From my diary at the time:   After an easy going but tiring Saturday (Critical Darlings) rehearsal, Frank (bass), Tom (drums) and I headed out to Chastain for the Fleetwood Mac concert.     All I can say is that Lindsey Buckingham never ceases to amaze me. His solo version of “Big Love” was better […]

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Progressive death metal masters Fallujah, whom we first had the pleasure of covering back in 2016, have released the 3rd single, “Step Through the Portal and Breathe,” from their highly-anticipated new album Xenotaph, out June 13th from Nuclear Blast Records. The band gave us some insight into the new album: “‘Step Through the Portal and Breathe’ is classic heavy […]

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  By Chris McKay   My review from the time:   “Jeez, talk about someone having a lot to live up to and live down! Paul McCartney is both the most loved and hated member of the biggest music act in the history of the world. His contributions to popular culture did, quite literally, help […]

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By Chris McKay  Alright, here’s the thing. Pink Floyd is one of my all-time favorite bands. David Gilmour is one of my all-time favorite guitarists and singers. Rick Wright is one of my all-time favorite keyboard players. Basically, I love Pink Floyd. But… And there’s a big “but” here.  I don’t love Pink Floyd without […]

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  Fresh off playing the Gravitoyd DoomFest, Fostermother, the heavy rock/heavy pych band hailing from Houston, Texas, have already made quite an impression on fans and the music industry as well. They’re in demand at heavy festivals all over and have seen themselves voted onto some very prestigious lists both nationally and internationally: Billy Goate, […]

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As we predicted, each band on the line-up for Saturday show at The Palladium gave the audience one hell of a set, and put their collective performances together and you got nothing less that a night of balls-out rock that hit the spot.  For those of you who were there, relive some of the best moments […]

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  For anyone who’s worried that the season for outdoor music festivals has passed, think again…it’s Aftershock Festival to the rescue (and trust us, it’s a blast, we’ve been there!) with yet another year featuring a killer line-up of artists (see for yourself here, you really won’t believe your eyes), food, swag, metal golf, beverages (the fun […]

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  It’s a phrase most of us heard more than a few times from our mothers when they put strange vegetables down in front of us at the dinner table and from friends who tried recruiting us for their Thursday night candle-making club:  “Try it, you might like it!”  And since those words never led […]

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  Finnish melodic metal titans Sonata Arctica will unleash their new studio album The Ninth Hour through Nuclear Blast on October 7th, but to keep fans happy ‘til then, yesterday they released their second single (available for purchase in digital format here)  and a video clip teaser for the song “Life,“ the entirety of which will be revealed next […]

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    ***     So our hiatus is officially a thing of the past ~ and what ‘s that I hear? It’s you, our faithful readers, shouting “Fuck yeah, it’s about time you got your asses back to us,” and we couldn’t agree more…shyte does it feel great to jump back into “Backstage News, FrontRow Pics” mode!   We’re kicking off […]

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You didn’t think FlashWounds would miss out on NAMM 2016, did you?  Of course not ~ it’s our duty to give you at least a taste of what it’s like to attend this annual mind-blowing convergence of all factions of the music community…and thanks to the efforts of our constantly-traveling-to-bring-you-the-biggest-and-best-in-the-world-of-music Sr. Photographer SethM, here is an inside look at […]

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    Swedish heavy metal heroes Sabaton ~ Hannes Van Dahl, drums, Joakim Brodén, lead vocals, Pär Sundström, bass, Thobbe Englund, lead guitar, Chris Rörland, lead guitar ~recently announced the release of Heroes On Tour , their brand-new live Blu-Ray+CD/DVD+CD package. It contains two entire breathtaking shows, one filmed at Wacken 2015 and the other at Sabaton Open Air in their hometown of […]

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Rocklahoma is celebrating its 10th year on May 27, 28 & 29 at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK, just outside Tulsa. America’s Biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party ~ which had 60,000 fans in attendance in 2015 ~ features the best current rock artists and classic bands, with onsite camping amenities and unparalleled VIP packages.   The […]

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  Magnetic performer Elvis Costello, with his enigmatic musical style and equally enigmatic personality, had proudly announced 7 “Detour” solo tour dates for 2016 ~ and he’s already added 6 more…and select dates (those with “+,” below) will now include special guest Larkin Poe (Rebecca Lovell ~ electric / acoustic, mandolin, keys, violin, & lead vocals, Megan Lovell ~ […]

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Rock Against MS Presents: RAMS N.A.M.M. METAL ALLSTAR JAM Where? The Slidebar Rock N Roll Kitchen, 122 E Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832 (714-871-2233) When?  Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 10pm ‘til Wednesday, Jan 20 at 3am Why?  Because the organization raises awareness and funds for one of the most important causes we know of, it’s […]

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  Finnish progressive Metal band Amoth has released a new music video from their upcoming second album. The album Revenge will be released internationally on February 19th 2016 via Inverse Records. To get a taste of the band’s sophomore album, check out their video for “Shadow.”   Official Facebook Official Website

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  The Festival, part of World’s Loudest Month, Will Feature Performances by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Megadeth, At The Drive-In, and Many More ~ and Specially Priced Presale Tickets Are Available Now!     Rock On The Range ~ the largest and most-acclaimed […]

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  Because we’ve been major fans of Lion Fight since we covered its East Coast debut in May of 2014, LF 26 is going to be kind of bittersweet ~ without a doubt, it’s destined to be yet another night of incredible LF match-ups, but it’s also the outfit’s final fight card of 2015.   Check out the […]

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  Lionize ~ Chris Brooks, keys, Henry Upton, bass, Chase Lapp, drums, Nate Bergman, guitar ~ shot to the top of FW’s “Shit, these guys fuckin’ rock” list pretty damn fast when we first caught them on a bill with Clutch ~ and that’s where they’ve stayed.  The band is currently on The Getaway tour […]

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Hellyeah, Sevendust, Nothing More, Red Sun Rising, Islander, Even The Dead Love A Parade set to rock Dallas’s The Bomb Factory on New Year’s Eve!   Doors: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm   Tickets for this and all of The Bomb Factory’s upcoming shows (check them out, it’s an incredible schedule of performances!) are available here […]

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  Some of our (and your!) favorite bands have recently released new albums ~ and if you haven’t already checked them out…WTF are you waiting for???!!!   Puscifer  Money Shot (Puscifer Entertainment) Galileo 02. Agostina 03. Grand Canyon 04. Simultaneous 05. Money Shot 06. The Arsonist 07. The Remedy 08. Smoke and Mirrors 09. Flippant […]

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      Panic! At The Disco has released a music video ~ directed by Brandon Dermer and featuring  a cameo by MMA Kickboxing champion Joe Schilling ~ for their new single “Victorious,” and all you have to do is click HERE to watch it!   “Victorious” is the second song the band has shared from their forthcoming fifth album Death of […]

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    The one and only Judas Priest at The Paramount two nights in a row ~ need we say more?                                             The metal gods who are Judas Priest: Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill, […]

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  Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor recently lent his roar to the character of the Fisher King in an episode of “Dr Who.” Check out the clip for a behind the scenes look of his time spent with the good Doctor, an opportunity Corey calls “…a dream come true:”   Slipknot on Set ~ “Doctor Who” Extra: […]

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    On October 30th, Knoxville, TN’s Whitechapel ~ Phil Bozeman, vocals, Ben Savage, guitar, Zach Householder, guitar, Alex Wade, guitar, Ben Harclerode, drums, Gabe Crisp, bass ~ will unleash their new feature length video release, “The Brotherhood of the Blade,” which follows the sextet on tour and at home and delves deep into the […]

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  Today Muse announced that they have added more cities to the North American leg of their Drones Tour in support of their critically and commercially acclaimed album Drones.   The Drones World Tour will see band, who just completed a spectacular Summer European Festival run which garnered some of the best reviews of their career, perform […]

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  Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a live broadcast of WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami from, for the second time this year, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT., this Saturday, October 17: The live NBCSN telecast of “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami” will begin at 8:30 […]

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Last weekend marked the end of the Sherbrock 2015 concert series in Sherbrooke, QC and we were there to catch Friday’s show at the gorgeous Théatre Granada, with Metallica cover band extraordinaire AlcoholicA headlining. Check out our pictures below! AlcoholicAUnchainedDive Into BlueDrunken FurySherbrockThéatre Granada, Sherbrooke, QC     AlcoholicA Unchained Dive Into Blue Drunken Fury

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  ******   By Shawn Herlihy Photos by Kimberly Marchand     As Mindset X entered the Stone Church Meeting House in Newmarket, NH for their CD release blow-out on August 29, they knew the audience wasn’t in for a run-of-the-mill night of music. Accompanied by My Sister Will and The Gray Davies, they knew […]

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  What can we say other than it was an absolute honor to shoot members of the legendary Marley family during their Catch a Fire Tour as they displayed their multi-faceted musical talents in a performance that was moving, entertaining, full of great vibes, and captured the audience’s attention from first note to last ~ […]

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    After the stellar show on Day 1, we were excited to get to the festival grounds on day 2 which featured all-original music from well-known Canadian bands, with GrimSkunk and Bookakee headlining the bill.  My personal revelation of the day was T-Bone, a band from Repentigny QC whose heavy, in-your-face rock riffs are supported […]

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[Editor’s note: Check out our coverage of Day 2 here!] If the endless corn fields of the Monteregie region (just east of Montreal) seem to you like an unlikely venue for a heavy metal music festival, you’re certainly not alone; we here at FlashWounds initially thought the same. All the more reason to make the […]

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    On the heels of two (not surprisingly!) sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, Dead & Company  ~ the combined talents of Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir along with singer/guitarist John Mayer ~ have just announced additional U.S. dates. The band will take the stage at a series of shows […]

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    Promotorhead Entertainment & PDP Productions present RPM FEST 2015, August 28th, 29th & 30th in Greenfield, MA, and the amount of entertainment they’ve crammed into three days is going to blow your mind! There are killer bands galore, cars, movies, free camping, grilling ~ but you’ve got to see the schedule for yourself to believe everything they’ve […]

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  What can we say about ZZ Top ~ Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and  Frank Beard ~ except that after all these years, they’ve still got the musical chops and the great sense of humor and stage presence that make for one hell of an entertaining show… Here’s tonight’s set-list ~ a combination of many of  ZZ’s […]

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     By Kimberly Dunbar, all photos by Jeff Ruscitti     Today we had the honor of attending a performance by music legend Buddy Guy, who was not only born to play guitar (never has an album been more aptly named than his latest, Born to Play Guitar), he was born to entertain an audience […]

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  “Lemmy” Kilmister ~ lead vocals, bass guitar (1975–present), Phil Campbell ~ guitar, backing vocals (1984–present), Mikkey Dee ~ drums (1992–present) form the band that really needs no introduction.   Motörheadbangers worldwide, aka our true fellow fans of down-n-dirty raunch-n-roll, can officially gird their loins and eardrums for the prodigal return ~ recorded and live […]

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  And here it is, just the start of our coverage of the [bittersweet] final day of Heavy Montreal 2015, headlined by the one and only Slipknot who put on a stage show the likes of which we’ve never seen from them…Enjoy the photos, and as always, stay tuned for more of our coverage of this […]

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    Early on, when the schedule had been finalized and sent around to media who’d be onsite, the line-up for Day 2 of Heavy Montreal struck us as a very interesting mix in terms of the variety of styles, longevity in the business, our level of familiarity with the bands ~ either firsthand or, just like […]

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  ******   There’s something really cool about arriving at Day 1 of Heavy Montreal each year ~ obviously, the promise of the three days of music that lie ahead is a huge part of the equation, but stepping off the Metro right into the courtyard that serves as the entrance to the festival, heading over […]

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  This Friday, August 21, The Continent and special guest Kevin Kinsella will be at Opus Underground in Salem, MA, making sure that your weekend starts on a high note with their organically energetic yet oh-so-cool styles that separately and together always make for an amazing musical experience.               […]

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  Wovenwar ~ Shane Blay – vocals/guitar, Nick Hipa – guitar, Phil Sgrosso – guitar, Josh Gilbert – bass/vocals, Jordan Mancino – drums ~ will return to the road next month with Atreyu! The guys will be venturing forth for a string of dates in September and October, starting off at The Glass House in […]

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Progressive masters King’s X ~ Jerry Gaskill , drums/vocals, dUg Pinnick, bass/vocals, Ty Tabor, guitar/vocals ~ have re-released two of their classic albums! Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Faith Hope Love are available now via Metal Blade Records as a double vinyl, and Faith Hope Love has been repackaged on CD with two bonus live tracks […]

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  Talk about pulling double duty, photographer Drew Pion, shooting the whole time, managed to text me his comments throughout night so that we could pass them along to you, so here they are (along with his photos, of course!), just as he sent them to me…unedited and from right next to all the action~ […]

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    During my interview with Max (or Massimilliano Antonio Cavalera , if you prefer!) on 411 Underground, we discussed ~ amongst many other topics ~ Soulfly’s new album Archangel (a departure from previous Soulfly albums that is still a showcase for Max’s signature, unapologetically hard-hitting, diverse style), which hit the streets on August 14, […]

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This year’s line-up of bands at Heavy Montreal (including Grimposium, the string of parties/shows/events leading up to the main festival weekend) included some of the most recognizable names in everything from heavy metal to punk to hard rock (I don’t think I’m alone when I say that with each passing year, the concept of a band […]

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There’s no arguing that the word “icon” is pretty objective ~ to each his own, beauty, it’s in the eye of the beholder, etc….kind of like how it’s a little hard for me personally to agree with the reality of some of the world’s legitimately great talents, the breakers of barriers, the trailblazers, the fearless creative spirits who […]

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    Massachusetts’ Shadows Fall (Brian Fair, Matt Bachand , Jon Donais, Paul Romanko, Jason Bittner), who have been on indefinite hiatus for much longer than their fans would like, have announced that they’ll be returning to the stage for the Big Kahuna Festival on August 22 in Providence, RI, also playing a show the day […]

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  First Single, “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart,” Premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1 / Apple Music and Available Today!       Multiple Grammy® Award-winning, Golden Globe Nominated and acclaimed singer and songwriter Chris Cornell will release his fifth studio album Higher Truth on Friday, September 18, 2015 via Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).  […]

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  ******    So back in July, when excitement over the upcoming Heavy Montreal was already pretty much off the charts, we told you about Grimposium, which we’ve started calling the foreplay to HM ~ you can read all about it here.  Grimposium offered a very cool schedule of all different sorts of events and […]

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