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  Ahead of a run of UK live shows this December, Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids have released a heart-pounding cover version of the iconic 80s hit, 'The NeverEnding Story'. The song is accompanied by a new music video, with band performance filmed by Wills Audio at the famous Buckley Tivoli theatre and transformed into a fun concept video with additional footage & editing by producer Darren Stockford paying homage to the bombastic 80's era. Watch 'The NeverEnding Story' (official music video): https://youtu.be/6PMkEGZxyJM Without a shred of tiresome irony, Slyder Smith and the Oblivion Kids boldly reimagine Giorgio Morodor’s 80s cult classic. Whilst staying true to the original, the power trio bring a dynamic commercial rock feel to Limahls’s electronic pop hit with guest vocals from Nina Courson of Healthy Junkies. With their debut album, 'Charm Offensive', released to critical acclaim from press, media and music fans alike earlier this year, ...

  While Aftermath released this emotionally driven cover over two years ago, the world is currently faced with an entirely new crisis that requires a reminder for peace. The band re-imagined John Lennon's cover of "Give Peace a Chance" during the initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. When lines were drawn and families and friendships were being torn apart from differing opinions and fear, Aftermath wanted to send out their friendly, musical reminder to take a step back from the chaos and "Give Peace a Chance". Given the current state of affairs between governments and countries, our own included, Aftermath felt now was the perfect time to send out their heartfelt reminder one more time. "We believe that John and Yoko’s message in "Give Peace a Chance" is timeless. When we recorded and released our re-imagined version two years ago it was relevant, and for the innocent victims of this senseless war it is even more relevant now. We will donate any ...

  Sunflower Dead, the infectious active rock band from Long Beach, CA, has released a new song “Never Tear Us Apart” today. A cover of the 1987 hit by INXS. The song is also the third single from the band’s upcoming fourth album March Of The Leper, due out March 2022. Michael Del Pizzo on why they are covering this particular song "SFD really doesn’t like doing covers. I guess we are too lazy to learn how others correctly play their songs which is funny because our new cover of INXS’ Never Tear Us Apart is our second cover in 4 albums. Go figure! We did The Police’s Every Breath You Take on our debut album and to this day it remains one of our most requested songs and it had no radio play, no video and no promotion. For us to do a cover we have to completely rewrite our way. To do that, we have to be inspired by some kind of killer idea (in our heads at least) in a direction to take the song. With Never Tear Us Apart, we started talking about doing this back in 2014 because w...

On December 4, 2015, California based extreme metal titans, SUICIDE SILENCE headlined a special benefit show in support of Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHLA) at The Observatory in Santa Ana. Now the band has announced that the live recordings from the night will be released under the album 'Live & Mental' on July 12th via Nuclear Blast. SUICIDE SILENCE comments, "Although this benefit show was recorded way back in 2015, with mental health issues as relevant as ever in society today, we felt the desire to further propel the conversation throughout the metal scene, while also allowing fans to share in this special night of unreleased material with us." In celebration of the announcement, the band released a cover of 'Blind'. Watch the live video here: https://youtu.be/C2VHB1DHU4E 'Live & Mental' was produced by the band while mixing was handled by Josh Gilbert (Producer, WOVENWAR, AS I LAY DYING). The cover photos were shot ...

York, PA heavy rock band SMALL TOWN TITANS has released the Official Music Video for their cover of SOUNDGARDEN's "Spoonman" to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the release of Superunkownon March 8, 1994. “Chris Cornell has been a musical hero of mine since I was in high school and has been a major influence in the style of our band. Soundgarden’s repertoire of music is vast and difficult to pull off. The reason we decided to cover this classic of theirs is not only to challenge our musicianship and ability but to also pay tribute to one of the greatest voices and lyricists of Rock ‘n Roll from one of the greatest bands of all time. Our hope is that our interpretation does the song and it’s original performers the justice and recognition it deserves.” – Phil Freeman Check out the official video below of their cover "Spoonman": Download/stream "Spoonman": http://smarturl.it/kdinby http://smalltowntitans.com/ https://www.facebook...

Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON concluded their triumphant North American co-headlining run with German thrash titans and label mates KREATOR a few days ago but before they fly over to Australia to continue their world tour, the band have revealed a brand new music video as part of their collaboration with Czech Warhorse Studios. SABATON's cover version of MANOWAR's track 'Kingdom Come', combined with scenes from the brand new game Kingdom Come: Deliverance, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/EYH6ubNJqck Additional info about the game can be found, here: facebook.com/WarhorseStudios warhorsestudios.cz As well as Australia, SABATON are also set to play shows in Japan, Mexico among others. All dates can be found below. SABATON live: 24.03. AUS Melbourne - Download Festival w/ AMON AMARTH 25.03. AUS Sydney - Roundhouse 27.03. AUS Brisbane - The Tivoli 29.03. J Tokyo - Ex Theater Roppongi* 31.03. J Osaka - Matsushita IMP Hall* 02.04. J Tokyo - Zepp* *SA...