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No I’m not going to share this song with anyone BUT I do want to share the lyrics. This is a powerful Demon Hunter song both musically and lyrically. Bringing back that classic HEAVY Demon Hunter sound along with guitar solos and banging, hard charging percussion. I’m loving this song. You can still pre-order this insane new album right here and get ready for the return of Demon Hunter in just a few weeks.… Continued →

Pegleg of The Dingees fame (and guest on the first OC Supertones record) has released a brand new album titled “4th Wave” under the name “Peg & The Rejected” that would please all fans of The Dingees reggae/ska sound. Purchase/Stream on all digital networks or download for free right here (band approved and promoted link) … Continued →

Check out the debut track by Trevor Berck, below. The track is titled “Dearly Beloved” and it is an emotional, acoustic centered ballad about the passing of someone close. Trevor played guitar with Blank Pages, the Indianapolis based pop-punk band. … Continued →

Check out the brand new track “Love to Hate” from hard rock act, The World Will Burn. The song appears on the band’s upcoming new album “RuiNation” due out March 15th 2017. This duo features Dale Thompson of Bride fame on lead vocals. Listen to the whole album right here. … Continued →

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 →

The metalcore/hardcore project Nothing Left has re-released the first song they released titled “Hands of Death”. The band started in October 2016, as a way to preserve the legacy of the Metalcore giants For Today. The band consists of former For Today members Ryan (Guitar) and Brandon Leitru (Bass, Guitars), Silent Planet drummer Alex Camarena and former A Bullet for Pretty Boy vocalist Danon Saylor. Oh, and in case you were wondering, occasionally they have Cody Bradley, formerly of Take It Back! fill-in on Bass live.… Continued →

Alternative & Rock

• About The Author – Defenseless [Single]
• Army of Bones – Army of Bones
• Fireflight – Re-Imag-Innova
• Flatfoot 56 – Odd Boat

Americana & Folk

• Brady Toops – Tried & True [Single]
• Harri Endersby – Homes / Lives
• Jenny & Tyler – For Freedom II
• PawnShop kings – Give Love, Vol. 1

Hard Rock & Metal

• Embers of Earth – Heroes
• Random Hero – The Covering

Hip Hop & Urban

• Earnest A – From Father To Son
• Fedel – Oklahoma Proud [Single]
• Illijam – Changed (feat.

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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 →

’68 has announced their second full length record, Two Parts Viper, will be released in Summer 2017 on Cooking Vinyl Records. They will embark on a US headlining tour with Listener and the Homeless Gospel Choir from May 21st-June 11th immediately following the conclusion of supporting Every Time I Die’s headlining tour. The official announcement can be found here. For those that don’t know, ’68 is the current project of Josh Scogin (the Chariot, Norma Jean) and Michael McClellan. Their debut record, In Humor and Sadness, was released July 8th 2014.… Continued →

    The tallest man in punk rock music, Tobin Bawinkel and his band of merry Celtic brethren have done it again. Towering at 6’10“, the gentle giant of punk rock comes out swinging with the first track, “Ty Cobb”. His signature gravelly, husky voice continues to stand tall amidst his Celtic punk rock counterparts. The song starts with a clip of a baseball game announcer that mixes smoothly with the guitar and then, alas, the bagpipes jump in. The second track keeps up the tone and doesn’t disappoint.… 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 →

A great independent Ambient metalcore act known as Heliocentric has released their debut song, titled “Moonshine”. The song is musically amazing and brings me to think of bands like What We Do in Secret and Wage War. The uncleans are very hardcore style, while the cleans seem like a power metal vocalist. The band is a one man project run by Jared Smith. This song is great, check it out below and go follow Heliocentric, or go buy it at Bandcamp! … Continued →

Islander has some cool songs. They are also known for having an interesting stage presence, what with JR Bareis and his costumes. Well for Islander’s new video for their song “Better Day”, it seems to be Vocalist Mikey Carvajal this time, with his cheetah print sleeves. But not to make that the point of this, the song is very uplifting and pleasant. It reminds me personally of some P.O.D.’s more uplifting songs. Check out this great band and their album Power Under Control that came out last year via Victory Records.… 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 →

The post-hardcore band Tigerwine has their debut single “Nosebleed” streaming from their new and upcoming album, Die With Your Tongue Out. Tigerwine began several years ago and has been signed to Blood & Ink Records for several years. The new album will be available on April 14th.… Continued →

Hearts Like Lions largely widened their audience reach when they signed with Tooth and Nail Records in 2015. They released an EP titled These Hands and as impressive and fulfilling as an EP can be, These Hands sufficiently succeeded in both. The sound was a mix of The Almost and My Epic, a combination that is every bit intriguing as it is effective. So here we are with their first full length album. Did they keep up with the momentum and release an album worth following a great EP?… Continued →

One IVM author burns the midnight oil while listening to what he feels may be the best heavy album of all time.