CONQUEST has bounced around the Midwestern United States long enough and now they're looking to take over the rest of the world. Even if it means they need to start a war. Once again produced by frontman DERRICK BRUMLEY and engineered by ADAM LONG, the album picks up where their previous effort, 'END OF DAYS,' left off. THE WAR WE RAGE includes a blistering cover of THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND classic LONGHAIRED COUNTRY BOY and is a slamming 13 song tutorial in melody, power and pure metal mayhem. "We chose "LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY" as a cover because we used to play it back in the day and it was a lot of fun," says CONQUEST frontman DERRICK BRUMLEY. "It was much lighter back then but we thought it would be cool to kick it in the ass and re-do the track. It's a damn good time live!" With LIVE FREE OR DIE BRUMLEY looks at life from a soldier's point of view, while SCREAM FOR MY LIFE is just a great in your face, rip your head off thrasher.

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH GUiTARiST HANJi OF
STANDiNG PENANCE
AND THEiR BRAND NEW SiNGLE THE ACTiVE iNGREDiENT

It's inherent that a great rock n roll story is going to have great music but it is the story that cinches the deal and STANDING PENANCE is not just a band with great music and a story. They are a band with a treatment for a sleeper hit movie. This is a heavy metal band based out of Barbados and amid all of the calypso, reggae and electronic dance music the band has to contend with they also have to deal with the island's stance against rock n roll because it is the devil's music. This is why the band has been on a mission to immigrate Stateside and live out the rock n roll fantasy that they so richly deserve. ROCKWIRED became acquainted with these guys back in early 2013 when they were at the tail end of promoting their debut CD MY PAIN. Now the band is set to drop their sophomore album on April 12, 2014 with a little help from STEEL ENTERTAINMENT. In the meantime the band has released the first single THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT - a frenetic slice of thrash metal with guitarist HANJI's KIRK HAMMET-styled six string assault while front man TEARHEAD delivers a semi-comical warning of getting involved with a total bitch and how lying down with such woman can leave you down for the count. The new track shows that STANDING PENANCE is a band willing to take chances and move beyond the limitations of their respective genre. This band of Bajans has us curious for more. We're thinking they've gotta a better shot than a Jamaican bobsled team.

MARCH 13, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH GUiTARiST DAVE ADAMS OF
A.D.D.
AND CUTS FROM  THEiR FORTHCOMiNG CD CORE

If the band A.D.D. (Analog Digital Disorder for those not in the know ) wants you to come away with anything it's that there ain't nothing "girlie" about  this female-fronted, Chicago-based band.  Immediately that conjures up memories of that old HANZ AND FRANZ sketch from  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE but I'm digressing.  I'll be the first to tell you that  no one will come away after hearing  lead singer  MATILDA MOON's  charred vocals thinking that  A.D.D. is all about girls being girls.  In fact this is a rock band that possesses all of the virtues that many rock fans think is lacking in  today's music such as actual subject matter and  some ballsy guitar riffs.  Audiences have experienced the bands electrifying live performances and have taken a shine to their debut album produced by  TADPOLE ( 3 DOORS DOWN, DISTURBD). Now the band is just a couple of months away formtheir forthcoming CD tentativiely titled CORE  and with TADPOLE once again behind teh mixing board  the band delivers the verygoods that sets them apart from  all the other bands out there.

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH JONNY ORTON, JEFF SULLiVAN AND MARK TETRAULT OF
SUNSHiNE RiOT
AND CUTS FROM  THEiR CD A FRESH BOTTLE AND A BRAND NEW DAY

For the past several years  D.I.Y. has been something of a battle cry in independent music and why the hell shouldn't it be? Nothing can be more exciting than taking ones career into their own hands and  getting the most bang out of the limited amount of bucks you may have at your disposal. With their latest album A FRESH BOTTLE AND A BRAND NEW DAY  they band SUNSHINE RIOT put everything onthe line and come out winners with a  full  length CD (almost a rarity in the age of the EP) filled with a bunch of melodies, grit and the most raucous Americana sound that combines the angst of NIRVANA with the temeperament of  WILCO. Give the tracks NATURAL CAUSES, NORFOLK COUNTY JAIL and QUICKSAND LOVE a spin to see what we mean.

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH 
JOEL MAiTOZA OF
SEVENTRAiN
AND CUTS FROM  THEiR SELF-TiTLED DEBUT CD

Rock n roll is firmly rooted in the blues but you wouldn't  know it if you scanned through your local active rock station. A band like SEVENTRAIN certainly hasn't lost sight of such origins but don't expect their  debut CD to be some old-time rootsy affair.  Instead what you get it prime cut hard rock that possesses something that is missing from a lot of music on this or that  rock radio station - balls. There are a variety of influences  to be heard on this gritty debut  album  boasting powerful vocals from singer JON CAMPOS, blistering guitars (ERIC HORTON and JEF POREMBA) soulful harmonies and the most thunderous rhythm section around (bassist STEVE ANDINO and drummer JOEL MAITOZA).

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH 
JASON MEUDT OF
EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS
AND CUTS FROM  LP
DEViL iN THE LAKE

Chicago's own EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS is a hard driving, modern, heavy rock band in the vein of ALICE IN CHAINS, SHINEDOWN and SEETHER. Formed in 2010, they have been gathering great momentum in Chicago and its surrounding area. Their song"Your Will" has been featured on Chicago area active rock stations 105.5 The KAT and 95.1 WIIL Rock. The track gained so much attention from WIIL rock listeners that they were invited to play an on air acoustic performance.With the recent addition of former TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION guitarist RANDY "THE ARSONIST" COOPER, they have just issued their debut album"DEVIL IN THE LAKE"

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
JEREMY POWERS AND
PAUL SHiPPERS OF
SCENT OF REMAiNS
AND CUTS FROM  LP
UNDER A BLACKENED SKY

Exploding forth from a blood and sweat soaked wrecking ball of pounding and rolling grooves, memorable hooks, wailing lead guitar, and a trinity of screaming,death growls and clean vocals, SCENT OF REMAINS defy any core suffix or sub-sub genre descriptors. The focus is pure, simple and to the point  no nonsense metal for anyone who likes to bang their head or get their face melted. SCENT OF REMAINS has been "Spreading the Scent" all over the Southeastern United States since getting their start  in 2009; gaining a reputation as a band that plays with  high energy and heart-felt emotion. They've been fortunate enough to have shared the stage with many well-known metal acts like FEAR FACTORY, HATE ETERNAL, DEVIL DRIVER WATAIN, STATIC-X, GREEN JELLO, DAVEY SUICIDE, 9 ELECTRIC, KOBRA AND THE LOTUS and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH.

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
MATTHEW WHiTEMAN OF
RED TiDE RiSiNG
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW LP THE RiSiNG

Since the late aughts, the Denver-based  RED TIDE RISING has torn up stages throughout the US with their ever-potent brand of  hard rock alongside such acts as NONPOINT,  3PILL MORNING, HURT, SOIL, KYNG and MY DARKEST DAYS.  In late 2013 the band released their newest album THE RISING and the title pretty much says it all in terms of the critical juncture that this band is at.  With THE RISING, the band has done it up proper  with help from producers JEFF McAREE (IN THIS MOMENT engineer) and JEFF KANAN (KELLY CLARKSON, MADONNA, RANDY JACKSON, STAIND, RICK RUBIN and others).  The album's title track and the songs COLD and  2:13 serve as the album's stand out moments but  THE RISING is an album that delivers over and over again with each track.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
ZAKK SiLVEiRA
AND KEViN COGEN OF
GALVANiZED SOULS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR DEBUT EP

Rock n roll purists are always the last to acknowledge the age bracket that is barely able to vote which is strange because in it's beginnings, rock n roll was all about  youth and not what a bunch of old folks approved of.  With the antics of JUSTIN BIEBER and MILEY CYRUS of late you can be assured that the generation gap is only going to get wider.  And then you have a band like GALVANIZED SOULS - a band comprised of teenage musicians who aren't  going all EDM like everybody else but are picking up guitars and basses and banging on drum sets.  Yes, the boys from GALVANIZED SOULS  are totally into their parents' music  which includes acts such as NINE INCH NAILS, ALICE IN CHAINS and FOO FIGHTERS and on their debut EP they  serve up a sound  they call "Modern Grunge" - heavy in volume as it is is in melody.  For a band that hasn't been together for that long they are getting notices for their  electrifying live shows, songcraft and musicianship that is way beyond their years.  The stand out tracks form these guys are SHUT YOU DOWN, BEHIND GREEN EYES and  a rockin' cover of the CHER-classic BELIEVE.

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
MATHiEU NEViTT OF
DORYDRiVE
AND A SPiN OF THEiR NEW SiNGLE FROM THEiR FORTHCOMiNG ALBUM HERE'S TO YOU

Predominately hailing from the Midwest, DORYDRIVE is an alternative, pop rock act that has infected listeners all over the globe! Originating in Nashville, TN DORYDRIVE'S hybrid of pop, country, and rock has captivated all who listen, and their public demand has kept them on the road for the better part of 2 years. DORYDRIVE sprung into life in the early spring of 2010. The bands make-up consists of MATHIEU NEVITT former front man of Atlanta, GA based (Rock Ridge/Warner) active rock group ECHOVALVE, alongside the quartet of JOEY ZAK, TOM'E LABROSSE, HENRY KOLLER, and NICHOLAS MENDINI of the Milwaukee, WI power house MARASHINO. Seasoned veterans excited to embark on a new chapter, DORYDRIVE continues to tour relentlessly and has had the pleasure of supporting ALICE COOPER, IRON MAIDEN, SEVENDUSTt, FUEL, CANDLEBOX, JAMES DURBIN, ADELITA�S WAY, POP EVILl, HINDER, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, 10 YEARS, and so many others. In late 2012 DORYDRIVE independently released their freshman album (CALLING ON ANGELS). With thousands of copies sold and a couple awards to boot, the album was an indie success. Signing to FIRST LAUNCH RECORDS, (a division of BLU ENTERTAINMENT GROUP) in mid 2013.  DORYDRIVE is poised to make a huge impact on the rock work with the release of their album �HERE'S TO YOU� on February 25th, 2014.

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
TAYLOR RiCHARDS OF
ROYAL BLiSS
AND A SPiN OF THEiR NEW SiNGLE CRY SiSTER
FROM THEiR FORTHCOMiNG ALBUM CHASiNG THE SUN

From Salt Lake City, ROYAL BLISS will be releasing theit eighth album on AIR CASTLE RECORDS on February 18th, 2014 called CHASING THE SUN. The first single CRY SISTER is alread climbing the charts. It follows uptheir 2012 release WAITING OUT THE STORM that featured the single CRAZY. The band is beginning the touring cycle to support the upcoming album. Theband featurwes NEAL MIDDLETON, TAYLOR RICHARDS, JAKE SMITH and DWAYNE CRAWFORD.