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• Romanian Folkcore DIRTY SHIRT Celebrates 30 Years w/ New Video "FOMO" and 2025 EU Tour Dates

  Feb 24, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Widely regarded as one of the most original and successful rock bands in Eastern Europe, Romania's Dirty Shirt is celebrating 30 years of creating and performing music with the release of their first single of 2025 "FOMO" accompanied by a music video along with announcing 2025 EU tout dates (listed below).

  "FOMO" is the first single from Dirty Shirt's upcoming seventh album (titled to be revealed at a later date) to follow “Get Your Dose Now!” (2022). Musically, it is a journey through different moments and places, blending various genres: from 80s disco to Balkan music, all built on a metal foundation. It’s a catchy song, with a chorus that sticks in your mind, radiating big positive energy. Lyrically, the song addresses one of the issues of modern society—the fear of missing out (FOMO). This phenomenon has become widespread with the rise of social media, where people constantly compare themselves to others and feel pressured to be part of every trend or experience.

  Digital (Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music) - https://ffm.to/qbjlkrb

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  Over their 30 years, Dirty Shirt has embarked on several successful international tours, both as supporting artists and headliners, amassing over 700 shows in 17 countries. The band's signature style blends modern rock/metal heaviness with the vibrant energy of East-European traditional music, drawing from influences including world music, industrial electro, hardcore, and funk to create a dynamic sound that resonates with audiences globally. With catchy and danceable songs, Dirty Shirt's music appeals to a broader audience beyond just metal fans. Their albums have received widespread acclaim, featured in well-respected magazines such as Metal Hammer (DE, HU), Rock Hard (DE, FR, IT, SLK), Metalsucks (USA), Angry Metal Guy (USA), Hard Rock Mag (FR), Terrorizer (UK), Metalized (DK), and more.

  In recent years, the band has enjoyed international recognition through their participation in several major European festivals such as Electric Castle (Ro), Hellfest Open Air (Fr), Pol'And'Rock (Pl), Dong Open Air (De), Maximum Rock Festival (Ro), Wacken Open Air (De) among many more!

  Recommended for anyone looking for something interesting and lively, Dirty Shirt is for fans of Skindred, Bloodywood, Alestorm and The Hu.

  DIRTY SHIRT - 30 YEARS ANNIVERSARY TOUR:​
  Feb 28 - Bucharest (RO) - EERA Tour - Quantic
  March 1 - Brasov (RO) - EERA Tour - Centrul Reduta
  March 2 - Cluj Napoca (RO) - EERA Tour - Form Space
  March 13 - Prague (CZ) - EERA Tour - Rock Café
  March 14 - Bratislava (SK) - EERA Tour - Majestic Music Club
  March 15 - Trenčín (SK) - EERA Tour - Piano Club
  March 16 - Budapest (HU) - Dürer Kert
  March 22 - Grenoble (FR) - L'Ampérage
  March 23 - 2 Alpes (FR) - Snow Fest
  April 4 - Wrocław (PL) - EERA Tour - Stary Klasztor
  April 5 - Krakow (PL) - EERA Tour - Kwadrat Klub
  April 6 - Warsaw (PL) - EERA Tour - Proxima
  April 18 - Bistrita (RO) - Soho Music Hall
  April 25 - Bacau (RO) - Valhalla Pub
  April 26 - Iasi (RO) - Underground Pub
  April 27 - Suceava (RO) - Art Rock Cafe
  June 7 - Arad (RO) - Flex
  June 8 - Timisoara (RO) - În Spatele Casei
  June 26-28 - Mangalia (RO) - Odyssea Festival (26-28.06)
  June 26-28 - Snina - (SK) - Rock Pod Kameňom (26-28.06)
  July 17 - Bontida (RO) - Electric Castle (17-20.07)
  July 18 - Neukirchen-Vluyn (DE) - Dong Open Air (17-19.07)
  Aug 3 - Rasnov (RO) - Rockstadt Extreme Fest
  Aug 7 - Corbu (RO) - Wild Experience Fest (7-10.08)
  Aug 14 - Domeniul Cantacuzino (RO) - LaRock 2025 (14-17.08)
  Aug 22 - Prešov (SK) - Hel'fest
  Oct 10 - Angers (FR) - Omega Sound Fest (10-11.10)

  For more info:​
  ​Dirty-Shirt.com​
  ​Facebook.com/DirtyShirtRomania​
  ​X.com/dirtyshirtband​
  ​Instagram.com/dirtyshirtband​
  ​Tiktok.com/@dirtyshirtband​

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• STRIKER's "ULTRAPOWER" Nominated For JUNO Award for Metal / Hard Music Album of The Year + EU Tour w/ Unleash The Archers, Seven Kingdoms

  Feb 12, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Edmonton, AB heavy metal masters STRIKER have been nominated for their third Juno Award for "Metal/Hard Music Album of The Year" for their 2024 album "ULTRAPOWER" released via their indie label Record Breaking Records.

  "Honoured to be among the best of the best of the best along with our fellow JUNO nominees this year for our 3rd consecutive nomination! This means a lot to us, we always give it all and are ready for anything. Tough competition this year, it's a brawl at the pub, but no matter what, we will live to fight another day." adds the band.

  STRIKER has been nominated alongside Anciients, Devin Townsend, Kittie, and Spiritbox.

  2025 - JUNO Awards - METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM DE MUSIQUE MÉTAL/HARD DE L’ANNÉE​
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  Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun - Season of Mist / The Orchard
  Devbin Townsend - PowerNerd - InsideOut Music / Sony
  Kittie - Fire - Sumerian / Virgin
  Spiritbox - The Fear of Fear - BMG / Universal
  Striker - ULTRAPOWER - Independent

  Full list of 2025 Nominees and Categories can be found at https://junoawards.ca/2025-juno-awards-nominees/

  STRIKER's latest album "ULTRAPOWER" was produced by Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Tallah, King 810). The seventh full-length from STRIKER follows their Juno Award-winning self-released record "Play to Win" (2018) unleashed on their label Record Breaking Records.

  With the band writing material since 2018, "ULTRAPOWER" is a collection of Striker tinkering and exploring new avenues. From the album's opening track "Circle of Evil", a Malmsteen-esque metal banger about secret societies and the evil dealings behind closed doors to their previously released single "BEST of the BEST of the BEST" serving up some big riffs and hockey arena vocals to "Blood Magic", which might be one of Striker's most progressive songs, taking cues from bands like King Diamond, with its unconventional structure and punctuated guitar solos. From the band delving into their obsession for late 80s AOR and pop rock with "City Calling", an ode to 1987, and bands like Toto and Kenny Loggins with their hook-powered albums. To fans experiencing the band's first attempt at a synth-wave track with "Live To Fight Another Day", this new offering sees Striker making a shredding love letter to the hard-rocking era of guilty pleasures.

  "ULTRAPOWER" was released on February 2nd, 2024, and is available at https://www.striker-metal.com/shop/ (CD, Vinyl, Digital)

  Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3SnIshu​

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  In additional news, STRIKER is kicking off their EU tour with Unleash The Archers and Seven Kingdoms (dates listed below).

  EU Tour 2025 - Unleash The Archers, Striker, Seven Kingdoms​
  Tickets: https://linktr.ee/UnleashTheArchersTour2025​
  12.02 (DE) KARLSRUHE @ Substage
  13.02 (DE) ASCHAFFENBURG @ Colos-Saal
  14.02 (DE) COLOGNE @ Live Music Hall
  15.02 (BE) KORTRIJK @ De Kreun
  16.02 (GB) LONDON @ The Underworld
  17.02 (FR) PARIS @ La Machine
  19.02 (CH) ZURICH @ Dynamo
  20.02 (IT) MILAN @ Legend Club
  21.02 (DE) MUNICH @ Backstage Halle
  22.02 (CZ) ZLIN @ Masters of Rock Cafe
  23.02 (HU) BUDAPEST @ Barba Negra
  25.02 (AT) VIENNA @ Szene
  26.02 (PL) CRACOW @ Kwadrat
  27.02 (DE) LEIPZIG @ Hellraiser
  28.02 (LU) ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE @ Rockhal
  01.03 (DE) HAMBURG @ Kronensaal
  02.03 (NL) HAARLEM @ Patronaat

  More info: Striker-metal.com​

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• Of Mice & Men Announce 2025 Headlining Tour

  Jan 27, 2025 Al Feliciano 0 Comments

  Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men — Aaron Pauley (bass + vocals ), Valentino Arteaga (drums), Alan Ashby (guitar), and Phil Manansala (guitar) — are hitting the road this Spring, with support from Gore. and Until I Wake.
  
  Tickets go on sale on January 29 and will be available here. All dates are below.

  Vocalist Aaron Pauley comments on the upcoming tour, saying, "We're beyond stoked to be announcing these dates with Until I Wake and Gore. We want to thank all of our fans for the years of support and we can't wait to celebrate the last 15 years of music with you all at these shows."
  
  OF MICE & MEN ON TOUR:
  WITH  UNTIL I WAKE + GORE.:
  5/6 — Dallas, TX   — Echo Lounge
  5/7 —  Lawrence, KS  — Granada Theatre
  5/9 — Saint Louis, MO  — Delmar Hall
  5/10 — Columbus, OH  — Sonic Temple Festival
  5/11 — Asheville, NC  — Orange Peel
  5/13 —   Huntsville, AL  — Von Braun Center
  5/14 —   New Orleans, LA  — House of Blues
  5/16 —   Destin, FL  — Club LA
  5/17 —   Daytona Beach, FL  — Welcome To Rockville Festival
  5/19 —   Charleston, SC  — Music Farm
  5/20 —  Atlanta, GA  — Center Stage
  5/21 —   Charlotte, NC  — The Underground
  5/23 — Norfolk, VA  — The Norva
  5/24 —  Pittsburgh, PA  — Mr Smalls Theatre

  Taking all creative matters into their own hands, the Southern California quartet self-produced and engineered all of the songs on Tether, their astonishing eighth album. Pauley mixed and mastered the album, while Arteaga designed and painted the album's artwork. As a legion of devoted listeners worldwide has come to expect, guitarists Phil Manansala and Alan Ashby, Aaron, and Tino poured their hearts and souls into every note, creating another sonic document of their lives. 
   
  “With this one, we weren’t really focused on how it sounded as much as we focused on how it felt," Pauley explains. "And that's a weird thing to do when all you're working with is sound. But that was really the goal. And we walked away from making it, feeling like we've accomplished that."
   
  OM&M take sobering looks at depression, anxiety, loneliness, and existential dread, powering through the darkness, and emphasizing the importance of creativity as a balm for mental health. A commanding tempest of sounds coalesces within Of Mice & Men, blending the uplifting eloquence of modern active rock with the atmospheric dissonance of experimental post-rock. The band first emerged as part of a vanguard of future aggressive rock hitmakers. Over the years, they've distinguished themselves with musicality, creative ambition, and resilient determination. 
    
  Album eight was no less ambitious. Tether is anchored by a reflective meditation on what it means to draw together as friends, family men, artists, and bandmates. What does it mean to be there for the people who depend on us, knowing we can’t fully protect them from the hardships of life? 
   
  The Of Mice & Men core since 2016 – Aaron, Alan, Tino, and Phil – maintain a powerful bond with their audience and each other, no matter the obstacles. Whether a powerful anthem or atmospheric confession, their songs translate in intimate clubs and massive festivals. "It's about creating moments for people," Pauley says. "Music is the soundtrack to people's lives."

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• Slomosa announces North American Tour with Helmet

  Dec 21, 2024 Al Feliciano 0 Comments

  Norwegian rock band, Slomosa , will support Helmet on the North American leg of their 'BETTY 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR', along with War on Women.    The 25-city tour, which kicks off on February 19, 2025 in Ft. Worth, TX and wraps on March 23 in Washington, DC, will see Helmet performing the iconic “Betty” album in its entirety alongside favorites from the band's extensive catalog.   Slomosa  continues to tour in support of its new album, 'Tundra Rock', released this past September.

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• CAVALERA - ANNOUNCE 'THIRD WORLD TRILOGY' U.S. TOUR!

  Dec 16, 2024 Al Feliciano 0 Comments

  CAVALERA has become synonymous with extreme metal music, a name that to this day still holds the highest regard, a family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression. In 2023, Max and Iggor Cavalera achieved what some would say was an impossible feat; they revisited their earliest releases, Morbid Visions, and Bestial Devastation, and re-recorded them with bone-breaking intensity. A risk that few would dare to even attempt, yet they artfully and prolifically attained their trademark raw sound by means that could only be described as magic or time travel. 
  
  Today, the band announce their 'Third World Trilogy' U.S. Tour. The 30-trek will kick off on February 19th at Queen B in Cottonwood, Arizona and will make stops in Seattle, Brooklyn, and Orlando before concluding at the Van Buren in Phoenix on March 30th. Joining the tour are Oakland death metallers NECROT and  California thrash/hardcore band DEAD HEAT.
  
  Max Cavalera states, "We are really excited to bring the 'Third World Trilogy', featuring Schizophrenia, to the US! If you want to hear  fast riffs, pummeling drums, thunderous bass, and schizophrenic leads, jump in our pit!!"
  
  Iggor Cavalera comments, “I’m super excited about this upcoming us tour, is one of those rare chances to see our first releases on our most purest form performed live. I hope to see you all in the pit!!! Don’t sleep on these dates. You have been warned. X” 
  
  CAVALERA pre-sale tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, December 17th at 10 AM local time (Code: RESTINPAIN).
  General admission tickets go on sale on Friday, December 20th at 10 AM local time.
  Purchase tickets here: https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/tour
  
  Confirmed dates for CAVALERA's 'Third World Trilogy' U.S. Tour with NECROT and DEAD HEAT are:
  02/19/25  Cottonwood, AZ @ Queen B Vinyl Cafe* 
  02/20/25  San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
  02/21/25  Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
  02/22/25  Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
  02/23/25  Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse
  02/24/25  San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
  02/26/25  Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
  02/27/25  Portland, OR  @Roseland Theater
  03/03/25  Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
  03/05/25  Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
  03/06/25  Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
  03/07/25  Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
  03/09/25  Boston, MA @ Paradise
  03/11/25  Albany, NY @ Empire Live
  03/12/25  Wilmington, DE @ The Queen
  03/13/25  Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw 
  03/14/25  Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
  03/15/25  Greensboro, NC @ Hanger 1819 
  03/16/25  Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
  03/17/25  Orlando, FL @ The Abbey 
  03/18/25  Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
  03/20/25  New Orleans, LA @ Howlin' Wolf
  03/21/25  Houston, TX Hell's Heroes Fest ^
  03/22/25  Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City
  03/23/25  Dallas, TX @ Echo Music Hall
  03/24/25  Wichita, KS @ WAVE
  03/26/25  San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
  03/27/25  El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
  03/28/25  Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater
  03/30/25  Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren 
  * - No NECROT
  ^ - No Support

  No stranger to collaborations, the Cavalera brothers enlisted Travis Stone (PIG DESTROYER) on lead guitars, and that choice becomes obvious within the first song. The full lineup would consist of more Cavalera alumni, as Igor Amadeus Cavalera (GO AHEAD AND DIE, HEALING MAGIC) once more brought his talents on bass to the fold. Thundering and thrumming the low end with brute force, it is clear that the double Iggor and Igor combination is a rhythm section to be reckoned with. It should come as no surprise that the CAVALERA brothers always felt that these songs deserved a fresh take with modern production. From April 15th to June 5th, 2023 the band re-recorded the album at Focusrite Room in Mesa, Arizona. Mixing and mastering was handled by Arthur Rizk (SOULFLY, GO AHEAD AND DIE, TURNSTILE) and engineering was completed by John Aquilino. Schizophrenia’s album cover has obsessed and fascinated fans for decades. The brothers left no stone unturned and no detail unnoticed, also revisioning the original cover artwork of the album, restored in hand-painted watercolors by Eliran Kantor.

  With the impressive catalog that the CAVALERA brothers have created over the years, you will soon see that Schizophrenia will also sit amongst their greatest achievements. Max and Iggor have relinquished an album that for many years was locked away behind rusty, iron cell doors, barred by straight jackets and haunted by madness. From the past comes the storms as Schizophrenia is set loose on the world once more! Purchase Schizophrenia here:   https://cavalera.bfan.link/schizophrenia Watch the visualizer video created by Costin Chioreanu for 'Nightmares Of Delirium', here: https://youtu.be/LCMr7_OLHVk CAVALERA is: Max Cavalera | Vocals, Guitar Iggor Cavalera | Drums, Percussion Igor Amadeus Cavalera | Bass Travis Stone | Lead Guitar More information: https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/ https://www.facebook.com/cavaleraconspiracy/ https://twitter.com/cavconspiracy https://www.instagram.com/cavaleraconspiracy/ https://www.youtube.com/@CavaleraConspiracy https://www.tiktok.com/@cavconspiracy

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