Announce New Forthcoming Album ‘hope is a cult‘ Out on February 17, 2023
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 – Swedish electropop-metal quartet Solence has dropped their latest music video “nuBlood” featuring Fame On Fire vocalist Bryan Kuznitz. Not only that, but fans can also look forward to the band’s forthcoming album ‘hope is a cult‘ set for release on Friday, February 17 (via Hopeless Records). Speaking on today’s news, the band shares:
“’NuBlood’ is a song about all the old dudes starting wars and oppressing people just to be able to cling on to their puny power! Just step aside. Your time is up. Out with the old, in with the new.
‘NuBlood’ is also a straight-up banger so hold on ‘cuz this chorus is like sticking your head out the window whilst driving 100mph on the freeway!!
“We’re also so extremely excited to finally be able to share ‘hope_is_a_cult’ with all the Solence family…and the not yet inaugurated ones!! We’ve worked so hard and so long on this and we truly feel like this is such an important step for us in our journey to write the most “Solence” of songs that we can write. This album goes up, down, sideways, then we solo for a bit, and then it’s head-banging and big choruses!
We’re super proud of this and hope you’re as excited as we are for ‘hope_is_a_cult’!!!”
hope is a cult SOLENCE Track Listing:
Rain Down
Best For You
Demons
Waves
Antidote
Claustrophobia
hope is a cult
Better This Way
nuBlood
Life Goes On
Endless
a new hope
Blood Sweat Tears
No matter where we come from, music draws us together and bonds us. For as much as SOLENCE sonically conjoin elements of metal, electronic, alternative, and pop, the Swedish group also appeal to an expansive swath of personalities with a universal message. Equally suitable for the mosh pit or Coachella, the band—Markus Videsäter [vocals], David “Viking” Vikingsson [drums], David Strääf [guitar], and Johan Swärd [keys]—rally around a familial energy meant to be shared as loudly as possible. After quietly generating north of 200 million streams and counting, they welcome everyone closer on their third full-length offering and Hopeless Records debut, hope is a cult, and more to come.
“We want to build up this family around positivity, hope, and the belief you can change things,” notes Markus. “We want you to forget everything that bothers you when you listen to this album. If we’re doing our job, audiences feel like they’re a part of it. When you go to a SOLENCE show, you have a good time, so hope is a cult for us.”
Tuesday, December 14th, 2022 – Unique Leader have today announced the celebration of their 25th year as a record label in the shape of the Unique Legion North American Tour 2023. The 32 date tour will be headlined by South African deathcore demolishers, Vulvodynia, with Australia’s finest purveyors of Vegan brutality, To The Grave and three of the UK’s most punishing and exciting underground metal bands – Viscera, Osiah & Bound in Fear.
Tickets for this awesome celebration of all things extreme go on sale at 10am local time on Friday, December 16th from UniqueLeader.com Full routing below:
Thu | March 02 Boston, MA Sonia Fri | March 03 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques Sat | March 04 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace Sun | March 05 Cleveland, OH The Foundry Mon | March 06 Detroit, MI The Sanctuary Tue | March 07 Chicago, IL Reggies Wed | March 08 Minneapolis, MN Studio B @ Skyway Theatre Fri | March 10 Denver, CO Oriental Theater Mon | March 13 Seattle, WA El Corazon Tue | March 14 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret Wed | March 15 Portland, OR Dante’s Sat | March 18 North Hollywood, CA Knitting Factory Noho Sun | March 19 Anaheim, CA Constellation Room Mon | March 20 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick Tue | March 21 Phoenix, AZ The Underground Thu | March 23 Dallas, TX Amplified Live Fri | March 24 San Antonio, TX The Rock Box Sat | March 25 Houston, TX The Studio at Warehouse Live Mon | March 27 Tampa, FL The Orpheum Tue | March 28 West Palm Beach, FL, Respectable Street Wed | March 29 Orlando, FL The Haven Thu | March 30 Atlanta, GA Bogg Social & Supply Fri | March 31 Nashville, TN The End Sat | April 01 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans Mon | April 03 Greensboro, NC Hangar 1819 Tue | April 04 Richmond, VA Canal Club Wed | April 05 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery Thu | April 06 New York, NY Gramercy Theater Fri | April 07 Harrisburg, PA Stage On Herr Sat | April 08 Philadelphia, PA Warehouse on Watts
The band will be on tour in December with Awake At Last and Seventh Day Slumber.
“‘High on me’ is about a day in the life of someone’s opioid addiction. Is it me or the drugs that keep you sticking around? The opioid epidemic is something so many struggle with and most never make it out the other side. I’ve had many friends die from it and it saddens me when I hear of someone losing that battle,” says Bobby Amaru, vocalist of the band. Saliva will continue to release tracks and ultimately a full album in Spring of 2023. The new music has a contemporary feel but sticks to the blue collar roots that their fans love. After acquiring front man Bobby Amaru in 2011, Saliva became infused with new blood, energy, and spirit. The same energy launched Saliva’s career in 2001 with the release, Every Six Seconds – a certified Double Platinum-selling album, containing the hits, “Click Click Boom” and 2002 Grammy nominated, “Your Disease.” Saliva’s in-your-face, anthemic writing style continued with a certified Gold-selling album Back in to Your System with hits: “Always,” “Raise Up,” and the Nikki Sixx co-written, “Rest In Pieces.” Upon adding former Shinedown and Fuel bassist, Brad Stewart, as a permanent member, Saliva solidified their new lineup consisting of: Wayne Swinny, Sammi Jo Bishop and Amaru.
Upon adding former Shinedown and Fuel bassist, Brad Stewart, as a permanent member, Saliva solidified their new lineup consisting of: Wayne Swinny, Sammi Jo Bishop and Amaru.
Saliva Tour Dates: 12/1 Woodford, VA @ THE GROOVE 12/2 Reading, PA @ REVERB 12/3 Winchester, VA @ BLUE FOX 12/4 Norwalk, CT @ WALLSTREET THEATER 12/8 Derry, NH @ TUPELO MUSIC HALL 12/9 Providence Rock Day @ PLATFORMS DANCE CLUB 12/10 Horseheads, NY @ THE L 12/11 Frenchtown, NJ @ ARTIES BAR AND GRILL
ROCK DYNAMOS SKILLET + THEORY OF A DEADMAN ANNOUNCE WINTER 2023 CO-HEADLINE ROCK RESURRECTION TOUR
25-DATE TOUR KICKS OFF FEBRUARY 17 IN GARY, INDIANA AND WRAPS MARCH 26 IN LOS ANGELES
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Get ready for a Rock Resurrection during the winter of 2023 when two titans of the genre hit the road together.
THEORY OF A DEADMAN and SKILLET have announced the co-headlining Rock Resurrection Tour, with support from Saint Asonia, which kicks off on February 17 in Gary, Indiana and runs through March 26, wrapping in Los Angeles. The 25-date trek includes stops in Milwaukee, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, St. Louis, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, and more. Artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, November 15 with various other pre-sales available Wednesday, November 16 and Thursday, November 17, all at 10am local time. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, November 18 at 10am local time. Get tickets here and here. “We’re super stoked to be touring with our good friends in Skillet and Saint Asonia this winter,” shares Theory of a Deadman front man Tyler Connolly. “We’re also really looking forward to playing new material for our fans!!”
“We are so excited to be touring with our friends from Theory again!,” says Skillet’s John Cooper. “It’s been several years since our last tour together, and this time we are also joined by our friends in Saint Asonia. We are looking forward to kicking off 2023 the right way by joining forces for a super-charged rock show! Panheads get ready!”
SKILLET are one of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st century. The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, Pandora Billionaires Club members, and multi-platinum rockers have an undying spirit that has humbly asserted and affirmed them as one of this generation’s most successful rock acts. However, as all classic underdog stories do, it happened quietly under the radar. By 2019, they not only garnered a pair of GRAMMY® Award nods and sold over 12 million albums worldwide, but they also took home a Billboard Music Award for the double-platinum Awake. Its breakout single “Monster” is 5x platinum and remains “one of the most-streamed rock songs of all-time.” 2016’s Unleashed bowed at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. Hitting #1 on Rock Radio, the lead single “Feel Invincible” cracked 643 million global audio streams and went platinum. Meanwhile, the gold-certified Unleashed became their fourth consecutive album to receive either a gold, platinum, or double-platinum status. Their 2019 release Victorious included the top ten rock radio hit “Legendary,” which lived up to its name with over 108 million streams. To date, nine original tunes earned RIAA recognition in tandem with high-profile syncs by everyone from WWE and Marvel to ESPN and NFL. Between selling out arenas in 26 countries and four continents, the group performed on CONAN and graced the pages of USA Today and The New York Times, Skillet debuted their first graphic novel, EDEN: A Skillet Graphic Novel with Z2 Comics, which became the publisher’s best-selling book of all time, followed by EDEN II: The Aftermath. Skillet’s latest project, DOMINION, is available now.
With sky-high hooks, riffs as thick as a 2×4, rumbling grooves, and a razor-sharp sense of humor, THEORY OF A DEADMAN — Tyler Connolly [lead vocals, guitar], Dave Brenner [guitar, backing vocals], Dean Back [bass], and Joey Dandeneau [drums, backing vocals] — have quietly persisted as an unapologetic, unbreakable, and undeniable hard rock force with major multi-platinum hits and countless sold out shows in each of the past two decades. The band burst out of their small Canadian hometown with the self-titled, Theory of a Deadman, during 2002. In addition to the double-platinum breakthrough album Scars & Souvenirs [2008] and gold-certified The Truth Is… [2011], Theory have notched a procession of hits, including the gold-certified “All Or Nothing,” “Bitch Came Back,” and “Lowlife,” platinum-certified “Angel,” “Hate My Life,” and “Not Meant To Be,” double-platinum “Bad Girlfriend,” and triple-platinum “RX (Medicate).” As the biggest smash of their career thus far, the latter hit, off their 2017 album Wake Up Call, marked their third #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and garnered a nomination for “Rock Song of the Year” at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Their impressive catalogue has also logged two Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 and amassed more than 1 billion collective streams on Spotify alone and over 675 million views on their official YouTube. In 2020, the award-winning band’s seventh studio album Say Nothing, featuring the chart-topping and powerful single “History of Violence,” landed at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Albums Chart and #3 on the Rock Albums Chart. Theory of a Deadman recently returned with their anthemic and hard-hitting new single “Dinosaur” (Roadrunner Records), which is currently impacting Active Rock radio. CLICK HERE to watch a new live video of “Dinosaur” from this year’s Aftershock Festival.
SKILLET + THEORY OF A DEADMAN ON TOUR: 2/17 — Gary, IN — Hard Rock Live 2/18 — Green Bay, WI — EPIC Event Center 2/19 — East Moline, IL — The Rust Belt 2/21 — Milwaukee, WI — Eagles Ballroom Club Stage 2/22 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore 2/24 — Reading, PA — Santander Arena – Theater 2/25 — Boston, MA — Roadrunner 2/26 — Bangor, ME — Cross Insurance Center 2/28 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom** 3/1 — Rochester, NY — Main Street Armory 3/3 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theatre 3/4 — Mt. Pleasant, MI — Soaring Eagle Casino – Theatre 3/5 — Cincinnati, OH — AJB Music Center 3/7 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl** 3/8 — Pikeville, KY —Appalachian Wireless Arena 3/10 — St Louis, MO — The Factory 3/11 — Springfield, MO — Shrine Mosque 3/12 — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater 3/14 — Houston, TX — Bayou Music Center 3/15 — Dallas, TX — The Factory 3/17 — Kansas City, MO — Midland Theatre 3/18 — Omaha, NE — Baxter Arena 3/19 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom 3/21 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl** 3/22 — Phoenix, AZ — First Arizona Federal Theater 3/24 — Reno, NV — Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre 3/25 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live 3/26 — Los Angeles, CA — The Wiltern **NO SKILLET SKILLET ONLINE:
AUGUST BURNS RED ANNOUNCE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR FOR 2023
NEW ALBUM DEATH BELOW OUT MARCH 24 VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS
Grammy-nominated Lancaster five-piece AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — have a big year ahead of them in 2023.
The band will drop its new album Death Below on March 24 via SharpTone Records. Pre-order it here.
ABR have also announced its 20 Year Anniversary Tour, during which they will play material off all nine of their albums as they hit North America.
“Where does the time go?,” says Brubaker. “I can remember playing 250 shows a year and touring in our van like it was yesterday. We are so grateful to have had the support of our fans year in and year out for two decades. We thank you, and cannot wait to celebrate with you!”
The first leg of the tour kicks off on February 15 in Silver Spring, MD and runs through March 14 in Charlotte, NC. The second leg launches on April 13 in Philadelphia, PA and wraps on May 12 in Quebec in Canada. The tour marks the first time the band has played Canada since 2019.
The support acts are The Devil Wears Prada, and Scottish band Bleed From Within, who are touring the U.S. for the first time. The bands will appear on both legs of the tour.
VIP packages are on sale right now at this location and include an exclusive, 200+ page photo book that spans each year of ABR’s entire career.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 18 at 10am local time.
AUGUST BURNS RED ON TOUR: WITH THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA + BLEED FROM WITHIN: 2/15 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring 2/16 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz 2/17 — Atlanta, GA — Heaven at The Masquerade 2/18 — Orlando, FL — Heart Support Festival* 2/20 — Fort Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live 2/21 — Pensacola, FL — Vinyl Music Hall 2/23 — Houston, TX — House of Blues 2/24 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom 2/25 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center 2/27 — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee 2/28 — San Diego, CA — Soma 3/1 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues 3/2 — Sacramento, CA — Ace Of Spades 3/4 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater 3/5 — Seattle, WA — Showbox Sodo 3/7 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex 3/8 — Las Vegas, NV — House of Blues 3/10 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium 3/12 — Little Rock, AR — The Hall 3/13 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works 3/14 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte 4/13 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore Philadelphia 4/14 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square 4/15 — Albany, NY — Empire Live 4/16 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium 4/18 — Niagara Falls, NY — Rapids Theater 4/19 — Royal Oak, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre 4/21 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Intersection 4/22 — St. Louis, MO — Red Flag 4/23 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman 4/25 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom 4/26 — Omaha, NE — Slowdown 4/28 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore Minneapolis 4/29 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall 4/30 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogarts 5/2 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues 5/3 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE 5/5 — North Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues 5/6 — Richmond, VA — The National 5/7 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom 5/9 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall 5/11 — Montreal, QC — MTelus 5/12 — Quebec, QC — Theatre Capitole *Festival Date
ABOUT AUGUST BURNS RED: August Burns Red is likely the only metal act ever described as “thrillingly empathetic” (Kerrang!). It’s a testament to the ferocious band’s ability to recognize and connect with the mixture of brokenness and hope found in their audience and within themselves. A hard-working collective with a shockingly stable lineup for the vast majority of their career, August Burns Red pour every ounce of themselves into their music. Atmospheric, riff-laden, aggressive bursts of controlled chaos, filled with shifting time signatures and tempos, deliver confessional, self-reflective, and authentic emotion.
Tour stops with Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, and Bring Me the Horizon; several major international hard rock festivals (Rock Am Ring, Download, and Aftershock, to name a few); and the Vans Warped Tour are among the destinations around the world to witness ABR’s live prowess. Massive headlining treks celebrating 10-year anniversaries for Constellations and Leveler demonstrated the enduring relevance of the band’s catalog, nearly 20 years into ABR’s storied career. 2020’s Guardians debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Music, Rock Albums, and Vinyl Albums charts.
Revolver, who put the band on their cover the same year, observed August Burns Red “embrace the pain so well.” It’s a truth never more evident than on Death Below, their stunning ninth studio album. Recorded with longtime producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland, Death Below encompasses all of the pissed-off strength of the band’s past without sacrificing an ounce of catchy, melodic might. Death Below boasts guest appearances from ABR allies Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath), Jason Richardson (All That Remains), and JT Cavey (ERRA). “It’s getting difficult for the members of August Burns Red to keep one-upping themselves,” marveled Billboard shortly before Guardians arrived. With Death Below, they emerge victorious again.
February 3, 2022 – Jacksonville, FL based Rock band FORTUNE CHILD has released the sophomore single, “Slow Down.”. Showcasing their ’70s rock proficiency, the guitar driven track is off of the band’s upcoming, debut LP, Close to the Sun, which is produced by the legendary Kevin Elson (Journey, Mr. Big, Europe, and Lynyrd Skynyrd).
t’s no secret that these North Florida natives respect their Rock ‘N’ Roll elders. It’s the true feel of the 70’s (bell bottoms, mustaches and all) but with a touch of modern flair. Having just formed in 2021, Fortune Child (Christian Powers/ vocals, Buddy Crump/ lead guitar, Melanie Jo/ drums, Jon Ward/bass) has quickly garnered the support of the Southeast US Rock ‘N’ Roll scene and will continue to do so with each passing day. These cats know how to rock, and it seems that there’s no stopping them once those first notes rip through the air.
For 2022, the band has partnered with legendary rock producer Kevin Elson (Journey, Mr. Big, Europe, Lynyrd Skynyrd) to produce their full length debut album, Close to the Sun, due in early March. Their first single, “Far”, is already well on its way, having found its own rightful spot on Yahoo! News and has gathered press coverage in countries as far away as Australia and Russia. It even got a good old-fashioned thumbs up from Billy Gibbons himself and has turned the heads of some of the industry’s heaviest hitters. This sort of thing leads us all to wonder: What could come next for this brand new Rock ‘N’ Roll freight train?
FROM THE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 17 YEARS THE TIPPING POINT ARRIVING FEBRUARY 25TH
Co-written by Curt Smith and Charlton Pettus – and co-produced by Curt, Roland (Orzabal), and Charlton – the band has crafted an empowering yet groovy track, with the overarching message being to break the patriarchy. Of the song, Curt says: “It’s about a strong female — which is obvious — but it’s really about breaking the patriarchy.”
THE TIPPING POINT is one of 2022’s Most Anticipated Albums
TEARS FOR FEARS – 2022 US TOUR DATES
Friday, May 20, 2022 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
Saturday, May 21, 2022 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Dallas, TX
Friday, May 27, 2022 – Ak-Chin Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
Sunday, May 29, 2022 – Levitt Pavilion – Denver, CO
Wednesday, June 01, 2022 – Concord Pavilion – Concord, CA
Thursday, June 02, 2022 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA
Saturday, June 04, 2022 – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, June 05, 2022 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre – San Diego, CA
Thursday, June 09, 2022 – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL
Friday, June 10, 2022 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater – Tampa, FL
Sunday, June 12, 2022 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
Monday, June 13, 2022 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
Thursday, June 16, 2022 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL
Friday, June 17, 2022 – Ruoff Music Center – Indianapolis, IN
Sunday, June 19, 2022 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 – Leader Bank Pavilion – Boston, MA
Friday, June 24, 2022 – P.N.C. Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY
Receives Nods for Female Artist of the Year, Video of the Year + Music Event of the Year for “Never Wanted To Be That Girl”
Arkansas-Native Readies New Music To Be Announced Later This Year
McBryde’s Headlining Tour Continues Tonight at The Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio; This Town Talks Tour On Sale Now at AshleyMcBryde.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With multiple sold-out shows during the first leg of her 50+ dates on the This Town Talks Tour, including a milestone three-night headlining debut residency at Ryman Auditorium, Ashley McBryde continues her ascension in the format with three 2022 nominations from The Academy of Country Music, including her third nomination for Female Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Music Event of the Year for “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” her chart-climbing duet with Carly Pearce.
“What an honor to be recognized by our peers and the Academy. There’s nothing better than celebrating alongside all the powerhouse female artists in this category,” shares the three-time Female Artist of the Year nominee, “and what a treat to be nominated with my friend Carly for Video of the Year and Music Event of the Year on a song we wrote together. Thank you to the fans for listening to our stories and for sharing yours in return. These moments wouldn’t exist without you.”
In between tour dates, McBryde has been writing and recording new music to be announced later this year. Dubbed “one of the most empathetic songwriters of her generation” by NPR, the Arkansas-native has been dropping hints and sharing some behind-the-scenes photos from her time in the studio with her band Deadhorse on social media, encouraging fans to get excited for the first taste of new music in nearly two years.
As the follow-up to 2018’s breakthrough major-label debut Girl Going Nowhere, McBryde’s Never Will (Warner Music Nashville) was released to critical acclaim, earning a title early on in 2020 as one of the best albums of the year to-date by SPIN, Variety, Billboard, Paste, Esquire, Stereogum and American Songwriter, and ultimately receiving the title of Best Album from Nashville Scene’s 21st Annual Country Music Critics’ Poll.
The 11-track collection also earned a spot in the Top 20 of Rolling Stone’s all-genre “Best Albums of 2020,” celebrating the record as “this year’s most adventurous mainstream country album” while landing at No. 1 on Rolling Stone’s “Best Country and Americana Albums of 2020,” proclaiming it “re-creates the trick McBryde pulled off on her stellar debut: proving that honest-to-goodness country songs can have commercial appeal.”
“Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” McBryde’s duet with fellow nominee Pearce, continues to climb the charts at Country radio, currently in the Top 15 on the Country Aircheck chart and at No. 17 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The song was dubbed by Rolling Stone as a “spiritual descendant of Reba McEntire and Linda Davis’ classic ‘Does He Love You’” that “ditches the campy melodrama for a bracing jolt of regret and clarity,” while MusicRow sums it up with a similar sentiment: “In a word, sensational…For the love of country music, play this.”
McBryde headlined over 30 shows in 2021 along with supporting dates on Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get Tour. The This Town Talks Tour continues tonight at The Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio with Ashland Craft as support on the remaining shows. Additional dates and tickets are available at AshleyMcBryde.com.
This Town Talks Tour Dates
February 10 The Bluestone Columbus, Ohio February 11 Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, Tenn. February 12 Iron City Birmingham, Ala. February 17 The Moon Tallahassee, Fla. February 18 The Senate Columbia, S.C. February 19 Paramount Arts Center Ashland, Ky. February 24 Hoyt Sherman Place Des Moines, Iowa February 25 The Pabst Theater Milwaukee, Wis. February 26 The Clyde Theater Fort Wayne, Ind. March 24 Uptown Theater Kansas City, Mo. March 25 Surf Ballroom Clear Lake, Iowa March 26 Boondocks Springfield, Ill. April 7 JJ’s Live Fayetteville, Ark. April 8 Orpheum Theatre Wichita, Kan. April 9 The Admiral Omaha, Neb.
About Ashley McBryde Ashley McBryde cut her teeth playing country songs in rural biker bars – and it shows. Her 2018 major label debut Girl Going Nowhere (Warner Music Nashville) charmed the New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, The Washington Post, and more, all en route to landing a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album. McBryde closed out 2019 with ACM New Female Artist, CMT Breakout Artist of the Year, a New Artist of the Year win at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards and two nominations for the 2020 GRAMMYs for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “Girl Goin’ Nowhere.” Her follow-up Never Will was tagged by Rolling Stone as one of the most anticipated of the year alongside NPR, who also ranked her Top 10 RIAA Platinum-Certified single “One Night Standards” as one of the best songs of 2019. Produced once again by Jay Joyce, Never Will reveals the witty, confessional, detail-driven songwriting addressing a wide spectrum of blue-collar Southern women’s experience introduced on Girl Going Nowhere is still here, but perhaps even sharper, earning McBryde a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, making Never Will the only album nominated for Country Album of the Year by the ACMs, CMAs and the Recording Academy in the same award season. The music itself is stadium-ready rock-and-roll with a bluegrass wink or two and country music’s storytelling heart––and McBryde, no longer new, is the music’s ordained and highly capable standard bearer. Her duet with Carly Pearce, “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” continues to climb the charts at Country radio in the Top 20. McBryde’s This Town Talks Tour is currently underway with stops across the U.S. before wrapping in April 2022. For more information, visit AshleyMcBryde.com or follow her at Facebook.com/AshleyMcBryde, Instagram @AshleyMcBryde and Twitter at @AshleyMcBryde.
RIVIUM’S MATTHEW KIICHI HEAFY REVEALS LONG-AWAITED IBARAKI ALBUM RASHOMON
Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Kiichi Heafy has shared more details about his long-awaited and much-anticipated IBARAKI project.
‘Akumu’ translates to ‘nightmare’ — and with this piece, I encourage the listener to work to find their interpretations of what they feel from the lyrics, music, and the haunting visuals of the music video,” says Kiichi. “I have always been fascinated by Sagazan’s ‘Transfiguration,’ and for years, I have wanted to pay homage to his works with a performance art piece; to finally be able to immerse myself in his style was an intense experience.”
He finishes, “Having Nergal guest in this Ihsahn co-written piece allowed me to combine many of my long-time influences; and when I presented with Nergal of the challenge of translating my lyrics into Polish, it brought the song to another level.”
Last month, Ibaraki offered fans a taste and a tease of the music by sharing the video for “Tamashii No Houkai,” featuring special guest Ihsahn of Emperor fame, who is a core contributor and partner in this project.
Ibaraki were recently selected as one of the most anticipated releases of 2022 by Revolver.
ABOUT IBARAKI: IBARAKI — the name for a terrifying Japanese demon taken from feudal legend and the new project of Trivium’s Matthew Kiichi Heafy — is more than a solo record. It’s the end-result of a journey of an artist finding his voice. Its inspirations include everything from an adoration for the extremes of black metal to the exuberant storytelling of Gerard Way to the adventuresome worldliness of tragic bon viveur Anthony Bourdain. It’s a reflection of Kiichi’s multifaceted interests as well as a profound affirmation of his Japanese-American identity, and one that led him to confront one of his family’s most tragic moments. Like the artist behind it, there is much to the story of Ibaraki and it began with a timid email to one of black metal’s most revered and influential figures.
Kiichi, a fan of black metal before he even started Trivium, reached out to label reps for Ihsahn of Emperor, and the artist personally responded. He recalls, “It was so cool to get that nod and it inspired me to start checking some of his solo stuff. He’d just released his own solo record and I’d never heard anything like it — saxophones, clean singing, jazz chords. It was incredible to me. He’s this non-stop inventor. So I started writing in a totally different way.”
The exposure to Ihsahn’s solo work that would inspire the gradual craftsmanship that would eventually become Ibaraki. It was also the beginning of a friendship and creative collaboration that would eventually compel Ihsahn to take a leap of his own into a newfound role as producer on the project. While much of the material for Ibaraki was assembled over those months and years — as much a songwriting process as an exchange of ideas between friends — it wasn’t until the pandemic that the space was created and the idea could really flourish.
“It was very loose,” says Ihsahn. “We just had rough demos for a very long time because we’re arguably pretty busy people, but suddenly, everything was cancelled and we had time on our hands for the first time, so it was like, ‘OK, let’s do this.’ We never got to work in the same room; he’d track guitars and send them to me, I’d run them through my studio and send them back. It was a new way of working, but it was like he was there on the other side of the glass. Matt is a very, very positive energetic and passionate music fan — we have similar attitudes to music and open mindedness. We hit it off, and it’s been really rewarding to me.”
The creative interactions between the pair are the result of a deep trust borne of a commonality of their experience. “We both started our respective bands when we were 13,” Ihsahn says. “We got signed when we were 16. That’s young, and in essence we both found our path in life at an early age. We’ve talked a lot about that and our different experiences with that, because it’s like we know nothing else.”
While material was primarily written by Kiichi, Ihsahn engineered and produced and contributed some song structures, plus Trivium drummer Alex Bent and bassist Paolo Gregoletto and guitarist Corey Beaulieu contributed to various tracks. Ihsahn’s wife Heidi even sampled some natural sounds from the forest near their home and his entire family. Additional guests include the aforementioned Way and Behemoth’s Nergal.
Ihsahn also encouraged Kiichi to seek out new avenues for lyrical inspiration, namely his Japanese heritage. While an array of stories have been told via the tattoos on his body, such as the specific ancient Japanese story of gods, goddesses, and monsters from the Shinto religion taught to him by his mother, he began pouring the stories into lyrics.
While the rich mythology and folklore of Japan that would give IBARAKI its unique aesthetics and influences, it also provides the artist with the catalyst to contemplate his own identity and to consider how recent tragedies stateside have highlighted the need for better representation in metal.
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM REMADE IN MISERY
ALBUM OUT JUNE 3 VIA LONGTIME LABEL RISE RECORDS
BAND SHARES VIDEO FOR LATEST SINGLE “MAKE BELIEVE”
Last summer, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE — Matty Mullins (vocals), Kellen McGregor (guitar), Cory Elder (bass), and Jake Garland (drums) — dropped a series of singles, which accumulated nearly 35 million streams combined as fan excitement reached fever-pitch levels. The new material was repeatedly lauded by Revolver, SiriusXM, Loudwire, WSOU, HM, and more. Additionally, each song drop had a philanthropic element and was accompanied by a piece of charity-driven merch that was available at the band’s online store.
Today, the band has announced its seventh album Remade in Misery. The album arrives on June 3 via longtime label Rise Records.
Regarding the process of crafting the new album, Mullins says, “The last nine months have been such a refreshing journey for us. We knew that releasing singles for this long, without any news of an upcoming album, would come with challenges, but we couldn’t be happier with the outcome. We’re finally at the point of announcing the entire body of work, and I can genuinely say we are just as excited now as the day the first single dropped.”
He finishes, “Remade in Misery is undoubtedly a new season for MMF. We have truly rediscovered who we are as a band through these songs, and we can’t wait to bring them to life on upcoming tours.”
Memphis May Fire have also shared the video for the new single “Make Believe,” which finds the band flexing its creative muscles with dynamic flourishes, mechanized samples, and bludgeoning breakdowns.
“Our seventh single has arrived and it’s one of my favorite MMF tunes of all time,” shares Mullins. “‘Make Believe’ feels significantly different from the rest of the singles and it offers a whole new flavor that our fans haven’t heard from us before. The song is about enduring so much pain that you feel like you are losing your grip on reality, questioning everything you’ve ever known, and starting to wonder if life is just a simulation. Having had a lot of success with therapy in my own life, I’m a huge advocate for it and I’m excited to announce that we will be donating 100% of the proceeds from the ‘Not the Same’ tee in our merch store to The Refuge Center For Counseling in Franklin, Tennessee.”
Memphis May Fire will hit the road this spring with Dance Gavin Dance, Volumes, and Moon Tooth. All dates are below.
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ON TOUR WITH DANCE GAVIN DANCE, VOLUMES, + MOON TOOTH: 4/26 — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory 4/27 — Garden City, ID — Revolution 4/29 — Wichita, KS — Cotillion 4/30 — Omaha, NE — The Admiral 5/1 — Des Moines, IA — Val Air 5/3 — Ft. Wayne, IN — Piere’s 5/4 — Cleveland, OH — Agora 5/6 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Intersection 5/7 — Milwaukee, WI — Eagles Ballroom 5/9 — Rochester, NY — Main Street Armory 5/10 — Albany, NY — Empire Live 5/11 — Hartford, CT — Webster Theater 5/13 — Richmond, VA — The National 5/14 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz 5/15 — Columbia, SC — The Senate 5/17 — Ponte Vedra, FL — Concert Hall 5/19 — Knoxville, TN — Knoxville Auditorium 5/20 — Birmingham, AL — Sloss Furnaces ABOUT MEMPHIS MAY FIRE: Memphis May Fire have always made anthems for the broken. The four-piece rock band channels a generation’s worth of angst, frustration, and pain, with a focused blend of gigantic melodic hooks and crushing aggression. Even after topping Billboard‘s Hard Music Albums chart and breaking into radio’s Active Rock Top 20, Memphis May Fire refuse to sacrifice who they are or the people who made them. In fact, Remade in Misery, is the heaviest Memphis May Fire record yet.
A new season unfolds for the band, filled with revitalization and renewal. Stripping things down to their core elements, hearkening back to the days when they created the music their fans most cherish, Memphis May Fire rekindled the spark within to build an inferno of riffs and inspirational words.
The band confronts anxiety, violence, and polarization all over Remade in Misery, strengthened by a foundation of hope and renewal at the heart of the lyrics, which evoke the cathartic bombast of the band’s best-known songs, a return to their roots with the seasoned polish earned through years of touring and making music together.
Memphis May Fire have toured with a vast list of important rock and metal acts that include Killswitch Engage, Sleeping With Sirens, Black Veil Brides, Sevendust, and Atreyu. They’ve co-headlined with Yellowcard and The Devil Wears Prada, regularly appeared on Warped Tour, and at major rock festivals. The band’s previous six albums’ continued relevance is a testament to the energized connectivity between the band and their audience. Their catalog accounts for over 100 million views and millions of streams on fan-favorite songs. “We want people to have songs they can sit down and listen to, or play in the gym, or driving in their car, and know the world is bigger than it seems,” Mullins says. “To know they exist in a world with other people that understand that it is okay to be imperfect. That someone else knows your hurt.”
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