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Metal Hall Of Fame Inductees 2024 Include Eddie Trunk, Mick Mars, Sebastian Bach & More
by Michael Major - January 10, 2024 The 7th Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala is set to rock Anaheim with performances from Kings of Thrash, David Ellefson, Chris Poland, and more. Performances just added to the Gala include: Kings of Thrash (featuring David Ellefson, Chris Poland, Jeff Young, Chaz Leon, Fred Aching), Held Hostage, Decon... 
KINGS OF THRASH Announce First Leg of 2023 Tour Dates
by Michael Major - January 04, 2023 The THRASHIN' USA tour will cross the Midwest, East Coast, and southeastern part of the USA through March 15. The group will be performing the Killing Is My Business…and Business Is Good and So Far, So Good…So What albums in their entirety. KINGS OF THRASH also feature Chaz Leon on vocals and guitar... 
ShipRocked 2023 Sells Out as New Lineup Additions Are Announced
by Michael Major - October 25, 2022 ShipRocked 2023 is sold out and producers ASK4 Entertainment have announced lineup additions for the cruise which features nearly 80 performances over 6 days. ShipRocked 2023 sails on Carnival Magic from Port Canaveral, Florida, with stops at Half Moon Cay in The Bahamas, Grand Turk in Turks & Caico... 
Kings of Thrash Announce Tour Dates
by Michael Major - July 27, 2022 The band, which also includes drummer Fred Aching as well as guitarist/vocalist Chaz Leon, will perform the classic thrash albums Killing is My Business…and Business is Good and So Far, So Good…So What in their entirety. Joining the band for these four dates will be ex-Megadeth/Ohm guitarist Chris P... 
Randy Blythe, Corey Glover & More Join ShipRocked 2023 Lineup
by Michael Major - July 21, 2022 The initial list of guest performers for The Stowaways – ShipRocked’s official all-star band – has also been revealed and includes Alecia 'Mixi” Demner (Stitched Up Heart), Andy Wood, Angela Lese (former The Dead Deads), Carly Smithson (We Are The Fallen), Chad Nicefield (former Wilson), Corey Glove... 
Dead Kennedys to Release Remixed 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables'
by Michael Major - July 06, 2022 The band’s debut album is politically incendiary while also wholly musically adept – provocative and often idiosyncratic agit prop lyrics bouncing off of careening, adrenaline-infused musicianship. So it’s only natural that the 40th anniversary re-release of this classic album is revisited by the GR... 
Former MEGADETH Members Unite to Honor Drummer Gar Samuelson
by Michael Major - January 31, 2022 Bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Chris Poland have come together to record one final song posthumously with their friend and former MEGADETH drummer Gar Samuelson. The new track 'The Raven' is the latest single from Fatal Opera, part of a new twelve-song collection of demo material compiled as t... 
VIDEO: The Lucid Release Debut Video for 'Deaths Of Despair'
by Michael Major - January 12, 2022 The Lucid are a four piece hard rock band featuring vocalist Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge), guitarist Drew Fortier, Grammy Award winning bassist David Ellefson, and drummer Mike Heller (Malignancy, Raven, Fear Factory). The video was directed by Drew Fortier. Plus, check out the group's upcoming tour da... 
MEGADETH Bassist & SONS OF APOLLO Vocalist Release New Version of 'Swords & Tequila'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 30, 2021 The track was produced by David Ellefson & Andy Martongelli, mixed by Alessio Garavello in Wembley, England and mastered by Maor Appelbaum in Los Angeles, CA. The video is directed by Elia Turra for Fisheye Studio in Verona, Italy. ... 
SUPREME UNBEING Release Animated Video for 'Animals'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 23, 2020 SUPREME UNBEING has released their second animated video message, “Animals”, from their album ENTER REALITY, available now on all digital outlets from EMP LABEL GROUP. ... 
David Ellefson Releases Video for 'Sleeping Giants'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 25, 2019 Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has released a video for “SLEEPING GIANTS”,the title track from his debut solo release SLEEPING GIANTS, in stores now via COMBAT RECORDS. Sleeping Giants is a companion release to his new memoir MORE LIFE WITH DETH, in stores now via Jawbone Press.... 
Dead By Wednesday Release New Self-titled Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 25, 2019 New England's leading metal band, DEAD BY WEDNESDAY released their self-titled full length album on April 19th, 2019 through Combat Records/ EMP Label Group. The band has announced that they will be hitting the road as direct support for metal legends Flotsam and Jetsam this May/June in support of t... 
Ron Keel Band Releases Title Track Fight 'Like A Band'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 23, 2019 EMP Label Group artist Ron Keel Band, has released “Fight Like A Band,” the title track from their new album, as the premiere video and single from that project.... 
Ron Keel Band Releases New LP 'Fight Like A Band'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 01, 2019 EMP Label Group has released the new Ron Keel Band album FIGHT LIKE A BAND, which hit stores 3/1 via their EMP Outlaw imprint. The collection features 11 brand-new songs and fresh recordings of Keel classics.... 
The Premiere Of The Documentary Film BAND VS BRAND To Screen At The Hall Of Heavy Metal History Gala
by A.A. Cristi - January 09, 2019 The premiere of BAND VS BRAND, a feature-length documentary film directed by Bob Nalbandian (Director of the Inside Metal series) will make its screening debut on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove just prior to the annual The Hall of Heavy Metal History Gala. The documen... 
Frank Bello and David Ellefson Form Collaborative Band Altitudes & Attitude
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 18, 2018 Altitudes & Attitude, a collaboration between Anthrax's Frank Bello and Megadeth's David Ellefson—two virtuoso bass players who've anchored some of the fiercest thrash records of all time – will release its debut album Get It Out on January 18 via Megaforce). A testament to the expressive strength ... 
Mark Morton Announces Collaborative Project, Plus ANESTHETIC Out In March, Drops New Song
by Tori Hartshorn - December 14, 2018 Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has announced a new project that sees him further explore his creative drive for writing and collaboration. Joining forces with WPP Records and Spinefarm Records on a worldwide basis, Morton will release a 10-track album under his own name and titl... 
Eternal Odyssey Featuring Brothers Kent and Brent Smedley Sign To Combat Records
by Tori Hartshorn - October 15, 2018 Eternal Odyssey, the new project featuring brothers Kent (Vocals/Guitars/Bass) and (Iced Earth drummer) Brent Smedley have signed to COMBAT RECORDS/EMP Label Group, who will release their debut album Awakening, March 15, 2019.... 
Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson Honored With “DAVID ELLEFSON DAY” In Hometown
by Tori Hartshorn - October 03, 2018 On October 9th, Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson will be honored in his hometown of Jackson, MN, with a declaration of a ceremonial annual holiday in his honor. “DAVID ELLEFSON DAY” will kick off in Jackson on Tuesday, 10/9, with a ceremony at Jackson High School, David's alma mater, where Jackson ma... 
Archer Nation Prepare Sophomore Release BENEATH THE DREAM
by Tori Hartshorn - September 19, 2018 Santa Cruz Hard Rockers ARCHER NATION have set a January 2019 release date for their Mike Clink (Guns N' Roses/Megadeth) produced sophomore release Beneath The Dream, set to hit stores 1/25/19 via EMP LABEL GROUP.... 
David Ellefson Announces East Coast Dates for BASSTORY Tour, with Special Guest BUMBLEFOOT
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 12, 2018 Grammy Award Winning Megadeth bassist, author, entrepreneur, and Metal Icon David Ellefson has announced a string of East Coast dates for his BASSTORY tour, with special guest BUMBLEFOOT (ex-Guns N' Roses, Sons of Apollo) and opener Dead By Wednesday. These are in addition to already announced dates... 
Grammy Award Winning Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson Inducted Into IOWA ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME
by Tori Hartshorn - September 04, 2018 Grammy Award winning Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was inducted into the IOWA ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME over the weekend, in a ceremony Sunday in Okoboji, IA, presented by the Iowa Rock N' Roll Music Association. David, a native of nearby Jackson, MN, spent his formative years, pre-Megadeth, perfo... 
Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson Announces First Dates For His Basstory Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - June 18, 2018 Grammy Award Winning Megadeth bassist, author, entrepreneur, and Metal Icon David Ellefson has announced the first dates for his BASSTORY tour, a series of limited and exclusive 'Storytellers' dates, starting 9/20 in Portland.... 
CO-OP Featuring Dash Cooper Announce Tour with FLAW + Debut Album Out This April
by Macon Prickett - March 23, 2018 Phoenix desert Hard Rockers CO-OP, fronted by Dash Cooper, son of legendary Rock vocalist Alice Cooper, have announced the release date for their self-titled EMP LABEL GROUP debut, in stores June 15th, and dates for a Spring tour with FLAW.... 
Metal Rockers HATCHET To Release New LP DYING TO EXIST This Summer
by Macon Prickett - February 22, 2018 Combat Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Bay Area Metal staples HATCHET, who will release their new LP DYING TO EXIST on June 22, 2018 via COMBAT RECORDS/EMP LABEL GROUP.... |
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