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PLASMA CANVAS SIGN TO SIDEONEDUMMY RECORDS   ANNOUNCE KILLERMAJESTIC EP OUT JUNE 12 Please meet the loudest, gayest band in the world - Plasma Canvas. The Fort Collins duo has signed to SideOneDummy Records and will release their new EP KILLERMAJESTIC on June 12, 2020. The EP was produced by punk rock hero, Bill Stevenson, who has been an original member of the band Descendents since their inception. He has also produced albums for bands like Rise Against, NOFX and The Lemonheads.   "KILLERMAJESTIC" kicks off with a visceral scream. It's a burst of pure, primal emotion that sounds like vocalist/guitarist Adrienne Rae Ash's actual throat is escaping from...

  More hardcore punk-oriented than previous releases, 'Left Behind' is a thrashing song about rebellion and a generation standing up for itself. "We didn't want to make it overly political" explains singer Jamie Miller, "But the song says exactly how we feel right now - LEFT BEHIND by the powers that be." The track seems particularly relevant, considering the world is amid a growing health crisis and economic turmoil. Yelling phrases like "our generation is on the edge" and "you never gave us any chance", the band doesn't hold back on any of those sentiments. Miller's vocals take a noticeably...

"I think a lot of us can find ourselves in toxic environments that we eventually learn to call home," says singer Griffin Dickinson. "It's easy to get comfy in a bad place yet simultaneously very difficult to make the choice to leave those bad places when the threat of the unknown is so daunting. This song is about taking your life into your own hands, knowing your worth, and making those life-changing decisions that are terrifying yet liberating in equal measure." Shvpes' latest album Greater Than is available now via Search & Destroy/Spinefarm Records. Get it here. ICYMI: Witness the band perform their previous single "Hot Head" under, let's say,...

  In under 10 years, the four-piece progressive groove metal wrecking machine known as JINJER have carved their very own place in the heavy metal landscape and are poised to go even further in 2019 and beyond. Hailing from Donetsk, this Ukrainian musical oddity formed in 2009, but consider the official start of the band with the addition of the incredible vocalist and femme fatale, Tatiana Shmayluk, in 2010. Since then, JINJER have been nominated and won the Best Ukrainian Metal Act award for Best Ukrainian Metal Band multiple times.    JINJER have built upon the successes of their previously released Micro EP with their latest full-length, Macro –...

Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2020 Announcement "Your Voice. Your Festival." As I assessed an ever changing world, and a music industry fighting relentlessly to persevere; I found myself pausing to consistently view situations through the perspective of you the fan over the past three weeks. We have waited on making a statement until now, because seeing the devastation and uncertainty in the lives of so many has motivated me more than ever to identify and implement ways for Blue Ridge to serve however possible. This is going to be a long statement, but I encourage you to take a few...