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  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Afterlife Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse, Five Finger Death Punch, released their ninth studio album, “Afterlife” this year. The band are one of the most successful rock acts in modern music. Having amassed 25 top 10 hit singles and 13 #1 singles. Having become one of the most recognizable names in music, 5FDP frequently play all major festivals and sell out arenas around the world. Since their debut album, The Way of the Fist came out in 2007 the band has released seven consecutive albums that were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA, as well as two chart topping Greatest Hits albums. In addition, 5FDP has earned num...

  Jaded Truth unleash a new Christmas track "Stay Frosty" to help the world get into the Christmas spirit. Many people find winter and the Christmas season to be a very stressful time of year. So in saying that "Stay Frosty" is heavy track about coping with those stresses - Kyle Woodland Listen to "Stay Frosty" below: Check out our recent interview with Jaded Truth here: https://www.madaboutrock.co.uk/2022/12/interview-jaded-truth-many-people-have.html Connect with Jaded Truth https://jadedtruth.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/Jadedtruthofficial/ https://instagram.com/jadedtruthofficial https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jaded-truth/1496721768 https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FePI8HSmCYiSFlxEfmCH4?si=vkLKGGSRQKyN3-mHR1Jz0A

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 NOTHING MORE Spirits Three-time Grammy-nominated rock outfit NOTHING MORE’s latest studio album Spirits pairs unapologetically massive anthems, catchy hooks, and progressive music with introspective, philosophical lyrics and thought-provoking emotionalism. From the Top 5 Active Rock charting lead single “Tired Of Winning” and its fan-driven extended version “Tired Of Winning/Ships In The Night” to fist-pounding banger “Turn It Up Like” and their most recent impassioned single “You Don’t Know What Love Means,” Spirits documents the impact the past two years of lockdown and turmoil has had on the world, capturing society’s desperation, mental health stru...

  ††† (Crosses) —the duo made up of Deftones' Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez—present their cover of George Michael’s “One More Try” accompanied by an animated visualizer. Listen HERE In 2020, they instituted a holiday ritual by sharing a surprise cover of “The Beginning of the End” by Cause & Effect on Christmas Eve. They continued this tradition in 2021 with a cover of “Goodbye Horses” by Q Lazzarus. For 2022, they have unveiled “One More Try.” The song famously graced George Michael’s classic 1987 debut album, Faith. In the hands of †††, its themes of temptation and new love resonate over synths in the glow of reverb and Chino's vocals. The group not only performed all of the instrumentation, but they also produced, recorded, and mixed the song. It caps off a monumental year for †††. They just released the PERMANENT.RADIANT EP and the series of accompanying videos that started with " Initiation " and " Protection " in Mar...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 THE HU Rumble Of Thunder What more can be said of The HU? Most recently the band received a very special UNESCO “Artist For Peace” Designation. The first heavy music band to receive such an honor. Hailing from Mongolia, The HU have combined traditional music and instrumentation performed in their native language using native instrumentation with Western modern rock stylings to create a unique and catchy sound they have labelled as “Hunnu Rock.” Across its 12 tracks, Rumble Of Thunder connects the world to Mongolian culture and its unique core values of natural preservation and spiritual connection with the earth. These core values are on full disp...

  Polish death metal legends VADER are proud to announce their "Revelation Of The Wicked - North American 2023" tour. The 29-date trek will kick off in Arizona on March 18th, the tour will make stops in Atlanta, Quebec City, and Salt Lake City before concluding in San Diego on April 17th. Joining the tour are Brazil's death metal heroes KRISIUN and brutal-tech death merchants and labelmates DECREPIT BIRTH. VADER’s Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek comments, “FINALLY, we are announcing the long-awaited US & Canada tour. It's been a while since our last visit to the North American continent in early 2020. Together with Continental and Nuclear Blast, we prepared a very special show including a set of songs from the debut of The Ultimate Incantation (30-year anniversary) and Revelations (20-year anniversary). Quite a number of them were very occasionally or never played before. A nice mix of other VADER albums should satisfy every VaderManiac indeed. “Revelations Of T...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 BAD WOLVES Dear Monsters – Deluxe Platinum-selling, chart-topping LA rockers Bad Wolves released their third studio album Dear Monsters on October 29, 2021 and it quickly become a fan-favourite. After a year of release, Dear Monsters has accumulated 47 million streams and a combined 5 million video views! This new digital deluxe edition also features all of the music included on the If Tomorrow Never Comes and Sacred Kiss EP’s, giving fans the chance to enjoy tracks like “If Tomorrow Never Comes (ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills),” “The Body,” “Sacred Kiss (ft. Aaron Pauley from Of Mice & Men),” “Up In Smoke,” and “I Don't Wanna Feel” all i...

  Floor Jansen, best known as the lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, announces her highly anticipated debut album, "Paragon", releasing March 24, 2023. This album showcases Jansen's impressive vocal range and powerful voice on a diverse collection of pop-infused tracks and emotional ballads influenced by the sounds of her career. "Paragon" has something for everyone and is a must-listen for fans of Jansen. The album includes the following tracks: My Paragon Daydream Invincible Hope Come Full Circle Storm https://youtu.be/aGqJksbbUoY Me Without You https://youtu.be/RAnIRd39Pr8 The Calm Armoured Wings Fire Jansen said, "Look at me now, I’m already there! To renew yourself and take leaps into the unknown makes you grow. To age is a gift not everyone gets. I am a fortunate woman who got to make an album I never knew I could make. One that even defines me, where I am on my path. I have reached my PARAGON! I am so proud of this work! A...

Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 ASKING ALEXANDRIA See What’s On The Inside – Deluxe Asking Alexandria’s See What’s On The Inside (Deluxe) includes music from the Never Gonna Learn EP and acoustic versions of the title track, “Never Gonna Learn,” “Find Myself,” “Faded Out,” and “Alone Again.” Most recently, the band released a chilling music video for “Faded Out (ft. Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation),” which appears on The Retaliators Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. “The deluxe edition of See What’s On The Inside is the culmination of work that we poured our entire selves into. It’s the entire journey, from start to finish of a truly special album to us that includes acoustic trac...

  Templemind recently released a new single ‘More To This Life’ on 25th November. ‘More To This Life’’ was the first track Templemind wrote which set the tone for the whole project. It was guided by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and is a life-affirming anthem, with a super hooky guitar riff and evoking lyrics that will make you rethink your life. Templemind is the new Alternative Project of creative mastermind, visionary, and multi-platinum songwriter Philipp Schardt. Combining epic alternative rock with the healing power of music through specially tuned sound frequencies to inspire people to thrive and reclaim their highest potential. His fascination with the usage of sound in Ancient cultures heavily inspired the audio in this track. The Alternative Rock song features sound healing audio tuned to a specific frequency of 432Hz which is known to lower your heart rate. Templemind made an impressive Debut in 2022, amassing over 500,000+ streams and international headlining shows in Lond...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 DIRTY HEADS Midnight Control California reggae-influenced Dirty Heads dropped their 8th studio album Midnight Control earlier in the year. Dirty Heads are currently out streaming some of the biggest alternative acts in the U.S., with nearly 2 BILLION total streams on-demand + programmed! "Midnight Control is the culmination of almost twenty years of musical exploration, creativity, and our love for creating original impactful art and music,” vocalist Jared Watson said. “It’s the best album we’ve ever written, and I think that’s due to the fact we have been through so much, done so much, and are comfortable as songwriters, producers, players and human ...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Retaliators Soundtrack Garnering a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes during its film festival run across the most prestigious horror film festivals, The Retaliators centers on an upstanding pastor, who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. A brutal movie needs a brutal soundtrack and The Retaliators OST sure does! Led by the Mötley Crüe track “The Retaliators Theme Song (21 Bullets)” and featuring songs from Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria, Crossbone Skully, Cory Marks and many more, the loudest record of the year! The Ret...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 FIRE FROM THE GODS Soul Revolution Fire From The Gods have adopted a unifying mission statement, “All Power to All People,” a play on the revolutionary slogan “All Power to the People.” You can hear that statement reflected in Soul Revolution, as the band aims to empower all fans through their music. Songs such as the singles, “Love Is Dangerous,” “SOS,” “Soul Revolution,” “Thousand Lifetimes,” and “World So Cold.” explored themes of self realization and discovery, unifying amidst personal revolution, motherhood, and resilience. Having officially surpassed 100M streams on their Spotify catalog, this new body of work masterfully blends feelings of in...

  Interview with Michael Small by Carina Lawrence  Grunge hard rock band Jaded Truth formed in 2019 in St John's, Newfoundland. In 2020 they released their debut album 'Rx', a concept album about addiction and insomnia, and soon after, they dropped their sophomore album 'Tsukimono' in 2021. In 2022, they unleashed their third album, 'Take A Seat', highlighting further their 90s-inspired sound with punk and metal elements. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Kyle Woodland, bassist Aaron Jones and drummer Michael Small. I chatted with Michael to learn more about the band and their new album. Firstly, let’s go back to the beginning. What are your earliest memories of music and the moment you decided you wanted to be a musician? As a kid, I was never big into music. I enjoyed certain songs I would hear on the radio, but it wasn’t a big passion. When I entered my teenage years, some of the first music I really loved was Eminem. I had never heard anything...

  Craft Recordings has partnered with Seether to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Gold-selling debut, Disclaimer, with an expanded reissue on 3-LP, 2-CD, and digital formats. As a holiday surprise for fans, the expanded digital edition is available to stream/download in its entirety beginning today (December 16), ahead of the physical formats which are set to release January 20, 2023 (available to pre-order now ). Alongside brand new cover art, all configurations of this deluxe reissue feature the hits "Gasoline," "Fine Again" and "Driven Under," plus a previously unreleased live show, captured in its entirety at New Hampshire's Hampton Beach Casino in 2003. Rounding out the bonus content is a rare 2002 live acoustic cover of Nirvana's "Something in the Way," which was first issued as a B-side. Watch the animated video here . The 3-LP set is housed in a deluxe triple gatefold jacket, while both physical formats also include ne...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 THE RETALIATORS SCORE from Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein The revenge horror thriller of the year, The Retaliators was released mid year in over 1000 cinemas across the world to global praise! The epic score to the movie was written by Stranger Things, Emmy-Winning Composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Steinwho also contributed the bonus track, Cops Are Here to an already incredible soundtrack The Retaliators Score is available from theretaliators.ffm.to/retaliatorssscore Check out Better Noise Music on Bandcamp, for music, merch and more:: betternoisemusic.bandcamp.com CONNECT WITH BETTER NOISE Website | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify | Instagram ...

  The Rolling Stones today announced a new online concert event celebrating the release of GRRR Live! . The concert will take place February 2 at 8PM GMT / 8PM Eastern / 8PM Pacific / 8PM AWST (February 3). Recorded on the band’s 50 & Counting Tour, the GRRR Live! concert featured guest appearances by The Black Keys (Who Do You Love?), Gary Clark Jr & John Mayer (Going Down), Lady Gaga (Gimme Shelter), Mick Taylor (Midnight Rambler) and hometown hero Bruce Springsteen (Tumbling Dice), and proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band’s history. It has not been available to fans since it originally aired on pay-per-view in 2012. The GRRR Live! experience will bring this history-making concert to fans around the world on RollingStonesNewark.com via interactive video company Kiswe’s global live streaming technology. The concert features some of the greatest songs of all time including It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), Honky Tonk Women, Start Me Up, Gimme Sh...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 EVA UNDER FIRE Love, Drugs & Misery This September, Detroit rockers Eva Under Fire released their long-awaited debut album Love, Drugs & Misery. With tracks such as “Coming For Blood (ft. Matt Brandyberry of From Ashes To New),” and “Blow (ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills),” which is featured in The Retaliators soundtrack, “Comatose,” “Unstoppable,” and the Sno Babies soundtrack single “Heroin(e)” the album is filled with a diverse selection of music, with each track sounding different to the last. Eva Under Fire's hybrid of rock, metal, pop and classic rock as something wholly unique. Love, Drugs & Misery is available from evaund...

  THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, the fantastic metal quartet formed by members of Feuerschwanz,Amaranthe and Ad Infinitum, love to explore unseen lands and dive into the adventures of worldwide heroic characters. Sharing their stories with a dedicated fanbase, they now announce their debut album, Metamorphosis, out May 12, 2023 via Napalm Records. With this album, the unit around Ad Infinitum vocal queen Melissa Bonny and Feuerschwanz guitar virtuoso Hans Platz dip their soundscapes into mystical worlds, reinterpreting famous soundtrack themes and writing their own songs dedicated to their favorite characters. Setting off to the fantastic universe of Harry Potter, the first single, “Double Trouble / Lumos! (Hedwig's Theme)” is an expertly metallized medley mix featuring the tune of “Hedwig’s Theme”, cut from the beloved movie theme song featured throughout the entire film series, and the bewitching “Double Trouble”, taken from the third movie. The song comes along with a lavish music v...

  Today Teddy Rocks Festival announce over 100 artists joining the 2023 line-up for the 10th edition of the non-profit festival, set to be its biggest year yet. Headliners the anthemic indie rock favourites Feeder and indie folk singer songwriter Jake Bugg will be joined by Reading rockers The Amazons, South Yorkshire indie fourpiece The Reytons, Dutch pop stars Vengaboys, nineties boy band East 17, Welsh humorous hip-hop group Goldie Lookin Chain amongst many more, to celebrate 10 years of the family friendly festival, with further acts yet to be announced. Teddy Rocks Festival will continue to raise money for children cancer charities on 28-30 April 2023, returning to Charisworth Farm, located in a stunning Dorset valley. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketek.co.uk . Returning to headline Teddy Rocks Festival for a second time is the celebrated and multi-platinum selling rock band Feeder. Since forming in Newport, Wales in 1994, Feeder have released 11 studio albums, 12 compilati...

  Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, NOTHING MORE, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, present their 12 Days of Xmas! Each day beginning from Tuesday, December 13 until Xmas Eve, Better Noise will highlight some of the biggest albums they have released this year! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 CLASSLESS ACT Welcome To The Show On June 24, Classless Act, one of the most buzzed-about up-and-coming rock bands released their incredible debut album Welcome To The Show. Having already earned more than one million streams, the new album gained early traction with singles “Classless Act” that features a guest appearance by Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil, the catchy “This Is For You” with Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, and the bombastic “Time To Bleed.” With an appearance on The Retaliators soundtrack and touring all summer long in the US with Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard, Classless Act have most definitely arrived! Welcome To The Show is available fro...