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November 26, 2024, 37 minutes ago

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A new Ace Of Spades-era ReAction Figure of late Motörhead frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, is available from Super7.

Description: Regarded as one of the most iconic and influential rock and roll records of all time, Ace Of Spades was Motörhead’s most commercially successful album and the title track, for many, the definitive Motörhead anthem.

The latest articulated, 3.75” scale Lemmy Motörhead ReAction Figure is inspired by the band’s Ace Of Spades album era and features the iconic frontman in an all-black outfit adorned with the Ace Of Spades graphic, includes a black bass guitar accessory, and comes packed on a blistered cardback.

Don’t gamble on your chance to add this Ace Of Spades Lemmy ReAction Figure to your collection – order yours today!

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Ukrainian metal juggernauts, Jinjer, recently announced their powerful, long-awaited fifth studio album, Duél, set to be released on February 7 via Napalm Records.

Out today, Jinjer’s new single, “Green Serpent”, is prime preparation for the band’s new full-length. The song begins with thick grooves and calm, clear vocals by matchless vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk, before transforming into a furious steamroller shortly after. Once more, Jinjer nails their balance of various influences, defying all rules and setting their own path. “Green Serpent” has premiered alongside a blistering official music video and is now available on all streaming services worldwide.

Watch the official music video for “Green Serpent”:

While Jinjer’s previous album, Wallflowers, was slightly more alluring and contained noticeably more clean vocals, Duél now takes on a much more aggressive tone. This is proven by songs like “Rogue”, “Green Serpent” and “Dark Bile”, with their brutal and hefty breakdowns. Fans of super-talented vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk’s clear vocals also get their moments, as tracks such as the opener “Tantrum” show the potential of the frontwoman’s outstanding vocal prowess. Duél presents itself way more cruelly – and Jinjer are more vicious than ever before. “Fast Draw” is a wild death metal beast with grooving drums from Vlad Ulasevich, Roman Ibramkhalilov’s one-of-a-kind riffs and Eugene Abdukhanov’s trademark bass wizardry – showing what this band does best: brilliant state-of the-art modern metal.

On Duél, Jinjer continue their long-lasting collaboration with accomplished producer Max Morton, who co-produced, mixed and mastered the album. This new masterwork lives up to Jinjer’s reputation as metal visionaries, once more showing that the band refuses to follow any set rules in their genre, but choose their own path of creativity.

Eugene Abdukhanov, Jinjer bassist on the new album: “First of all, it‘s hard to believe that we’re about to release our fifth full length album. After all the releases we’ve made, finally having Duél in our hands and ready to be shared with the world, makes us very proud that our band still hasn’t run out of creativity and inspiration. The fact that we still challenge ourselves to release the best music we have ever made with each new release, is what keeps Jinjer moving forward. This upcoming album was the longest songwriting process we’ve ever had and it took almost two years to complete. We worked very hard with every free minute we weren’t on tour, recording demos over and over again and always searching for the perfect sound for guitars, bass and drums. It was also the first time that Tatiana did vocal pre-productions, so it’s safe to say that none of our releases were so well thought out and calculated as this one. It pulverizes the boundaries of the modern progressive metal genre but still remains sophisticated, exciting and extreme all at the same time. We took up the challenge to expand our musical horizons even wider than before in order to cement Duél to be the next step in Jinjer‘s musical growth and hopefully the evolution of metal music in general.”

Duél will be available in the following formats:

– 1LP Gatefold Liquid Blood Red Vinyl incl 29x29cm artprint, certificate of authenticity – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold Cristallo Red Splatter Vinyl – strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold White Black Marbled Vinyl – strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold Solid Red Vinyl – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold Solid Red Black Splatter Vinyl – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide – Jinjer Shop exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold Cartridge Grey Vinyl – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide – Jinjer Shop exclusive
– 1LP Gatefold Black Vinyl
– Music Cassette Red (White Print) – strictly limited to 150 copies worldwide – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive
– 1CD Jewel Case
– Digital Album

Pre-order here.

Duél tracklisting:

“Tantrum”
“Hedonist”
“Rogue”
“Tumbleweed”
“Green Serpent”
“Kafka”
“Dark Bile”
“Fast Draw”
“Someone’s Daughter”
“A Tongue So Sly”
“Duél”

“Kafka” lyric video:

“Rogue” video:

“Someone’s Daughter” video:

Find Jinjer’s tour itinerary here.

Jinjer is:    

Tatiana Shmayluk – Vocals
Roman Ibramkhalilov – Guitars     
Eugene Abdukhanov – Bass           
Vlad Ulasevich – Drums

(Photo – Lina Glasir)   

November 26, 2024, an hour ago

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December is fast approaching, and Henderson Brewing is pleased to offer some of their lowest prices of the year on Rush x Henderson apparel, glassware, barware, accessories, and more.

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Forbes Senior Contributor, Hugh McIntyre, is reporting that Black Sabbath scores a brand new Top 10 album in the United Kingdom this frame. The set isn’t actually newly released, but it is new to several charts it reaches for the first time, and it even rises into the highest tier on one of them.

Headless Cross debuts on a trio of charts across the pond this week. It opens highest on the “Official Rock & Metal Albums” ranking, which tracks only the best-selling rock, hard rock, and metal full-lengths in the country. On that tally, Black Sabbath’s popular set launches at #10, bringing the band back to the loftiest space on the roster.

The set appears to be the group’s milestone twentieth Top 10 on the “Official Rock & Metal Albums” chart. It hasn’t been very long since they last scored a new winner on the genre-specific list, as Anno Domini 1989-1995 hit #1 this spring.

Find out which other UK charts Headless Cross lands on this week, at Forbes.com.

Nectar have released an official lyric video for “I’ll Let You In”, a track from their new album, Mission To Mars. Watch below:

Formed in Germany in 1969, Nektar favoured extended compositions and concept albums over the constraints of pop. They were among the progenitors of the progressive rock movement of the 1970s as well as the jam-band scene that arose in the late 1990s.

Their sound traveled well to the States, where they enjoyed Top 40 success with A Tab In The Ocean (1972) and Remember The Future (1973). Nearly 20 albums later, the band’s artistic and personal charisma has earned them masses of devoted fans along with their album The Other Side (2020) which was Number 1 on Amazon Progressive Music.

For over half a century, Nektar has been the guiding star for countless fans, leading them on mesmerizing expeditions through the vast expanses of the cosmos and the depths of the ocean. With their unique fusion of progressive rock and stunning visuals, these trailblazing prog-rock legends have ignited the imaginations of generations.

Nektar is broadening their horizons with the first in the Mission To Mars trilogy. Their first to feature new drummer, Jay Dittamo, alongside longtime members Ryche Chlanda (guitars, vocals), Kendall Scott (keyboards, synths), Maryann Castello (vocals) and original founding member Derek “Mo” Moore (bass guitar, vocals).

From the rocking title track “Mission To Mars” to the beautiful “I’ll Let You In”, Nektar covers all the prog rock bases while venturing into some new melodic territories.

As both Mo and Ryche state, “Mission To Mars’ hails back to Nektar’s early roots before prog music was even a term, a blend of rock and progressive elements that define Nektar’s musical evolution. From day one we had a special feeling about our new album Mission To Mars. ’We hope you do too.”

Tracklisting:

“Mission To Mars”
“Long Lost Sunday”
“One Day Hi One Day Lo”
“I’ll Let You In”

“Mission To Mars”:

Big Big Train will reissue their third studio album, Bard, on March 21, 2025. Originally released in 2002 and after many years of being unavailable as a physical CD, the album has been completely remixed by their longstanding engineer Rob Aubrey.

Additionally, the reissue features a live version of the album’s opening track, “The Last English King”, recorded during the band’s tour in fall 2024, as well “Headlands”, a song recorded during the original sessions but unavailable until now.

“I’m pleased to see Bard being reissued at last,” comments Andy Poole, the band’s former bassist and this album’s producer. “On its original release we expected Bard to be Big Big Train’s farewell. The album has a number of songs that I think stand up pretty well and which in retrospect laid some of the foundations for the upwards curve that the band subsequently embarked on. Rob Aubrey has worked wonders with the re-mix and enhanced the album considerably.”

“I’m never going to pretend that Bard is our best work,” Gregory Spawton adds. “But there’s been increasing demand from fans for a reissue and over the last few years, I’ve warmed towards the album, especially with the benefit of Rob Aubrey’s remix. I had never expected us to play anything from Bard live, but I’ve always been proud of ‘The Last English King’ and was particularly pleased with how we breathed new life into it on tour this year. It proved one of the highlights of the set, both for the band and apparently for fans too.”

“Since I joined the band in 2022, in parallel with creating new music I have been keen to embrace the entire back catalogue of Big Big Train,” says lead vocalist Alberto Bravin. “Of course, over 20 years ago, this was a very different Big Big Train and with the vocals being shared between a number of singers, Bard precedes David Longdon’s arrival as well. Bard certainly has its moments and I loved playing ‘The Last English King’ on tour this year.”

Bard will be released via the band’s own label English Electric Recordings on CD and 2LP and via Bandcamp high resolution download.

The CD and vinyl versions will be strictly limited editions and Bard will not be made available on streaming or other download platforms. The 2LP version of the album will be available as 180 gram “shark” blue vinyl (exclusive to Burning Shed and The Bandwagon USA) and 180 gram black vinyl.

The CD/2LP versions of the album will include extensive 4,000 word liner notes by Andy Stuart (author of the book A View From The Embankment, A View From The Line, which documented the band’s 2023 tour) using material from a new interview with Gregory Spawton.

An audio teaser for the album is available below. Pre-order via the following links:

– Burning Shed
– The Bandwagon USA
– Bandcamp

Tracklisting:

“The Last English King”
“Broken English”
“This is Where We Came In”
“Harold Rex Interfectus Est”
“Blacksmithing”
“Malfosse”
“Love Is Her Thing”
“How The Earth From This Place Has Power Over Fire”
“A Short Visit to Earth”
“For Winter”
“A Long Finish”
“Headlands”
“The Last English King” (Live 2024 version)

Melodic hard rockers, The Big Deal, are pleased to announce the release of their upcoming new studio album, Electrified, set for release on January 17 via Frontiers Music Srl.

To mark the occasion, they share the new single and accompanying video, “Like A Fire”. Watch the clip below, and pre-order the new album here.

Guitarist Srdjan Brankovic expresses his enthusiasm for the release: “We are very happy that we have come to the moment to announce our second album Electrified, together with Frontiers Records. We had the honour to collaborate for the first time with great artists such as Anders Wikstrom (Treat) and Jona Tee (H.E.A.T.), who helped us compose some songs.  If you like melodic metal/rock, melodic vocals, plenty of keyboard and guitar melodic solos, two great female vocalists intertwining in harmony, we think you’ll love the album too. Check out the first single “Like A Fire”, which is about a rock band performing on stage.”

The Big Deal first came together in 2020 when guitarist, composer, and producer Srdjan and vocalist and keyboardist Nevena, who is an academic pianist and singer, started working on some demo songs and covers with the drummer Marko Milojevic. At the end of the year, they thought it would be interesting to include Ana’s vocals in addition to Nevena’s.

After Alessandro Del Vecchio heard the demo recordings, the band signed a contract with Frontiers Records, after connecting them with Srdjan. That’s when the real life of the band under the name The Big Deal begins.

Alessandro became the band’s bass player until 2023, when he left due to personal commitments. In joint plans with Frontiers Records, an album was recorded during 2021, which was released in May 2022, named First Bite.

The album attracted a lot of attention and got a lot of great reactions, especially the songs “Sensational” and “Never Say Never”, which was named the most viewed video of 2022 on the Frontiers YouTube channel. The album even reached the ninth place of the best-selling metal albums on the British “Amazon” list, in the first weeks after its release.

Immediately after the release of the album, the band became active in concerts and received offers to perform at many great festivals, among which performances on “The KISS Kruise” sea tour in October 2022, from Los Angeles to Mexico, where the band was part of the “line- up” together with KISS, Dokken, Lita Ford, Warrant, George Lynch, L.A. Guns.

Another highlight is the performance at the Rock Imperium Festival in Spain, June 2023, where the band shared the main stage with Europe and Deep Purple.

In addition to his work with The Big Deal, Srdjan had many years of work in the band Alogia, he played as a guest of the band Shadow Gallery on the album Digital Ghosts and was in the band’s lineup as a guitarist on the first Ronnie Romero album, Raised On Radio. In 2023 Ana and Nevena sang on the Michael Bolton Tribute album Steel Bars.

While playing with Alogia, Srdjan opened for bands such as Whitesnake, Savatage, Apocalyptica, and also performed as a part of Michael Matijevic’s (Steelheart) band in Bulgaria.

Electrified tracklisting:

“Survivor”
“Like A Fire (Electrified)”
“Fairy Of White”
“Better Than Hell”
“Broken Wings”
“Don’t Talk About Love”
“Burning Up”
“Coming Along”
“They Defied”
“More Than A Man”
“Break Down The Walls”
“Dare To Dream”

“Survivor” video:

Lineup:

Srdjan Brankovic – guitars, bass
Nevena Brankovic – vocals, keyboards
Ana Nikolic – vocals
Marko Milojevic – drums
Nikola Mijic – bass

(Photo – Dragan Jereminov)

Veteran singer Ron Keel (Keel / Steeler / Ron Keel Band / Iron Horse) has announced an in-store appearance at Back Of The Barn Vintage Vinyl Store in Milton, Ontario (Canada), on Friday November 29.

In an update, Ron shares: “I’ve been getting a lot of messages from people asking about tickets for next Friday’s appearance in Milton, Ontario, Canada. This is FREE to the public – I never charge for meet & greets, and I always try to arrange things like this so I can bring a guitar and include some music. So don’t worry about tickets, save your $ and buy a copy of the new album 🙂 ! I’ll have lots of vinyl, CDs, autographed photos, handshakes, smiles, it will be fun.”

RFK Media presents KeelWorld, the new album from Ron Keel, released back in August in both digital and CD formats, with the blue vinyl release scheduled for Black Friday (November 29). All physical versions include a 12-page “comic book” style booklet containing comic-ized versions of iconic photos from all eras.

Tracklisting:

“Hollywood” – Ron Keel
“Hard On The Outside (Heart On The Inside)” – Ron Keel Band
“Moving Target” – Keel
“5 O’clock Shadows” – Ron Keel Band
“Give Me Guitars (Or Give Me Death)” – Steeler
“Weekend With My Friends” – Ron Keel Band
“Guitar In The Grave” – Ironhorse
“Neon Circus” – Ronnie Lee Keel
“Faster Horses” – Ronnie Lee Keel
“Taking Me Back” – Ron Keel Band
“Embryo” – Emerald Sabbath
“Children Of The Grave” – Emerald Sabbath
“The Last Bottle On Earth” – Ron Keel (Alone/Acoustic)

Keel – “Moving Target”:

Ron Keel Band – “Hard On The Outside (Heart On The Inside)” lyric video:

Ron Keel – “The Last Bottle On Earth” video:

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alter Bridge’s best-selling debut, One Day Remains, an expanded reissue of the Gold-certified album is available to pre-order or pre-save now.

The Deluxe Digital or 2LP set, released via Craft Recordings, includes fan favorites like “Metalingus,” “Open Your Eyes,” “Broken Wings” and “In Loving Memory,” along with six bonus tracks, including the rare B-side “Save Me” and a live 2005 performance from Toronto’s Phase One Studios, featuring four previously unreleased tracks.

For fans eager to get their hands on a copy early, limited quantities of exclusive color variants will be available starting November 29, exclusively at the official Alter Bridge store. Each limited to 300 copies, these special editions include Red Smoke, Yellow Smoke, Green Smoke and Sea Blue Smoke pressings.

The wide 2LP release will follow on March 7, and features a classic black vinyl edition, along with limited runs in Orange Smoke (exclusive to the band’s Spotify listeners), Limeade (via Revolver), Blue Smoke (Best Buy), and Electric Smoke (Vinyl Voice, exclusively available via Independent Record Stores).

Meanwhile, the Deluxe Digital album will drop December 6, with the advance single “Metalingus (Live)” available to stream/download starting today.

Florida four-piece Alter Bridge was formed in 2004 by members Mark Tremonti (guitar), Scott Phillips (drums) and Brian Marshall (bass) just as their Grammy®-winning group Creed (known for such enduring hits as “Higher” and the multi-platinum “With Arms Wide Open”) was embarking on an extended hiatus. The band completed its lineup with singer and guitarist Myles Kennedy – then known for his work with the Mayfield Four – and signed to Wind-up Records. In the studio, Alter Bridge took a collaborative approach, working with producer Ben Grosse (Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thirty Seconds to Mars), to create their own special brand of hard rock, blending post-grunge riffs, soaring melodies and plenty of blazing guitar solos.

Setting the tone for One Day Remains is the metal-tinged opener “Find the Real,” a searing, high energy track that showcases Kennedy’s dynamic vocals. The album features one of Alter Bridge’s biggest hits, “Open Your Eyes,” which served as the band’s debut single. The anthemic track peaked at No.2 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, while it was a Top 50 hit in Australia and Canada. “Find the Real” also had significant success, landing in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and becoming the official theme to the 2005 WWE Royal Rumble. Fan favorite “Metalingus,” meanwhile, was adopted by WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland as his entrance theme and, today, remains the band’s highest-streaming song. The four-piece also shows off a softer side through tracks “Broken Wings,” “Shed My Skin” and the deeply personal “In Loving Memory,” written by Tremonti as a tribute to his late mother.

Upon its release in August 2004, One Day Remains was an immediate bestseller, peaking at No.5 on the Billboard 200 and earning a Gold certification from the RIAA. Elsewhere, it was a Top 40 hit in Australia and New Zealand, while it found chart success in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and beyond. The album also earned plenty of attention in the press.

Looking back on two decades since the band’s debut release, Myles Kennedy reflects, “It’s been 20 years since we released One Day Remains. We are forever grateful to everyone who has supported us on this amazing journey. Thank you for the last 20 years and we are excited for what the future holds.”

Today, Alter Bridge have remained at the forefront of the global hard rock scene with seven best-selling studio albums, including the broadly acclaimed Blackbird (2007), AB III (2010), Fortress (2013), The Last Hero (2016), Walk the Sky (2019) and, most recently, Pawns & Kings (2022). They also maintain an active touring schedule in the US and abroad, having played such legendary stages as the O2 Arena, Wembley Arena and the Royal Albert Hall (all of which have resulted in Top 5 UK live albums), as well as Britain’s Download Festival, France’s Hellfest and Germany’s Rock am Ring/Rock im Park. Alter Bridge plans to start work on new material for their eighth studio album in Spring of 2025.

Click here to pre-order/pre-save One Day Remains.

One Day Remains 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition tracklisting:

Side A:
“Find The Real”
“One Day Remains”
“Open Your Eyes”
“Burn It Down”

Side B:
“Metalingus”
“Broken Wings”
“In Loving Memory”
“Down To My Last”

Side C:
“Watch Your Words”
“Shed My Skin”
“The End Is Here”
“Save Me”

Side D:
“One Day Remains” (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
“Burn It Down” (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
“Open Your Eyes” (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
“Broken Wings” (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)
“Metalingus” (Live at Phase One Studios, Toronto, CA / March 28, 2005)

(Photo – Austin Hargrave)