Day in Rock Report for 02/27/2022

Tool have announced a special vinyl release of their latest album, "Fear Inoculum", which will feature the album spread over 5 LPs and paired with new, extensive artwork.

RCA will be releasing the special package on April 8th that was reconceptualized by Adam Jones with each of the 180g vinyl discs emblazoned with a unique etching and accompanied by an elaborate pictorial booklet including never-before-seen artwork. (read more)

(hennemusic) The Scorpions are streaming their new album, "Rock Believer", in sync with its release on February 25. Co-produced by the band and Hans-Martin Buff, the group recorded their nineteenth studio record in their hometown of Hannover, Germany during the pandemic.

The project marks the first appearance of Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee on record with the band since his addition to the lineup in 2016. First previewed last November with the lead single "Peacemaker", "Rock Believer" marks the follow-up to the 2015 studio album, "Return To Forever", and the 2017 collection, "Born To Touch Your Feelings: Best Of Rock Ballads." (read more)

Brian May has announced the reissue of his second full solo album 'Another World' out April 22nd, 2022, almost 25 years on from it's initial release.

Remastered by GRAMMY-winner Bob Ludwig, the solo album receives a multi-format treatment - including a box set release, CD, vinyl and cassette alongside a 16-page image booklet and physical release of Brian's single 'On My Way Up'. (read more)

Wolves At The Gate have released a video for their new single "Peace That Starts the War", and announced that they will be releasing their fifth album, "Eulogies", on March 11th.

singer/guitarist Steve Cobucci had this to say about the new song, "Most of my life was spent battling these inner struggles in a way that caused me to gain no ground against them. (read more)

(hennemusic) Liam Gallagher performed his new single, "Everything's Electric", on the February 25 episode of NBC-TV's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Gallagher and his band delivered the lead single from his forthcoming album, "C'mon You Know", on the late night program via supplied video. The Oasis rocker co-wrote "Everything's Electric" with Dave Grohl - who also plays drums on the track, which was produced by Greg Kurstin. (read more)

Kevin Devine has shared his brand new single How Can I Help You?, from his forthcoming album, "Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong" and he announced that he will be launching a U.S. tour this spring.

He says that the new single "is a dance song for wallflowers, body music for the brain, a gently caffeinated disco gallop arpeggiating through the last aspirational sliver separating a relationship from its end." (read more)

Rick Holmstrom has released a music video for his song "Bubbles". The track comes from his forthcoming instrumental album "Get It!", which will be released on March 4th.

Holmstrom said of the track, "I've had enough existential post apocalyptic doom. Right now I just want to have a funky good time!" (read more)

New Jersey rockers Fit For An Autopsy have announced their spring headline tour of Europe and the UK is still on schedule to take place this May.

They are launching the trek to promote their new album, "Oh What the Future Holds" and it will feature support from special Enterprise Earth, Ingested, Great American Ghost and Sentinels. (read more)

Montreal rockers Nobro have released a music video for their song "Eat Slay Chardonnay." The track comes from the group's brand new EP, "Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar."

Kathryn McCaughey had this to say about the single, "This song was originally 1:14, since we wanted something fast and punchy. We cut out all the bullsh*t and went right to the point, all while raising a toast to yourself." (read more)

Bay Area rockers Aenimus have shared a visualizer video for their cover of Opeth's "Demon Of The Fall", which follows the release of the band's album "Dreamcatcher".

They had this to say, "When Nuclear Blast approached us with the idea of covering a classic metal song, we honestly had a hard time deciding what song or even artist we would cover. We went back and forth for months before one of our label reps brought up the idea of paying tribute to Opeth. (read more)

ACM New Female Artist of the Year Nominee Priscilla Block was surprised with a Gold Record award for her hit single "Just About Over You" during a recent appearance on SiriusXM's The Highway's Music Row Happy Hour.

RIAA's Jackie Jones joined the live broadcast said, "I am here to do one of my favorite things - to give an artist their very first certification. I'd like to congratulate you on your first Gold record!" and presented Priscilla with a "Just About Over You" Gold Certification plaque for the hit single. (read more)

Roger Street Friedman has revealed that he is set to head into the studio in March and April to work on new music with Grammy Award winner Larry Campbell (Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble, Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour) producing songs for Friedman's next full-length release.

Setting up in Friedman's home studio, The Playroom, Campbell and Friedman will be joined by Friedman's band to record an album's-worth of new folk/Americana songs Friedman wrote over the past two years during the pandemic. Ever the storyteller, Friedman's new songs range, topic-wise, from social commentary to love, loss, and the songwriting process itself. (read more)

Vitamin String Quartet have shared a video for their latest classic music makeover of rock hits. This time they released a new shot-from-home style music video for their take on My Chemical Romance's "Welcome To The Black Parade."

They have also announced a limited edition run of VSQ Performs My Chemical Romance vinyl, which was initially released as a Record Store Day exclusive LP this past summer. (read more)

Corey Taylor has shared a lyric video for his acoustic stripped back take on Red Rider's 1981 classic "Lunatic Fringe," to celebrate the release of his new "CMFB...Sides" EP.

As we previously reported, the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman's new EP features unreleased B-sides, as well as covers of tunes from bands like Metallica, KISS, Eddie Money, Dead Boys, and John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. (read more)

Former Journey frontman Steve Augeri has a shared a lyric video for this brand new single, "If You Want". The song is the first track shared from Steve's forthcoming album, "Seven Ways 'Til Sunday".

Steve had this to say, "Lyrically, I wanted to reach out to the lonely hearts who never quite get it right or catch a break when it comes to matters of the heart. (read more)

(hennemusic) Rush are streaming audio of a live version of "Vital Signs" from the forthcoming expanded editions of their "Moving Pictures" 40th anniversary reissue series.

The song is included as part of a full, unreleased concert in the packages that captures the band on the third and final night at Maple Leaf Gardens in their hometown of Toronto, ON while on tour in support of their eighth studio album. (read more)

(hennemusic) The Scorpions are sharing a video for "When You Know (Where You Come From)", the latest single from the band's newly-released album, "Rock Believer."

The clip surfaces in sync with the February 25 arrival of the group's nineteenth studio set, which they recorded in their hometown of Hannover, Germany during the pandemic. (read more)

Poison The Well, Counterparts, Life In Your Way, and Open Hand have added to the lineup for Furnace Fest 2022, which will be taking place at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25th.

Organizers had this to say, "One of the most challenging aspects of booking the resurrection of Furnace Fest during a global pandemic was the reality that life was complicated for everyone - including our artist friends. (read more)

Thousand Below have announced that they will be hitting the road this spring for a U.S. headline tour that will feature support from with Savage Hands and Sleep Waker.

The band had this to say, "We haven't had the chance to do a full headlining tour until now and we're very excited to be playing a longer set and throwing in some new surprises. We've been hard at work on new material and can't wait for you all to hear it." (read more)

Blues rockers Ghost Hounds have shared a lyric video for their brand new single, "Baby We're Through." The song is the first single the band has revealed form their forthcoming blues EP.

The track was written and produced by guitarist Thomas Tull and songwriter, producer Kevin Bowe (Etta James, Paul Westerberg and the Replacements). (read more)

The Dan Reed Network have announced that they will play four concerts in the UK this June called the Summer Escape Tour and will also be playing a special album release party in Hamburg.

The short tour will include Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool (June 16), The Welly, Hull (June 17), The Dreadnought, Bathgate (June 18), and a special guest performance at the HRH AOR Festival at 02 Ritz in Manchester on Sunday June 19. They will then head to Hamburg for an album release party show at Nochtspeicher on June 21st. (read more)

JD Hardy has released a music video for his brand new single "Let Her Run". The track comes from the Bakersfield country star's debut album, "Killer".

Hardy had this to say about the inspiration for the track, "I'm dating a gal who has trust issues based on a past traumatic relationship that seemed to bleed on me so to speak. (read more)

(hennemusic) Queen bring their blockbuster biopic, "Bohemian Rhapsody", to the big screen on the latest episode of the band's 50th anniversary video series The Greatest.

First announced in September 2010 as a film "focused on the band's formative years leading up to Queen's appearance at the historic Live Aid concert, 1985, when the band famously took the event by storm", audiences would have to wait until October 2018 to see the Queen story transferred to the cinema screen. (read more)

Jodi Essex just premiered the music video for her new single "Unravel" and to celebrate we asked her to share the story behind the song with us. Here is the story:

Welcome to "Unravel." It's a song off album #2. Well, it's actually an EP. If you ask me why I'm doing an EP this time around instead of a 10 or 14-song album, let's just say it's the whole ball of wax that revolves around current culture, the music industry, the world's attention span, and "listener" behaviors on sites like Spotify. Let's face it. No one can bear to sit through a full length album any more. Playlist and the artists on them move way too fast and everyone is on to the latest and greatest. (continue)