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CAVO ANNOUNCES SPECIAL HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News with tags CAVO, music, The Rock Tribune, TheRockTribune.com, Thick as Thieves on November 17, 2011 by Randy

Band Offers Exclusive Digital EP on Cavomusic.com

New York, NY – St. Louis rockers Cavo have announced a series of special holiday shows set to take place in December. The shows are all in conjunction with local rock stations in the Midwest. Hot off the heels of a recent radio promo tour, the band is eager to get out and play some new tunes from their upcoming album Thick as Thieves.The album’s lead single and title track continues to gain momentum at active rock radio, pushing in to the Top 30 this week. In addition to climbing the charts, “Thick As Thieves” has been steadily winning head-to-head battles on radio station’s websites, beating out bands such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters.

“We’ve been itching to get out and play the new stuff for the fans,” commented Cavo singer Casey Walker. “These select few shows close to home are a great way for us to get in game shape in anticipation of a nationwide tour in early 2012!”

Tour dates are as follows:

12/6 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO KPNT Ho Ho Show

12/7 Voodoo Lounge@ Harrah’s, Kansas City, MO KQRC Harley Party

12/9 Val Air Ballroom, Des Moines, IA KAZR Not So Silent Night

12/10 Twisted Spoke Saloon, Tremont, IL WIXO Nutcracker Hangover

Cavo has also launched their official music webstore at http://www.myplaydirect.com/cavo. Fans can preorder the upcoming full-length album, Thick as Thieves (Feb, 2012), and receive an instant download of the limited edition EP, Sounds From the Hollow, which features select tracks from the upcoming album as well as two bonus tracks produced by James Michael, unavailable elsewhere.

Sounds From the Hollow track listing:

Thick As Thieves

Live Without It (Bonus)

Hold Your Ground

Identity (Bonus)

Thick As Thieves (Acoustic)

The new Cavo EPK saw its premiere on Monday (11/14) on AlternativeAddiction.com http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/2308/Casey-Walker-Talks-About-the-Cavo-Follow-Up. The storyline traces Cavo’s evolution over the past few years, and also features an Alternative Addiction exclusive interview with singer Casey Walker.

Cavo experienced an incredible measure of success with its debut, 2009’s Bright Nights Dark Days, which yielded the No. 1 hit “Champagne.” The band’s rise to the top of the charts and subsequent touring nearly tore them apart, leaving their relationships with each other and as a unit in shreds. After a brief break and careful examination of their friendships and motives, Cavo decided to soldier on together. Thick as Thieves is the band’s testament to their bond that was once broken and has now been rebuilt and even strengthened. The title track and first single showcases front man Casey Walker’s soaring vocals with a message furthering the notion that things are tighter than ever in the Cavo ranks.

Formed in St. Louis in 2002, Cavo is Chris Hobbs (guitar), Chad LaRoy (drums), Brian Smith (bass) and Casey Walker (vocals). The band’s last album, Bright Nights Dark Days, was released on Reprise Records in 2009 and sold over 120,00 albums and over 450,000 singles. Cavo has toured with Daughtry, Shinedown, Lifehouse, and Puddle of Mudd among others.

CYPHERSEER CHECKS IN FROM THE STUDIO

Posted in All Metal, New Music, News with tags CYPHERSEER, Martin Brändström, metal, music, The Rock Tribune, TheRockTribune.com on November 17, 2011 by Randy

CypherSeer are currently in the studio working on their follow up to their last release “Origins”. Guitarist Sergio Ribiero has checked in with an update on the bands progress:

First order of business- CypherSeer would like to announce that for the next record, Martin Brändström from the band Dark Tranquillity, will be laying down all the keyboard work. After months searching and speaking with some of the industry’s best and most respected keyboardists, Martin just absolutely blew us away with his ideas and playing. We felt an immediate connection and we felt his keyboard style would fit our music the best, since we are aiming for a more updated overall sound on the up-coming record.

Speaking of our new record…We are currently recording demos to be shipped out for editing, and soon after that, the actual recording will begin. As of right now the projected date for the start of recording is mid January. In terms of the actual songs, we feel that we are getting ever-closer to the sound that defines CypherSeer. We were very meticulous and made sure all the songs were to their absolute potential before we started demoing them. In comparison to “Origins”, the new songs are darker, heavier and took an overall ominous direction, which is something absolutely new to us, but at the same time it felt very organic when we were in the writing process. Nothing was forced and we tried to do away with as much “filler” as possible. Also in this next album, we conclude the “Haunted Saga” story, with 3 more songs. The story ends in a dramatic, epic battle that makes one think if such thing is possible – no lack of creativity here.

CypherSeer will be playing a few shows in between the recording – Jan 6th at Kaza Rock in Newark NJ (other bands in the bill tbd) and on Jan 11 at The Gramercy Theater in NYC with legendary metal band Sanctuary.

We also have setup an online store – CypherSeer.bigcartel.com – selling all our t-shirts. More merchandise to be added soon.

CypherSeer’s latest release “Origins” is available for purchase HERE.

The vision, sound, and drive are completely in sync, as a new era begins…

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RIOT :::: NEW SONG STREAMING

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News with tags Be(lie)ve, Immortal Soul, metal, music, RIOT, The Rock Tribune, TheRockTribune.com on November 15, 2011 by Randy

The wait is nearly over! Legendary US metal outfit RIOT are releasing their hugely anticipated fourteenth album ‘Immortal Soul’ in North America via SPV/Steamhammer this coming Tuesday November 22^nd.

Examiner.com is hosting an exclusive premiere of another new track from ‘Immortal Soul’. Check out the track “Believe”. Get an exclusive first listen HERE, courtesy of Examiner.com
The band has created a promo video, featuring a song from the album: “Wings Are for Angels”: http://www.youtube.com/user/officialriotnycTV#p/a/u/1/GuoD3Bzpnr4
This was released earlier this year for a Japanese Tsunami relief album by Avalon/Marquee, and it earned massive positive feedback already. The album “Immortal Soul” was released last week by Avalon/Marquee in Japan and it received #2 in the most prestigious magazine BURRN! Right behind the highly anticipated new Chickenfoot album.

“Wow, this is quite an achievement” comments Tony Moore. Chickenfoot is an all star band and gets hyped across the world. And we are next in line? This is awesome! Thank you Japan, we sure want to be out there as soon as possible in 2012.

Tony Moore, who is still recovering from an oral surgery, adds: “We are really happy about all that positive feedback for Immortal Soul, but equally for the fact that RIOT is back. Journalists all over the world give us the highest marks and speak about this album very highly. We have interviews on a daily basis and I believe every magazine on this planet has a RIOT story in their current / next issue.”

Right now RIOT is about to confirmed a few US shows in early 2012- dates and venues to be revealed soon – and are looking forward to play the 70,000 tons of Metal Cruise in January. More info on www.70000tons.com .

Decibel Magazine’s “Deciblog” is streaming the track “Still Your Man” at http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-riot-still-your-man/

Noisecreep is also streaming a track entitled “Sins of the Father” HERE

‘Immortal Soul’ is available for pre-order HERE

For more info go to:

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THEATRE BREAKS LOOSE STREAMS NEW EP STRANGER PLACES, GREATER THINGS TODAY FOR AOL LISTENING PARTY

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News with tags music, Stranger Places Greater Things, The Rock Tribune, THEATRE BREAKS LOOSE, TheRockTribune.com on November 14, 2011 by Randy

Oklahoma’s favorite pop rock sons THEATRE BREAKS LOOSE want you to join the party! Stranger Places, Greater Things, the band’s breakthrough EP releasing tomorrow, is a featured listen at AOL’s Listening Party. Drawing comparisons to such heavy hitters as Acceptance, The Almost and Cute is What We Aim For, THEATRE BREAKS LOOSE is a band with heart and the chops to back it up.

“Stranger Places, Greater Things, Theatre Breaks Loose newest EP, has all of the elements you would expect from a pop punk outfit; driving beats, chorus-like bridges, melodic keyboard and emotional lyrics. Yet somehow, Theatre Breaks Loose makes the sometimes redundant pop punk genre interesting by experimenting with trade-off vocals, multiplying melodies, and a complimenting yet not overbearing accompaniment.” –Hopecore.com Magazine

Check out AOL’s Listening Party for Stranger Places, Greater Things HERE

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