The official Ozzy Osbourne coloring book has arrived via Fantoons. The Prince Of Darkness’ only official coloring book holds 72 pages of art, worthy of the Ozman’s artistry and sense of humor.
Revisit his entire solo discography through intricate illustrations by the award-winning Fantoons animation studio.
The unique book features Ozzy and the universe he built throughout his unmatched career. Purchase on Amazon.
Fantoons is an Animation Studio and Book Publisher based in Los Angeles, California. Other bands they have created coloring books are Iron Maiden, Frank Zappa, Rush, and Tenacious D. Find more at fantoons.tv.
Dreamless Veil, featuring members of Inter Arma, Artificial Brain, and Psycroptic, will release their debut full-length, Every Limb Of The Flood, on September 20 via Relapse Records.
Today, the trio shares the album’s second single, “Saturnism”. Stream the single here, and listen below:
Pre-order Every Limb Of The Flood on LP/CD/Digital via Relapse.com here.
Dreamless Veil Is an extreme metal band composed of Artificial Brain guitarist Dan Garguilo, Inter Arma / Artificial Brain vocalist Mike Paparo and Psycroptic drummer Dave Haley.
The band’s debut, Every Limb Of The Flood, is a blackened concept album that follows the travails of Grief, a character who awakens from extended debauchery and begins the slow and torturous process of trying to disappear completely.
Through tracks such as “A Generation of Eyes”, “Saturnism”, and “Cyanide Mine” Vocalist Mike Paparo and co. task the listener to consider what it would be like for an individual to fully disappear. Dreamless Veil delves into this murk through eight tracks – dramatic swells, melodic crescendos, and abrasive blast-beat poundings make way to more introspective moments ultimately resulting in pure horror.
Paparo explores the concept of corporeal disintegration with pained shrieks and disembodied bellows, resulting in one of the most unchained performances of his storied career. Lyrics for the record show, but don’t tell. Dreamless Veil’s concept alludes to misery leading to grotesquery – the opener “Dim Golden Rave” throws the listener into an ambiguous time and place: “Grief, spiritless, collapses against the filth-ridden street”. The second track, “A Generation of Eyes” follows this narrative by invoking Neil Young, quoting him to the extent of “rust never sleeps.” What ensues is a grief so powerful it decomposes from within. The end result manifests in the album closer “Dreamless” – the body is now fully discarded, hinting at a possible enlightenment through a horrible, gruesome process.
Sonically, Every Limb Of The Flood is a caustic, corrosive journey. Critically acclaimed drummer David Haley flexes some of his most creative drum work to date, dragging the listener through wild tempo changes, breakneck speeds that come to sudden halts, while guitarist Dan Gargiulo (Artificial Brain) interweaves disorienting guitar madness.
Recorded by Brett Bamberger (Revocation) Every Limb Of The Flood was mixed by Gargiulo and mastered by Colin Marston (Gorguts, Krallice, and more.)
Every Limb Of The Flood tracklisting:
“Dim Golden Rave” “A Generation Of Eyes” “Saturnism” “The Stirring Of Flies” “Cyanide Mine” “Every Limb Of The Flood” “Glossolalia” “Dreamless”
“A Generation Of Eyes”:
Dreamless Veil Is:
Dan Gargiulo – Guitars, Bass, Synth and Vocals Dave Haley – Drums Mike Paparo – Vocals
Mastodon have announced 15th anniversary deluxe editions of their Crack The Skye album, due for release on October 4.
The release will be available in multiple configurations: 2LP + Blu-Ray Deluxe Box, 2CD + Blu-Ray Deluxe, 2LP Deluxe Vinyl, 2CD Deluxe, and Digital Deluxe.
All versions feature the original album remastered plus the instrumental album, The Score, plus brand-new artwork designed by the band’s long-time collaborator, Paul Romano.
The Limited Edition 2LP & 2CD sets also boast a bevy of exclusive and essential extras like a Blu-Ray featuring high-res audio, animated 10th Anniversary Tour Visuals, Original Crack the Skye Film and extended & remastered Making Of documentary.
They also feature art extras like expanded booklets, 24×24 poster, custom magnets (2LP box) and sheet of stamps (2CD set).
Paramount+ has released the official trailer for the upcoming docuseries Nothin’ but a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ’80s Hair Metal, which premieres exclusively on the streamer on Sept. 17.
You can watch the trailer below.
Nothin’ but a Good Time is based on Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour’s 2021 book of the same name, a 500-plus-page oral history that provides an in-depth look at the ’80s hard rock explosion. The docuseries promises the same, featuring Poison, Def Leppard, Guns N’ Roses, Quiet Riot, Skid Row, W.A.S.P., Great White and more.
“Go inside the ’80s hair metal phenomenon that enthralled generations of music lovers and still influences culture today,” the official description reads. “Directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass, The Dirt), the three-part series showcases the notoriously wild ’80s hard rock phenomenon and features interviews with those who lived it, including Bret Michaels, Stephen Pearcy, Nuno Bettencourt, Dave ‘Snake’ Sabo and Riki Rachtman, along with Corey Taylor and Steve-O, among many others.”
“I Feel Like I’m Gonna Die, So I Probably Shouldn’t Be Doing This Band”
“In the ’80s, it was an exciting time in music — it was amazing,” Michaels says in the trailer. “We bet on ourselves, and when it paid off, it was awesome.” But as anybody even remotely familiar with the ’80s hard rock scene knows, what went up inevitably had to come down.
“It was nothin’ but a good time?” former Guns N’ Roses and Great White manager Alan Niven says in the trailer. “Not the fucking life I lived.” Immediately afterward, L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns reflects: “I feel like I’m gonna die, so I probably shouldn’t be doing this band.”
Nothin’ but a Good Time is the second ’80s hard rock docuseries to hit Paramount+ in a little over a year, following last summer’s I Wanna Rock: The ’80s Metal Dream.
“I did a little concert for somebody in Hollywood,” Snoop recalled during a recent interview with Complex (watch below). “Paul McCartney was there. So I’d never met him before, but I’m a fucking fan of the Beatles.”
Despite having friends in common, including Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, Snoop and Macca had never talked. Perhaps that’s why the rapper was so shocked by what he heard next.
“I’m in the back smoking and they’re like, ‘Sir Paul would like to meet you,’” Snoop recalled. “So I’m like, ‘Oh, for real? Hold on.’”
Excited to come face-to-face with one of his idols, the hip-hop star went to extinguish his blunt. To Snoop’s surprise, McCartney stopped him..
“[He] walks in the room like, ‘Don’t put that down,’” the rapper recalled. “He gave me a hug and he meet me, and it’s like, ‘Fuck. Paul McCartney knows who the fuck Snoop Dogg is!’”
‘F— Snoop Dogg. This Is Paul McCartney’
When interviewer Jillian Superstar pointed out that Snoop Dogg is certainly a legend in his own right, the rapper was adamant. “No, you’re not listening to me. Fuck who Snoop Dogg is. This is Paul McCartney. He knows who I am. That’s the experience that I love, is when the people that you respect respect you.”
McCartney has dabbled in hip-hop, most memorably teaming with Kanye West and Rihanna on the 2015 single “FourFiveSeconds.” Asked if he’d ever consider doing a collaboration with the former Beatle, Snoop responded immediately.
“Fuck yes, in a heartbeat,” the rapper declared. “‘Ebony and Ivory’? What, ‘The Girl Is Mine’? What you want to do?”
Paul McCartney Albums Ranked
The Beatles always defined him, but McCartney’s story didn’t end there.
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Most of us know that feeling of being crazy in love. It usually doesn’t end well. We typically first experience it in high school or, for some, even middle school. It’s that one person you dream about but who seems so far out of reach, and almost always is. Then eventually, if one is lucky, as they get older, they find that one person who may finally give them a look back, and possibly even more. Then it all starts—that crazy in love feeling that turns your world upside down. For very few, it will last a lifetime, but for most, it ends up… well, you know what I mean.
Nonetheless, there are always those songs that seem to understand exactly how you feel during those times in your life when nothing else seemed to matter except that one special person who you simply went radio ga ga over.
# 10 – Crazy Love – Van Morrison
When Van Morrison sang the lyrics, “I can hear her heartbeat from a thousand miles / Hear the heavens open every time she smiles,” you knew he was quite smitten with her. It doesn’t get much more poetic than that when falling in love. Van Morrison’s celebratory song about being crazy in love was released on his Moondance album, which came out in 1970. The song has been covered by many artists over the years, including Helen Reddy, who had a big hit with it, Aaron Neville, Robbie Robertson, and a wonderful version by Bryan Ferry.
Sammy Hagar keeps it lyrically pretty simple on this one, and that’s okay because it’s such a great rock and roll tune. Songs don’t have to have complex lyrics to be great rockers. Sammy makes his point throughout the entire song and the chorus, but there are times when you realize he’s pretty downright serious about this girl, especially when he sings, “Lead me to forbidden doors, you know I’m yours, yeah you’ve got it, yeah I want it, don’t you know it, baby.” The song was the lead single from his fantastic Three Lock Box album.
# 8 – Landslide (And every other Stevie Nicks song) – Stevie Nicks
“Landslide” is an interesting one because of its ambiguity in the lyrics, which makes it such a work of art. Stevie Nicks is a treasure—her music, her heart, her soul, her voice, her looks, her style—everything about her has caused millions of people to fall in love with her. Yet, she’s someone who’s never married, someone who’s had many affairs, someone who seems to have loved very deeply. Who really is Stevie Nicks? All we know about her is through her music, which is brilliant.
“Landslide” may be a song about being crazy in love with someone, but what we truly believe it to be is a song about being crazy in love with music. For many, the love of music becomes a sacrifice to all else. A musical career can be so consuming that there isn’t enough left for somebody else. You may think there is, you may try, but for those who are captured by music and whose hearts won;t allow them to do anything else, they eventually find themselves alone, no matter how famous they may be.
Tom Waits’ cover of the legendary Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim song “Somewhere” may not be for everyone, but it remains one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. The beauty of this song also lies in its tragedy. “Somewhere” (with its famous line “There’s a place for us”) was the love theme in West Side Story, the modern-day adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Written in 1957 for the Broadway musical West Side Story, the song eventually made its way to the silver screen in 1961, becoming part of one of the most beloved films of all time.
The song has been covered by many artists, but no one has done it quite like Tom Waits. Released as the opening track on his Blue Valentine album, Waits delivered one of the most passionate and genuine vocals of his career.
Well, you knew we had to include this REO Speedwagon classic on the list. Talking about dedication to somebody—are there any more dedicated lyrics than when Kevin Cronin sings, “When I said that I loved you, I meant that I loved you forever, and I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you?” However, there are plenty of thorns in the rosy picture Cronin paints in the chorus, as his wife was not as faithful as he had hoped. Still, his love never fades for her, which is pretty amazing if you’ve ever been through something like that. They named the album perfectly.
Not all love songs need to be spelled out so clearly. Bernie Taupin’s lyrics are filled with ambiguity and, at the same time, beautiful cinematic imagery that is easy to understand yet bathed in artistic brilliance. The simplicity of lines like “Oh, how it feels so real, lying here with no one near, only you, and you can hear me” are contrasted with more vivid imagery like “Jesus freaks out in the street, handing tickets out for God, turning back, she just laughs, the boulevard is not that bad.” Putting it all together was the phenomenal melodies, chord changes, and stunning musical performance by Sir Elton John, turning it all into gold.
Paul McCartney’s solo song “Maybe I’m Amazed” was originally released on his debut solo album McCartney. However, it did not become a major hit until it was released on Wings Over America. The live version of the song was very successful commercially. It was evident that this song was written about his wife, Linda, which made it even more special because it felt so genuine. McCartney seems to express his disbelief at being loved by such a wonderful and beautiful woman whom he adores. This song is deeply heartfelt, and if you’ve followed McCartney’s career and seen how he kept Linda by his side in his band, it is clear that he was just crazy in love with her.
Heart’s “Crazy on You” was released on the band’s debut album, Dreamboat Annie. It was the second single released from the album, following “Magic Man,” which went completely viral and turned the band into a household name rather quickly. There may be no better phrase for a man to hear from a woman than when she states that she wants to go crazy on him—it’s putting it rather bluntly. This song is all about the madness in the world, the chaos surrounding them, from the streets to the kids. There may never be time, but in the middle of the night, when all is quiet, it’s time to go crazy…
# 2 – Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin
You don’t even have to know or understand any of the words Robert Plant is singing in this one because just by the sound of his voice, you can tell he’s madly and crazy in love. It all sounds pretty painful, but of course, that’s what love is all about—pain, pain, pain. “Since I’ve Been Loving You” is, without a doubt, one of the greatest songs Led Zeppelin ever released. The song was originally recorded for the band’s debut album, Led Zeppelin I, in 1969.
This song sums up perfectly what being crazy in love is all about. First off, as we said in the introduction, being crazy in love can happen with someone you’ve never even spoken a word to. That’s where this song actually came from. In multiple interviews, Ray Davies said he wrote this song after seeing a beautiful girl dancing and becoming completely overwhelmed by her looks and everything about her. He became infatuated. The lyrics are brilliant. We’ve heard them so many times, but we probably never really listened to them: “Girl, you really got me goin’, you got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’ now. Yeah, you really got me now, you got me so I can’t sleep at night.” It’s all there—the guy can’t do anything anymore because this girl has frozen his brain. That’s what being crazy in love is all about. You lose all sense of reality, intellect, and common sense, and you just don’t care… until he or she breaks your heart!
Oceans Of Slumber have released “The Given Dream”, the third single from their dark, cinematic sixth album, Where Gods Fear To Speak, out September 13 via Season Of Mist. Listen below.
Says the band: “Let us escape this facade of perfection together. Move away from the inescapable pull of manicured lifestyles, perfect lives, and the given dream.”
“Let us go to the shore There the waves will kiss our feet With mysterious sadness The stars will shine down on us”
– Aleksey Pleshcheyev
Where Gods Fear To Speak can be pre-ordered / pre-saveed at this location.
Tracklisting:
“Where Gods Fear To Speak” “Run From The Light” “Don’t Come Back From Hell Empty-Handed” “Wish” “Poem Of Ecstasy” “The Given Dream” “I Will Break The Pride Of Your Will” “Prayer” “The Impermanence Of Fate” “Wicked Game”
Spanish rock band, Strangers, are excited to share their new single and the accompanying visualizer, “Echoes”, out today via Frontiers Music Srl.
The band commented on the new single by saying, “‘Echoes of doubt may linger, but this track proves that the mind’s darkest corners can be lightened up with your inner strength, true potential and rock. Enjoy it.”
Stream/download the single here, and check out the visualizer below:
Strangers, born in Madrid in 2012, was founded by Miguel Martin and Abel Ramos. Strangers have recorded and published three studio albums; Emotions (2013), Survival (2015) mixed and mastered by Erik Martensson and Brand New Start (2019) mastered by Dave Donnelly in Los Angeles.
After some lineup changes, Strangers decided to join forces with Celia Barloz as frontwoman. Celia, in addition to be a brilliant vocal coach, had already been collaborating with the band as backing vocals in live shows and some recorded vocals on “Brand New Start”. Strangers faces this new phase with a renewed sound.
Strangers recorded their most recent EP, Whispers, in KV62 Studios, mixed and mastered by Andy C. during Summer 2023. Their latest single, “With You”, was release on May 8.
As a talented frontwoman, Celia Barloz will be inspiring a new generation with her passion, determination, and undeniable talent. With a beautiful and heartwarming voice, Celia’s journey is only beginning, and the future of rock music looks brighter with each note she sings.
Lineup:
Celia Barloz – vocals Miguel Martín – guitar Abel Ramos – drums César Chacón – bas
Slipknot have released the new video below, recapping the band’s sold out show at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden on August 12.
Slipknot’s Here Comes The Pain Tour, produced by Live Nation, includes arena plays nationwide this summer, followed by global performances across arenas later this year and throughout 2025. Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture and Vended are confirmed as support on select dates.
Tickets are on sale now. See below for a full list of dates.
2024 dates:
September 1 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma 7 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre # 8 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Styles Resorts Amphitheater # 11 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater # 13 – Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome # 14 – Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome # 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre # 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center # 18 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion # 21 – Des Moines, IA – Knotfest Iowa at Waterworks Park # 26 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival
October 11 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival 19 – São Paulo, Brazil – Knotfest Brasil
November 8 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Calle 2 9 – Mexico City, Mexico – Parque Bicentenario
December 5 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome 6 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalehallen 8 – Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyerhalle 9 – Leipzig, Germany – Quarterback Immobilien Arena 11 – Zürich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion 12 – Paris, France – Accor Arena 14 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena 15 – Glasgow, UK – Ovo Hydro 17 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live 18 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena 20 – London, UK – The O2 21 – London, UK – The O2
* w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Orbit Culture # w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Vended
2025 dates:
June 6-8 – Nurburg, Germany – Rock Am Ring 6-8 – Nuremberg, Germany – Rock Im Park 12-14 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – NovaRock
With everything they do, Swedish genre-blending rockers, Dampf, remain unique in their idiosyncrasy. It should therefore not come as a surprise for the band to release today, not one, but two brand new singles and videos.
“War With The World” and “Might As Well Have Died” juxtapose two tales, one of light and one of darkness. The two singles are taken from their sophomore album, No Angels Alive, out this Friday, August 23 via Silver Lining Music.
With Dampf there will always be contrasts and opposites, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dreams and nightmares, comedy and tragedy… but through it all runs the common thread of theatre, of the grandiose, of the joys in the unpredictable, and an overwhelming confidence in embracing them all. Whether the gothic dungeon of “War With The World” or the snakes and misty forests of “Might As Well Have Died,” Dampf reigns supreme in telling stories of theatrical chaos and color.
The first song “War With The World” is a maritime singalong-flavored juggernaut. “Persuading people to go to war by using powerful words is obviously a complex subject. Take for example Napoleon. He made people go euphorically wild with his speeches and suddenly people were charging towards the ‘enemy’ with only pikes or other makeshift weapons even though they knew that the enemies were stronger and larger in numbers. They felt invincible thanks to those speeches: people just responding with flock mentality to those words, instead of taking a moment to think, ‘hold on, you’re going to fight that person for what?! A bottle of rum or whatever?’ Madness!” chuckles singer/songwriter A-Tron.
“The second song, ‘Might As Well Have Died,’ is probably Dampf’s darkest yet,” A-Tron continues. “The lyrics are the dark thoughts you can sometimes have, for various reasons, when you can’t sleep. ‘Why am I putting energy into all of this when it’s done anyway?’ It can be a simple relationship that has ended, you think you have done everything that you can and it still goes to hell. Or you try to work or study for a better future, then a handful of dictators start wars in all corners of the world… threatening me with nuclear weapons when I just had a baby, what the hell? It’s a feeling of cold, empty hopelessness.”
Led by singer/songwriter A-Tron (Martin Erikson aka E-Type) and keyboardist/songwriter Beak, No Angels Alive is an all-in ten-song storytelling experience blending expansive yet tightly bound stylistic ingredients incorporating hard rock, thrash, melodic power metal, and electronic edges. Recorded at Yard Street Studios (Solna, Sweden) and produced by Jona Tee, be gloriously warned: Dampf’s second studio offering, No Angels Alive, is not – and never was – conceived to be for the faint of heart.
Completed by vocalist Bhéara aka Olivia Thörn, drummer Haderajja aka David Wallin (HammerFall), bassist Bahari aka Pontus Egberg (King Diamond, The Poodles), guitarists Skaeggyxa aka Love Magnusson (Dynazty) and Sha-Zam’s aka Sam Söderlindh, and growler Arkoūda aka Björn Åkesson, Dampf engages in a theatrical journey through the timeless historical corridors of human darkness and their opus, No Angels Alive, plays like a grand collective performance piece, with an innate sense of beautiful, catchy melody finding ample room and context alongside the overall brutality of Dampf.
Scary yet colorful, heavy yet catchy, listen to No Angels Alive with a genreless mind and an open heart; the rewards of this immense and unique album will be plentiful.
No Angels Alive will be released on CD digipak, 12” Gold And Black Splatter vinyl, digital formats, and special D2C products and bundles. Preorder here.
Tracklisting:
“No Angels Alive” “Masquerade” “Ghost” “Might As Well Have Died” “Heart Of Darkness” “War With The World” “Hellfire” “Away” “Mists Of Avalon (Don’t Wake Me Up)” “Dark Side Of My Moon”
“No Angels Alive” video:
“Masquerade” video:
Dampf are:
Martin Erikson [A-Tron] – vocals Olivia Thörn [Bhéara] – vocals Beak – keys David Wallin [Haderajja] – drums Pontus Egberg [Bahari] – bass Sam Söderlindh [Sha-Zam’s] – guitar Love Magnusson [Skaeggyxa] – guitar Björn Åkesson [Arkoūda] – growls
