Current members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall and ex members of Overcast and Cannae have combined forces in the project Death Ray Visionand their debut 12 song album “We Ain’t Leavin’ Till You’re Bleedin’" is available everywhere on Bullet Tooth today! The album can be purchased at Best Buy, FYE, MerchNow, Amoeba, downloaded at iTunes, Amazon, BandCamp, Google, and streamed at Rdio, Spotify, YouTube, and LastFM.
Bad Religion is set to release a Christmas album, Christmas Songs, on October 29. Who better to help you celebrate that most wonderful time of the year than holiday favorites Bad Religion? They’ve threatened to record an album of seasonal classics for years, and now they’ve gone and done it, tackling eight chestnuts in their classic punk rock style. From “White Christmas” with its nod to pioneers The Ramones, to the glorious choirboy intro to “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” Christmas Songs is the record you need to get your holiday household’s toes tapping. Nothing says Christmas like Bad Religion.
Having completed a triumphant headline run on this summer’s Van’s Warped Tour, Chiodos have entered the recording studio this week to begin work on their forthcoming new album. The band have chosen producer David Bottrill to helm the new record which will be tracked at Dreamland Studio in Woodstock, NY.
Ohio post-hardcore rockers WOLVES AT THE GATE are pleased to announce Back To School, a digital EP of covers set to drop September 30th. The EP sees WATG paying homage and “schooling” a new generation on keystone bands such as THRICE, THURSDAY, BLINDSIDE and THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS with fresh takes on fan-favorite tracks from those artists.
Mesa rock band Authority Zero has premiered a new video for their current single, “Today We Heard The News,” at ArtistDirect.com. The track is featured on the band’s recently released album, The Tipping Point, which is available now at iTunes and from their record label Hardline Entertainment.
NOFX will be touring the States this Winter and will be joined by Masked Intruder, Off With Their Heads, Dillinger Four and more. Dates are below
11/29/13 Boston, MA House of Blues w/ The F.U.’s, Implants
11/30/13 New York City, NY Irving Plaza w/ The F.U.’s, Implants
12/01/13 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts w/ The F.U.’s, Implants
12/03/13 Chicago, IL House of Blues w/ Implants
12/04/13 Cleveland, OH House of Blues w/ Off With Their Heads, Implants
12/06/13 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore w/ Off With Their Heads, Implants
12/07/13 Charlotte, NC Fillmore w/ Off With Their Heads, Implants
12/09/13 Ft Lauderdale, FL Revolution w/ Dillinger Four, Masked Intruder, Implants
12/10/13 Orlando, FL House of Blues w/ Dillinger Four, Masked Intruder, Implants
12/12/13 Dallas , TX House of Blues w/ Dillinger Four, Masked Intruder, Implants
12/13/13 Houston, TX House of Blues w/ Dillinger Four, Implants
12/14/13 New Orleans, LA House of Blues w/ Dillinger Four, Masked Intruder, Implants
12/17/13 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues w/ Implants
12/18/13 Anaheim, CA House of Blues w/ Masked Intruder, Implants
12/19/13 San Diego, CA House of Blues w/ Implants
Tonight Alive's sophomore album “The Other Side” has suppressed the curse that comes with making a second album. The band took a slightly softer approach to this album, but the style of the band definitely shines through. Incorporating sounds of Paramore, Stars In Stereo, and even a hint of Kelly Clarkson. Tonight Alive masters the sounds of a modern pop-rock album at its core. With energetic intros, fast-paced verses and catchy, high pitched choruses, this album brings old school pop-rock back again with a twist.
The album opens up with “The Ocean” sporting a sound and style that closely resembles Paramore with a hint of Anberlin. With all of these comparisons to other bands, Tonight Alive still has their way of sticking out. Instead of mimicking the sounds of their sister bands, they comfortably blend them together in a style that doesn’t disappoint. Songs like title track, “The Other Side” and “Bathwater” show the newer, more progressive side to the band.
Tonight Alive delivers on their musical promise of keeping a unique sound in a genre where mimicry is just a layer of thin ice away. “The Other Side” has many unique qualities, but falls short in a few places. Tonight Alive seemed to follow the well trodden path of a typical album. The songs and styles themselves are unique, but the format on which the album was constructed is a bit stereotypical. The album opens with a fast paced, energetic song, followed by two more matching the pace only to get to the slower songs as the album goes on. The atmosphere of each song became predictable by the fourth track, but the songwriting and sound of the band makes up for it. Although album fluidity is vital, it can be outweighed by raw talent as shown on “The Other Side”.
The sophomore album curse is definitely still prevalent these days and it seems to draw a distinctive line between the bands that have the chops, and those that don’t. It humbles me to say that Tonight Alive has the chops and has lived up to the hype that is so often tossed around the fans of this genre. “The Other Side” stays afloat and shows a gradual and natural progression from the band’s last album. A progression that shows promise and should be embraced and supported throughout the rest of this band’s promising career.
Rating: 9/10
- Nic
Jonny Craig's upcoming album, Find What You Love And Let It Kill You, hits stores on September 24th. Tracklist is below
1) The Lives We Live
2) I Still Feel Her Pt. 5 (Ft. Kyle Lucas)
3) ( Diamond )
4) The Open Letter
5) Jesus Died For You.. Not Me
6) The Upgrade
7) The Ratchet Blackout
Emery will no longer be on Tooth and Nail Records, as they will venture out with side project Matt and Toby, as well as other artists (TBA) to establish the label, Bad Christian Music. A statement from the band can be found below
Like Charles Barkley said, “I am [We] are not role models.” We (Emery) are messed up guys who play music.
As a band, we have always strived for transparency and honesty. While this has made for good music and lyrics, it has also brought forth much controversy. We have purposely steered our music careers away from churches in favor of playing in what Christians call “secular bars and clubs”—what we call “normal places.” Yet we have always and will continue to sing about our lives and who we really are. So naturally our lyrics will include Jesus. This pursuit of being real has resulted in a lot of anger from those that see us as squandering our platform of positive influence and from those that simply want us to stop talking about all this “religious bullshit,” as they put it.
In short, a common theme and belief of ours is that the pursuit of being a “good Christian” is a flawed goal, as it circumvents and distracts the pursuit of Jesus Christ himself. We liken the pursuit of being a “good Christian” to what the Bible would label as being a good Pharisee. We prefer to label followers of Jesus as Bad Christians who fortunately have a Great Savior. We also believe that Jesus grows, changes, and makes people better. As Jesus pursues change in our hearts, our most effective response is BEING HONEST and transparent with our weaknesses and struggles. Through Bad Christian, this is what we intend to personally do—and encourage others to do the same.
We will continue to be ourselves while we also entertain, love, and serve others through our music. Our plans are to continually branch out from there.
We strongly desire to share the perspectives and experiences that we’ve acquired while traveling hundreds of days each year for over ten years. In those ten years, there has been an amazing shift in music culture and we’ve been fortunate to have seen up close and been a part of this shift. One of the many changes from this shift has been an increase in music fans’ openness to Christians and Christian artists. And as a result, Jesus. This has occurred because of bands’ willingness to actually get involved with the culture at large and authentically build relationships with people who don’t believe the same.
We believe this change can certainly extend beyond the music scene to alter spheres of culture around the whole world. Yes, we believe that we can change the world. Our use of the word, “we,” means all of our supporters, fans, and readers, not just Matt, Toby, and Joey.
On October 22, 2013, MOTÖRHEAD will deliver their 21st studio album, an enormous and prophetic Aftershock. Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, it is a true leveler, a crushing confirmation of everything MOTÖRHEAD stands for, marching from the dust storm to deliver 14 belting statements which see MOTÖRHEAD in perhaps their best writing form for years. There’s swagger, there’s punch, there’s speed and there’s dirty filthy grooves, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee showing clearly that MOTÖRHEAD is not simply a band, it’s a genre! Album art and tracklisting are below
Heartbreaker
Coup de Grace
Lost Woman Blues
End Of Time
Do You Believe
Death Machine
Dust And Glass
Going To Mexico
Silence When You Speak To Me
Crying Shame
Queen Of The Damned
Knife
Keep Your Powder Dry
Paralyzed
