Mad About Rock

Edmonton, AB's JULIET RUIN unleashed their first full-length album "Old Stardust, Love and Chaos" on September 6, 2019 to follow their 2017 debut self titled EP. The release is more technical with heavy instrumentation, including some dabbling in low tuned 7 string guitars to create an original sound chock full of catchy hooks that convey a fresh and emotive feel to their heavy music. Lead vocalist Jess Ruin has added more screams, but also more clean techniques with her pop-esque power vocals. Fans of forward-thinking modern metal such as Evanescence, System of a Down, and Killswitch Engage should take special note of this powerful and emotive Canadian band. The band adds: “'Old Stardust, Love, and Chaos' stays true to a lot of our root qualities in terms of catchy hooks and overall groove, but fans can expect a lot of new and even somewhat experimental things on the album as well. Lyrically speaking this album delves into a little bit deeper subject ...

Following their hit single, “Scars”, released last month, LIFE OF AGONY has just unleashed its infectious follow-up “Lay Down” from their forthcoming concept record, The Sound of Scars, due October 11, 2019 (Napalm). Lead vocalist Mina Caputo’s intense delivery of the chorus lyrics “I won’t lay down and die,” gives a voice for anyone who has ever been stepped on, used up, and tossed aside. “It’s an anthem for survivors,” says bassist Alan Robert. “We’ve all been through situations in our lives where everything seems completely hopeless. “Lay Down” is about believing in yourself when no one else will. Times when you really have to dig down deep to find that that last ounce of strength to keep on going.” This powerful message ties to themes found on the group’s highly anticipated album, The Sound of Scars, which acts as “chapter two” to their groundbreaking ‘93 debut, River Runs Red. While searching for a place to film the “Lay Down” music video, the band was invited to do th...

Moldova may not be the most notable hot-spot for rising metal talent to date, but that will surely change with extreme metal sensation Infected Rain. Fierce screams and growls, heavy as hell riffs and pounding beats combined with some ingenious samples make Infected Rain’s style an energetic blend of the best modern metal styles the heavy music scene currently has to offer. Their fourth studio album, Endorphin, will be released on October 18, 2019 via powerhouse label Napalm Records. Today, the band fronted by extraordinary vocalist Lena, is sharing their hotly anticipated album details, as well as a brand new lyric video for the track Storm! “Storm is very different from what we did before. It is an insanely emotional song with really soft melody to it,“ the band comments. “This song is about the continuous search. It is about the painful path towards the perfect harmony. Harmony between the world and people, between nature and humans, and most importantly, the harmony between...

San Diego quintet AS I LAY DYING rise together on their seventh full-length and debut for Nuclear Blast, the aptly titled 'Shaped By Fire' will be released on September 20th. Today, the band releases the fourth album trailer where they discuss the meaning behind the song 'Redefined' and the message of the music video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeQHgvCZGrE Guitarist Nick Hipa comments, "The message of hope is something we've been really happy to share through a positive charity like HeartSupport which exists solely to connect with young people who are dealing with a lot of things. The song 'Redefined' deals with taking those worst moment of your life in your history and redefining what they meant to you and that's hopefully what the video conveys, what our work with HeartSupport conveys and what our activity and existence as AS I LAY DYING achieves." Pre-order your copy of 'Shaped By Fire' in the format of your choice her...

Zee Productions has struck a puzzle deal with industry leading brand management and merchandise company, Bravado to release some of Bravado‘s biggest names via Zee Productions “Rocksaws” acclaimed imprint. Rocksaws releases Puzzle recreations of classic album art. The first releases come in October with rock legends QUEEN. “ News Of The World, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races and Queen II” all get the Zee “Rocksaw” Jigsaw treatment. Some of rock most iconic art is now in puzzle form! All see release on October 18th 2019. Rocksaws 500 piece puzzle range (390MM X 390MM) are packaged in 12 X 12 Boxes, perfectly sized to sit alongside your vinyl collection! Out on October 18, 2019 Queen – Queen II Queen – A Day At The Races Queen – A Night At The Opera Queen – News Of The world Out now: Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden – Powerslave Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time Judas Priest – Defenders Of The Faith Judas Priest – Ram It Down Judas Priest - Painkil...

Rock band Weesp have announced the release of their first acoustic album “Crystal Clean Waters” o n 11 September.  The album will include 7 tracks from the previous albums (The Void and Black Sails) played with acoustic instruments, and two tracks that were recorded live during the presentation of the Black sails album in Minsk. The name of the upcoming album refers to the crystal-clear sound of the acoustic instruments. Weesp also promises to include a video, featuring the band playing a few of the new songs. Check out the artwork below: Pre-order and listen to a few already available tracks: https://weesp.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/weesp/id925286149 https://open.spotify.com/artist/5bzjEo4lbY89BUsi1T3lMb

The days of worrying about late fees and the newest release being unavailable are over, but for some, the death of childhood favourite movie destination Blockbuster, it’s still a tragic realization. For those people - and everyone else, PSYCHOSTICK have released a music video to compliment their 2018 track 'Rent In Peace', an ode to days past. Check out the video: 'Rent In Peace', one of the band’s most heartfelt songs, comes from the latest album “DO” and features a cameo from James Rolfe (The Angry Video Game Nerd/Cinemassacre) and if filmed on the set of Rolfe’s “Rental Reviews”. PSYCHOSTICK comments on the cameo: "People are probably wondering how James Rolfe ended up in one of our music videos. First of all, that video shoot was a hell of a lot of fun, James is a super chill, smart dude with a great sense of humour and good taste in beer. Speaking of beer, that's where it all started... with the promise of a single beer back in 2010. It...