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FLYLEAF MULTI-PLATIMNUM ALTERNATIVE ROCK GROUP SIGN WITH LOUD & PROUD RECORDS

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases with tags City Kids, flyleaf, Fon Gilmore, Kristen May, loud and proud records, New Album on May 29, 2014 by Randy

FLYLEAF, the five-piece, multi-platinum alternative band from Texas, has officially signed with Loud & Proud Records.

Currently in the studio in Los Angeles with producer Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine, Avril Lavigne), the group–KRISTEN MAY (vocals), SAMEER BHATACHARYA (guitars), JARED HARTMANN (guitars), PAT SEALS (bass), JAMES CULPEPPER (drums)–will release their fourth full length studio album in September.

“We are inspired by Flyleaf’s new music and equally inspired by the band members’ character and conviction,” says Tom Lipsky, Owner and President of Loud & Proud Records. “We have confidence in their future and are excited that they have placed their trust in Loud & Proud to be their global label partner.”

“Flyleaf is privileged and thankful to be joining forces with Loud & Proud,” explains guitarist SAMEER BHATACHARYA. “There is something very special in this new Flyleaf album that resonates in our hearts. We’re excited for the new release and our upcoming tours starting this fall.”

“Flyleaf has been blessed to have crossed paths with Loud & Proud,” adds bassist PAT SEALS. “We are thrilled to be releasing our new record with such a progressive label that seeks to serve the music.”

“I’m so happy to be partners with Loud and Proud, this will be a good team for us,” adds vocalist KRISTEN MAY. Loud and Proud gives us the freedom creatively to grow and stay true to who we are while having the support of an inspired team, we can’t wait for the journey ahead.”

In early 2014 the group began a Pledge Music.com campaign for their new album with producer Don Gilmore; by February 2, 2014 the album was fully funded. Fans can visit www.pledgemusic.com/projects/flyleaf to pre-order the new album and find VIP packages for the forthcoming fall tour. The band will release their first single in July and look to tour in early fall to support the release of the new album.

Early song titles include:

“Set Me On Fire”
“Magnetic”
“City Kids”
“Marionette”
“Thread”
“Well of Lies”

Watch the “City Kids” live video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouarzpnBWU

FLYLEAF has consistently dominated the Active, Alternative and Mainstream rock charts throughout their career. They released the eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005 which went platinum and spawned the singles “I’m So Sick,” “Fully Alive,” and the smash “All Around Me,” which sold over one million digital downloads, was a Top 20 hit at Top 40 radio and won the BMI Pop Award. Their second album Memento Mori was released in late 2009 and debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard charts, featuring the singles “Again” and “Missing.” Their third album New Horizons was released in late 2012 and marked the addition of lead vocalist KRISTEN MAY and the departure of Lacey Sturm. After months of touring the world with the new line-up, FLYLEAF released a new EP Who We Are in 2013 which featured the song “Something Better” with P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval on vocals. They’ve shared the stage with Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour, Evanescence and many more. Conscious of constantly giving back, they played special shows for American troops stationed in Afghanistan as well as Okinawa, Japan.

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https://www.facebook.com/flyleafmusic

https://twitter.com/flyleafmusic

http://www.loudandproudrecords.com

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COMEBACK KID RELEASES DIE KNOWING TODAY

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases, Shows with tags Comeback Kid, counterparts, Die Knowing, Hardcore, Should Know Better, tour dates on March 6, 2014 by Randy

COMEBACK KID’s fourth studio album on Victory Records and first album in over three years, Die Knowing, has been lauded as the band’s best work since their Victory debut, Wake The Dead.
Get a taste of Die Knowing by watching the video for “Should Know Better”.
CD and vinyl versions of Die Knowing and exclusive COMEBACK KID merchandise are now available exclusively through VictoryMerch.com. You can find Die Knowing at Best Buy, FYE, and your favorite independent retailers. You can also download the album at iTunes or AmazonMP3.

“Die Knowing showcases a band understanding its importance in the hardcore community. Comeback Kid has unleashed its heaviest, most devastating release yet.” (Absolute Punk)
For Additional Information on COMEBACK KID: http://www.victoryrecords.com/comebackkid https://www.facebook.com/Comeback.Kid “Should Know Better” Music Video Tour Dates: w/ Backtrack, Downpresser, Xibalba Mar 04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Mar 05 – Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem Mar 06 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth Mar 07 – Lake Worth, FL @ The Speakeasy Lounge Mar 08 – Jacksonville, FL @ Atticus Bar Mar 09 – Birmingham, AL @ The Forge Mar 10 – Tupelo, MS @ Goodtime Charlie’s Mar 12 – Mission, TX @ Las Palmas Race Park Mar 15 – Houston, TX @ Walter’s on Washington Mar 16 – Grand Prairie, TX @ QuikTrip Park (South By So What?!) Mar 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock Mar 20 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction Mar 21 – Lancaster, CA @ Industry Theater Mar 22 – Oakland, CA @ The Oakland Metro Mar 23 – Ventura, VA @ Rock City Studios w/ Xibalba, The Greenery, Malevolence Mar 28 – Oberhausen, DE @ Resonanzwerk Mar 29 – Hamburg, DE @ Headcrash Mar 30 – Copenhagen, DK @ Beta Mar 31 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee Apr 02 – Helsinki, FI @ The Circus Apr 04 – Motala, SE @ Kulturakademin Apr 05 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia Apr 06 – Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island Apr 07 – Ostrava, CZ @ Barrak Apr 08 – Budapest, HU @ Duer Kert Apr 09 – Graz, AT @ Explosiv Apr 10 – Roncade, IT @ New Age Apr 11 – Ljubljana, SI @ Kino Siska Apr 12 – Will, CH @ Remise Apr 13 – Saarbrucken, DE @ The Garage Apr 14 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach Apr 15 – Glasgow, UK @ Classic Grand Apr 16 – Manchester, UK @ Sound Control Apr 17 – London, UK @ Underworld Apr 18 – Brighton, UK @ Audio Apr 19 – Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo Apr 20 – Hannover, DE @ Chez Heinz w/ COUNTERPARTS, Backtrack, The Greenery, Alpha & Omega May 01 – Jonquire, QC @ Le Klube** May 02 – Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Woodstock* May 03 – Quebec City, QC @ Chez Dagobert* May 04 – Gatineau, QC @ Legion Royale Canadienne* (Heart Fest) May 06 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa* May 07 – St Catherines, ON @ Coco Cabana Nightclub May 08 – Hamilton, ON @ Club Absinthe May 09 – Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club May 10 – London, ON @ London Music Hall (Rum Runners) May 14 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre May 15 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange May 16 – Calgary, AB @ The Gateway May 17 – Edmonton, AB @ Bonnie Doon Hall May 20 – Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jacks May 21 – Kelowna, BC @ Level Nightclub May 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Tom Lee Music Hall ** without COUNTERPARTS and Backtrack *without COUNTERPARTS

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MISS MAY I Releases Official Music Video for New Single ‘Gone’

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Uncategorized with tags At Heart, For the Fallen Dreams, metal, metalcore, Miss May I, Monument, New Album, new music, Revolver Golden Gods, Rise of the Lion, Rock on the Range, Up close and personal tour. on February 28, 2014 by Randy

New Album ‘Rise Of The Lion’ Drops in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records – Pre Order Today via www.MMIRiseOfTheLion.com

Upcoming “Up Close And Personal” Headline Tour Hits the U.S. East Coast in April/May 2014 with For The Fallen Dreams – Ticket Price Includes a Hard Copy CD!

MISS MAY I’s blistering new offering, Rise Of The Lion, is set to hit stores in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records (April 28 in the UK, April 25 in Australia). This is MISS MAY I’s fourth album and the first to be produced by the legendary Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones, White Zombie, Bring Me The Horizon). The countless fan letters the band has received over the years are the inspiration for the tracks on Rise Of The Lion, and each track is written from the perspective of those fans or responses to them.

Today, the band slams out of the gate with a double dose of metal, offering up their brand new single ‘Gone’ along with its accompanying music video via the official Rise Of The Lion launch site, www.MMIRiseOfTheLion.com. Take a listen now and while visiting the site, check out the band’s three studio updates, as well as tour date information. Beginning today at the site, you can pre-order the album in digital, physical CD, and vinyl versions, as well as special pre-order packages including exclusive Rise Of The Lion shirts, necklaces, posters, and more!

“We wanted to release a video that showed the true bare bones of our band,” states frontman Levi Benton. “We really found ourselves on this new record and we felt we needed a video that had no bells and whistles and was just five guys jamming and thrashing. It also shows the creation of the album artwork, which is a real statement about MISS MAY I. The lion logo that is being tattooed represents our band as a whole.”

Levi adds, “‘Gone’ is about heartbreak and feeling like you are lost within that heartbreak. We know everyone has felt this, so as this record being letters back to our fans we wanted to address this. One too many times I have read a letter about someone feeling so broken they felt they felt like they couldn’t make it and that our music helped them find a way. This song is for them!”

The worldwide release of Rise Of The Lion will be supported by a brief headline tour of the United States this April and May, with support from For The Fallen Dreams. MISS MAY I’s “Up Close and Personal” Tour will stop in eight cities, including a closer in their home state of Ohio at Rock On The Range. Get this – each ticket price includes a copy of Rise Of The Lion hard copy CD!

MISS MAY I U.S. Tour Dates:

4/29 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen

4/30 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme

5/1 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom

5/2 Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose

5/3 New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall

5/4 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar

5/6 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary

5/18 Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range

After the resounding underground success of their debut full-length release Monument, MISS MAY I took a step beyond the metalcore world they had grown up in with the release of their album At Heart in 2012. The record, produced by renowned record producer Machine (Lamb Of God), proved to be one of the strongest and most surprising metal records of the last few years, spawning huge singles in the songs ‘Hey Mister’ and ‘Day By Day’. Entering the Billboard Top 200 charts in its first week at #32, At Heart saw the band embrace a more mainstream metal approach to their music. During their 2012 Vans Warped Tour main stage onslaught, the At Heart campaign made massive leaps, seeing MISS MAY I nominated for ‘Best New Talent’ award at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, as well as headlining the Alternative Press 2012 Tour, and picking up support at Active Rock Radio for the first time. On the live side, the band was hand-picked for tours with the likes of Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage and Bullet For My Valentine.

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SPARTAN RECORDS SIGNS NORWEGIAN HARDCORE BAND BARREN WOMB;

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases with tags Barren Womb, Hardcore, Kill Hicks, Norwegian, Norwegian Hardcore, Spartan Records, The sun's not yellow it's chicken on February 14, 2014 by Randy

Stream Barren Womb’s Hard Hitting New Track “Kill Hicks” Today At BrooklynVegan.com

Seattle based indie label Spartan Records is proud to announce the signing of Norwegian hardcore band Barren Womb and the upcoming release of their debut full-length album, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken, onMarch 11th . The record will be available digitally and on limited edition vinyl, which can be pre-ordered now athttp://spr.tn/barrenwomb.

In anticipation for the upcoming release, BrooklynVegan.com has premiered the first new track, “Kill Hicks,” today. Stream it now at http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/01/norwegian_hardc.html.

“”Kill Hicks” was one of the last songs we finished up for the record, and it came together fast,” says guitarist/vocalist Tony Gonzahl. “We had this kind of bluegrass influenced riff kicking about for a little while, but hadn’t really had the chance to do much with it. Then one day we started jamming and that riff came up. A couple of hours later we had the song pretty much done. Although there is a lot of beauty to humanity, I feel that right now the negative far outweighs the positive. This is not a holier-than-thou attitude, I most definitely see myself as part of the problem. Lyrically Kill Hicks deals with apathy and the bleak future ahead of us if we continue on this path.”

Formed late 2011 in Trondheim, Norway, the duo, featuring Gonzahl and Timo Silvola (drums), blends hardcore punk with elements of black metal, rock ‘n’ roll, and country to create a nasty swill all of their own, while recalling some of the greats before them like Refused, Turbonegro, The Bronx, Drive Like Jehu and The Hives. Sometimes it’s fast and intense, other times slow and pulsating. Seldom however is it quite like anything heard before, always keeping somewhat to the left of the beaten path.

After a handful of successful singles and EP’s, the Norwegian noise mongers are now set to unleash their first full length, entitled The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken, with their new label Spartan Records.

“We went to the top of the world to find our newest band and we couldn’t be more excited about releasing the debut full-length album from the Norway’s Barren Womb,” says Spartan Records’ label head John Frazier. As only a duo, they have written one of the most interesting heavy records of the year – a record that is diverse from beginning to end and ripe with some strong commentary about the current state of our world. We can’t wait for people to hear the record on March 11th!

From the first jangly chords of the opener “Kill Hicks,” The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken quickly becomes apparent how much the band has grown since their previous efforts. The dynamics are broader, the songwriting more focused and the sound is heavier – all topped off with the bleakest lyrics they’ve written to date.

Recorded by Ole Spangrud of Mørkemakt at Better Than Your Fucking Studio Studios and mixed by the band themselves, The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken features 13 blisteringly honest noise punk ditties, all set in the key of apocalypse. Look for it at digital outlets and on limited edition vinyl on March 11th on Seattle’s Spartan Records.

Follow Barren Womb now at https://www.facebook.com/barrenwomb for additional news and updates.

The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken Track Listing:

1. Kill Hicks

2. Will you be God’s art or Satan’s graffiti?

3. Evil prevails

4. Only Rain Man doesn’t change

5. Nábrók

6. Obi-Wan Chernobyl

7. From robot jobs to robot homes

8. Live fast, die.

9. Bong Aqua

10. Zombies never go out of style