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Jake E. Lee Needs To Reform Badlands With This Singer Jake E. Lee has put out two records with his Red Dragon Cartel. I liked his first album, and RDC's latest album didn't excite me too much. Badlands was Jake's best music. He had Ray Gillen, and their first album is a classic. Most dismiss when you talk about a Badlands reunion because Ray is deceased. You'd need someone who'd sound like Ray, right? Let me introduce you to Dino Jelusick. Dino is the singer for Animal Drive, is part of the Trans Siberian Orchestra, and most recently teamed up with George Lynch on the project Dirty Shirley. Haven't you heard of Dino? After listening to that, one would think to grab Greg and Eric and do some shows. It would be great if Jake would record some music with Dino on vocals and/or do a few shows. Nothing will bring back the original Badlands, but teaming up with Jelusick would create some great music and most certainly would be better than anything Red Dragon Cartel has put out.

Adrian Vandenberg Recruits Ronnie Romero To Reform Vandenberg Vandenberg is back! Or should we say: VANDENBERG is back? The man himself, Adrian Vandenberg, has never really been away. Still, the band that carries his proud name has returned, after an absence that lasted for more than three decades, VANDENBERG is very much alive again in a young, fresh and all-revised 2020 version. Adrian Vandenberg can already look back on a rich career. He played in WHITESNAKE for over 13 years, having been part of this seminal band's most legendary lineup. He was the driving force behind MANIC EDEN and, more recently, VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS. Still, equally proud, he looks back on VANDENBERG, the Dutch band that put him on the map internationally. "So many people still come up to me and speak about those glory days and the albums I've made with that band," he says. All these compliments have inspired Adrian to bring VANDENBERG back to life, albeit in an all-new lineup. Together with renowned producer Bob Marlette (ALICE COOPER, BLACK SABBATH), he is currently putting the finishing touches to a new album that will be in stores later this year. A first taste of what is to come can be heard online as of today; "Burning Heart," which you can check out below. A brand new version of the classic hit, it is sung by none other than Ronnie Romero, who first came to prominence when Ritchie Blackmore recruited him for a RAINBOW tour in 2016. Romero's impressive vocals can be heard on all songs on the upcoming VANDENBERG album, and he will also be part of the touring band. Together with Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE) on bass and Brian Tichy (SLASH, OZZY OSBOURNE, FOREIGNER) on drums, the band has recorded nine all-new, original songs, backed by Koen Herfst (crowned as the best drummer of the Benelux, six times in a row) and Randy van der Elsen on bass (TANK) the band plan to hit the road, soon. Says Adrian: "First, get the album done, and then I want to get out there and play. We want to play this music to audiences all over the world." About his decision to relaunch the band VANDENBERG, Adrian says: "Going with the band name VANDENBERG was a logical decision. Rock fans would know right away what they are dealing with. I felt that I wasn't done with the style of music I wrote for my band VANDENBERG at the time and wanted to pick up the thread where I left it when I joined WHITESNAKE. But to me, that would only make sense if I'd come up with a brand new, testosterone-driven version of VANDENBERG with a kick-ass, world-class lineup. VANDENBERG 2020 on steroids. So that's exactly what we did. BAM! Here I go again." Romero adds: "To me, it's a dream come true. I've followed Adrian's career for years, and he always was one of my favorite guitar players, so to work with him is nothing but amazing to me. Adrian is an exceptional musician, and it's effortless to work with him. The energy when we work together was fantastic. We had great times at the studio with our producer Bob Marlette; fascinating time.” Marlette is equally enthusiastic. "Working with Adrian has been a real pleasure," he says. "The man is working around the clock, and his well of new riffs and melodies never seems to dry. With a powerful singer such as Ronnie Romero behind the microphone, I was some true magic expecting to happen and let me tell you... it has." In short, these guys mean business. Thirty-five years may have passed since the final studio album "Alibi," Vandenberg 2020 sounds just as fresh, relevant, and at least as HEAVY as back in the day. Fun times will revive with a brand new album, and an agenda filling up quickly with festivals and other touring plans. Or as the man himself, Adrian Vandenberg, puts it: "Fasten your seatbelts, VANDENBERG is here to stay."

Testament Announce New Album Titans Of Creation & New Music Video For “Night Of The Witch” The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album, Titans Of Creation, which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the lyric video for the first single, "Night Of The Witch" here: youtu.be/cF2hIrXq2ss Cuck Billy comments, "It has been months since the final mixing of ‘Titans Of Creation,’ and we are eager for fans to hear it. We feel that we put a lot into this record, and at the end of the day, it is a TESTAMENT record that stands on its own. We are very proud of ‘Titans Of Creation.’” “'Night Of The Witch’ uses old school lyrics about witches chanting in the moonlight and casting spells. The beauty of this song is that I worked Eric's vocals into the chorus. I wanted to incorporate him as he does Dragonlord, and this song was a perfect match. It is a heavy song and a great way to introduce everyone to ‘Titans Of Creation.’” Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson produced Titans Of Creation while Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios handled co-producing, recording, and engineering. Andy Sneap was responsible for the mixing and mastering of the album. Eliran Kantor stepped up once again to create a new masterpiece of artwork for the cover of this release. Titans Of Creation will be available in the following formats: CD Digipak Light Blue Cassette (Limited to 250) DLP + CD Mail-order Box Set (Limited to 1500) Includes Earth Element Vinyl Vinyl Fire Element Edition Vinyl (Limited to 2150) Air Element Edition Vinyl Water Element Edition Vinyl Blue Vinyl (Limited to 500; Retail) T-shirt TS+ DLP bundle Pre-order your copy of Titans Of Creation in the format of your choice here: https://nblast.de/TestamentTOC Pre-save the album on Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer: nblast.de/TESTAMENTpreSave

Tom Keifer Band Release Video For “Hype” TOM KEIFER #keiferband has released a compelling, high energy music video for “HYPE,” the raucous, heavy, second single to be released to Rock radio from RISE. The song and video speak directly to live in our current culture. “HYPE” reflects the overstimulation, endless information and clever deception that we are bombarded within today’s society,” explains KEIFER. “Computers, devices, Internet, news, social media, politics, television…all coming at us from every angle around the clock. It’s becoming harder and harder to separate reality from illusion. The song and video mirror the world of overload we are all living in and its exhaustive effect. Not all aspects of the information age are bad or even new, for that matter, but the sum of it all, amplified through today’s technology, at times can really make us feel like… 'All in overload about to blow the height of a new low - Scream like hell drown out all this hype.’”The Vicente Cordero-directed video for ‘HYPE’ (written by TOM KEIFER and Savannah Keifer) can now be viewed on Cleopatra Records’ YouTube channel here: https://ymlptr3.net/55f0fuymqsagaehwsyapamsadaujqbb/click.php

Black Swan Ftr Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Wilson Release Video For “Big Disaster” Vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) have joined forces in BLACK SWAN, a new band project signed to Frontiers Music Srl. Black Swan has unveiled a video for the track "Big Disaster." Watch it HERE: Their debut album, “Shake The World,” will be released on February 14, 2020 on CD, LP, & Digital formats. Fans can pre-order the album, including signed items and merch bundles, and stream the singles HERE: https://radi.al/ShakeTheWorld Watch the first single and video, for the title track, HERE: The genesis of Black Swan was sparked by a conversation between Jeff Pilson and Frontiers' President & Head of A&R, Serafino Perugino, who wanted a project that would not only showcase McAuley's vocal prowess but have a mighty musical backbone to stand skyscraper tall behind him. Thus, the initial seeds were planted and Pilson ran with it from there. "Shake The World" was tracked at Pilson’s home studio in Los Angeles and is a showcase of both the musical talents of the instrumental players in the band as well as McAuley’s powerful voice. The four members got Black Swan off the ground by exchanging ideas back and forth and then bringing all the songs together. The final result is something fresh, very heavy, but still intensely melodic and it’s certainly not Dokken, nor Winger, nor MSG, or some combination thereof, but it’s own unique animal. As an example, one of the songs was written by Jeff Pilson right after seeing the Queen movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. "I came home and I sat down at the grand piano and pretty much wrote exactly the chorus that we have, just coming straight [from] the movie. It is a bit Queen-like." Black Swan's “Shake the World” is a killer slice of melodic hard rock and heavy metal from seasoned players who have gelled musically. Whether you are a fan from “back in the day” or brand new to the scene and just diving in, this album is essential listening! Tracklisting: Shake The World Big Disaster Johnny Came Marching Immortal Souls Make It There She's On To Us The Rock That Rolled Away Long Road To Nowhere Sacred Place Unless We Change Divided/United Black Swan: - Robin McAuley - Lead Vocals and Background Vocals - Reb Beach - Guitars and Background Vocals - Jeff Pilson - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Keys and Background Vocals - Matt Starr - Drums and Percussion Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackSwanRockNRoll

It’s Time For Judas Priest To Reissue And Remaster Tim Ripper Owens Era Priest Albums Judas Priest was on ice when Rob Halford left the band to pursue his solo career. In comes Tim Ripper Owens. Thanks to Scott Travis's friend at the time bringing Ripper to his attention, Scott brought him to the attention of the band. The rest is history. Tim helped save Judas Priest from becoming extinct and put out two impressive albums. The Priest purists will say that Priest will always be with Halford. Ripper has continued on with a successful solo career and with Iced Earth, Dio Disciples, and other projects. Why hasn't Judas Priest remastered and reissued the two albums he was on Jugulator and Demolition? Demolition is available on iTunes. You also have two awesome live albums that Ripper did with Priest So while Judas Priest is celebrating their 50th-anniversary with a tour and warm and fuzzy interviews saying there could be previous members joining them on stage and Halford open to singing Ripper era songs, why not re-issue and remaster Jugulator and Demolition so that Priest fans have an opportunity to listen to them? While you guys are at it, kiss and makeup with K.K.!

Alien Nosejob - Television Sets Best band name ever? To be fair it’s more memorable than Jake Robertson (the name of the Aussie dude behind all this). The story goes that Robertson gave up “waiting on others to rock up to practice, write their parts, tune their instruments, yada yada” and decided to go it alone. Part lo-fi indie rock, part Ramones-y punk’n’roll, Television Sets suggests he’ll do just fine.

Buffalo Summer - Everybody's Out For Number 1 Sounding way grungier and nastier than their southern-rockier-than-thou band name might suggest, Welshies Buffalo Summer are opening the case for their upcoming album Desolation Blue like a bunch of hairy renegades from Nirvana-era Seattle, with their own strutting pace and snarling character. Noice.

H.e.a.t - Come Clean One for the AOR fans now (or just anyone who likes really big, soaring tunes that shine so brightly you can see you face in them) hot off the upcoming new album from Swedish kingpins H.e.a.t. Check out this and much more on H.E.A.T II, which is out next month.

Empyre - My Bad Empyre continue to defy labels but sound damn good doing it. If we were to compare it to anything we'd venture that My Bad sounds a bit like Alter Bridge at their most gnarly and alternative, with a few prog metal twists in the background. According to frontman Henrik: “My Bad predicts the almost inevitable collapse of a relationship, but is an appeal to salvage it.” Heavy stuff, confidently pulled off.

Drive-By Truckers - Thoughts And Prayers The Georgia-based quintet have never sat on the safe, predictable side of southern rock, and they’re not about to change that. This new one is a mellow but searing, acoustically driven beauty – with nods to Neil Young, blue-collar protest-folk and sweet-as-pie West Coast rock.

Shades Of Gray - I Get Up The sunshiny, gloriously cheesy new brainchild of Myke Gray – also of Skin, Jagged Edge and UFO – this is a highly danceable shaken-up soda can of glam rock boogie that doesn't take itself too seriously, and sounds all the better for it. Think Status Quo playing Download, in KISS make-up. And yes it’s as fun as it sounds.

Devilskin - Corrode Another beefcake with which to hulk up your Monday protein intake, but with more metallic menace and the sort of chorus that Evanescence and Vicious-era Halestorm might have written together. Indeed, the Kiwi quartet have already toured with Halestorm – as well as Slash, Motley Crue and Disturbed – so they’re preaching to a receptive choir...

Black Star Riders - In The Shadow Of A War Machine One of the heavier cuts from BSR’s latest, Another State Of Grace, our first track this week comes with a beefy bruiser refrain, strapping vocals and boxer-jabbing guitars that practically dare you to mess with them. Angry, politically engaged and catchy as all hell? Yes please.

Gorilla Riot - Black Heart Woman

Ron Bumblefoot Thal Discusses The New Sons Of Apollo Album “MMXX” Ron is an exceptionally talented guitar and vocalist whom I've had the pleasure to have known for many years. We recently spoke to Ron about the new Sons Of Apollo album. How was the writing process for MMXX? RBT: I will send them little ideas and guitar riffs that are recorded, my studio with some bit of drum beat behind it, and Derek will send me keyboard lines. The three of us just amassed ideas, and then the band gets together. It's time to start recording and building; we have a starting point. We have some ideas that we can begin developing. Portnoy will say hey, let's start with this one, and we take an idea, we'd jam on it and see where it goes. Somehow by the end of the day, that evolves into an old song with ideas that we're writing on the spot and adding to it. It all just turns into songs. So for the first album, we all had the luxury of being in the studio together. We could write together, play along, and record everything together. This time it just wasn't possible. So we had to do the demos and writing. We did meet Derek and Mike at his house and Mike's house. We then went and recorded on our first song laying the drums at the same studio as the first album. I laid my guitar parts to his drums and Derek lane, his keyboards and Billy is bass and Jeff doing the vocals, and Derek was producing and putting everything together and, and then got it all to our engineer. With your vocal ability, has there been any discussion of you taking the lead vocal duties on a song? RBT: I don't think so. Jeff is the best singer I've ever been in a band with. He's just an incredible person to be in a band with. That's probably about the best you could say because there are so many great attributes about him. He doesn't have an ugly bone in his body, He will always sing his ass off, give 100%, he'll be on time. You don't have to worry about if he'll be on time if he's doing drugs, none of that. I'll take it; further, he's the guy that will work with the tour manager to help balance the tour budget. He's incredible. Derek produced this album. Did he have the final say on everything? RBT: Derek has the final say, but he listens to everybody. If someone feels strongly about something, he considers it. For this album, Definitely more so than the first he as he put on the producer hat and others. Is there something on the new album that you like better than the debut album? RBT: I wanted to get a little crazier, a little more intense. I wanted the stuff to be even more over the top. I'm just one guy in a band of five. So if 20% of my ideas get in, then I'm getting what I'm supposed to. If 80% of my ideas are shot down, that's leaving room for everyone else to get their 20% in. That's what you have to be okay with a band. So in songs like a New World Today, there's a whole section of the song that Mike would call adventures in Bumbleland. I like the guitar solos. I'm happy with what we did. Have you thought about doing instructional videos? RBT: I like doing clinics and doing it in person. I've been doing a lot of them, and I do music camps I started doing in the past two years. I'm going to be doing Paul Gilberts Great Escape this July in New York. Tony MacAlpine will be there. I will be there. Greg Howe, George Lynch, and others., how we'll be there. Uh, George Lynch will be there and, of course, Paul Gilbert. I want to help people, and I always feel like I'm trying to squeeze in a lifetime of learning that I want to pass onto people. I started doing my Bumblefoot music camps, where I could torture people for a good five days morning all night. We would begin around 10 or 11 in the morning and go to two the next morning. It was a ton of stuff that we would be getting on every aspect of playing and writing and music, business and everything and singing and recording. Do you have any solo shows coming up this year? We have Sons of Apollo tour dates this year, and some that haven't been announced yet. Everyone can go to bumblefoot.com, and all my scheduled events are there. My award-winning hot sauce is back on the market. You can get them also at bumblefoot.com.

Is that paid or patched.?.

I still use CCleaner on My Android Phone, swear by it for windows too but am Linux all the way now... off the topic a little but I did run Android from a Live USB the other day just for curiosity sake, nice like a tablet but My hardware isn't up to it's needs sad to say and can't say I'd like it as a permanent OS unless on a seperate system for testing apps, etc... Switch to whatever you like.... Personally I run Mint on My Main lappy, Lubuntu on the older one, even have Mint on My Phone, like running in a VM but more integrated... Back on topic, I did mention I have 'IObit Driver Booster Pro 7.2.0.598 with Patch' released in the last week and is currently in My upload list and someone has reviewed it with the following comment which I know has also happened for Me in the past so it may be worth a try I would guesstimate it has something to do with blocking in the host file to stop it calling home and resetting back to trial. When I asked about the release group, on most cracks, keygens, patches, etc, the people who release them usually put in an about button or an NFO file that tells you who made it, groups like FFF, CORE, MYTH, ALTOR, DS, etc, these guys are the Magicians that reverse engineer the programs to make them free for Us...

Ok, with a little poke around I found IObit Driver Booster Pro 7.2.0.598 with Patch was released 6 days ago, I haven't yet come across any other iobit software but this release, which I will post in the next few days, has an activator and a loader you run the app from so I would assume other new Iobit software will reuire similar. Still looking though...

G'day Blackrome, Although I used Iobit suite almost religously in the past, in the last few years I've migrated back to linux so had left this open for someone still using windows and experience with Iobit to advise or help you. In saying that, the patch, which it sounds like you are using correctly, is released by what group.?. Maybe Iobit has added a call home protocol to the registration services and you may need to add a block into your hosts file. In the meantime I'll look amongst the release groups for any other equivilent patches or work around....

Michael Sweet Says Stryper Is Recording “Our Best, Most Powerful Album Yet” Michael Sweet tweeted that Stryper is recording there best, most powerful album yet. Stryper has put out their best albums of there career since No More Hell To Pay. Sweet's latest solo album is also something people should check out. What's your favorite Stryper album? We have started recording our best, most powerful album yet. We’re tracking a song called “For God and Rock & Roll” now. We have the best engineer in the world with @dbernini and you won’t find a better studio than… https://t.co/nkp68cR7Xp — MichaelSweet Stryper (@michaelhsweet) January 20, 2020