Rock On The Range announces full 3 day line-up for 2013!

   America’s premier destination rock festival Rock On The Range--which has expanded to three days this year--will hit hard with performances from some of rock’s biggest names. The 2013 line-up features Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, Bush, Stone Sour, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Cheap Trick, Bullet For My Valentine, Volbeat, Lamb Of God, Skillet, A Day To Remember, Buckcherry, Halestorm, Hollywood Undead, All That Remains, Device (with David Draiman), Steel Panther, Sevendust, Sick Puppies, Asking Alexandria, Pop Evil, In Flames, Clutch, In This Moment, Black Veil Brides, The Sword, Ghost, Motionless In White, Red, Deuce, Middle Class Rut, Big Wreck, Oleander, Otherwise, Red Line Chemistry, Young Guns, Thousand Foot Krutch, Mindset Evolution, Tracer, Beware Of Darkness, Heaven's Basement, American Fangs, Love And Death, Gemini Syndrome, and more. 

“We're really looking forward to returning to Rock On The Range with a batch of brand new killer Alice tunes to play for everyone!” says Jerry Cantrell, Alice In Chains.

“Head is back!!,” says Korn’s Jonathan Davis. “Rock On The Range is going to start it all off!! Get ready, we are going to hit it hard!!”

“Bush are thrilled to be playing Rock On The Range with such great bands,” says Bush’s Gavin Rosdale. “We look forward to seeing you all out there.”

“This massive lineup has scratched our seven-year itch!” says Gary Spivack, co-executive producer of the event for Right Arm Entertainment. “Getting Soundgarden for their first Ohio play in two decades and having seminal acts Alice In Chains, Korn, Volbeat and Papa Roach return along with bands new to ROTR that include Smashing Pumpkins and Bush, and everything in between--the spectrum of rock n roll is covered…three days of constant energy. Rock On The Range is truly where rock lives.”

Now in its seventh year, ROTR will again take place at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH on Friday, May 17, Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 2013. With the addition of a full slate of artists performing on Friday, festival organizers are also adding a series of additional enhancements for ROTR 2013, including the new ROTR Comedy Tent.

“Our goal with ROTR is to constantly create new and interesting ways to expand the event and give even more value to our fans,” comments Joe Litvag, co-executive producer of the event for AEG Live. “In 2013, we’ve added a comedy tent within the site that will be curated by The Funny Bone comedy club. Having a slate of incredible, up-and-coming comedians to riff on the rock experience will be a great change of pace for the weekend. The site layout is also changing dramatically in 2013 to create better event flow, to add more interactive fan activity to the festival, and to allow even more people to experience the higher caliber of talent on the second stage this year.”

As a special limited offer, pre-sale weekend tickets startat a low price of $89.50 (plus fees), for Stadium GA tickets only, from Wednesday, January 30 through Thursday, January 31 at 10pm EST. Additionally, a limited number of Stadium GA “4-ticket packs” are also available for $299--a savings of nearly 25%--beginning on Wednesday, January 30, while supplies last. 

Pre-sale tickets are available at www.RockOnTheRange.com. Tickets go on-sale to the general public Friday, February 1 at 10am ET. Rock On The Range is again offering premiere VIP Packages, Hotel and Ticket Bundles and Camping packages. Details and prices for VIP, Hotel, and Camping packagesare online at www.RockOnTheRange.com. Visit the website, www.facebook.com/rockontherange, and www.twitter.com/rockontherange for the most up-to-date information.

"Rock On The Range strives to deliver an outstanding lineup for an affordable price and this year is no different" said Ryan Smith, General Manager of Crew Stadium, co-executive producer of Rock On The Range. "With the creation of the special $89 pre-sale ticket and 4-pack bundle, rock fans can see over 40 of their favorite bands for an unprecedented value."

Presented by Right Arm Entertainment, AEG LIVE and Crew Stadium, Rock On The Range is a multi-stage music and lifestyle event featuring a potent lineup of bands on three stages and is proud to be sponsored by Monster Energy, Jägermeister, f.y.e., and U.S. Army. The nationally renowned festival, centrally located in the heart of the country, has annually drawn weekend crowds in excess of 70,000 since its inception in 2007.



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5th annual Hard Drive Live tour announced.

   United Stations Radio Networks’ nationally syndicated radio show hardDrive has announced that Bullet For My Valentine will be headlining their fifth annual 2013 hardDrive Live “Five” Tour along with main support Halestorm and special guests Young Guns. The tour is produced by Ledge Entertainment. Tour dates and more information to be announced next week. Check out www.harddrivelivetour.com for updates. 

Bullet for My Valentine is gearing up for the release of their brand new album TEMPER TEMPER on February 12th (RCA). Stay tuned for special album pre-order packages to be announced soon. The album’s first single “Riot” was just released at all digital providers today to overwhelming critical raves: In a 5 out of 5 star review Artist Direct writes “‘Riot’ stands out as one of the most incendiary sonic grenades in Bullet For My Valentine's well-stocked arsenal.”CLICK HERE TO WATCH RED HOT NEW “RIOT” VIDEO. Bullet for My Valentine’s album TEMPER TEMPER was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park / Pearl Jam) who worked with the band on their previous album, 2010’s Fever,and was recorded in Thailand and Wales. Fever debuted in the Top 10 in the UK (#5), USA (#3), Japan (#1), Australia (#5), Austria (#2), Canada (#4), Germany (#3) and Switzerland (#7). The metal giants recently headlined the UK’s Radio 1’s Rock Week at the BBC Maida Vale studios where they debuted the title track. They have also announced a UK tour for March which is already sold out. www.bulletformyvalentine.com, www.facebook.com/BulletForMyValentine, www.twitter.com/bfmvofficial. Press photos and more available at www.rcarecordspress.com.

“Upon its release last spring, THE STRANGE CASE OF…, the second album from Atlantic Records artist HALESTORM, shot to the #1 slot on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart. The first single, “Love Bites (So Do I),” marked the first song by a female fronted group to top the active rock chart, and earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Halestorm will perform the song, which was the #1 song of 2012 on SiriusXM’s Octane, on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, January 29th. Last year, frontwoman Lzzy Hale appeared on the cover of Revolver, who named her their #1 “Hottest Chick In Hard Rock.” True road warriors, Halestorm spent much of 2012 on tour, including countless headline dates around the world, support slots alongside Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Staind, and the one and only Alice Cooper, and festival tours like the Carnival of Madness 2012 Tour with Evanescence. For more information on Halestorm, visit www.halestormrocks.com, www.facebook.com/halestormrocks, and www.twitter.com/halestorm. 

Buzz continues to build for UK rock band YOUNG GUNS, who recently made headlines when Kerrang! awarded their new single ("Bones") the No. 1 spot on its list of the "250 Greatest Rock Songs of 2012." Thanks to “Bones,” a song whose companion video (http://bit.ly/QKP5ch) has racked up more than 1.3 million YouTube views, Young Guns also hold the distinction of being the highest charting new band at Active Rock Radio in 2012. Their full-length Wind-up debut, also titled BONES, has drawn rave reviews from the likes of Revolver, Q Magazine, the BBC and Alternative Press, who wrote, “Young Guns are making waves the old-fashioned way – writing great songs and playing their hearts out every night.” Over the course of the past few years, the London-based quintet (vocalist Gustav Wood, guitarists Fraser Taylor and John Taylor, bassist Simon Mitchell and drummer Ben Jolliffe) has emerged as one of the UK's most electrifying new bands, garnering heavy radio play and chart success while playing to packed-house crowds all across Europe, including a main stage performance at the Reading Festival, where they were part of a lineup that included Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Guns N' Roses and Modest Mouse.
For more info, please visit www.weareyoungguns.com, www.facebook.com/younggunsuk and @YoungGunsUK.

HardDrive with Lou Brutus debuted on July 5, 1996. With 120 radio stations broadcasting the show, HardDrive is America’s longest running new rock show supporting the careers of hundreds of groups from Korn to Five Finger Death Punch. Multi-platinum metal band Slipknot received some of their first national airplay on the two-hour weekend syndicated show. United Stations acquired the series in 2001, and in 2007 originator / producer Roxy Myzal developed the much longer, five-night-a-week brand extension, HardDrive XL, also featuring Lou Brutus. Myzal has been awarded RadioContraband's Non-Traditional Rock Programmer of the year for 2011 & 2012. 

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (“USRN”) is America's leading independently owned and operated radio network. USRN currently produces and distributes dozens of format-specific programs and services accounting for over 5000 affiliations with commercial radio stations across the country. The New York-based company maintains programming, sales and affiliate marketing offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington and Nashville. USRN was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky.

A Day To Remember announce U.S. spring tour.

   A Day To Remember will return to road this spring in North America with the launch of the “Right Back At It Again” tour in Atlanta on March 20th. Of Mice And Men will support on all dates, along with Chunk No Captain Chunk (March 20th – April 6th) and Issues (April 7th – May 4th). Tickets for all shows go on sale this week. For tickets and details about VIP packages visit: www.adtr.com

"We're finally going back on the road and you know what that means,” commented lead singer Jeremy McKinnon. “We're finally ready to show you all what we have been doing for the past year. We're excited to be back. It's been way too long. Come out. We're gonna have a good time. Bring your friends."

The band’s last album What Separates Me From You was a major breakthrough for A Day To Remember. Upon its release the album debuted at #11 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and has now sold over 300,000 units. A Day To Remember’s entire catalog is now well over a million units combined.

Just last month, the band posted a brand new track “Violence (Enough Is Enough)” on their website to rave reviews from their loyal and die-hard fans.

Since their formation in 2003, Ocala, Florida’s A Day To Remember have grown from a small band with a dedicated local fan-base into a worldwide phenomenon, gaining the respect and adoration from their peers as much as their fans. This hasn’t been an overnight success story – A Day To Remember have worked hard to win over every fan they’ve made. Over the course of four albums, the band has sold out entire continental tours, landed two Top 25 Billboard debuts and topped the Billboard Indie Albums Chart.

RIGHT BACK AT IT AGAIN TOUR
Mar-20-2013 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Mar-22-2013 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Mar-23-2013 Albany, NY Northern Lights
Mar-24-2013 Worcester, MA Palladium
Mar-26-2013 New York, NY Best Buy
Mar-27-2013 Rochester, NY Armory
Mar-28-2013 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
Mar-30-2013 Detroit, MI Royal Oak
Mar-31-2013 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
Apr-02-2013 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian
Apr-03-2013 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Apr-05-2013 Milwaukee, WI Rave
Apr-06-2013 Chicago, IL Congress
Apr-07-2013 Minneapolis, MN Myth
Apr-09-2013 Denver, CO Ogden
Apr-10-2013 SLC, UT Salt Air
Apr-12-2013 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Apr-13-2013 Portland, OR Roseland
Apr-15-2013 San Francisco, CA Warfield
Apr-16-2013 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
Apr-17-2013 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
Apr-19-2013 Fresno, CA Rainbow
Apr-20-2013 San Diego, CA Soma
Apr-21-2013 Pomona, CA Fox
Apr-22-2013 Phoenix, AZ Marquis
Apr-24-2013 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond
Apr-25-2013 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Apr-26-2013 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
Apr-30-2013 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
May-02-2013 Tampa, FL Jannus
May-03-2013 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
May-04-2013 Miami, FL Filmore

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Welcome To Rockville expands to 2 days in 2013!

   This year, the third annual Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville expands to two days--April 27 & 28, 2013--at Jacksonville’s scenic Metropolitan Park along the beautiful St. Johns River.

The region’s biggest rock event will feature headlining performances from Alice In Chains and Limp Bizkit (marking the band’s first hometown show in over a decade), as well as Jacksonville legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. The power-packed lineup for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville also includes: 3 Doors Down, Shinedown,Stone Sour, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Bullet For My Valentine, Halestorm, Buckcherry, Hollywood Undead, Skillet, All That Remains, Device (featuring David Draiman from Disturbed), Asking Alexandria, Escape The Fate, Filter, In This Moment, Steel Panther, Motionless In White, Pop Evil, Otherwise, Saving Abel, Nonpoint, Red, Young Guns, Thousand Foot Krutch, Gemini Syndrome, Girl On Fire, and more.

A special Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville ticket presale will take place on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30 at select Metro PCS stores. No ticket service fees will be charged during the presale. The regular ticket onsale begins Friday, February 1 at 10am EST at www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com, all Ticketmaster locations and select Metro PCS stores.

Two-day General Admission tickets will be just $99.50 plus service fees and single day General Admission tickets will be $54.50 plus service fees. A limited number of two-day VIP tickets and hotel packages will also be available. For full details, visit: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com

"After selling out the last two years of Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, I now see that the city is ready to bring a full-fledged two-day rock festival to downtown Jacksonville and make it a staple in North Florida music for years to come,” says Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents. “We have great radio partners at ROCK 104.5 and X102.9 providing amazing support to the city and event which will make this year’s festival more massive than ever."

Metropolitan Park offers a scenic, spacious site for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville that’s just a few hours drive from cities including Orlando, Tampa, Gainesville, Savannah and Tallahassee, and is easily accessible by plane from around the country. Metropolitan Park is a premier 27-acre recreational facility along the beautiful St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Florida at 1410 Gator Bowl Blvd.

Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville is produced by Jacksonville native Danny Wimmer (one of the partners in the massively successful Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion festivals) of Danny Wimmer Presents. The festival is fueled by Monster Energy. Additional sponsors for the event include F.Y.E.,Metro PCS, Beacon Audio and Revolver Magazine.

Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville kicks off the 2013 World’s Loudest Month. Created in partnership by AEG Live, Right Arm Entertainment and Danny Wimmer Presents, the World’s Loudest Month features the biggest names inrock music performing in five distinct U.S. concert atmospheres: Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Rockfest, Rock On The Range, and Rocklahoma. In 2012, the World’s Loudest Month featured over 100 artists playing for more than 200,000 rock music fans across the country on five consecutive weekends, confirming that rock music is as vital as ever.

As part of the 2013 Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville expansion, the festival will feature a large media and radio tent to accommodate local and national radio and press outlets from around the country.

For more information on Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, visit: Website: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/welcometorockville Twitter: @RockvilleFest

Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville is made possible through the support of sponsors including Monster Energy, F.Y.E., Metro PCS,

ROCK 104.5, X102.9, Beacon Audio and Revolver Magazine.



(2012 Welcome To Rockville)




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All That Remains' single "Stand Up" hits #5 at Active Rock Radio.

   “Stand Up,” All That Remains’ first single from the band’s recently released new studio album, A War You Cannot Win (Razor & Tie), is now Top 5 at Active Rock Radio and climbing. This marks the band’s second Top 5 radio single to date and also ATR’s 5th consecutive Top 10 single at the format.

The success of “Stand Up” follows the trajectory of "The Waiting One," which went top 5 on the Active Rock Radio chart. The band’s previous album, For We Are Many also spawned 2 additional Top 10 tracks, "Hold On," and “The Last Time” which spent a combined 18 months charting at the format. 

A War You Cannot Win debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 with over 24,700 units sold in its first week and has sold over 60,000 to date and is currently on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. 
One of the leading rock/metal bands in music today, ATR has sold more than 1 million units to date and 1,460,000 tracks to date. The band’s last album, For We Are Many, debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in 2010 and sold 178,000 albums to date. 

All That Remains recently wrapped a tour with Dethklok and special guests Machine Head and The Black Dahlia Murder. All That Remains will announce new tour dates for 2013 soon.

ALL THAT REMAINS LINKS 
http://www.allthatremainsonline.com 
http://www.facebook.com/allthatremains 
http://www.youtube.com/user/allthatremainsmusic

A War You Cannot Win iTunes Link: http://glob.ly/33W

Sevendust premiers first single "Decay", adds tour dates.

   Hot on the heels of last week’s Billboard.com premiere of the first single, “Decay,” from their forthcoming album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, SEVENDUST has added a slew of new tour dates to their previously-announced headlining trek with Lacuna Coil that starts February 2 in Winston-Salem, NC at Ziggy’s.

SEVENDUST--Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals) and John Connolly (guitar/vocals)—will team up with Coal Chamber for a co-headlining tour starting March 28 in Tempe, AZ at The Marquee and concluding April 28 in Dallas, TX at The Palladium Ballroom. In addition, a handful of shows with Candlelight Red (whose latest DEMONS EP was produced by SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose) will start March 15 in New Orleans, LA at the House of Blues. The SEVENDUST/Coal Chamber run will include stops at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA on March 29 and at the Best Buy Theater in New York, NY on April 17.

The Atlanta band has created the SEVENDUST "Black Out The Sun" Pre-Sale Package, which will be available beginning THIS Wednesday, January 16 at http://tixx1.artistarena.com/sevendust/. It will offer opportunities for fans to pre-purchase their new album and ticket to the show.

All this touring comes in support of SEVENDUST’s highly anticipated release of their ninth studio album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, March 26 on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group). Now that it officially had its online premiere, “Decay” will soon be heard on terrestrial radio stations nationwide and available for download at online retail outlets January 22.

As drummer Morgan Rose recently explained to Billboard.com, “Decay” was actually one of the final songs tracked for BLACK OUT THE SUN, which started as a riff left over from the COLD RAY MEMORY recording sessions. "We were starting to get burnt and we didn't want to push it," he says. "So we had this riff, and we said, 'Let's jam it and see if anything comes of it.' And before you know it, it became a song that ends up on the record, and everybody listens to it and they end up picking that as the single, which was pretty cool."

In a review of “Decay,” ArtistDIRECT.com raved: “The first single from their forthcoming ninth studio album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, seesaws between tight and tough pummeling from guitar-slingers Clint Lowery and John Connolly, pounding rhythms from Morgan Rose and bassist Vinnie Hornsby, and Lajon Witherspoon's unmistakable scream from the soul. After a groan of feedback, eerie clean guitar builds with a hum before steamrolling into a chugging verse. It's as potent as the band's early fare, but simultaneously the melodies rise elegantly with seasoned songwriting chops....This band remains one of the most crushingly consistent of the past 20 years. They've never wavered in their infectiousness or intensity, and that's why they're nine albums deep. For fans, rest assured. SEVENDUST hit harder and heavier than ever with their best offering since SEASONS and one of the best hard rock records of 2013.”

Check out SEVENDUST at any of the following stops. Fans should check their local ticket outlets for purchase info.

DATE CITY VENUE

Co-Headlining shows with Lacuna Coil:
Sat 2/2 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
Sat 2/3 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
Tue 2/5 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Wed 2/6 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall
Thu 2/7 Portland, ME The Asylum
Fri 2/8 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
Sat 2/9 Lynchburg, VA Phase 2
Sun 2/10 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
Tue 2/12 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge
Thu 2/14 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Fri 2/15 Broussard, LA The Station
Sat 2/16 Beaumont, TX Dixie Dance Hall
Sun 2/17 Little Rock, AR Revolution! Music Room
Tue 2/19 Springfield, IL Boondocks
Thu 2/21 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre
Fri 2/22 South Bend, IN Club Fever
Sat 2/23 Cedar Rapids, IA Pepsi Pavilion

With Candlelight Red:
Fri 3/15 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
Sat 3/16 Broussard, LA The Station

With Lacuna Coil and Candlelight Red:
Sun 3/17 Abilene, TX The Lucky Mule
Tue 3/19 Farmington, NM Top Deck
Thu 3/21 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House
Fri 3/22 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
Sat 3/23 Las Vegas, NV The Railhead @ Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
Wed 3/27 El Cajon, CA Sycuan Casino

With Lacuna Coil, Coal Chamber and Candlelight Red:
Thu 3/28 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
Fri 3/29 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
Sat 3/30 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom
Sun 3/31 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades
Tue 4/2 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
Wed 4/3 Wichita, KS The Cotillion
Thu 4/4 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Fri 4/5 Sauget, IL Pop’s
Sat 4/6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II
Mon 4/8 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
Tue 4/9 Joliet, IL Mojoes
Thu 4/11 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s
Fri 4/12 Detroit, MI Harpo’s
Sat 4/13 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
Sun 4/14 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
Tue 4/16 Worcester, MA The Palladium
Wed 4/17 New York, NY Best Buy Theater
Thu 4/18 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Fri 4/19 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
Sat 4/20 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mon 4/22 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
Tue 4/23 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
Wed 4/24 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Fri 4/26 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Sat 4/27 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
Sun 4/28 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom

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Anthrax confims "Anthems EP"

   Anthems, Anthrax's long-awaited, eight-track EP that pays tribute to the classic songs by some of Anthrax's favorite bands from the 1970s, will be released in North America on March 19 (MRI/Megaforce), and on March 22 in Europe (Nuclear Blast). Anthems's track listing features Rush's "Anthem," Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak," "TNT" by AC/DC, Boston's "Smokin'," "Big Eyes" by Cheap Trick, Journey's "Keep on Runnin," as well as the album version and a special remix of Anthrax's "Crawl" from the band's critically-acclaimed 2011 album Worship Music.

Said the band's vocalist Joey Belladonna, "These are all bands I grew up with and have listened to forever. It's just great music. I had fun singing these songs and I was happy recording together with Anthrax, doing classic rock songs. Fun stuff!"

On Boston's "Smokin'," Anthrax brought in a special guest to play keyboards - Fred Mandel, who has played with Alice Cooper, Queen, Elton John, Cheap Trick, Supertramp and on Pink Floyd's The Wall. About the track, drummer Charlie Benante said, "If ever there were a perfect first album, it's Boston's first album. The harmony leads they did would later be heard by Iron Maiden, which of course would lead to thrash metal."

The EP will be available on CD as well as digitally via iTunes and other online retailers. In addition to Anthems' cover art (attached), Benante and artist Stephen Thompson have subtly redesigned each track's original album cover art to "Anthrax" it. The Anthems EP will first be housed in one of the "re-imagined" digipak covers, and then inserted inside the main CD cover sleeve. The main cover sleeve has been designed in such a way so fans will be able to see which one of the six "re-imagined" covers is inside.

Anthems was produced by Anthrax, Jay Ruston and Rob Caggiano, and recorded for the most part throughout 2012 literally all over the world: at Benante's home studio, in Ruston's New York studio, on the band's tour bus while on last summer's Mayhem Tour, in hotel rooms, and backstage at their Berlin show last December.

The Grammy-nominated Anthrax - Belladonna, Benate/drums, Scott Ian/guitar and Frank Bello/bass - will hit the road in support Anthems on February 16 with dates in India and Australia, and then return to North America to headline the Metal Alliance Tour that kicks off March 22. For all of these dates, Anthrax will be joined by Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais.

Volbeat readies new album for spring 2013 release.

   Danish metal band Volbeat has revealed the band is in the studio recording a new album for release in Spring, 2013. Titled Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, the sessions are being produced by Rob Caggiano, alongside Jacob Hansen, who has a long history with Volbeat having produced and mixed the band's prior four releases. Caggiano's producer credits include The Damned Things, Bleeding Through and Anthrax amongst others. Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies will be released this spring on Vertigo / Republic Records.

Front man Michael Poulsen reveals; “We’re back in the studio, this time breaking some of our old habits and this sometimes means leaving our comfort zone. We are recording in a new environment, producing with a new set up breaking new sonic ground and it’s exciting! Together with our long time collaborator Jacob Hansen we also have the honor of having producer Rob Caggiano on board in the producer’s seat. Expect lots of surprises and some of our most rocking heavy songs to date. We feel more than ever that we are taking the Volbeat sound to another level without changing what we’re all about. Can’t wait for it to get out there!”

The band returns to North America in March, with the following dates confirmed. Danko Jones will serve as main support through 4/11/13.

3/06 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
3/07 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
3/09 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
3/10 El Paso, TX Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
3/11 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Pavilion
3/12 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
3/14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues at Mandalay Bay
3/15 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
3/16 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
3/17 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
3/19 Boise, ID Revolution Center
3/20 Missoula, MT The Wilma Theater
3/22 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
3/23 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
3/24 Calgary, AB MacEwen Hall
3/25 Prince George, BC CN Centre
3/27 Dawson Creek, BC EnCana Events Centre
3/28 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre
3/29 Medicine Hat, AB Cypress Center
3/30 Regina, SA Brandt Centre
4/01 Saskatoon, SA Credit Union Center
4/02 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
4/03 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
4/05 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
4/06 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere's
4/07 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
4/09 New York, NY Best Buy Theatre
4/10 Baltimore, MD Rams Head
4/11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero

The Flaming Lips slated to release new album "The Terror" April 2, 2013

   THE FLAMING LIPS and Warner Bros. Records are pleased to announce the long-awaited release of The Terror, their thirteenth studio album, on April 2nd in the U.S., and April 1stthrough Bella Union in Europe. The album was produced by the band's long-time collaborator Dave Fridmann and THE FLAMING LIPS at Tarbox Road Studios. It is comprised of nine original compositions that reflect a darker-hued spectrum than previous works, along with a more inward-looking lyrical perspective than one might expect - but then again, maybe not. It's up to you, the listener, to decide what it means to you.


Wayne Coyne explains, "Why would we make this music that is The Terror - this bleak, disturbing record? I don't really want to know the answer that I think is coming. Maybe this is the beginning of the answer."


The Terror is a bold and expressive journey that has evolved over THE LIPS' nearly 30-year tended garden of sonic delights that ebbs and flows with extraordinary splashes of darkness and light, pleasure and pain, chaos and order. As we've come to know THE FLAMING LIPS, the real beauty lies with the knowledge that to expect the unexpected is all part of the manic fun.

"If we have love, give love and know love," Coyne says, "we are truly alive and if there is no love, there would be no life. The Terror, we know now, that even without love, life goes on...we just go on...There is no mercy killing."

The digital pre-order of The Terror will begin on Jan 29th, through the iTunes Store and other participating digital retailers. All pre-orders will include an Instant gratification, Non-Album, Bonus Track titled, "Sun Blows Up Today." Confirmed live dates are listed below. More TBA soon. 



"Sun Blows Up Today" is also the music bed for a very cool TV commercial which also stars The Flaming Lips and will air during the Super Bowl on Feb 3rd. Additionally THE LIPS have also created a lyric video especially for this non-album Bonus track. We will announce further details when / where the video can be viewed exclusively in advance of its on-sale date very soon. 





Track listing for The Terror:

Look...The Sun Is Rising

Be Free, A Way

Try To Explain

You Lust

The Terror

You Are Alone

Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die

Turning Violent

Always There...In Our Hearts



Non-Album, Bonus Track - digital album ONLY:

Sun Blows Up Today



Confirmed Tour Dates:
Mar 29 Sao Paulo, Brazil Lollapalooza Brazil

Apr 28 Kansas City, MO Missouri Sprint Center w/ The Black Keys
Apr 30 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center w/ The Black Keys
May 2 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood w/ The Black Keys
May 3 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena w/ The Black Keys

May 20 London, UK Roundhouse

May 21 London, UK Roundhouse

June 14 Hultsfred, Sweden Hultsfred Festival

June 15 Aarhus, Denmark Northside Festival



More TBA soon.

Goo Goo Dolls to release new album "Magnetic" May 7, 2013.

   Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Goo Goo Dolls have announced the release of their new album, Magnetic, on May 7, 2013. The debut single from Magnetic, entitled "Rebel Beat," is being met with coast to coast excitement in advance of its official launch February 12th. Listen to "Rebel Beat" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUcEgDnujY

The band, singer guitarist John Rzeznik, bassist Robby Takac, and drummer Mike Malinin recorded in New York, London and LA with Gregg Wattenberg (Train), Rob Cavallo (Green Day), John Shanks (Bon Jovi), and Greg Wells (Katy Perry). Magnetic is the tenth studio release for the Buffalo, NY trio. "I'm so proud of our new album," says Rzeznik. I've had such a great time and learned so much from the amazingly talented people who worked on it with me." He continues, "I think that positive energy comes across on the songs. Writing and recording Magnetic changed my thinking about making music and doing it in a fun way."

Goo Goo Dolls have sold over 10 million albums worldwide, with 14 Top 10 Radio hits, more than any other artist in the history of the Hot AC format. They are the only artist to have three songs on Billboard's "Top 100 Songs from 1992-2012" including the Number One slot, for "Iris." John Rzeznik has been honored with the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award and they have shared the stage with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Taylor Swift, who recently covered "Iris" with Rzeznik onstage. Most recently Goo Goo Dolls honored President Barack Obama with a headlining slot at The Creative Coalition's Inaugural Ball, which took place yesterday in Washington, DC.

For more information visit www.googoodolls.com, www.facebook.com/googoodolls, http://twitter.com/googoodolls. Look for the band on tour later this year.

15th annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival reveal initial line-up, with more artist announcements to come!

   Punk Rock Bowling was started back in 1999 as a way to bring the independent music community together for an annual party. It has since grown into a 4 day festival in downtown Las Vegas that brings out fans and bands alike from all over the world. Now in our 15th year, more than 8,000 punk rock music lovers flock to Las Vegas to partake in the “biggest punk rock party of the year!”

3 days and 4 nights of outdoor festivals & late night club shows overtake the Downtown Fremont East District with over 70 bands performing throughout the weekend, many special guests, reunions and rare appearances. With 1,000 punk rock bowlers competing for over $15,000 in prize money during the day, over 1,000 downtown hotel rooms, pool parties, comedy shows and a poker tournament, this is a marathon party that never stops in the City Of Sin.

“Being fans of music ourselves, we like to take all the things we dislike about festivals and eliminate them from our event” says festival organizer Stern. “We want this to be a big party and we want everyone to have a great time. We offer good food with vegan and vegetarian options, and our drinks are probably half the price of most festivals. We also limit the capacity so it still sounds great and because our audience are such die hard fans of punk rock, we have little to no problems in the crowd. It’s like one big family enjoying a debauchery filled weekend in Las Vegas like any normal family! Ha!”

This year, we are very excited to announce our initial lineup for the 15th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival which will feature one of the first full performances of none other than the godfathers of west coast punk rock themselves! Taking their cue from the black flag of anarchy, let us present FLAG. Long may they wave. Featuring original members Keith Morris (vocals), Chuck Dukowski (bass), Bill Stevenson (drums 1981-1985) along with SST labelmate and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton (guitar) performing the music of Black Flag.

We are also very honored to have, for their very first time at PRB, preeminent punk band BAD RELIGION, who will be releasing their new album True North this January 22nd on Epitaph Records. In a world still brimming with rampant anti intellectualism, inequality and oppression, the band’s signature brand of sonically charged humanist dissent seems as relevant as ever. A free download of the new song “Fuck Off” is available here. http://emailunlock.com/epitaph-records/bad-religion-f-you/

Also appearing, one of the pioneers of British punk rock, THE DAMNED, Hardcore innovators D.R.I, Uk’s politically charged SUBHUMANS, 90’s pop punk phenomena LAGWAGON, New Jersey’s lovable BOUNCING SOULS, San Francisco’s finest street punks SWINGIN UTTERS, and Texas’s LOWER CLASS BRATS. This is just the beginning, many more bands to be announced and we still have a lot up our sleeve to make this years line up one to remember.

Bowling Registration and Hotel Rooms Are Now Available
at www.punkrockbowling.com

Festival Weekend Passes On Sale Tues. Jan. 29, 2013 @ 1pm PST


$105 For All 3 days


About Flag (original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski and Bill Stevenson, with Stephen Egerton performing the music of Black Flag):

On January 27, 1979, at a Moose Lodge in Redondo Beach, California, Black Flag took the stage for the first time. Whipping up as much meat energy as possible, they didn’t so much play songs as create rapid-fire, rhythmic drives.

Everything was short. Stripped-down. A wall of distortion, built on a relentless series of riffs. And vocalist Keith Morris ran around the stage like an escaped lunatic, eventually wrapping himself in one of the venue’s American flags like it was a straitjacket. It was hardcore punk-rock before anyone ever started calling it that. It was great. You could ask anyone who was there.

Although Black Flag’s line-up -- Morris, bassist Chuck Dukowski, guitarist Greg Ginn, and drummer Robo -- would splinter within a year, the band’s ever-shifting membership released a half-dozen LPs (including the now-classic Damaged, My War, and Slip It In), two live albums, two compilations (Everything Went Black and The First Four Years), and several EPs that incorporated heavy metal, free jazz, and break-beats into the mix before they finally imploded in 1986.

Along the way, Black Flag wrote dozens of enduring songs, ranging from the sarcastic (“TV Party” and the Morris co-write “Wasted”) to the anthemic (“Rise Above” and the Dukowski-authored “My War”) to “Gimme Gimme Gimme” and “Nervous Breakdown.”

Black Flag also headlined sold-out shows at L.A.’s Olympic Auditorium, the Hollywood Palladium, and the Santa Monica Civic, and saw an early live performance immortalized in the ground-breaking 1979 punk-rock documentary, The Decline Of Western Civilization.

Meanwhile, Dukowski served as co-owner and booking agent at the band’s own SST Records label, which became one of America’s most influential independent labels, issuing more than 100 records from such future stars as the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, and the Meat Puppets, for openers. More importantly, Black Flag and SST’s acts hit the road, building a nationwide touring circuit for indie recording artists that continues to this day.

This D.I.Y. ethos, along with the band’s anti-rock-star attitude and refusal to follow any fashion dictates, would be their greatest legacy.

At least until Morris, Dukowski, drummer Bill Stevenson (who played in Black Flag from 1981 to 1985), and guitarist Stephen Egerton (who’s been a member of the Stevenson-founded Descendents and ALL since 1985) reunited for a surprise performance at L.A. promoter Goldenvoice’s 30th anniversary concert in December 2011.

Inspired by the crowd’s enthusiastic reaction, Morris (whose post-Black Flag career includes fronting the Circle Jerks and, most recently, hardcore revivalists OFF!), Dukowski (who, after exiting Black Flag in 1983, founded SWA, Würm, United Gang Members, October Faction, and, his current outfit, the Chuck Dukowski Sextet), Stevenson, and Egerton decided to extend the legacy, working up a repertoire of 30 classic Black Flag songs with an eye toward future live performances.

Taking their cue from the black flag of anarchy, they’re calling themselves FLAG. Long may they wave.

Parkway Drive announce headling North American tour.

   Australian metal masters, Parkway Drive are excited to announce plans to make their triumphant return to North American for a blistering headlining spring tour in support of the band’s latest release Atlas. The tour will kick off Friday, March 29th in San Diego, CA and wrap Friday, April 19th in Detroit, MI. Tickets go on sale starting Friday, January 18th. All on sale times and locations can be found here: http://bit.ly/ParkwayDrive2013.

Fans can check out a special announcement from Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall here: http://youtu.be/LRhY0SBxIn0.

Recorded in Los Angeles with esteemed producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, etc.), Atlas which has recently gone Gold in Australia and Platinum on DVD boasts some of the most up front and confrontational material Parkway Drive has ever released, while at the same time taking several unexpected turns into lush sonic terrain, redefining their trademark sound while reinforcing their position as leaders in their field. The new record is positioned to be the most highly anticipated heavy album of the year and follows 2010’s phenomenally successful Deep Blue, which debuted #39 in the US on the Billboard 200, #2 in Australia, as well as reaching solid Gold and winning the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock and Metal Album and has since built steadfast momentum as a result of a groundswell of fan support in the US.


Parkway Drive Tour Dates:
Fri 3/29 San Diego, CA Soma
Sat 3/30 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
Sun 3/31 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Tue 4/2 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
Wed 4/3 Denver, CO The Summit Music Hall
Fri 4/5 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Sat 4/6 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Sun 4/7 Houston, TX House of Blues
Tue 4/9 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Wed 4/10 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
Thu 4/11 Springfield, VA Empire
Fri 4/12 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
Sat 4/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sun 4/14 Worcester, MA The Palladium
Mon 4/15 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Tue 4/16 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
Wed 4/17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Thu 4/18 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Fri 4/19 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's


For More Information:
www.parkwaydriverock.com
www.epitaph.com

Polar Bear Club announce North American Tour with Bad Religion and Against Me!

   Bridge Nine's Polar Bear Club are excited to announce a tour supporting Bad Religion and Against Me! in March and April. The tour will canvas the continental United States as well as Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC over the course of almost six weeks. Check out the dates below:

POLAR BEAR CLUB - ON TOUR
09-Mar San Diego, CA @ Soma w/ Bad Religion, Against Me!
12-Mar San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
13-Mar Houston, TX @ House of Blues w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
14-Mar Dallas, TX @ House of Blues w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
16-Mar Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
17-Mar Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
19-Mar Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
20-Mar Nashville, TN @ War Memorial Auditorium w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
22-Mar Washington, DC @ 930 Club w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
23-Mar Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theatre w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
24-Mar Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
26-Mar New York, NY @ Terminal 5 w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
28-Mar Boston, MA @ House of Blues w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
29-Mar Portland, ME @ State Theatre w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
30-Mar Montreal, QC @ Metropolis w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
31-Mar Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
02-Apr Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
04-Apr Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
05-Apr Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
06-Apr Sauget, IL @ Pop's Nightclub w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
08-Apr Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
10-Apr Denver, CO @ The Fillmore w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
11-Apr Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
13-Apr Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
14-Apr Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
15-Apr Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo w/ Bad Religion, Against Me
18-Apr Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Palladium w/ Bad Religion, Against Me

AWOLNATION announce spring 2013 tour dates.

   AWOLNATION, who are currently in the middle of a European tour, will be heading out on a Spring tour of the US with Blondefire and Mother Mother. The tour kicks off March 8th in Lubbock, TX and will wrap up on April 25th in Tulsa.

Full dates are as follows:

March 8 - Wild West - Lubbock, TX
March 9 - The White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
March 10 - Brewster Street Ice House - Corpus Christi, TX
March 12 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA * w/Mother Mother only
March 13 - Florida Theatre of Gainesville - Gainesville, FL * AWOLNATION only
March 15 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March 16 - Ponte Verda Concert Hall - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
March 18 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC * w/Mother Mother only
March 19 - The Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC
March 20 - The NorVa - Norfolk, VA
March 22 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
March 23 - House of Blues - Atlantic City, NJ
March 24 - Rapids Theater - Niagara Falls, NY
March 26 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
March 27 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH * w/Mother Mother only
March 29 - Marathon Music Works - Nashville, TN
March 30 - Gillioz Theatre - Springfield, MO
April 1 - Blue Note - Columbia, MO
April 2 - Val Air Ballroom - Des Moines, IA
April 3 - Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
April 5 - The Cotillion Ballroom - Wichita, KS
April 8 - Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE
April 9 - The Vault - Sioux Falls, SD
April 10 - The Venue - Fargo, ND
April 12 - Babcock Theatre - Billings, MT
April 13 - The Wilma Theater - Missoula, MT
April 15 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA
April 16 - McDonald Theatre - Eugene, OR
April 18 - Knitting Factory - Reno, NV
April 25 - Cain’s Ballroom - Tulsa, OK *

AWOLNATION have also made the Unlimited Gravity remix of their hit single "Sail" available for free download. Check it out here. "Sail" has reached platinum status in the US and is about to reach the 2x platinum mark.

To stay up to date with all things AWOLNATION follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Biffy Clyro to be tour support for Muse.

   Breakthrough rock band Biffy Clyro have been selected to join Muse on the east coast leg of their nationwide headline tour. The Scottish trio will open on nine dates in April, including two nights at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Full dates are below.

The run will support Biffy's upcoming album Opposites, due out March 12, 2013 in the US via Warner Bros. Records and is available for pre-order starting today here (http://opposites.biffyclyro.com/). The first single off Opposites, "Black Chandelier," which Billboard called a "sure-fire worldwide smash" premiered recently on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show and was just added at Sirius XM's Alt Nation. Watch the video for the track here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myc_RViTHhY). Fans can download "Black Chandelier" instantly when they pre-order the album, and it is also now available as a single on iTunes.

Produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers) in Los Angeles, CA, Opposites is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Only Revolutions, which earned the band over 1,000,000 in total album sales and a Mercury Prize nomination. The Sunday Times, Kerrang and Q each gave it four stars, Esquire labeled it "a blistering triumph" and the NME declared that the release "springs the band instantly level with the greatest rock acts in the world."

Biffy have also cemented their status as one of Britain's most exciting live bands, with three recent sold-out UK arena tours, an upcoming arena tour that includes a landmark show at the O2 Arena, and headlining festival slots. They won "Best Live Band" awards from both NME and Q in 2011, and their September performance at the iTunes Festival in London led Kerrang to declare them "The best live band in Britain."


Biffy Clyro Tour Dates with Muse
4/9 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
4/10 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
4/12 Boston, MA - TD Garden
4/15 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
4/16 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
4/19 East Rutherford, NJ - IZOD Center
4/23 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
4/24 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
4/26 Quebec City, Quebec - Colisée Pepsi

Bring Me The Horizon set release date for new album April 30.

   Already being herald as one of the most anticipated albums of the year, BRING ME THE HORIZON’s upcoming fourth studio album, SEMPITERNAL will be the defining sound of heavy music in 2013 and it is scheduled for release on April 30th via Epitaph Records. Check out a new trailer for the record here: http://youtu.be/wncl2jPppgU.

Proving to be perpetual favorites among fans, the album’s first single “Shadow Moses” came charging out of the gates last week after premiering on Zane Lowe’s BBC’s Radio 1, forcing Epitaph to post the song on YouTube a week in advance due to popular demand. 

Check out "Shadow Moses" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubXx6t4aU54

"There's a very euphoric sound coursing through the album, a very uplifting but yet sad sound," says front-man Oliver Sykes. "Electronically, it's far more advanced than anything we've done before."

The five piece, consisting of Oliver Sykes, Lee Malia, Matt Kean, Matt Nicholls and Jordan Fish, recorded Sempiternal over a three month period with super producer Terry Date (Linkin Park, Deftones, Soundgarden). The band also brought in David Bendeth (A Day To Remember, Paramore) to add to the all-star production line-up and mix the album.

"Writing Sempiternal was a completely different process," comments Sykes. "We worked from a computer, laying down ideas and riffs and working on them tirelessly until we had what we wanted." For the first time, Sempiternal sees a new member appearing on the record, Jordan Fish, who takes on keyboard duties on the record as well as during live performances. "Bringing Jordan into the mix changed things completely; he opened up so many more possibilities."

Sykes goes on to say, "The lyrical theme is everything. My head was a lot clearer when writing this time and it allowed me to write from a different perspective. It's the best stuff I've ever written in my opinion. It's very dramatic, quite blunt, and at times sarcastic, but the biggest part of it - is how it is combined with the music to bring the listener vivid imagery and emotion. I think we really managed to pull that off."

Sempiternal is an embracing ride through soaring vocals, supercharged melodies and what can only be described as spine tingling metal anthems. After the critical and commercial success of their previous albums, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret (2010) and their breakout success Suicide Season (2008), BMTH plan to take heavy music to the next level, incorporating the most dynamic elements of hard music to create the most exhilarating album of the year.


For more information exciting news about upcoming tours stay tuned to:
www.epitaph.com
http://bringmethehorizon.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/bmthofficial
https://twitter.com/bmthofficial