The red hot REV THEORY is heading back on the road for a headlining tour and is giving 10 fans for each show, VIP ticket upgrades to not only see the band live, but attend an acoustic performance, receive an autographed poster, AND meet the band in person. Please note that this is NOT a contest, each VIP upgrade is $35 USD and there are only 10 upgrades per show, so get your tickets now before it’s too late! And if you haven’t already, pick up a copy of Light It Up in stores and all digital markets everywhere!

Tour Dates:
February 20th Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
February 23rd Lafayette, LA @ Punk and Crunk Festival w/ Shinedown
February 25th Jackson, MS @ Touch Night Club
February 27th Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar
February 28th Goose Creek, SC @ The Dive
March 3rd Townson, MD @ Recher Theatre
March 4th Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
March 5th Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

Aged a mere 56 years old, Billy Powell, keyboardist from Southern Rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, was found dead in his condominium in Orange Park, Florida, on the 28th of January.
Powell had rung 911, at gone 12 a.m. and complained that he was having trouble breathing.
The paramedic team made it to his apartment, and found him in his bedroom lifeless, yet still clutching the phone. Emergency services attempted to resuscitate the musician but he was pronounced dead an hour later, Orange Park Police said. They later went on to stating that he had a history of heart problems, and also, his cardiologist will sign his death certificate, opposing the need for a suggested autopsy, as the reason has been put down to a probable heart attack.
He had infact missed an appointment with his Doctor, the day before his death.

Powell joined Lynyrd Skynyrd way back in 1972 (After working as their roadie), and he played on their hits such as the infamous “Sweet Home Alabama.”
The band have cancelled upcoming concerts, but are still going ahead with their European tour in mid 2009, including gigs in London, Manchester and elsewhere in May and June.

Well, at least he’s free now in Rock N Roll Heaven.

R.I.P. Mate

Los Angeles neo-classical death unit EXMORTUS, are hitting the road in support of their debut album In Hatred’s Flame, teaming up with fellow marquee metal artists BONDED BY BLOOD (EARACHE RECORDS) and WITCHAVEN for the “Masters of Disaster” tour. Listed below are the dates.

Additionally EXMORTUS has uploaded their video for the song “Triumph by Fire”, watch it below:

EXMORTUS- TRIUMPH BY FIRE

List for tour dates below:
March 6th Las Vegas , NV @ 4 Aces
March 7th Tempe , AZ @ The Sets
March 9th Tucson , AZ @ Vaudeville
March 10th Las Cruces , NM @ El Patio
March 11th Lubbock , TX @ Jake’s Backroom
March 12th Oklahoma , OK @ The Conservatory
March 13th Dallas , TX @ Reno’s Chop Shop
March 14th San Antonio , TX @ The Warhol
March 15th Jackson , MS @ The Bomb Shelter
March 17th St Petersburg , FL @ State Theatre
March 18th Fort Myers , FL @ Rockstarz
March 20th Winter Park , FL @ The Haven
March 22nd Sheffield , AL @ Muscle Shoals Music Hall
March 24th Raleigh , NC @ Volume 11
March 26th Danville , VA @ Plan B
March 27th Allentown , PA @ Rock House Sterling Hotel
March 28th Bayonne , NJ @ Liquid Lounge
March 30th Syracuse , NY @ Lost Horizon
March 31st Cleveland , OH @ Now That’s Class
April 2nd Detroit , MI @ Blondies
April 3rd Fort Wayne , IN @ Miss Q’s Music Complex
April 4th Aurora , IL @ Doug’s Rock House
April 7th Des Moines , IA @ Vaudeville Mews
April 8th Kansas City , MO @ Riot Room
April 9th Lincoln , NE @ Knickerbocker
April 10th Denver , CO @ Marquis Theatre
April 11th Billings , MT @ FOE
April 15th Boise , ID @ Gusto’s
April 16th Seattle , WA @ King Cobra
April 17th Portland , OR @ Satyricon
April 18th Medford , OR @ Musichead
April 21st Modesto , CA @ Modesto Virtual
April 24th San Jose , CA @ West Valley College
April 25th Oakland , CA 924 Gilman Street

Listen to EXMORTUS: http://www.myspace.com/exmortus
Listen to BONDED BY BLOOD: http://www.myspace.com/bondedbyblood
Listen to WITCHAVEN: http://www.myspace.com/witchaven

Tigertailz have been confirmed to play with Hardcore Superstar at the University of London (ULU) on Thursday 12th March 2009.
Tickets are restricted to 500 so book now to avoid disappointment.
See www.tigertailz.co.uk for full details

12 March – UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (ULU), London, UK
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR + TIGERTAILZ + HEAVENS BASEMENT
Click here for details

20 – 23 August – ROCK GONE WILD FESTIVA, IOWA, USA
Algona, Iowa, USA
Click here for details

Okey, so I told you that they would announce new bands for Sweden Rock Festival (SRF) this week, and they did. But I can’t actually say that they I am amazed by the new bands, well I’ve heard about Flogging Molly, but not the other bands, check the list below

FLOGGING MOLLY (US)
JON OLIVA’S PAIN (US)
KAMELOT (N)
DEMON (UK)
VOIVOD (CAN)
THOR (CAN)
IMPELLITTERI (US)
GRAND MAGUS (S)
TRACENINE (CAN)

I thought they would announce something really special, like Triumph last year, it was their only show in like millions of years. But nope, just some (to me) unknown band.

Add your thoughts on this in the comments below?

Hardcore Superstar are now recording their upcoming album BEG FOR IT. The album will be released world wide in the beginning of June!

They will just play a few selected shows before the album release so don’t miss the opportunities to hear some of the new songs live!

Feb 12 Stockholm [SWE] Close-Up Rock Boat
World premier for the new single live!
Get your tickets at http://www.closeupmagazine.net

Feb 27 Växjö [SWE] Växjöparken – GLAM SLAM
Supporting acts: Crucified Barbara, Babylon Bombs and Gemini Five
Get your tickets at http://t-shirtbymail.jetshop.se/default.aspx

Mar 12 London [UK] ULU
World premier for the European fans!
Get your tickets at http://www.barflyclub.com/ULU/whatson/event/21699.aspx

Aug 21 Algona [USA] Rock Gone Wild Festival
For all the US fans. Don’t miss the Rock Gone Wild Festival.
Get your tickets at http://tickets.rockgonewild.com/

Stay updated at www.hardcoresuperstar.com for all the upcoming summer festivals and release date of the new album.

Dana Altman of North Sea Films has announced a green light on production of “GOOD 2B ALIVE”, a documentary film about singer and composer, Miljenko Matijevic AKA “SteelHeart”. The film will be a detailed look into the extraordinary life of Miljenko and his music; an incredible journey back to the stage after the devastating accident in Denver Colorado during his performance at the “McNichols Arena. In 1992 on Halloween night SteelHeart had already a platinum selling album under their belt and their second album on its way to gold, when it all came to a screeching halt.
A lighting truss collapsed and crushed him to the stage, removing him from the music scene and his life’s passion. In a sequence of, what can go wrong, did go wrong is the thread to this incredible true story of human perseverance, the resurrection of a Rock Star. An inspiring journey of the human spirit; how one man keeps the faith regardless of the odds. The producers are planning the final shoot to take place at a free festival called “GOOD 2B ALIVE”, in Zagreb Croatia, Miljenko’s birthplace. This festival is anticipated to be the first of many around the world.

http://www.northseafilms.com/
http://www.steelheart.com/

Swedish melodic heavy metal masters LION’S SHARE has unveiled the cover art for its upcoming sixth full-length album, “Dark Hours”.
LION’S SHARE will release its new album in late March 2009 via Blistering Records. The follow-up to 2007′s “Emotional Coma” was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PARADISE LOST, AMON AMARTH) and features guest appearances by SYMPHONY X guitarist Mike Romeo (guest solo on “Behind The Curtain”), and drummers Conny Pettersson (from Earache Records death metal act ANATA) and Richard Evensand (CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK).

“Dark Hours” track listing:
01. Judas Must Die
02. Phantom Rider
03. Demon In Your Mind
04. Heavy Cross To Bear
05. The Bottomless Pit
06. Full Metal Jacket
07. The Presidio 27
08. Barker Ranch
09. Napalm Nights
10. Space Scam
11. Behind The Curtain
12. King Of All The Kings (bonus track – limited-edition digipak and Japanese version)

The band states: “The new songs are simply awesome and everybody that has heard it thinks it’s our best album to date. The red thread lyric-wise on this album is that all songs are about things that happened in the late Sixties; a decade known for many good things. However, we’re not describing the happy times of the Sixties: We give you the ‘Dark Hours’. Musically, it’s more straight-forward and faster than ever. The songs are filled with energy and great hooks.”

LION’S SHARE’s most recent album, “Emotional Coma”, was released in the U.S. January 29th, via Locomotive Music. The CD was issued by AFM Records in Europe and Spiritual Beast in Japan/Asia and features guest solos from ex-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, and ex-MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover.

BAND LINKS:
www.lionsshare.org
www.myspace.com/lionsshare

I just followed my brother and his band, Mastino, to their rehearsal room. I brought my camera and recorded some stuff, my favorite song is “Work in Progress”, you can see it below:

The audio quality isn’t the best, its not recorded with any professional equipments, just a DV camera, that is around 10 years old.

I will publish more songs from this session, but for now, visit their myspace if you want to hear “Work in Progress” and along with other songs recorded with better audio quality

As you have heard, Steven Adler is on the show “Sober House” where they bring in people with drug addiction, to help them get as much sober as they can on the period they are inside the “Sober House”. My guess is that they might get better, not 100% free from it. As Nikki Sixx said at an interview/in his book, a person will get a flashback from that period and might start with the drugs again, after a long break.

Well in Steven Adlers case its just sad. We all know him as the drummer on the album “Appetite for Destruction”, but he had a problem with the drugs and got kicked out for not playing correctly, if I remember what I’ve read. Well he is in the “Sober House” and is trying to get rid of the drug addiction, or at least take some off it away.
I feel really bad for this guy, heavy drugs aren’t something too play with, it can totally take your body from you and do what ever it wants with it. Well I saw this new clip from the newest episode, check it out:

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I want him to be sober, and I want Guns n’ Roses to get back together, full line-up, the first line-up, the line-up we all love, from their first album: Axl, Izzy, Dugg, Slash and Steven. When will it happen, will it ever happen?

Any thoughts on this, please add a comment about it!