Morrissey shared an update on his official website late last week stating that a lucrative offer was made to launch a world tour of The Smiths next year and that the vocalist said yes to the offer, but Johnny Marr never responded.
Under the heading of "war is old, art is young," Morrissey's website shared, "In June 2024 AEG Entertainment Group made a lucrative offer to both Morrissey and Marr to tour worldwide as 'The Smiths' throughout 2025. (continue)
Texas duo MISSIO unleash the re-imagined single "Good Vibrations" featuring Wes Borland of the legendary nu metal band Limp Bizkit, whose additions allow the already anthemic, alt-electronic track to soar to new heights. The song, mixed by Diamond certified Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, The Killers), is available everywhere today.
"When we first found out that Wes was willing to work with us, we both freaked out. He's been a huge influence for us both growing up. After hearing his additions to the song, we sat back, and it felt surreal realizing that we got the opportunity to collaborate with someone as legendary as him. He took the song to a slightly darker place, and we instantly resonated," adds the band. (continue)
Judas Priest's Ian Hill says that the band's classic 1974 album "Rocka Rolla" has been reworked by their producer Tom Allom to have a more modern sound for an upcoming reissue.
Hill shared the news during an interview with Detroit radio station WRIF on the Takin' Rock With Meltdown show. He said, "It's just been re-engineered by Tom Allom after all of these years. "The multi-tracks were in remarkably good condition, and he's changed some of the sounds, made it more modern and obviously remixed it. (continue)
Frank Iero has released the highly anticipated deluxe 10-year anniversary edition of his debut studio album, Stomachaches, titled XNauseousX. Coinciding with the release, Frank Iero has also put out a new music video for his original song "2.5mg Just Ain't Enough For Me."
To create this, he sourced fan clips over the course of two days and received over 2,000 submissions. Select fan videos have been incorporated into the final product, resulting in a montage commemorating each of them and their support for his music. (continue)
JUNO Award-nominated band Valley have released their third album Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden and celebrate the release by sharing a live video for the track "Bop Ba".
Last fall, Valley were at a crossroads. They were in therapy, working the usual growing pains long-established bands face after years out on the road and the weight of viral success. While on tour with Dermot Kennedy, Rob Laska (lead vocalist), Alex Dimauro (bassist) and Karah James (drummer) found a beacon of hope: a forgotten demo of the song "Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden." (continue)
Cult Swedish progressive rockers Beardfish began playing their first live shows together this year since breaking up in 2016, and now they are very pleased to announce the release of a brand new studio album titled 'Songs For Beating Hearts' on November 1st, 2024.
Coinciding with this announcement is the launch of a brand new single titled 'In The Autumn', a piece of music that some may recognise from their recent live dates. This song is a duet between Rikard Sjoblom & guest vocalist Amanda Ortenhag. (continue)
Nashville's Palm Ghosts released a video for their brand new track called "Love Bombed and Conquered". The song is the third single from their forthcoming "Channeling" EP.
Channeling, is by far the darkest of four EPs the band is releasing in 2024. With songs touching on religion, fascism, cults and the general disorientation of living in the nightmare that is 2024, "Wilderness of Mirrors" is the first track from Channeling. (continue)
Multi-Platinum selling pop-rock band Marianas Trench, have released their sixth studio album Haven, out now via 604 Records / Warner Music Canada via all streaming platforms.
Since their inaugural album Fix Me, Marianas Trench has always continued to evolve, and with Haven, the Vancouver-based four-piece pushes the envelope and takes their musical and thematic efforts to new heights. The album showcases that at the core Marianas Trench is a take-no-prisoners, four-piece rock band featuring singer, songwriter and producer Josh Ramsay's expansive vocal range, and Haven adds exciting layers of synthesizer and orchestral elements (featuring performances by members of the Vancouver Film Orchestra conducted by Hal Beckett). (continue)
Some Linkin Park fans are wondering if Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale will have something to do with the band's big announcement on September 5th after she shared a surprise cover of their classic hit "Crawling" around the same time their mysterious online countdown clock reached zero and started counting up.
Hale shared a solo piano rendition of "Crawling" on her Facebook account this past Wednesday (August 28th), which was the same day that Linkin Park's online clock "glitched out" after reaching zero and suddenly started counting back up. (continue)
Guns N' Roses original manager Vicky Hamilton shared in a new interview that she is coming on a new television series about the 1980s music scene on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.
"This is the first time I'm really saying this out loud - I've done a deal with a production company, and it's going to get made into a TV series," Hamilton revealed in an interview with Loudwire. (continue)
Lamb of God's Ashes of the Wake (20th Anniversary Edition), featuring new mixes of classic tracks like "Laid To Rest" and "Omerta" by HEALTH and Justin K Broadrick, respectively, along with an enhanced version of "Another Nail For Your Coffin" with guest vocals from Malevolence's Alex Taylor and Kublai Khan TX's Matt Honeycutt, is out now via Epic Records and Legacy Recordings.
The album's release is accompanied by a lyric video for Justin K Broadrick's (Godflesh/Jesu) reimagined version of "Omerta" "Since the release of Godflesh's landmark 1989 debut album, Streetcleaner, I've been a fan of the beautifully abrasive sounds Justin Broadrick has unleased," Randy Blythe shares. "To have this groundbreaking artist remix my personal favorite song from Ashes of the Wake is beyond wild to me." (continue)
Oceano have released their hotly-anticipated new album 'Living Chaos' and a new lyric video for "Into The Flames" (via Sumerian Records). Frontman Adam Warren wrote all of the lyrics and recorded the entire writing process of the album vocally on his Twitch channel.
Leading up to today, the band has shared "Mass Produced", "Wounds Never Healed", and most recently, "The Price Of Pain", which altogether have amassed a staggering 2.4 million streams on Spotify alone and nearly 1 million views on YouTube. (continue)
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