Author: Brandon J.

Introducing Embers of Earth, a metalcore solo project of Luke Carlisle from Northern Ireland. This new ep is available for name your price download on Bandcamp, listen to it below. Pretty good for a solo act. … Continued →

Local Orange County, CA. indie roots rockin’ band PawnShop Kings have just released their brand new ep titled “Give Love Vol. 1“. This is the first of two eps to release in 2017. Check it out below. All links to where you can purchase/stream this fantastic new ep can be found in the embed below. Band website … Continued →

The next ep in the 3 song acoustic ep series from Thumper Punk Records is by none other than Brock Diamond. Check out the info below and make sure you pre-order the 7″ because once it’s gone, it’s gone. … Continued →

Check out the lyric video for Sef Idle acoustic track “All Along” , below. The song appears on Sef Idle’s new 3 song acoustic ep. Sef is a cool guy so I hope you’ll take the opportunity to give his music a listen to. … Continued →

I’d like to take a moment and introduce all our readers to a new rock act by the name of LeAnder that I think are pretty great. The band just released their brand new song titled “Feel It In My Bones” that you can listen to below. Imagine a sound close to 30 Seconds to Mars, Lifehouse, Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, and The Fray then you’ll get an idea for what LeAnder sounds like. Check them out! … Continued →

A new Fireflight release just hit the digital marketplace. It’s titled “Re-Imag-Innova” and features 5 tracks from “Innova” reimagined in an acoustic type setting. I really enjoyed the “Innova” album and this Ep makes it clear the talent this group holds. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and I really hope (and pray) that they continue making new music for years to come. … Continued →

Check out the brand new We Are Messengers track titled “I’ll Think About You” in lyric video form below. This song appears on the soundtrack for the film “The Shack” which is available now. … Continued →

Indie hip-hop artist Brinson has just dropped his new track “Grudges” of which you can listen to below. Please check this artist out and give his song a listen. “Grudges” is a song about Brinson’s personal journey to overcome pain and hurt. Hurt from betrayal of best friends, and pain from past hurts that came from the church. Brinson chants in the chorus how he has to let go of all of his grudges. His EP Black Canvas was inspired by this pain and “Grudges” paints the perfect picture of a man trying to move forward.… Continued →

Stavesacre are getting close to wrapping up their brand new full length effort and first new music since 2009. Read the brief update below. You can also see some song titles on their facebook page.… Continued →

Matt & friends, of the band Spoken have been in the studio for the past few weeks laying down tracks for their 9th studio album. No new tracks yet but as soon as they are released, we’ll link to them. Get excited! … Continued →

I’d like to take a moment and recognize the great achievements of indie-reggae artist Dominic Balli who has been releasing solid reggae fueled music since 2009. He just released a touching ballad titled “Just a Little Bit Longer” which puts the grief of him losing his child in song form. Check out the emotional song on iTunes here. … Continued →

Married indie folk-pop duo Jenny & Tyler, have just released their brand new covers ep titled “For Freedom II”. It is available exclusively on iTunes here. All proceeds go to organizations that fight Human Trafficking. Catch the group on their cross country tour which is taking place right now.… Continued →

Introducing our readers to the indie-pop stylings of Nashville, TN. based indie-pop side project called Phangs. Phangs is the side project of Jake Germany who is also in the band Cardboard Kids and an artist we’ve followed here on IVM for years. Check out the recent song “Cul De Sac” below. Also be sure to check out the new Ep from Cardboard Kids, below. … Continued →

Please read the following press release and consider picking up this compilation to support Dale’s family: Thursday February 9, 2017 the Christian Metal Community lost one of its most valuable players. Dale Huffman owner of Metal Pulse Radio succumbed to the cancer he had bravely been fighting the past couple of years. Dale was a family man, a great father, grandfather and husband to his wonderful family, as well as a great friend and supporter of many in the Christian Metal Community. Those friends and supporters truly showed their love of Dale when called upon for a very special tribute to him.… Continued →

An old friend and artist we promoted quite a bit back in the day, Avery Pkwy, is back with his new album titled “Elevate The Cure” . The album came out in September 2016 and went mostly under the radar. Check it out below. The grand production and rich instrumentation is sure to win over fans across the globe. For fans of Yellowcard, Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Almost, Mae, and Anberlin. Check out the lyric video for the title track, below. … Continued →

Check out the (awesome) power-metal of Theocracy along with some other fantastic releases from Ulterium Records on bandcamp here. Listen some of the new Theocracy album “Ghost Ship”, below. … Continued →

We are excited to announce a brand new Ep release from Light The Way will be hitting all digital networks in April 2017 through Indie Vision Music (Date TBA). The title of this ep is “DUDE LAME” and will feature 6 tracks of pure, action packed pop-punk glory. Tracklisting and artwork can be found below. Get pumped! We have also launched a brand new page on IVM for all our releases. Click it here and check out everything that has been released under the IVM Label.… Continued →

Well known Christian Store Chain “Family Christian” has announced plans to close all 240 stores, lay off over 3000 employees, and liquidate their assets. This is a huge disappointment for many I am sure and it’s a sad state of the current times we are in. I remember during the 90’s that there were several “Christian” stores like this one and others that sprung up around So Cal and I frequented many of them. With the explosion of the internet shopping market, it put a huge dent in overpriced goods at Christian stores across the country.… Continued →

Electronic Dance artist GAWVI will release his new album “We Belong” on March 31st through Reach Records. Check out the lyric video for “Closer”, below. This is a hot track and this will more than likely be a chart topping HIT record when it releases. I can’t wait! … Continued →

Light The Way are working on another new Ep. It goes to Mixing/Mastering in a month. Who’s excited for another Ep from this new Pop-Punk band? You can purchase/stream the band’s last ep “Grace” on all digital networks right now. … Continued →

I’d like to take a minute and introduce our readers to a talented young band by the name of Brothers. , from Ohio. This Post-Hardcore band recently released their debut titled “Here & Now” which would please fans of Silent Planet, Hands, and Memphis May Fire. “Here & Now” is available wherever fine digital music is sold/streamed. You can catch Brothers. and DENS at this year’s Creation Fest. … Continued →

Classic old school hardcore punk band The Lead, are working on their first new material in years. This Ep will be the band’s first recorded new material since “Burn This”. Resurrected Vinyl will handle the release.… Continued →

According to a post on Facebook, A Common Goal are working on new music (possibly). The Boston, MA. punk rock band last released the False Idle / A Common Goal “Split” in 2014 and “Blessings and Battles” in 2013 on California based label Thumper Punk Records. … Continued →

Check out this gritty, punk rock band from Ventura, CA. called “Tattered Angels“. The band is working on new music right now. You can download their 2015 album for name your price on bandcamp here. Listen, below. This is great stuff. … Continued →

Thrice will head out on tour with Rise Against and Deftones this summer for a string of dates across the U.S. and Canada. Dates can be found here. The band is also playing two headline dates in the UK April 27th and 28th.… Continued →

Aaron Sprinkle has dropped his latest single titled “Real Life” (the title track to the upcoming record) on all digital networks. This song features Max Bemis (Say Anything), and Sherri Dupree Bemis (Eisley). He also recently shot a video for his other song “Invincible” with Elle Pucket (Poema). Stay tuned for more news on that. Pre-order this record on limited vinyl here. … Continued →

Punk legends Craig’s Brother will be joining such heavyweights as The Offspring, At The Drive In, Queens of the Stone Age, Good Charlotte, AFI, 311, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Ignite, Less Than Jake, Face to Face, Thursday, Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, alongside Norma Jean, August Burns Red, P.O.D. and a special “reunion” by Blessed by a Broken Heart all at the Montebello Rock Fest in Quebec, Canada June 23-24. See the full poster and info, below. Are any of our Canadian friends going to make the trek there to catch this big fest?… Continued →

Alt-Rock band Acceptance have released their first full length of new material since the 2005 hit record, “Phantoms”, this time through Rise Records. This Aaron Sprinkle produced effort titled “Colliding By Design” sees the band picking up where the fine “Phantoms” left off with even bigger production and a tad bit of electronic influence. If you dug any of the band’s two prior efforts, you’ll love this new album. Check it out wherever fine digital music is sold or on Spotify, below. You can also stream the entire record over on Billboard right here.… Continued →

I’d like to take a minute to introduce our readers to a new post-hardcore band out of London, UK called “ENDXS”. They play a melodic blend of Post-Hardcore that brings up memories of some great bands that came before like Funeral for a Friend, Saosin, and Senses Fail while incorporating modern elements to keep it fresh. Check out their music video for the new track “Almost Home”, below. Find them on Facebook here. … Continued →

Solo Americana/Folk artist, Orion Walsh, is currently on tour in Europe playing songs from his new full length “7” as well as all the classics from the past albums going back to 2008 “Tornado Lullabies”. Check out his bandcamp page here for the new album as well as all his past material. You can also download the rare 2002 ep “Part of Me Died” from his last band, Slow Coming Day, at this link here. Download includes 3 bonus rare songs and the whole thing was remastered by Seth at Simpul Studio.… Continued →