Los Angeles rock band Stitched Up Heart has shared the new single "Cannibal,” featuring Heidi Shepherd of Butcher Babies, out now via Judge & Jury Records. The song is from Stitched Up Heart's fourth album, "Medusa," due June 12, 2026; pre-order/pre-save it here. “‘Cannibal’ is a song for the man-eaters, to all of the baddies... Continue Reading →
Currently hitting venues across North America on his "There's No Such Thing as Monsters" tour celebrating 20 years of his debut solo album "Transylvania 90210," Wednesday 13 has dropped the second single from his upcoming 10th full-length, "Mid Death Crisis" (April 25, 2025, Napalm Records; pre-order here). Following "When the Devil Commands," new single "In Misery" is a... Continue Reading →
Horror rocker Wednesday 13 will release his 10th studio album, "Mid Death Crisis," on April 25, 2025, via Napalm Records. Pre-order it here. Wednesday 13 has called the album a fun, campy, "leave-your-brain-at-the-door" rager. It was produced by guitarist Alex Kane (Life, Sex & Death, Enuff Z'Nuff, Antiproduct) mixed by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan,... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 13 will hit the road in spring 2025 on a North American headline run. The "There's No Such Things as Monsters" tour kicks off Friday, March 14, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will haunt a slew of major cities before wrapping up on May 3 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Support will come from Stitched Up Heart, Dead Rabbitts and I... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki After expanding its sound in all directions—and including a fair amount of pop sensibilities—on its 2020 album, “Darkness,” Stitched Up Heart has gone darker and a whole lot heavier on album number three, “To the Wolves.” Incorporating electronics to add an industrial-strength edge to much of the recording and with frontwoman Alecia... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles-based rock band Stitched Up Heart will release its new album "To the Wolves" on Sept. 1, 2023, via Century Media Records. The band also has shared a video for its new single, "Possess Me," which can be seen below. “'Possess Me' is the most intimate song we have written so far,” frontwoman Alecia... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 7 to 10, 2023 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2023 lineup one act a time. Eighty-eight of 144 acts have been announced as of Feb. 3, 2023. The following bands have been announced since our last update (in alphabetical order): AngelMaker Asking... Continue Reading →
After a year and a half, touring—the lifeblood of most metal bands—is back. For Butcher Babies, the return to some form of normalcy begins Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at the Metal in the Mountains festival in Pipestem, West Virginia. From there, the band will launch its “Butcher Babies vs. Goliath” tour, on which it will... Continue Reading →
Butcher Babies will perform their debut album, "Goliath," in its entirety, along with recent hit singles and new material, on their fall 2021 tour, dubbed "Butcher Babies vs. Goliath." Frontwomen Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey will continue to showcase fellow leading ladies by enlisting support from female-fronted acts Infected Rain and Stitched Up Heart. Kaleido will appear on select dates. The tour... Continue Reading →
More and more, festivals are becoming the driving force for touring rock and metal bands. While obviously there were none in 2020, festivals are returning in force in 2021, mostly in late summer and early fall. Headliners and co-headliners include such heavy hitters as Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, the original Misfits, Korn,... Continue Reading →
