Save The Date

Few bands experience the sudden explosion of popularity that Saving Abel has seen. You may recall a little song called "Addicted", which was the very first single off of Saving Abel, the band's self-titled debut. It was an instant hit, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks and #20 on the Hot 100. Since then, the band has garnered quite a following.

Now, two years after the release of Saving Abel, the band is preparing for the release of their second studio album. All of the songs were written on the road while Saving Abel toured with the likes of Nickelback, Hinder, Papa Roach, RED, Pop Evil, and more. Following the end of a tour in January, the band immediately hit the studio to record all that they had written. The final product will be titled Miss America, and it's due to hit stores on June 8th, 2010.

Saving Abel's first album was a great one, and I can't wait to hear what they've got in store next. We should have a new single playing on 97.9X within the next few weeks so stay tuned.

As always, keep it here for updates on this and other New Rock announcements.

Mayhem in 2010

The 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has officially announced the band line-up for this year's tour! Can you feel it? I know I can!

Last year's Mayhem Fest ruled in unimaginable ways. If you want to read up on all the went down in '09, check out the entry I wrote about it.

As much as last year rocked, we can rest assured that this year is going to rock just as hard! This morning, Roadrunner records and Mayhem Festival's website sent out press releases detailing this year's tour...and what a year it is going to be!

So, without further delay, I give you this year's band line-up:

HEADLINING (Main Stage)
KoRn
Rob Zombie
with
Lamb of God
Five Finger Death Punch

2ND STAGE
Atreyu
Norma Jean
3 Inches of Blood
In This Moment

JÄGERMEISTER STAGE
Hatebreed
Chimaira
Shadows Fall
Winds of Plague

This is going to be sick! Although some tour dates have already been announced, nothing has been mentioned yet for the Toyota Pavilion. But don't worry, it took them a few months to post a date here in NEPA last year too, so you just need patience. Besides, you can count on myself and the rest of the DJs at 97.9X to keep you up-to-date.

Stay tuned for further details...and get ready to thrash!

Disturbing

Well, this has been an exciting couple of days for New Rock announcements.

As it turns out, one of our most popular 97.9X bands, Disturbed, is going to be hitting the studio next month (February) to record their next album. This info came in an interview with Disturbed's guitarist Dan Donegan.

Donegan says that there are about "15 to 18 songs" already written out and ready to be recorded so long as vocalist Dave Draiman finalizes the lyrical content. According to the interview, the new album will land in the summer of this year (2010), though no album title has been revealed yet.

Also on the way from Disturbed is a 10th Anniversary re-issue of their debut album The Sickness with exclusive B-side songs recorded during Disturbed's early days and expanded artwork. The Decade of Disturbed DVD is also expected later this year as well.

2010 is going to be a huge year for Disturbed and their fans. I hope you guys are ready for it.

As always, keep it here for updates on this and other New Rock announcements.

Saints of Sin!

Keeping you guys up to date as usual with the latest juiciness. This is a big one though.

I, personally, am a huge Godsmack fan...and I am psyched about this new record. Apparently, as this trailer suggests, more of these webisodes will be available at Rockpit.com in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes on that site for more. I'll do my best to keep up on them.

The biggest news is that we now have the title of Godsmack's forthcoming fifth studio album: Saints and Sinners.

Still no artwork or release date...but I'll stay on top of it!

As always, keep it here for updates on this and other New Rock announcements.

UPDATE 1/4/10 - Apparently, the album has been re-named The Oracle according to new webisodes at Godsmack.com.

UPDATE 2/22/10 - The current, tentative release date for the album is May 4th of this year. Source

Profiled Rangers!

I always knew there was something funny about the Power Rangers...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Snuffed Out

At long last, I found it. This is the short film for the song "Snuff" taken from Slipknot's album All Hope Is Gone. It was directed by M. Shawn Crahan and P.R. Brown.

Enjoy!

Cobra Kings

You can hate me for what I'm about to say because, frankly, I don't care.

I like Limp Bizkit.

I know...sometimes I wonder what I'm thinking too. What it comes down to, though, is that Limp Bizkit is a guilty pleasure. A novelty, if you will, left over from my childhood. As a matter of fact, Chocolate Starfish was one of the first albums I ever owned. So sue me, but I really do like Limp Bizkit.

All that being said, I was pretty excited to hear that the entire originally line-up (Wes Borland and all) had reunited and were going out on a world tour as well as working on a brand new studio album. You can read all about that happy reunion in other places on the Internet that I don't have time to link right now. Basically, Fred and Wes put their differences aside and found common ground in the form of their desire to write and produce music that they enjoy.

That reunion happened months ago, and Limp Bizkit has been on tour in Europe and other places overseas for the better part of this year. They plan on rollin' (no pun intended) through the ol' USA at the end of the tour for a big finale.

Now on to the album, which Fred Durst has claimed is "[Limp Bizkit's] most addictive album yet- instrumentally." That's enough to get my sorry ass excited. Now, through a recent interview with Kerrang!, Durst has revealed the album title and also a general time for release:

"The name of the new Limp Bizkit album is Gold Cobra. We will slowly be revealing the meaning of the title over the next few weeks. Cobras are quite venomous. I wish it were a much longer, more ridiculous title, but Gold Cobra is as ridiculous as we're going to get right now."

Fred-o went on to tell Kerrang! that the new album should hit stores "Early next year." Depending on how early Fred's version of early really is, we could have a single within the next few weeks, or even days.

I'm excited and, what the hell, you should be excited too. If your not excited, then it's probably because you are smarter than I am.

I'll keep you updated on further details as soon as they make their way to my desk.

As always, keep it here for updates on this and other New Rock announcements.