Former Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell has released his debut solo single entitled "Anti-Droid", which is accompanied by a music video. Atom Splitter sent over these details:
The voice that defined futuristic anxiety, existential desperation, and steadfast resistance returns. Extreme music pioneer, multimedia talent, and iconoclastic provocateur Burton C. Bell resurrects his legacy and forward-thinking destiny, remade in a career-spanning incarnation as a singular solo artist. (continue)
The Devil Wears Prada have entered their "Ritual" era! The band has just dropped the video for the brand new single "Ritual." It finds the band further experimenting with and pushing the boundaries of their signature sound.
The song was co-produced by Grammy nominated Tyler Smyth (I Prevail, Falling in Reverse) and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, Blink 182). "With 'Ritual,' we are kicking off the new era of The Devil Wears Prada with a bang. Color Decay saw us diving into the emotional struggles so many of our generation are going through, so we wanted to write a song that amped up the energy level," the band explains. "Lyrically, 'Ritual' is about the mundane experiences of life, surrendering to the monotony rather than going against it." (continue)
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The Black Keys have shared a lyric video for their new song "This Is Nowhere", which is the opening track of the band's forthcoming album, "Ohio Players" that is set to hit stores on April 5th.
full coverage communications sent over these details: Co-written by Beck, who also worked on the band's recent single "Beautiful People (Stay High)," the track finds its place on an album unlike any of the band's others, featuring collaborations with various other friends and colleagues, including Noel Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, Juicy J, Lil Noid, and others. (continue)
Crowded House released an inspiring and joyful video for their new single "Oh Hi" today in support of the So They Can global movement. "Oh Hi" is the first single off Crowded House's upcoming new album Gravity Stairs out May 31 on BMG.
Of the new video, Crowded House's Neil Finn said, "These children at Abedare Ranges School were responding to our song 'Oh Hi' which was inspired by and created for them. I was so glad they liked it! It means a lot to us to have our music be helping to educate and empower young Africans to break out of the poverty cycle. These kids have few opportunities to make their voices heard but they are magnificent, and the world needs them." (continue)
When Morgan Wallen performed in London for the first time on Dec. 3, 2023, Daily Express remarked that his presence at The O2 carried "such immense force that it could not be contained by the colossal venue."
Now, the 11-time 2023 Billboard Music Awards-winner is super-sizing his London presence, announcing one night only at the city's historic Hyde Park on July 4, 2024. "Last fall was my first time in the UK and man, I loved it," remarks Wallen. "I saw so much while I was there, and the people were incredible." (continue)
Kaosis unites with Soilwork's Bjorn Strid on the epic Nu-Prog track "Blood Of Angels". Bjorn Strid is widely recognized as one of the most talented vocalists in modern metal. He can effortlessly shift from soul-crushing gutturals to operatic falsetto. Not only has he fronted Soilwork since its inception in 1995 but has also lent his voice to a diverse range of acts such as Motionless In White, Powerwolf, and more recently Epica.
XEN, Kaosis vocalist and producer, said "I needed someone that could deliver choral operatics as well as bone-crushing authority. The list of candidates was short. Speed (Bjorn) was my first choice". (continue)
Mandoki Soulmates - the international and inter-generational supergroup consisting of rock and fusion grandmasters surrounding founder and mastermind Leslie Mandoki - proudly announce their new album, A Memory Of Our Future, to be released worldwide on May 10th via Sony Music's label InsideOutMusic.
The group celebrates the announcement with the release of a new single and video, Blood In The Water. A Memory Of Our Future is Mandoki Soulmates' latest work of art and nothing short of an instant prog-rock classic, bringing world-class musicianship and composition together with trenchant social and political messaging. The entire album was recorded and produced purely in the analog domain, from microphone to mixing and mastering, making A Memory Of Our Future a manifesto of precision and passion that is hard to find in today's music landscape. Recorded and mixed in Leslie Mandoki's Red Rock Studios near Munich, mastered in the infamous Sterling Sound Studios in New York and cut in the Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin, the Soulmates are also making a statement as a kind of "revenge of the analog" in times of digital deception, scam bots, and internet trolls. The analog format is also an expression of their special appreciation and bond with the band's audience, "like a love letter handwritten with a fountain pen." (continue)
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dion follows up the release of his much-lauded recent albums Blues With Friends (2020) and Stomping Ground (2021) with a new full-length album Girl Friends out today. This new album finds Dion in the company of twelve accomplished female musical collaborators on just as many new songs. Tracks featuring Susan Tedeschi, Danielle Nicole and Carlene Carter had been previously released as singles on digital streaming platforms. New single "Mama Said" with blues queen Shemekia Copeland is available now.
Dion noted, "When I wrote this song, I knew she was the one who could turn it into a standard. Girl's got the blues in her blood." The latter part of his comment is a reference to the fact that Shemekia is the daughter of the late Johnny "Clyde" Copeland whose playing and singing have long been admired by Dion. (continue)
The award-winning, genre-busting RADAR Festival continue their tradition of innovation with their final headliner of 2024: the iconic prog-metal group Leprous will close the festival with a UK-first real-time song request set.
Alongside the unique announcement, RADAR have also unveiled day splits for this year's edition. Synth royalty The Midnight headline Friday night, supported by Plini, Vola, among others; UK titans TesseracT will cap off Saturday's extravaganza with Dirty Loops, The Fall of Troy and more; and alongside Leprous will be jazz fusion group Sungazer, Humanity's Last Breath, and a host of the world's best, progressive musical acts. (continue)
Indie folk star Laura Brino just released her new single and video "Butterfly," and to celebrate we asked her to tell us about the song, which is the latest single from her forthcoming album "Cactus Moon" (due April 5th). Here is the story:
When asked about my writing process, it has always been difficult for me to pinpoint exactly how certain songs come about. I have spent my life absorbing the stories and experiences of people around me, and Butterfly is no exception to this. As I entered my 40s last year, I realized that so many of the experiences that I was having along with loved ones around me felt different than when I was younger. There was a level of heaviness. Years and years of build up from living through joy, sadness, grief and exhaustion. People staying in narcissistic relationships and losing themselves. Spending years pretending to be someone else and realizing that they would give anything-even one day-to live authentically and freely. With that being said, when I'm writing music, I tend to enter a meditative state and channel my own experiences and all of the stories and experiences of people around me. It gets processed and comes out through song. If you were to ask me about the writing process with Butterfly, it would be this: I blacked out and wrote this song in a half hour on a Spring afternoon. (continue)
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