Charm City Devils are signed to Eleven Seven Music and were actually named by label president and Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx. Since their inception, the band was featured as part of the Crue Fest 2 lineup and has released two albums, 2009’s Let’s Rock n’ Roll and Sins, which recently dropped on April 10th.

John Allen is a really cool guy and talking to him was akin to meeting an old friend in a bar. It was such a fun conversation.

In early April, I attended the Candlebox record release show at 12th & Porter in Nashville, TN and wrote a review about the experience. The response has been unbelievable. I was actually startled when looking at the recent numbers. Therefore, having someone from Candlebox join our program was a no-brainer.

“One thing I picked up on didn’t happen on the stage. It happened at merch. I’ve seen thousands of merch tables in my day. Very rarely have I seen what I’m about to tell you. During RED’s set, Welch made his way to the Love and Death table. I saw countless groups of fans go from banging their heads to running – literally – to Love and Death’s merch table. Mid-set. Mid-song. Amazing stuff. This dude is a star. Period. When you’re a star, that’s how people react.”

Graveyard of Empires is an impressive album. The songs are heavy enough to rock out, but also soft enough to put you into a groove for its duration. They’re well-constructed, well-written, and well executed. Evans Blue vocalist Dan Chandler was a great interview. Check them out now.

Brian Fair of western Massachusetts’ Shadow Fall rejoined All Knowing Force this past week to discuss the band’s new album, Fire From The Sky. This album, which we have no doubt will be killer, is set for a May 15th release date. Darius also went and saw their tour opener at the Exit/In in Nashville. Check it out!

“The first album ever to “speak to me” was Death to Traitors by Paw. I was in my early teens at the time, doing the Nirvana thing, the Weezer Blue Album thing, the Siamese Dream thing, etc.” Click through to read the article!

“I was flying solo when Sonny Sandoval came on the show. My morning was grueling. He was in the midst of doing a plethora of boring, formulaic interviews. So, to amuse ourselves, we talked about Bad Brains, the hood, and fake peeps.”

About once a year, I hear a new record from a band that is either brand new or that I paid little attention to beforehand and am completely blown away. That’s if I’m lucky. Enter Chicago’s Janus and their new album Nox Aeris. Guitarist Mike Tyranski joined our program where we discussed the band and their newest release, which is a piece of art that gets better with every listen.

Hank3 released four new albums on September 6, 2011, a mix of country, doom-rock, and speed metal, with a little cattle callin’ here and there. Entitled Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town (a 2-disc country record), 3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin’ (a metal record in the newly anointed cattle core genre) and Attention Deficit Domination (a doom rock record), these albums were released on Hank3′s own record label, Hank3 Records (through Megaforce Records), and feature guest appearances by Tom Waits, Les Claypool of Primus, Alan King of Hellstomper, and Williams’ dog, Trooper. And in 30 minutes of audio, we address this and more.

I can listen to Van Halen with Dave and I can listen to them with Sammy. I can listen to Priest with Halford and I can listen to them with Tim Owens. Good music is good music, and Ripper absolutely owns this song. Turn this song up LOUD.