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90s goth rock band Wedding Party have recently announced their re-formation. A new album is coming out this month! Pre-orders and digital downloads for the album, entitled “White Horse”, are available now. Fans can purchase at the band’s website here: https://weddingpartyofficial.com or through their official Bandcamp page here: https://weddingpartyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/white-horse Physical orders will start shipping out September 28th, 2023, limited to the USA only at this time.… Continued →

The band Spoken have been teasing something new. No one knows if it’s legitimate, if the band got hacked, or if they are so mysterious that it defies all definitions and beats the odds. What is it? What could it be? Who are Spoken and what do they have planned? Matt? Paging Matt Baird, Hello? You there? 🙁 “A Moment of Imperfect Clarity” is 20 years old. Think about that.… Continued →

Wolves At The Gate just dropped their official music video for the Linkin Park cover, “Breaking The Habit” and you can watch it below. What do you think of this cover and did the band pull it off well?… Continued →

Memphis May Fire just released a new version of their song “Misery” with Brandon Saller of the band Atreyu in the guest spot. Check out the song below and comment with your thoughts.… Continued →

The guys in MxPx just recently released a hilarious sequel of sorts to the classic Life in General track – “Chick Magnet” and you can view it in all of it’s glory via YouTube right here at IVM, below. Check it out and comment with your thoughts. “Find A Way Home” is out now wherever you get your music!… Continued →

A band who got their start on Bettie Rocket Records – PROSPER, just announced a special reunion show with Watashi Wa TONIGHT in Modesto, CA. Sorry for the lateness of this post but if you can make it out to the show it would be a fun night and will serve as a benefit for Cancer Patients. Follow: prospertheband and watashiwaband on Instagram for further info.… Continued →

The mighty UNASHAMED will be joining the originators of Spirit Filled Hardcore – Focused, for a special one night only reunion show April 2024 in Orange County, California. More opening acts will be announced soon. The official announcement will come November 8th with tickets on sale November 10th. Follow: focusedband on Instagram.… Continued →

Jeremy Alan Gould has done it again! His regular podcast “The Rumors Are True” recently featured Russell Holbrook of Joe Christmas and World Against World. In the episode, there’s real talk of a possible Joe Christmas reunion. Check out the episode here: Russell Holbrook interview at The Rumors Are True… Continued →

Let me get my opinion out of the way right off the bat–there is not enough good, quality Christian doom metal. The list gets even shorter when it’s as unique and well-executed as this track is. Memorium is the braindchild of Duane Keith, label-owner and -founder at Vision of God Records and its subsidiary, Christian Metal Underground. The band is just a two-piece: Duane on drums and vocals and Mike Shinn on bass and guitar. Sadly the band is currently on hiatus. “A New Dawn” comes from a 3-way split with The Arbiter (from Hungary), and Lucifer’s Doom (from Brazil).… Continued →

Independent hip-hop/rap artist, Braille, who is also a founding member of Beautiful Eulogy and a Pastor, will be releasing his first “solo” album in 12 years. This is also the first album since the last Beautiful Eulogy release 6 years ago. He is posting updates and music via the Patreon platform over the next few months and the full album in May 2024. Who’s excited for this new project?… Continued →

As We Are will release their brand new album, their second full length, tomorrow September 8th. The album is titled “This Isn’t The End; It’s Only The Beginning” and it features the singles “Paralyzed”, “Starting Over”, and “Addiction”. Read a little background info on the album from the band, below.… Continued →

Post-rock supergroup Unwed Sailor (featuring ex-members of Roadside Monument, Mr Bishops Fist, Norma Jean, Eso-Charis, Living Sacrifice, etc.) have announced a tour through the western half of the United States. Tickets can be found here: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/6744… Continued →

I’m very excited to announce that Indie Vision Music will be bringing out another FREE digital compilation and our first since 2020. I plan to release this through the Indie Vision Music Bandcamp page on October 13th and I’m making it FREE (like all previous IVM Comps). I have decided to bring back a classic title and it will be named “Fighting From The Ground Up Vol. 3”. Artwork by Nate Parrish and will feature an assortment of bands and artists of all styles and flavors.… Continued →

Whitecross have returned and with a new full length titled “Fear No Evil”. This follows on the heels of the 3 song EP that dropped back in 2022. You can preorder on CD with Tshirt right here. Listen to the title track below.… Continued →

Vivid Era a project that leans heavily into that synthwave-pop sound, just dropped a brand new song titled “New Praise” and it’s just as great as the first song released. Check out the new song now on all digital networks. Take a listen below right here on IVM.… Continued →

The fine folks at UnoriginalVinyl have been feverishly at work on several classic albums that’ll get the vinyl treatment in next few months. For now, the first 4 announced are Stavesacre “Friction”, Showbread “Age of Reptiles”, “Songs From The Penalty Box Vol. 1”, and Training For Utopia “Throwing A Wrench Into The American Music Machine”. As with all their releases, special care went into the creation of these and I’m sure there will be tons of extra goodies from the unique art to the write ups inside.… Continued →

The new album from melodic power metal band – Signum Regis, will drop on November 17th. The album is titled “Undivided” and you can watch a music video for the lead single “Salt of the Earth”, below. Pre-order the album here.… Continued →

Fang Fang which is a punk band featuring a couple members of One-21 and who have been playing music since 2004, have just dropped their new 5 song ep titled “It Ain’t Nothin’ New”. You can Stream/Download the EP via Bandcamp at this link right here or listen below. The band will release the full 12 song album on CD in mid-September.… Continued →

68′ are back with a brand new album titled “Yes and….” which will see a release on September 29th through Pure Noise Records. Listen to their two new songs below. Pre-Order the album on Vinyl from Pure Noise right here.… Continued →

Up and coming emo/pop-punk act, Dona Luzi, just dropped “Fake Friends Anthem” through their new label home Small Step Records. Check it out below and make sure to follow the group on Instagram donaluzirocks.… Continued →

Training For Utopia are back with their first new material in more than 20 years, a single called “Out On Parole”. Check out the song now on all digital networks and right here below this message. The band’s now classic album – “Throwing a Wrench Into The American Music Machine” is getting a vinyl pressing courtesy of the fine folks at UnoriginalVinyl and you can pick up one of those bad boys at any of the band’s upcoming shows including Furnace Fest.… Continued →

Independent Christian music lost another legend recently. Jimmy Hotz (inventor/producer/solo artist/band member/producer/engineer/electronic music pioneer/author/multi-instrumentalist–and we’re not even exaggerating) died in June. Hotz first recorded in CCM in the 1970s with the group Dove, and then a handful of other mostly CCM artists before recording his solo album–and many would say his magnum opus–Beyond the Crystal Sea, released in 1980 on Oklahoma City-based Vision Records. Fortunately for fans, Born Twice (a division of Retroactive/Boone’s Overstock) re-issued the album in 2010. Hotz wasn’t content to release one of the greatest Christian rock albums of all time (this claim is verifiable too, repeatedly making appearances in all-time lists from reputable sources like HM, CCM, and various others).… Continued →

This really incredible newer hardcore band by the name of Plead The Widow’s Cause, have just put up their new Vinyl pre-orders through Resuscitation Records for the album “Pain Split” and it is available in two beautiful color options. Click right here to get your copy now before they disappear. (The KingdomCore pressing looks amazing!)… Continued →

I’m introducing a newer band by the name of “Dona Luzi” courtesy of Small Step Records. The band just signed with the young label and will release their new song “Fake Friends Anthem” through the label this Friday. The band resides in Germany and play a fresh blend of pop-punk/emo for fans of Heartsounds, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Paramore, and The Used. They have a song up on all digital networks now titled “Freaks” if you want to get a preview of what’s to come.… Continued →

Side Walk Slam are celebrating 20 years of “…And We Drive” by playing a live show on September 16th in Carbondale, IL. at PKs. I have embedded the Facebook post with flyer, below. What is your favorite Side Walk Slam track?… Continued →

Narcissus just released a brand new song titled “Vacant Blood” and you can check it out below. Thoughts on this heavy band’s return?… Continued →

Wolves at the Gate have announced that they are releasing an entire album of covers called “Lost in Translation”. This is exciting covers record features their take on classics by Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Twenty One Pilots, 30 Seconds to Mars, Muse, Deftones, Billie Eilish. The album drops on September 22nd and can be ordered on Vinyl over in the Solid State Records store right here.… Continued →

Anthony Catalano who was a founding member of Next In Line which was a band I worked with heavily for Indie Vision Music 2 decades ago and his newer group with his wife, Celeste, called “Little Hurricane“, just suffered major injuries from a traumatic motorcycle accident a week ago. You can find a little bit more from the Little Hurricane Instagram account which I’ll try to embed below. A friend of the group set up a fundraising campaign to help the family through this difficult time and the serious recovery it’s going to take.… Continued →

Focused are coming out of retirement to play ONE very special reunion show on April 6th, 2024 at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA. Some very special guests will be supporting Focused at the show so keep your eyes on the reunion announcements over the next few months. You can follow Focused on Facebook and Instagram for continuing updates. 30 years of “Bow”, how does that feel?… Continued →

The Empty North is a new rock band that focuses on a sound straight out of the 1990s–grunge/alternative rock with an independent aesthetic. While the recording took place in Juneau AK, the band is comprised of members from Juneau, Portland OR, and Chicago IL. There are two tracks available for streaming now, and another will be available for streaming in a week or so. There are also split releases in the works with The Proper English, Australia-based NoiseArt Collective, and Robochill. For now, check out “Appendage Angles,” a song based on the personal testimony of founding member Justin William Price (The Proper English, ex-Cicero).… Continued →