TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 10TH IN MOBILE, ALABAMA
Mar 13, 2013 — Burbank, CA — Fresh off a nationwide tour supporting Mushroomhead, rising hard rock band Gemini Syndrome will hit the road for a spring tour with labelmates Device, a collaboration featuring hard rock icon David Draiman of Disturbed. The tour kicks off on April 10th in Mobile, AL, and includes spring festivals Welcome to Rockville and Carolina Rebellion.
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ROB ZOMBIE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, MASTODON, AMON AMARTH, MACHINE HEAD, CHILDREN OF BODOM, BEHEMOTH AND MANY MORE
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Tickets Go On Sale Friday March 22nd at 12 Noon
Tour Starts June 29th In San Bernardino, CA
(BEVERLY HILLS, CA) March 18th – Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the world’s biggest hard and heavy music touring festival announces its electrifying sixth-year lineup. Artists performing on the 2013 thunderous fest include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer, ROB ZOMBIE, plus, the triple gold certified FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and a monster lineup that includes additional main stage bands MASTODON and AMON AMARTH. The festival area is led by stage closers CHILDREN OF BODOM and MACHINE HEAD as well as BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, EMMURE, BORN OF OSIRIS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, BUTCHER BABIES, BATTLECROSS, HUNTRESS, THROWN INTO EXILE and CITY IN THE SEA. Four stages will be presented this year for the first time ever and the stages include the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAIN STAGE, THE JAGERMEISTER STAGE, MUSICIANS INSTITUTE STAGE, as well as, the SUMERIAN RECORDS/HEADBANG FOR THE HIGHWAY CONCOURSE STAGE, (local bands performing on the Sumerian Records/Headbang for the Highway Stage will be announced in June).
All tickets go on sale March 22nd at 12:00 Noon local venue time via
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With a little over a week left until the release of the debut self-titled EP from DAVEY SUICIDE, DAVEY has teamed up with the internet home for all things horror Bloody-Disgusting for an exclusive song premiere. Get a first listen to the song “Hustler Queen” HERE.
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Meg Morrison from Sacramento band Fair Struggle sits down with reporter Dean Hill and talks about her band, and the music scene in Sacramento.
The time has come. On March 26, 2013, legendary punk/thrash icons SUICIDAL TENDENCIES will release their first new music in over 13 years. The band’s upcoming full-length, entitled 13, will be released via Suicidal Records. Produced by Mike Muir and Paul Northfield (Rush, Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Ozzy Osbourne, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Infectious Grooves), the release of 13 marks the 30th anniversary of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.
The brand new music video for the new track ‘Cyco Style’ is available for viewing now on YouTube. Check it out at this link.
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Otep Shamaya of the band Otep wearing one of her masks that she puts on during her show while preforming with her powerful vocals at the Ace Of Spades venue in Sacramento, CA
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Otep- They released their new album on January, 22 and she claims that it will be her last. Fans got to see their favorite band, along with some incredible opening performances in Sacramento at The Ace Of Spades Venue. The night started and ended with beautiful and powerful lead singers. As soon as Otep Shamaya took stage the crowd whent crazy, she had intnese vocals that really got the crowd in to it. The biggest mosh pit of the night happened of course during Otep’s set. The guitarist had a Bane mask, and the Bassist was rocking a Scarecrow mask, a tribute to Batman. Shamaya played her new song, “Apex Predator” off of her new album Hydra. She also brought out a pig head which she stuck on a pole while she played her fan favorite “Blood Pigs”. Otep said that Sacramento set the bar high for the tour, this was the first night of the tour, and it was evident because they had so much energy.
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March 5th, 2013 – Los Angeles, California – Electro Rock artist WVM has released a new 5 track EP entitled “The End Is Only The Beginning” on iTunes. The EP features Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Tweaker) and Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle) playing drums on various songs and mixing by Sean Beavan (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson) who called the album an “electronic masterpiece.”.
Sean Beavan also says “WVM has all the warm, yummy, electronic goodness of vintage Gary Numan, with instant melodic hookery and a real artist’s vision; unique, original, and accessible.”
Listen to the first track “The Echoing” from “The End Is The Beginning” below.
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WVM is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, programmer, and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. His debut album “The End Is Only The Beginning” was mixed by Sean Beavan (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson). Sean Beavan also invited WVM to record vocals for the record at his private Blue Room Studio. The album is set to be released in the middle of 2013 with a 5 track EP (an appetizer to the full length) to be released on March 5, 2013. The album features Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Tweaker) and Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle) playing drums on various songs. WVM’s past demo work has received licensing on the soundtrack to the video game “UFC3” and Sony Computer Entertainment’s “Infamous 2” trailers as well as a number of TV shows such as “Being Human.”
Buy the EP on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/end-is-only-beginning-ep/id614681905
Track Listing:
The Echoing
When Universes Collide (Featuring Josh Freese)
Black Sun (Featuring Chris Vrenna)
For A Better Tomorrow (Featuring Josh Freese)
Escapism (Featuring Josh Freese)
Pre-Order the Full Album, available later this year:
http://wvmmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-is-only-the-beginning
WVM Online:
http://www.wvmmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/WVMOfficial
https://twitter.com/wvmofficial
https://soundcloud.com/wvmofficial
Apple Valley, CA’s TO HUMANS, a new alternative rock project featuring drummer Jeremy Lombardo (son of world-famous metal drummer Dave Lombardo), have released a brand new self-titled EP. The 5-track release is available for purchase now via their official Bandcamp page. TO HUMANS also features lyricist/vocalist/guitarist Danny Toranzo and bassist Ace Anderson.
Drummer Jeremy Lombardo states, “When we perform, we’re definitely not your average indie rock band. We definitely all have a connection to each other when we perform live. There’s a certain spirit that we all feel and we try our hardest to impress and share that emotion and spirit that we feel with our audiences.”
Jeremy adds, “The new EP is essentially a compilation of some of our earlier songs that the band wrote a long time ago, mixed with a couple newer songs that we wrote shortly before entering the studio. Most of our songs start as a freeform jam fused with Danny’s ideas that eventually morph into what you’ll hear on the EP.”
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John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade preforming his solo act on his acoustic Guitar for his audience at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA
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Arcurrent
Secondhand Serenade vocalist/multi-instrumentalist John Vesely has a way of connecting with a crowd, and the intimate setting of the Boardwalk in Orangevale seemed like a second home to him. The crowd instantly began to sing along with him and he seemed thrilled to see such a warm welcome.Despite a very long wait due to sound check difficulties, Vesely managed to kick off his set with a smile on his face as he played the chords to “Vulnerable,” followed by “Maybe.” Once again, the crowd began to sing every word along with him. The third song played was a new one called “Price We Pay.” Vesely admitted, “I don’t know how to play it yet,” as he played a few notes on his keyboard and began to sing. He would often take pauses to let the crowd sing along with him for the chorus.
The fourth song was “Your Call,” which got screams from the crowd, while others sang along loudly. “Your Call” was followed by one of his older ballads, “Awake.”
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John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade performing his solo act singing for his audience at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA
Vesely later introduced another new song, titled “The Right Kind of Crazy,” and joked that he probably didn’t know how to play it yet either.
He then played the first song he ever wrote, “Broken,” and ended the song by singing the chorus of Fun.’s “We Are Young.”
Vesely took a break and called a fan onstage and asked her to call one of her friends. Sadly, the girl’s friend didn’t answer her phone. Vesely jokingly said, “Sorry, you lose,” as the girl got offstage.
He then covered Coldplay’s “Fix You,” which was followed by another cover song: Enrique Iglesias’ “Hero.” Throughout the entire song, he mocked Iglesias’ accent, which earned him laughs from the crowd.
Since the stage lacked a hallway for Vesely to leave, he asked the crowd to start asking him for an encore. After getting the crowd to shout, “Two more songs,” he introduced his single, “Shake It Off.”
The final song of the night was the much-anticipated “Fall For You.” It started with Vesely singing the first few lines of Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day,” and the chorus of “We Are Never Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift, which threw off his audience momentarily. He then ended the song with the crowd singing the chorus.
Overall, the show was a very touching performance that ended on a very nice note.
The Tossers released today their new music video Emerald City, and are releasing their Emerald City Album on March 5th right before St. Patrick’s Day.
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