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Veteran punk rock band BAD RELIGION has just released a radically reimagined version of its 1990 humanist anthem “Faith Alone”. The re-recording uses an uncharacteristic orchestral arrangement to further accentuate the song’s remarkably relevant lyrics. It is a philosophy BAD RELIGION has extolled since its very formation and has inspired songs like “The Answer”, “Atheist Peace” and “American Jesus” that rail against religious hypocrisy and anti-intellectualism. While the original “Faith Alone” was delivered as a propulsive guitar fueled punk track on the band’s album “Against The Grain”, the new interpretation begins with singer and co-songwriter Greg Graffin‘s plaintive vocals accompanied on acousti...

Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY will release their seventh studio album, “The Human Condition”, on October 30 via Mascot Label Group. The collection will be available in digital, deluxe CD and vinyl formats, with an array of music and merch bundle options and a U.K.-exclusive purple vinyl, which you can pre-order now at this location. The band has also unveiled “Again”, the first single from the collection. “The Human Condition” was produced by the bandmembers themselves and tracked in BSC bassist Jon Lawhon‘s recording facility, Monocle Studios. The release was completed mere days before the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed and as events progressed, it became apparent that the album the band was completing featured lyrics that were eerily prescie...

The official music video for a reimagined version of the HALESTORM song “Break In”, featuring a guest appearance by EVANESCENCE‘s Amy Lee, can be seen below. The new version of the track, which originally appeared on HALESTORM‘s second album, 2012’s “The Strange Case Of…” , was recorded last October at a Nashville studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who had previously worked with both bands. The clip captures HALESTORM vocalist Lzzy Hale and Lee delivering an impassioned studio performance of the track. The updated “Break In” will appear on “Halestorm Reimagined”, a collection of reworked HALESTORM original songs as well as a cover of “I Will Always Love You”, the love ballad made famous by Whitney Houst...

“And Justice For None” (2018), the seventh studio album from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, was officially certified gold on July 31 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of half a million copies. The RIAA developed its gold and platinum awards program in 1958 to honor artists and create a standard by which to measure the commercial success of a sound recording. The program trademarked the gold record and formalized the industry practice of presenting awards to artists for music sales achievements. Presently, the RIAA awards a gold honor for 500,000 units sold, a platinum honor for 1 million units sold and a diamond award for more than 10 million units sold. In the streaming age, each permanent digital album or physical album sale count as 1 unit...