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THIRD ANNUAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK UPROAR FESTIVAL

Posted in All Metal, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2012 by Randy

Check back Monday, September 3rd, for The Rock Tribune’s full coverage!

The third annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will kick off August 17 in Kansas City, MO, criss-crossing the U.S. before wrapping September 30 in Albuquerque, NM. Please see below for the current tour dates, cities and venues.

Tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, June 15 and are affordably priced between $15 and $75 (plus fees). Go to www.RockstarUPROAR.com for full details and to purchase tickets. In addition, exclusive Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival meet & greet and VIP packages will be available.

Also, visit www.RockstarUPROAR.com/UPROARTV to see a new video clip of some of this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival bands announcing this year’s tour dates and talking about what to expect at the shows.

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival main stage will feature performances from multiplatinum rock bands Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind and Papa Roach, along with breaking band Adelitas Way. In addition, the Ernie Ball Stage and Jägermeister Stage in the festival area will include performances from multiplatinum headliner P.O.D., as well as up-and-coming artists Deuce, Fozzy, Redlight King, Mindset Evolution (winner of the 2011 UPROAR Battle Of The Bands), In This Moment, Thousand Foot Krutch, Candlelight Red and a local Battle Of The Bands winner.

***UPDATE***

Papa Roach has been forced to withdraw from the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix has been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal cord, and at the advice of his physician he will undergo corrective surgery to remove the nodule and prevent further damage.

“It’s no secret that I’ve been having issues with my voice lately. I was hoping to be able to go out there and kill it on this tour by resting and doing vocal exercises, but my voice has just gone out on me. I hate to let our fans down, but unfortunately surgery is the only way to fix it,” Shaddix said. “The last thing we want to do is give our fans less than 100% every night. We know they’ll understand and we’ll be back better than ever.”

“It was amazing having Papa Roach on the road with us for the first few UPROAR shows. We’re disappointed that they can’t continue for the rest of the tour, but Jacoby’s health is the priority and we wish him a speedy recovery,” says Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival co-producer John Oakes.

Beginning Friday, August 24, the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival main stage schedule will be adjusted to allow longer performances from Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind and Adelitas Way.

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Look for details about the 2012 Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands powered by Imagen Records to be announced next week, and go to www.RockstarUPROAR.com/battleofthebands for more info.

The current Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival tour dates are as follows:

*Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show

**Fozzy and Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show

◊In This Moment will not be performing at this show

†In This Moment and Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show

‡Fozzy, Redlight King and In This Moment will not be performing at this show

Date Market Venue
Fri. 8/17 Kansas City, MO Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone *
Sat. 8/18 Little Rock, AR Arkansas State Fairgrounds (KDJE Radio Show) *
Sun. 8/19 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre **
Tue. 8/21 Grand Rapids, MI Rock The Rapids (downtown)main stage bands only
Wed. 8/22 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *
Fri. 8/24 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center *
Sat. 8/25 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair *
Sun. 8/26 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center *
Tue. 8/28 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain *
Wed. 8/29 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center **
Fri. 8/31 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion *
Sat. 9/1 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center *
Sun. 9/2 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live *
Wed. 9/5 Simpsonville, SC Charter Amphitheatre at Heritage Park *
Fri. 9/7 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre ◊
Sat. 9/8 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center †
Sun. 9/9 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center ◊
Tue. 9/11 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek ◊
Wed. 9/12 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood ◊
Thu. 9/13 Tampa, FL 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre ◊
Sat. 9/15 Houston, TX Woodlands Pavilion †
Sun. 9/16 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion ◊
Tue. 9/18 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheater ‡
Wed. 9/19 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre ◊
Fri. 9/21 Spokane, WA Greyhound Park and Events Center ◊
Sat. 9/22 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre ◊
Sun. 9/23 Portland, OR Sleep Country Amphitheater ◊
Tue. 9/25 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater ◊
Sat. 9/29 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion †
Sun. 9/30 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion †

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will entertain fans for a full afternoon and evening, with performances from the hottest rock bands, along with a concourse midway featuring band autograph signings, vendors and other activities.

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is proud to continue its alliance with Child Find of America, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and resolution of child abduction. In addition, the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival has joined forces with MusiCares®, a nonprofit health and human service organization established in 1989 by The Recording Academy® that helps members of the music industry in times of financial, medical and personal hardship. Various fundraising and awareness campaigns will be implemented to support these two charities. More information can be found at www.RockstarUPROAR.com/causes.

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is made possible through the support of sponsors including Rockstar Energy Drink, Ernie Ball, Jägermeister, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army, Imagen Records, Truth, Lunarpages, Matador Beef Jerky, Schecter Guitars, South Surf, Slurpee, and Zippo Lighters.

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DAYBREAK EMBRACE’S “TOMORROW AWAITS” OUT NOW

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases, Videos with tags , , , , , , , on August 23, 2012 by Randy

DAYBREAK EMBRACE quick bio:

With over ten years experience playing in the south Florida rock scene, the members of DAYBREAK EMBRACE are no strangers to pleasing crowds with their edgy brand of soulful hard rock.  Pulling influences from multiple genres, D.E. strives to make music that showcases meaningful lyrics against a musical backdrop of raw energy.

Having released their debut EP, Tomorrow Awaits, in 2012, DAYBREAK EMBRACE has now set their sights on touring and bringing their creative blend of aggression and soul to the masses.

DAYBREAKEMBRACE.COM

FACEBOOK.COM/DAYBREAKEMBRACE

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SUNFLOWER DEAD: Self-Titled Album Hits Stores Today

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2012 by Randy

SUNFLOWER DEAD is sharing their entire new album with the world in celebration of its release today! The band’s new self-titled album is currently streaming in its entirety at Shockya.com. Head to this location to listen to the album now! You can buy the album now at iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic and PureTracks.

The band and GuitarWorld.com have teamed up to post an exclusive ‘Make Me Drown’ guitar solo tutorial video. Listen to the track now and learn the solo at this location. ‘Make Me Drown’ appears on the bands new self-titled release.

SUNFLOWER DEAD consists of Jaime Teissere (guitar, formerly of Droid), Michael Del Pizzo (vocals, piano, accordion), Jaboo (guitar) formerly of Two Hit Creeper, Luis Gascon (bass) touring member of Buckethead, and Jimmy Schultz (drums) touring drummer of In This Moment. The band formed with a goal of creating an undeniable unit that would not just move but more importantly, entertain people.

After forming, the group went into Temple Studios (owned by Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory and B Real of Cyrpress Hill) with Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) to produce their 11- track self-titled debut record, set to release on August 21, 2012 with Bloody Bat Records LLC.  Co-produced and mixed by Jeremy Blair (Guns N’ Roses, DevilDriver) at Temple and House of Blues Studios, and mastered by Robert Hadley (Korn) at The Mastering Lab, the album has a tight, punchy sound with crushing low end and ultra wide sonics.

For more information on SUNFLOWER DEAD, please visit these websites:

www.sunflowerdead.com

www.facebook.com/sunflowerdead

www.twitter.com/SUNFLOWERDEAD

www.reverbnation.com/sunflowerdead

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Hyro Da Hero: The Rock Tribune Interview

Posted in 2012 Interviews, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Reviews with tags , , , , , , on August 13, 2012 by Randy
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Song Credits:  Man In My City, Hyro Da Hero, 2012 Stereo Bang Media

We Still Popular, Hyro Da Hero, 2012 Stereo Bang Media

Check out TRT’s quick review here.

Hyro’s Bio from  www.hyrodahero.com :

Seasons come and go. Trends pop and deflate. Careers rise and fall. Genres of music live and die. Once in awhile, an artist steps up who doesn’t quite follow the cycle. He doesn’t pay heed to “What’s cool.” He doesn’t give a shit about “Who’s hot.” He doesn’t follow the zeitgeist but, rather, the zeitgeist follows him.

Hyro Da Hero is about to flip rap upside down, inside out and all around.

Hyro Da Hero spins his own cycle of hip hop on his debut album Birth, School, Work, Death. Hyro loads rock ‘n’ roll attitude into explosive, engaging and enthralling rap music. With the crunch of a power chord and the snap of a rhyme, the Houston-bred Los Angeles-based MC spits pure fire. Produced by Ross Robinson—the man behind Korn, Slipknot and At the Drive-in’s legendary debuts—Birth, School, Work, Death sounds like Nas fronting Rage Against the Machine.

Hyro’s band—Daniel Anderson [guitar, Idiot Pilot], Paul Hinojos [bass, At The Drive-In/Sparta/The Mars Volta] and Blood Brothers’ Cody Votolato [guitar] and Mark Gajadhar [drums]—certainly have the pedigree to pummel as well. Guttural riffs feed into razor-sharp rhymes, building a sound that’s as introspective as it is infectious. Hyro da Hero fires off one aural grenade after another whether it’s violent punk-funk vibrancy of “Sleeping Giants” or the sugary bitch-slap of “We Still Popular.” Across the album, Hyro experiments with a myriad of styles from the psyched-out pop of “Man in My City” to his call-to-arms, “Grudge,” where he proudly declares, “I ain’t Lil Wayne.”

This is hip hop like you’ve never heard.

About his enigmatic sound, Hyro comments, “I always look to the underground. That’s where the honesty comes from. Genuine rap and rock go hand-in-hand, but no one has done it like this. It’s raw, and it’s real.”

That raw and real soul hypercharges “Section 8,” which breaks into a cathartic freakout that’s beautifully unsettling. In the same breath, Hyro can spit out witty and righteously brilliant observations of popular culture on “We Still Popular,” featuring Tony Royster Jr. [Jay-Z] behind the drum kit. After a “Sweet Child O’ Mine”-style guitar lead, Hyro examines everything wrong with Hollywood. He delves into the song revealing, “That’s about how easy it is to get fame these days, but it’s all bullshit. The Kim Kardashian’s and Lindsay Lohan’s all fall down eventually, but it’s sad that this is our pop culture. I’m happy to be regular, but I’m going to speak my mind.”

However, Hyro is far from regular. He’s been dazzling the hip hop and rock fans alike with his independently released mixtapes Gangsta Rock [2007], Rock N’ Roll Gangsta [2008] and Belo Horizonte [2009]. Those mixtapes have been downloaded in excess of 100,000 times, and Hyro received glowing acclaim from tastemakers such as Alternative Press, My Old Kentucky Blog, ARTISTdirect.com, Blabbermouth.net, AbsolutePunk.net and many more. However, there’s nothing quite like seeing Hyro live. He’s rocked stages worldwide with 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, Deftones, Staind, Halestorm, Hatebreed and countless other rock and rap acts. He adds, “It all really goes down on stage. You need to hear and see this live.”

Hyro’s proper debut, Birth, School, Work, Death taps into something that’s been missing in rock and rap. “Ross Robinson pulled a lot out me. He pushed me to the edge, and I was able to realize everything I’d always dreamed my music would sound like with his help. It got intense, but it was all worth it, and I’ve got a record that’s going to knock the world on its ass.”

In the end, Hyro screams for revolution on “Beam Me Up,” and it’s a fitting declaration. This is time to break the cycle. This is time for Hyro Da Hero. — Rick Florino (Dolor, Author), October 2010

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