged in a furnace black gatefold sleeve with liner notes and a digital download card for 96kHz 24-bit HD audio; as well as […]
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On July 31, funk and jazz band Rock Candy Funk Party(RCFP) will release their sophomore studio album Groove Is King, an aural kaleidoscope that mashes up funk, rock, dance, electronica, jazz and R&B into 14 original tracks and 2 covers full of space, texture, and virtuoso musicianship. Included is a bonus DVD with over 50 […]
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A special, one-off concert by the Rolling Stones last month, performing their classic album Sticky Fingers live at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, is now available on Apple Music for a limited period. The Rolling Stones kicked off their US Zip Code tour this summer with a special performance of Sticky Fingers, in its […]