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admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:32:05 +0100

Powderburn is a name that fans in the underground metal scene have come to recognize. This melodic metal act spawned in October of 1998 in a small apartment in Austin, Texas. With the combined efforts of guitarist Ken Lockman from New Jersey, bassist Greg Enkler and drummer Patrick Swift from New York, and Eric Smith from Houston, Texas - Powderburn has quickly made an impact on the local music scene, as well as spread their name nationally and internationally via the internet and relentless touring.

decoymusic.com review

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:57:06 +0100

In a town that quickly swallows lesser artists, The Artillery has plenty of hype surrounding them and plenty of drive driving them--two big things a band needs to make it out of this city alive. Now they just need one more thing every band destined to go places needs: a van." - Decoymusic.com - James Taylor

austin metal

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:59:20 +0100

With a deafening and destructive approach, CARBIDE intends to add a rhythmic and jarring feel to the recently thriving metal scene in Austin. We are looking to intensify Austin metal, so keep an eye out! We look forward to seeing you all......thanks for the support!

FEATURED POSTER

management — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:41:12 +0100

BIO

management — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:11:22 +0100

Squarewheel originated from Jake Parker and Caleb Hollowed’s love for music and their desire to share that music in front of an audience. After three years and two line-up changes their paths crossed with their new rhythm section, bass player, Chris Wilkinson, and drummer, Matt Beasley. With their line up now complete, Squarewheel was ready to play to a larger audience and produce their first album. The band found themselves’ falling back to the classic and familiar sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s. With The Faces, Humble Pie, Robert Johnson, The Grateful Dead and more influencing their music. Squarewheel’s self titled album is defined by witty lyrics and strong vocals, combined with soulful yet sometimes in your face guitar, and backed by a solid rhythm section giving it that classic feel you know and love. Alongside recording the debut album, Squarewheel has consistently strived to sharpen their live performance. The band, has played at large events such as the 2006 Lone Star Rally, the 2007 Let’s Do it in the Road Festival, the 2007/2008 Nutty Brown Music Festival, and at venues such as the House of Blues, Dallas and Chicago. Together the four band-mates aspire to bring back the soul in music that got lost somewhere along the way by making every song, album, and live show a new experience. They give fans something to look forward to time and time again, creating a grassroots following that will stick by them for years to come, one that can only get bigger with time.

New Project In The Works - Taz Taylor Band!

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:13:31 +0100

Keith Slack has been sequestered in the studio for the past few weeks, laying down vocals for the next album from guitar-wiz Taz Taylor. Slack is replacing Graham Bonnett [Rainbow, Alcatrazz, Impelliterri], who left the Taz Taylor Band at the conclusion of their recent European tour. The album will also feature legendary keyboardist Don Airey [Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple], and should be released within the next few months--with live dates in the US and Europe in the works!

'We knew that finding someone to step into the lead vocal spot left vacant by Graham Bonnet was not going to be an easy task... and then Keith came in like a TRAIN!!' - Taz Taylor

For more info, visit www.taztaylor.com and www.myspace.com/taztaylorband

Also check out this link to Blabbermouth for Taz's official press release: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112162

April Tour Poster

paulrenna — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:19:28 +0100

Debut album 'Reflections' coming soon!

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:18:23 +0100

Rock Army Records is proud to announce that the debut album from RAZR13 is due out this summer! 'Reflections' will feature 11 tracks of modern metal unlike anything you've ever experienced. Stream the title track on the band's Rock Army Records artist page now, and for a limited time, download the track '4th Of July' for FREE just for signing up as a member of the Rock Army Records family!

The album was produced by Paul Soroski (Podunk) at Walrus Studios in Austin, Texas, and mastered by Jim Wilson at Airshow Mastering.

Just Sayin..

JillyBilly — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:09:15 +0100

Hey all, I'm JillyBilly from Colorado. Hope you all are fabulous. Thanks to Mr. Chris "JRAB" Thomas, I'm now a memeber of Rock Army Records. I love all kinds of music. Worked in the biz for many years. Say "hi" sometime if you are stopping by.

XOXO,
JillyBilly

Thanks to Ryan of RAZR 13

crawlaway — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:52:03 +0100

Thanks alot for getting my Kings XV cd signed in Chicago on 9/22/09. Listened to your 2 tracks. can't wait to hear more.

Razr 13 contest

Ryan 13 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:50:07 +0100

Do you have The Razr 13 Record yet? If you do I want you to Get
creative. Me and the boys want to see you holding our record. Take a
photo of you with our album in a creative way and send it to me or the
Razr 13 myspace. we will post them in an album on myspace and the photo
with the most comments will win A Razr 13 gift package.that will
include lots of goodies including a t-shirt, stickers and more....

If you have not bought the record here is your chance///click the link/// Razr 13 album

So
start thinking about how your going to do it and send me your
Photos....I cant wait to see them. also after the Contest we will for
sure use your Photos for something cool. So get crackin contest ends
February 13th!!!!!!!

Vote For Rock Army Records Artist Podunk To Open For KISS!

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:07:14 +0100

All You have to do is click the picture below and demand Podunk!

New FOREVER FALLS Music

Manley Keys — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:45:58 +0100

I CAN HEAR THE SWEAT IN THE NEW MUSIC. THIS IS ROCK N ROLL.

Forever Falls Newsletter 6.28.2010

forever falls — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:57:45 +0100

I finally had this epiphany this past weekend. I’m usually the guy in the band who looks forward to ‘off time’ and I always realize that once I have ‘off time’ I have NO IDEA what to do with it. This past weekend was my first weekend of down time in what seems like months and after about 4 hours of it, I was going CRAZY! I felt like I was trapped in a one bedroom cell for three days. This boredom and angst was filtered through a ton of Jack Daniels which led to friends coming to my apartment, which led to a stripper-pole-related accident which yielded a hole in my ceiling (WORTH IT). Time and time again it’s proven, without the band as an outlet I get into trouble. For the first time, the past few months have felt like leisure and play, not sweat and work. That’s how rock n’ roll was meant to be right? So maybe we finally got it right… We’ve been writing non-stop since January and recording new material song by song. We decided we would take a different path for this new material. Instead of doing the “write a bunch of songs – then record a bunch of songs all at once” (which is “normal”). We built each song / recording from the ground up. We started with the rough demos on Carter’s laptop, then graduated up to a full blown multi-track recording. Once we had the arrangements the way we wanted, we would submit the demos to our good friend (and producer) Paul Soroski, in Austin. He then would select the songs he felt were the cream of the crop. We demo’d somewhere around 20 song ideas. 5 made it thru the “process”. We really took our time and made sure it’s everything we envisioned. As Paul put it “we’re going to record each song like it’s its own album.” It is amazing how much better everyone has gotten since January: musically, creatively, and sonically. It seems that the band has grown the most in the shortest period of time since I’ve been a part of it. Personally I’m really proud of all the new material and exceptionally proud of a few of my favorite new songs. While recording in Austin, we were invited to play this year’s Republic of Texas Biker Rally. Adler's Appetite / Steven Adler (Guns n Roses), Dee Snider, Blue Oyster Cult, Podunk, and Bret Michaels were also on the show. Did I mention there were 60,000 people (bikers) in attendance? It all started with me having a panic attack at a gas station: There I am, having a general melt down in what I could only assume would inevitably become my iron coffin: Adam’s car. I watch Adam calmly eat his whopper as we sit in the car for what seems like an eternity waiting for his wife to make her way out of the gas station and back to the car. Every minute feels like forever and I’m sure at any moment I’m going to be dead. What you don’t know is that ten minutes prior to this panic attack I was standing in line inside said gas station to buy a pack of smokes. Out of nowhere this 7 foot tall, leather-chapped, chain wearing, neck tattooed Neanderthal of what seemed to be a combination of Thor and a biker walked in front of me and hollered at the gas attendant. He then, in the most polite voice I’ve never heard come from such a rough looking guy, asks if the slushy machine was cherry or strawberry flavored – strawberry replied the cashier – the biker said “oh” shrugged and walked off while making a look of complete and utter disappointment. Minutes later I find myself in the bathroom next to Adam using the urinal. Seeing as how no one was in the bathroom I decide to tell him of my hilarious encounter of the “big scary neck tattoo biker who wanted his (in the most girly voice possible) ‘cherry slush’” – seeing as how we were alone I went all out railing on this guy, making fun of everything from his slushy to his very existence. I finish the story, and after Adam and I take a breath from laughing we hear “THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID!!!” from the bathroom stall next to us; it was the biker I was just making fun of – remember? The 7ft tall Thor replica with leather chaps. Me and Adam turn toward each other and I’m wide-eyed as Adam walks off. Fortunately just hearing the bikers voice had terminated the urinary session I was previously enjoying so all I had to do was run out of the bathroom while buttoning my pants and head for the car. I have a terrible history of doing stupid shit just like this. I wasn’t sure if playing a show with 60,000 bikers was the best idea considering one already wanted to kick my ass, however, the show absolutely rocked and it was a great way to play some of the new material in front of a fresh audience. We had one hell of a time. We will be releasing videos of some of the studio shenanigans we managed to capture on tape while being ‘hard at work’ in Austin. So what does all of this mean? New songs; new material? It means we have three shows coming up in July we will be filming and preparing for the release of our new themed stage show in August. We’ve decided we want to get fans and friends at the show the opportunity to be on stage with us in a sense. Our new stage show is going to feature several people from our next three shows in the intro video loop that starts our set! Also, in the online world, we will be releasing one new song accompanied by a new music video starting in August. With the new stage show, new set, new video loops, new music videos online, and new music period – we feel that any sort of thirst you may have for Forever Falls will be quenched in 2010! Speaking of music videos – have you seen the video to “Crash” off our 2009 release The Devil In The Details? View it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rCpjUICis I’m not positive what this year will hold - other than the things we have control over (like our live shows, music, etc). But I do look forward to more good times both pertaining to rock n’ roll and ridiculous nonsensical behavior. -That guy who is still scared he will run into the bathroom biker from Austin- Patrick

Rhino Words

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:37:14 +0100

Rawk !!!!

Hazard Of The Industry

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:51:44 +0100

What’s the only difference between a Hazard Of The Industry show and a night spent loaded out of your mind on equal mixtures of booze and caffeine, running naked through a minefield while being chased by crazed ninjas inexplicably humming a tune so catchy that you can’t get it out of your mind for weeks afterward? Hazard Of The Industry has better guitar solos.

Meet the band: Leo Solis (bass/vocals), Mike Temple (all guitars), and Nate Perkins (drums/vocals). Now listen to their music. And buy them presents.

Razr 13

Ryan 13 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:22:28 +0100

Ok so the guys and I are starting to get ready for some shows soon...Not sure when yet ,but ill keep ya posted...Get ready

As for the record its very close to being done im getting excited...

BIO

management — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:37:31 +0100

In a time when Rock and Roll seems to only fall into two distinctive categories, candy sweet Pop Rock and ear-splitting Heavy Metal, the musical emotion of King Zero defiantly stands apart from both genres. Bringing a sound reminiscent of the music you grew up hearing, yet still originally fresh and inspiring, the five individuals who make up the band blend a diverse and varied background into their own unique alternative sound.

Coming soon to Rock Army Records...

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35:43 +0100

RAZR13

Big Bald Mike (guitars)

Chris 'JRAB' Thomas (drums)

Ryan 13 (bass)

dUg Pinnick (vocals)

Prepare to be blown away as the legendary vocalist of King's X joins forces with this earth-shaking riff machine on an album unlike anything you've ever heard before.

COMING SOON to Rock Army Records.

Little Timmy Brings The Rawk...

littletimmy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:57:16 +0100

I just wanted to throw a little post up to say that I'vd modified by Rock Army Records custom radio station. Still lots of Podunk, Reckless Sons, Hazard Of The Industry, and Paul Renna for your groovin' pleasure, but I've added some tracks by RAZR13, Broken Teeth, Duke, RAE, Ionia, Squarewheel, and Powderburn--plus some awesome new tracks from the fantabulous new record from The Artillery, 'Kings Of The World'--to keep the party going longer.

Rawk!

SXSW 2010

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:17:01 +0100

Rock Army Records will have a strong presence this year for SXSW 2010 with Texas Rockfest and Red Gorilla Music Showcases. Artists include, Paul Renna, RAZR 13, Ionia, Broken Teeth, Forever Falls, and Powderburn. Please check the events page for all festival performances. Thank you for supporting live music!

Site updates and RAZR13....

littletimmy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:05:15 +0100

What's up, kids? OK, right now you can NOT purchase music or anything else like that on my MySpace page, but it's still a fun place to visit. Looks like lots of updates are afoot here at Rock Army Records, so I'll be updating MySpace as things progress.

For now, RAZR13--featuring dUg Pinnick (King's X), Big Bald Mike (the Yeti Coolers guy! ha ha!), Ryan 13 (spooky kid), and JRAB (the rabbit)--are set to unleash their debut album, 'Reflections,' on Rock Army Records soon. Check their page out to stream some incredible tunes!

BROKEN TEETH have also joined the Rock Army Records family! Drop by and welcome Jason McMaster, David Beeson, Jared Tuten, Brett McCormick, and Bruce Rivers to the platoon... and give 'em some love!

Oh, and check out the new album from The Artillery--'Kings Of The World'.... AMAZING. Simply amazing.

Now go rock.

skylinepress.net review

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:58:08 +0100

"This alterna-rock savvy bunch makes sure that you will get hooked right from the jump and with their multifunctional vocals and energetic charging guitars and drums, they succeed. They are able to pull off what many bands fail at, and that is to have single components of the band (singer, guitars, etc) that each have talent which can make then noticed off merit alone. And for most of this EP, The Artillery are able to concoct some pretty catchy rock songs with sugar sweet melodies." - SkylinePress.net - Derek

Rock Army Beatdown!

littletimmy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:11:22 +0100

Get ready for the Rock Army Records beatdown, suckas!

absolutepunk.net review

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:59:39 +0100

"The Artillery hit that sweet spot where screamo and modern rock merge. The band's latest release, Fear is In, is a melting pot of screaming vocals and screaming guitars with an iron-clad rhythm. Fear is In is a good introduction into The Artillery, even though the band shows on the record that they are in the process of defining themselves... The Artillery show they have a future in this style and a deep passion to move with its tide." - Absolutepunk.net - sweetpeasuzie