News: Nothing More Release Video For “Tired Of Winning” News by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 29, 20220 Rock audiences count NOTHING MORE among the most cherished acts, the kind of band who straddle the line between populism and intimacy with every performance. The San Antonio, Texas-born quartet builds unapologetically massive anthems from catchy hooks. Crowd-pleasers clear a path for heady, confessional, thought-provoking emotionalism. Fresh rewards reveal themselves with repeat listens, welcoming like-minded seekers with rich melodicism, like the best of Deftones or Tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR4yR_rjhEg Kerrang! named NOTHING MORE one of 22 Artists Shaping the Future of Rock, alongside Nine Inch Nails, Twenty One Pilots, and Bring Me The Horizon. And frontman Jonny Hawkins, who met guitarist Mark Vollelunga before they were old enough to drive, appeared with Billie Joe Armstrong, Dave Grohl, and Hayley Williams in the English tastemaker’s
Album Review: Ocean Grove – Up In The Air Forever Album Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 28, 2022April 28, 20220 Artist: Ocean GroveAlbum: Up In The Air ForeverLabel: UNFDRelease Date: April 22nd 2022Reviewer: Belinda Mann Ocean Grove are an Australian band from Melbourne who formed in 2010. Their musical style is generally considered nu metal, grunge, nu metalcore and hardcore punk. The band themselves often describe their sound as ‘Odd World Music”. Up in the Air Forever is a 10 track, genre-bending epic musical journey. Evolving from the trio’s early heavier sounds, the album finds Ocean Grove moving into the world of pop, grunge and punk that solidifies them as a creative force not to be reckoned with. Fans would say they are no longer metalcore and I would have to agree as its clearly evidenced in this latest release that their sound
News: Check Out The Debut Solo Single From Amy Sheppard “Nothing But Wild” News by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 26, 20220 Internationally acclaimed artist Amy Sheppard is packaging up her pop stylings and fusing them with country influences, today releasing her debut solo single Nothing But Wild. While definitely not her first official foray into the genre, previously already a Golden Guitar Award winner for her vocals on Lee Kernaghan’s Spirit of the Anzacs, Nothing But Wild offers an up-tempo and affably jangly stomper that fans can also catch in action this weekend at the Toyota Tamworth Country Music Festival and KIX Live in the Park, as well as CMC Rocks QLD later this year. Nothing But Wild gifts the perfect salve for those who have had their wanderlust evaporate throughout the global pandemic, as travel and leaving one’s own four walls
Live Review: Full Tilt Festival – Brisbane 2022 Live Review by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 26, 20220 Artist: Various - Full Tilt FestivalDate: April 23rd 2022Venue: Eatons Hill Hotel - BrisbaneReviewer: Belinda MannPhotographer: Andrew Treadwell Photography With multiple rescheduled dates in response to the ever changing government restrictions surrounding live music because of COVID-19 it was such a buzz walking through the gates at Eaton’s Hill Hotel to finally be at Full Tilt Brisbane. Black was the colour choice of the day with the crowd wearing the standard heavy metal fashion of skinny black jeans and black t-shirts. Shirts worn proudly by metal fans who would briefly remark to one another or give a thumbs-up gesture to express their approval of a t-shirt featuring a group they admire. My first impression of the venue was better than expected, the layout
Tours: Jimmy Barnes Announces “Soul Deep 30” Tour Tour Annoucements by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 21, 20220 Frontier Touring are excited to announce Jimmy Barnes with his 12-piece band will tour in support of the forthcoming album Soul Deep 30, in a mix of arenas and theatres across Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this June and July. Classic Australian albums don’t come any bigger or better than Jimmy Barnes’ Soul Deep. The trailblazing collection of sixties R&B was certified 10 times platinum in Australia, won the 1992 ARIA Awards for Best Male Artist and Highest Selling Album and remains the highest-selling album ever for both Jimmy Barnes and Mushroom Records. This iconic collection has now been re-imagined and extended for its anniversary suitably titled Soul Deep 30 (released Friday 3 June via Bloodlines). JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS THE TESKEY BROTHERS (VIC, NSW & QLD),