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KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, has released another the official music video for its song “Jets Overhead”, taken from the group’s highly anticipated new studio album “The Absence Of Presence”, due out June 26 through InsideOut Music. “‘Jets Overhead’ has become one of my favorite songs on the album, says KANSAS guitarist Zak Rizvi, who wrote the music for the track. […]
PEARL JAM has released an uncensored version of its Mark Pellington-directed “Jeremy” video. The song, from the group’s 1991 album “Ten”, describes an unpopular boy who brings a gun into his classroom and starts shooting people. It is based on the real-life suicide of high school student Jeremy Wade Delle, who shot himself in front of his classmates in January 1991. […]
Legendary guitarist Steve Vai has released a new song called “Candle Power”. Earlier today, Vai posted a video of him performing the track via his social media, and he included the following message: “Hey Folks, Vai here. I wanted to challenge myself for my 60th birthday and decided to record a simple trio track. I gave myself some parameters to work within. […]
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has released the second official video from its new album, “F8”, for the track “A Little Bit Off”, which is now Top 5 at Active Rock radio. The clip was shot during lockdown in a deserted car-free Las Vegas where singer Ivan Moody is the only soul on a sidewalk usually crowded with people. Having conceptualized […]
TOKYO MOTOR FIST, the band featuring DANGER DANGER vocalist Ted Poley and TRIXTER guitarist Steve Brown, will release its sophomore album, “Lions”, on July 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the LP’s second single, “Around Midnight”, can be seen below. Written and produced by Brown, “Lions” was mixed by Bruno Ravel (DANGER DANGER, THE DEFIANTS) and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (FAITH NO MORE, YES, DOKKEN). The LP’s title track features a […]
OVERKILL/SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has teamed up with guitarists Felipe Roa (SHADOWS FALL) and Bobby Koeble (DEATH), and bassist Steve DiGiorgio (TESTAMENT, DEATH) to record a quarantine cover version of DEATH‘s “Overactive Imagination”, with each musician separated in his own home. Bittner uploaded a video of the performance to his YouTube channel, writing in an accompanying message: “Well there’s a bunch of explaining that goes along with this video […]
America’s legendary progressive rock band KANSAS has released the official lyric video for a new song song called “Memories Down The Line”, taken from the band’s upcoming album, “The Absence Of Presence”, due out June 26 through InsideOut Music. “‘Memories Down The Line’ starts out as a piano-based rock ballad; it builds dynamically to a more powerful sound that still has […]
Shred guitar pioneer Michael Angelo Batio will release his 12th studio album, “More Machine Than Man”, on June 12 via Rat Pak Records. The all-instrumental follow-up to 2013’s “Intermezzo” features 13 tracks and is “sure to resonate with past fans, as well as garner new fans along the way,” according to a press release. From the infectious guitar riffs from album […]
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has released a new single, “Don’t Give Up”. Produced by Bob Ezrin using remote technology, the song is a spontaneous reaction to the challenges facing us all right now. Cooper felt the need to talk directly to his fans from isolation in his home where he is working to finish his upcoming new album. It is Alice‘s shout-out […]
Several renowned rock guitar players from around the world gathered (virtually) to record a cover of THE POLICE‘s classic “Synchronicity II” in a “quarantine” version. The video will help as a fundraiser for the Red Cross to help fight COVID-19 around the world. The lineup is formed by musicians who have played with some of the top names in the […]
