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TWISTED SISTER’S DEE SNIDER LOOKS FORWARD WITH AN ECLECTIC NEW SOLO ALBUM, “WE ARE THE ONES,” DUE IN OCTOBER

One thing you won’t ever catch Dee Snider doing is being complacent. “I’ve never been about living in the past,” Snider says. “The past is wonderful to reflect on and enjoy, but for me, I’d rather show you the latest thing I’ve been working on. I’m all about looking ahead, and this new record is very much about me moving forward.”

Dee’s vibrant new solo album, We Are The Ones, is due out in October on Red River Records (Distributed by BFD/RED). The album crackles with modern energy, from the call-to-arms manifesto of Rule the World, to the anthemic bonding of So What (complete with, yes, a string section) to the intensely synth driven Close to You, to the thematically soaring Superhero (a song tailor-made for running over the end credits of the next Marvel or DC movie blockbuster if ever there was one). Another significant highlight of the album is a newly re-recorded acoustic version of We’re Not Gonna Take It which has also been tapped the official anthem for The Recording Academy’s advocacy efforts, including the “Fair Play Fair Pay” Act. Recently performed in Washington D.C. at the annual GRAMMYs On The Hill event, a video of the song premiered earlier today on Entertainment Weekly’s website and can now be viewed below.

Also featured is an explosive cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Head Like A Hole.

“I always thought it was a great song, a powerful song,” Dee explains, “I can’t wait to do that one live. Like We’re Not Gonna Take It is iconic, Head Like a Hole is iconic for that era.”

With Twisted Sister effectively entering the rearview mirror, Dee now has his sights dead-set on his new musical direction.

“You can’t expect others to embrace what you do if you don’t embrace it yourself,” he admits. “I have to believe it first before I can expect anybody else to believe it. When you’re creating a new record, you want to make a statement, and you want to have music you can stand behind and feel strongly about. So it was a little unnerving when I started heading down this path. After Damon and I cut the first four tracks, I said, ‘Oh yeah, there is a place for me here.’ This is music I feel excited about, and I also look forward to playing it live.”

In April 2016, the singer was called to Capitol Hill for the second time—the first at the infamous 1985 Senate hearing instigated by Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC)–to speak on behalf of The Recording Academy’s “Fair Play Fair Pay” initiative. On September 18th, he will be presenting his new music at Riot Fest at Douglas Park in Chicago, IL.

Snider is unapologetically energized about where he’s going as an artist. “Music inspires that genuine enthusiasm. I’m not anti the past — I’m just not one of those guys sitting there singing about the glory days. To me, these are the glory days, and the days to come are the glory days. And this new record is the part of my next glory days.”

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OPERATION: MINDCRIME STREAM NEW SINGLE, “LEFT FOR DEAD”

As previously reported, Operation: Mindcrime will release their new album, Resurrection, on September 23rd through Frontiers Music.

The band is streaming the first single called, Left For Dead, which can be heard below.

“The album Resurrection is the second part of our three album presentation or trilogy. It continues the story that began on the first album The Key with the near death experience of the lead character known as “H” and his subsequent recovery of the missing encryption key. With the Key finally in his possession, “H” has everything he needs to finally launch his long awaited project called “The New Reality”. Or does he…,” explains Geoff Tate.

Resurrection Track Listing:

1. Ressurrection
2. When All Falls Away
3. A Moment In Time
4. Through the Noize
5. Left For Dead
6. Miles Away
7. Healing My Wounds
8. The Fight
9. Taking On The World (Feature Tim Ripper Owens and Blaze Bayley)
10. Invincible
11. A Smear Campaign
12. Which Side Your On
13. Into The Hands Of The World
14. Live From My Machine

Musicians Featured On Resurrection include:

– Geoff Tate – Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone
– Kelly Gray – Guitars, Bass, Vocals
– Scott Moughton – Guitars, Keyboards
– Randy Gane – Keyboards
– David Ellefson – Bass
– John Moyer – Bass
– Simon Wright – Drums
– Scott Mercado – Drums
– Brian Tichy – Drums
– Tim “Ripper” Owens – Vocals
– Blaze Bayley – Vocals
– Mark Daily – Vocals
– Nick Greatrex – Guitars

METALLICA TO PLAY AT THE GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL, IN NEW YORK CITY’S CENTRAL PARK, ON SEPTEMBER 24TH

Metallica will appear at this year’s free Global Citizen festival in New York in September.

The band will join Eddie Vedder, Chris Martin, Cat Stevens and others at the fifth annual event, which seeks to encourage the concept of everyday people helping solve the world’s social problems.

It takes place at Central Park on September 24th, with a live video stream via YouTube and MSNBC, and audio on iHeartRadio.

Tickets will be available via a draw to those who earn enough points by taking part in Global Citizen challenges, which include signing online petitions and sending emails and tweets to encourage change.

Metallica’s 10th album is expected in the coming months.

additional source: Metal Hammer via teamrock.com

ALTER BRIDGE’S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM “THE LAST HERO” NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AND SLATED FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON OCTOBER 7TH

Alter Bridge has been a band known for blurring the line between hard rock and heavy metal. As assets in both musical genres, the band returns with their fifth studio album, The Last Hero. The album is scheduled for worldwide release on October 7th by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. The thirteen track opus marks a creative highpoint for the quartet comprised of Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums.

The album is now available for pre-order through iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Fans who order the album will receive an instant download of the debut single Show Me A Leader. The album will be available in various fan bundles at alterbridge.com/store and fans can get exclusive early access to the band’s ticket pre-sale by pre-ordering any item in the store. Show Me A Leader is also streaming on Spotify.

From the first notes of album opener Show Me A Leader to the final notes of the epic title track The Last Hero, it is clear that Alter Bridge are back with their most complete musical work to date. While exploring musical influences and styles from throughout the band’s twelve-year history, The Last Hero has a unifying thread starting with the idea of timeless heroism. Songs like Poison In Your Veins and Losing Patience capture the signature sound that have recruited Alter Bridge fans around the world. The band also explores their softer side with the heartfelt rocker My Champion and the emotional ballad You Will Be Remembered. The first single Show Me A Leader premiered on Sirius/XM’s Octane yesterday and a lyric video can be viewed below.

“Lyrically, it reflects the frustrations that a lot of people are feeling with the current state of the world,” admits Myles Kennedy about the new single. “The world is looking for trustworthy effective leadership and not this undignified dog and pony show that’s really made a mockery of our system.”

“It’s indicative of our process,” Mark Tremonti adds. “Myles had this guitar intro that I loved, and I had the chorus. We put them together. The words call out for a proper leader.”

Alter Bridge is heading out on select U.S. headline dates in support of The Last Hero this coming September. The headline run begins September 22nd in Destin, FL. The tour will make stops in San Antonio, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Lincoln, NE; Charlotte, NC; and Nashville, TN. The band will also perform at a few festival dates this Fall including the inaugural Houston Open Air Festival, Sonic Boom, Louder Than Life and the Tulsa State Fair. Tickets for their U.S headline dates will go on-sale July 29th and fans can get exclusive early access to the band’s ticket pre-sale by pre-ordering any item from their official U.S store. The band is currently on tour through the end of August playing with Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin and Saint Asonia.

The track listing for The Last Hero is:

1) Show Me A Leader
2) The Writing On The Wall
3) The Other Side
4) My Champion
5) Poison In Your Veins
6) Cradle To The Grave
7) Losing Patience
8) This Side Of Fate
9) You Will Be Remembered
10) Crows On A Wire
11) Twilight
12) Island Of Fools
13) The Last Hero

Alter Bridge Tour Dates:

July:

26th* Detroit, MI DTE Energy Amphitheater
27th* Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
29th Scranton, PA The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
30th* Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach
31st* Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

August:

2nd* Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
4th* Gilford, NH Bank of NH Pavilion
6th Bangor, ME Rise Above Festival
7th Montreal, QC Heavy MTL Festival
8th* Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
11th* Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
12th* Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Amphitheater
13th* Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
15th* Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
17th* Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
19th* Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
21st Seattle, WA Pain In The Grass – White River Amphitheater
23rd# Portland, OR Roseland Theater
24th* Post Falls, ID Greyhound Park

September:

22nd# Destin, FL Club LA
24th Houston, TX Houston Open Air Festival
25th# San Antonio, TX Aztec Theater
28th# Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
29th# Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre

October:

1st Janesville, WI Sonic Boom
2nd Louisville, KY Louder Than Life
4th# Charlotte, NC Fillmore
5th# Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
8th Tulsa, OK Tulsa State Fair – Oklahoma Stage

* Playing with Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Saint Asonia
# Headline show

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