Witness, BlessTheFall

It’s been more than two years ago since BlessTheFall debuted onto the post-hardcore scene with His Last Walk and now they’ve given us their sophomore effort, Witness. Witness starts with “2.0” starting like an intro of screams and hard-charging shreddings pummeling you into the ground getting you ready for “What’s Left Of Me” as it’s a pretty cool track of monstrous roars and heart-ripping singing backed by rumbling double bass grooves and whipping frets. “To Hell And Back” continued the screamo brilliance as rolling bass licks and shear guitars emphasized the duet of demonic shouting and harmonious tenor vocals that protruded throughout this deep cut.

After an amazing summer that saw the band ruling rock radio (and the top slot on Sirius Active Rock rankings) with "Far From Over," headlining the Monster Energy second stage at Crüe Fest 2 and led tens of thousands of concertgoers in thundering chants of "Hell Yeah," the name of their first hit, New York hard rock quintet REV THEORY announce their upcoming tour with BREAKING BENJAMIN.

BREAKING BENJAMIN have been a radio mainstay for a number of years and REV THEORY are following directly in their footsteps. The pairing of these two modern rock juggernauts, promises to be a win-win for both of the bands fans. Not only are the fans excited, but REV THEORY is stoked as well, says lead singer Rich Luzzi, “We couldn't be more excited to tour with these guys! They have loyal fans and we are stoked to be able to open for them.”

Now with a loyal army at their backs, Rich Luzzi, Julien Jorgensen, Dave Agoglia, Matt McCloskey, and Rikki Lixx have hit stride, moving a milestone 100,000 albums. In a time when fans cling tight to hard-earned dollars, REV THEORY sold most of its records to concert ticket holders.

CMT Can You Duet? winners Steel Magnolia will make their debut on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry, The Show That Made Country Music Famous on Oct. 17 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

The rising stars, whose debut single, “Keep On Lovin You,” is a Top 40 Country radio hit, will round out a bill that also includes Opry member Vince Gill and Holly Williams, among others, at 7 p.m. Tickets to the show are available at opry.com and 615-871-OPRY.

Steel Magnolia (comprised of Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones) considers performing on the Grand Ole Opry one of the biggest honors bestowed upon a Country artist.

“It’s such an honor to play the Opry” says Meghan. “When you play the Grand Ole Opry it’s like you have arrived. Every legend in Country music has played there. It’s a huge honor.”

“[There’s] this thing. . .when you walk into this historical place and know that so many great legends have played here. . . It’s a turning point in our career,” says Joshua. “[It’s] a new validation as a singer and performer. You get that feeling of the history behind it.”

Guns N' Roses rock classics have now been made suitable for young children. The "Rockabye Baby" album franchise has turned the band's classic songs into lullabies, replacing Slash's guitar solos and Axl Rose's screeching vocals with harms, bells and xylophones.

Some of the tracks featured on the new album include "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle". It will be released on November 10, 2009.

Rockabye Baby has also converted songs by the Beatles, Queen, Bob Marley, AC/DC, and more.

A Plea For Purging will hit the road on a small U.S. tour reaching several states in November before going out for a big North American tour and this is what was said from the band: "We will be leaving out on a short headlining stint on November 1st with our friends in VENIA and HUNDREDTH. Both bands are solid dudes with solid tunes and we're happy to have them out with us to help us finish up some of our final dates for 2009." The tour will mainly hit the southeast and midwest regions of the nation before they joins up with "THE HELL MUST FEAR US WINTER TOUR" with Impending Doom and Oh Sleeper.

The group has also just released the track "Retribution" from their album, Depravity, on their myspace. http://myspace.com/apleaforpurging

TOUR UP FROM THE FLOOR UP w/ venia and hundredth.
Nov 1 - Montgomery, AL @ The Furnished
Nov 4 - Springfield, IL @ The Black Sheep Cafe
Nov 5 - Franklin, IN @ The Gear
Nov 6 - Dayton, OH @ The Attic Club
Nov 7 - Corbin, KY @ Parkway Church of God
Nov 8 - Greenville, SC @ The Channel
Nov 9 - Wilmington, NC @ Chapel of Wilmington
Nov 12 - Columbus, GA @ Gallery 13
Nov 13 - Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theatre
Nov 14 - Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
Nov 15 - East Ridge, TN @ The Warehouse
Nov 16 - Clarksville, TN @ The Coup
Nov 17 - Evansville, IN @ Resurgence
Nov 18 - Conway, AR @ The Soundstage

Arch Enemy has announced the dates for their ‘Tyrants of Evil’ headlining tour, which will bring darkness across North America in early 2010. They'll be accompanied by Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within . This is the first U.S. and Canada headline tour in support of their latest release, The Root of All Evil, which hit stores last week.

Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow issued the following statement:

Hells Yes! We are more than ready to return to the US and Canada for a head banging and neck breaking tour experience! Totally stoked about the killer package - Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within. We personally handpicked these bands for you! A full on extreme, versatile and so very METAL line-up. You will be hurting in a good way after we have been through town! The Tyrants Of Evil are ready to kill!!!

Presale tickets for the upcoming dates went to market on Oct. 14 at 3 P.M. Eastern, at ArtistArena.com (https://tix.artistarena.com/archenemy/).

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Jan. 20 – Towson, MD – Recher Theatre

Jan. 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

Jan. 22 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre

Jan. 23 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium

Jan. 25 – Montreal, QC – Le Medley

Truth and Salvage is currently on tour with The Black Crowes. They are making some solo stops including The Beachland Ballroom on November 3rd. The band consists of four songwriters / lead singers and consists of Bill "Smitty" Smith on drums and vocals, Joe Edel on bass, Adam Grace on the organ, Walker Young on piano and vocals, Tim Jones on rhythym guitar and vocals, and Scott Kinnebrew on lead guitar an vocals. I had the chance to talk with TIm Jones about the current tour, new album and the unique sound they are producing.

Candis: Hi Tim, How are you?
Tim: Great, How you doing?

Candis: Where are you at now in your tour?
Tim: We are in Dallas. It's kind of cool and looks like fall. We don't get a Iot of seasons in Los Angelos so it's nice. I love Cleveland too. I dated a girl for a while from Cleveland and our base player is from Cleveland.

Candis: What part of Ohio is your bass player from?
Tim: He lived in Cleveland during Middle School and High School and his family has a farm in Conneaut.

Candis: How's the tour going, you've been on the road for awhile now?
Tim:We left Los Angelos on August 15th so we've been gone two months now. Started with The Black Crowes on the 25th and we do some shows on our own when they take breaks.

Take that, Kayne West. Taylor Swift leads all artists with 6 Anerican Music Award nominations. Swift, of course, made headlines when she was interrupted by West at last months MTV Music Awards.

The AMAs will air on ABC on November 22nd. Here is a full rundown on the nominations:

Artist of the Year

* Kings of Leon
* Taylor Swift
* Lady Gaga
* Eminem
* Michael Jackson

Pop/Rock

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist

* Eminem
* Michael Jackson
* T.I.

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

* Beyonce
* Lady Gaga
* Taylor Swift

Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group

* The Black Eyed Peas
* Kings of Leon
* Nickleback

Favorite Pop/Rock Album

* Lady Gaga - Fame
* Michael Jackson - Number Ones
* Taylor Swift - Fearless

Country

Favorite Country Male Artist

* Jason Aldean
* Darius Rucker
* Keith Urban

Favorite Country Female Artist

* Reba McEntire
* Taylor Swift
* Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Music Band, Duo or Group

* Rascal Flatts
* Sugarland
* Zac Brown Band

Favorite Country Music Album

* Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable
* Taylor Swift - Fearless
* Zac Brown Band - Foundation

Rap/Hip Hop

Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist

* Eminem

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THROWDOWN is continuing the all-out assault in the weeks prior to the release of their new album DEATHLESS. They're ready to give the fans just a taste of what they can expect from their new record. Starting on Oct. 11, the song “This Continuum” will be available for streaming on AOL NOISECREEP. Check it out at http://www.noisecreep.com

If that’s not enough, today at 2 P.M. EST SIRIUS/XM’S Liquid Metal (XM:42 , SIRIUS:27) will be world premiering “This Continuum” as well. The feature with THROWDOWN will re-air again at 5 P.M. EST. Fans can shoot their feedback and requests directly to Jose Mangin (Program Director of Liquid Metal) at Jose@siriusxm.com.

The Deathless Tour I is the first U.S. tour in more than a year for them and the first tour in support of the band’s new album, “DEATHLESS” which will be released on Nov. 10. “DEATHLESS” is produced by Mudrock and mixed by Zeuss (HATEBREED).

THROWDOWN will be joined by Bury Your Dead, For Today, ABACABB and The World We Knew. This tour follows their current European tour with Chimaira and Unearth.