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This is Part 3 of the “Seth Hecox interviews Jason Wisdom” interview series. *Links to Parts 1 and Deux at the end of the interview.   Seth Jason, you’ve done a great job of telling us about your new project and album in the first 2 parts of our interview. Now we begin Part 3, for the wonderful online community at indievisionmusic and I’ve collected a few questions from members of that community and I’ll start off with one of their questions: Scott asks “I would like to know how he got into heavy Christian music.… Continued →

The Unblack metal project, Ascending King has began to finish their debut EP. The band has a sound like Atmospheric Black metal with Zao/Carcass Vocals. Aaron Kirby is the mastermind behind the project. Aaron was a member of the metalcore/hardcore band Dryline for it’s duration. The project began in 2015-2016ish and has released a single titled “Genesis of Desolation”. I did an interview with Aaron awhile back so there is a little more background there, but he’s been rather busy recording this to give many updates.… Continued →

Indie Vision Music band, Light The Way, are currently in heavy rotation at BrokenFM and playing every few hours. Their single is “BRKN” so request it at your favorite station and if they don’t know what you’re talking about, send them our way. Request “BRKN” on RadioU and let’s get this song played across the globe, you can also tweet @radiou on twitter and request our song that way. Don’t forget that we have a new merch design exclusively for the band on Teeblaster.com/lighttheway right now.… Continued →

Check out a brand new Mae track titled “Our Love Is A Painted Picture” right here on the band’s website. Not much else is known at this point other than the band is back and will be releasing more new music in 2017.… Continued →

The Dawn Retreat returns with Vampires in White Shoes Pt. II, a loud, fast, furious, and fun track which you can check out below: https://youtu.be/zYTpfXMlarI

Andrew Godwin formerly of the bands Embodyment and The Famine, has lent his guitar talents to the new Stavesacre record. Check out the post below and get ready for a new Stavesacre record in 2017. How many of you contributed to their new album campaign? … Continued →

Relient K have revealed that special release they were teasing us with yesterday and that my friends is a new iTunes exclusive 3 song single titled “Truly Madly Deeply” in honor of Valentine’s Day. Check out the new music video for the pop-punk inspired track “Candy Hearts”, below. Reminds me of something off “Mmhmm”. Please visit their website here to find out more. … Continued →

The death metal band Soul Embraced has joined Instagram with some exciting news! The band has a new album in the works. This is pretty exciting! The band started many years ago, in 1997, but broke up the year after. The band reunited in 1999 and has been active ever since. The band has released 5 albums; four through Solid State and Mythos through Rottweiler Records. The band’s last known lineup was Chad Moore (Vocals), Rocky Gray (Guitars), Cody Smith (Guitars), Demon Hunter’s Jon Dunn (Bass), and Living Sacrifice’s Lance Garvin (Drums).… Continued →

Heavy metal band, The Showdown, have recently joined Instagram (@theshowdownmetal) and have been posting throwback pics for the past few weeks. Are they hinting at a possible “reunion” and end to their hiatus? Is it a vinyl reissue of “Temptation Come My Way” (2007) with bonus tracks? Vinyl reissue of “A Chorus of Obliteration”? Something else entirely? Drop your guesses below.… Continued →

Relient K have dropped a tease saying “MIDNIGHT” and a new band photo. Check it out below. Any ideas what this means? The band last released “Air For Free” in summer 2016 and “The Creepier Ep” back in October.… Continued →

All you fans of heavy, brutal, thick sounding HARDCORE will love this new band called “Earth Groans” out of South Dakota. They released their debut 5 song ep titled “Renovate” through all digital networks including Spotify and Apple Music, last August. Give this band a listen and be prepared to throw down in the pit with the best of them. [iTunes Link] Purchase the band’s merch including ts, hoodies, tanks, and CDs right here. … Continued →

Newly signed to Dream Records indie pop singer/songwriter Cameron James, releases inspirational new track titled “Beside You”. Check out the lyric video for this new song below and make sure to purchase it through any digital store you frequent. Fans of Elle Goulding, Rihanna, Florence and the Machine will dig this track. … Continued →

False Idle is having a 50% off clearance sale at their online store, just enter the code CLEARANCE50 at checkout.  … Continued →

One of the forefathers of the Christian Alt-Rock movement, The Choir, are about to head out on a tour in support of the reissue of classic 1989 album “Wide Eyed Wonder”. The band released a “Circle Slide” Vinyl Reissue a year ago and now they have a new campaign through PledgeMusic for the vinyl/CD reissue of “Wide Eyed Wonder”. I highly encourage you to give this band a fair listen and support them because what they do is simply LEGENDARY!… Continued →

Check out the great new music video for “Change The World” from rising Hip Hop star, Derek Minor. The song is titled “Change The World” and it features Gotee artist “Hollyn”. Check out the music video below. Derek Minor’s new album “Reflection” is available now wherever fine music is sold. … Continued →

Alternative & Rock

• Aaron Sprinkle – Invincible (feat. Elle Puckett) [Single]
• Army of Bones – End Of Time [Single]
• Crusoe – Wild Ones [Single]

Contemporary & Pop

• Abigail Duhon – Million Reasons [Single]
• Holly Starr – Run The Race [Single]
• Hollyn – One-Way Conversations
• Tim Drisdelle – Depths [EP]

Folk & Singer/Songwriter

• Bethany Barnard – A Better Word
• Brady Toops – Carolina [Single]
• Harri Endersby – Stay Awhile [Single]

Hip Hop & Rap

• Drew Famous – All I Need [Single]
• J-Giles Son – Supply (feat. Ty Brasel & Kayla Starks) [Single]
• Rockstar Jt – I Made It [Single]
• Royal Ruckus – The Summer Of The Cicadas
• Sam Stan – Coffee For Two [Single]
• Steven Malcolm – Vigorous [Single]
• Surf Gvng – Fun Tonight (feat.

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Death Therapy have released another song from their upcoming album “The Storm Before the Calm” which is to be released on February 24. You can watch the video for it below.… Continued →

The band Hands first formed back in 2007, releasing a couple of “Demos” of which I was a strong supporter of. Their songs even appeared on a few of our early digital compilations. I followed Shane and his band’s work closely over the years following their formation from their first independent release, “The Everlasting Ep” (2008), to the incredible full length debut “The Sounds of Earth” (Oort Records/2009) to “Creator” (Facedown Records), “Give Me Rest” (Facedown Records” and finally after a much deserved break, their comeback single “New Heaven / New Earth” (2017/Facedown Records).… Continued →

You most likely have never heard of Symphony of Heaven as it is a brand new band. Logan Thompson is the one-man band that is Symphony in Heaven. He has an instrumental called “Anno Domini” that is great. SOH released a song titled “Stratagem” that is primarily power metal styled up until the vocals come in. Pure death metal gutturals. It’s like Lightforce (pre-Mortification) and Mortification put together. The song is incredible. Go check it out here! … Continued →

As reported by ThePRP.com, ZAO will be releasing a special craft beer through Louisville, KY. brewery Against the Grain. This special blend of beer is being named “Burned at the Stake” and is taken from a lyric off their most recent album “The Well Intentioned Virus. Read more at the link above. [Thanks Stephen Young for the news submission]… Continued →

Light The Way’s interview with TheChristianRock20 from a few weeks back is now available for listening, below. Check it out and be sure to continue requesting their song “BRKN” at your local radio stations including BrokenFM. You can pick up the band’s Indie Vision Music debut “Grace” wherever fine digital music is sold and streamed. #PunkNeverDies … Continued →

As announced a few days ago, Aaron Sprinkle the alt-pop singer/songwriter, responsible for being in such bands as Poor Old Lu, Rose Blossom Punch, Fair, among many other guest appearances and appearances, will be releasing his brand new “solo” record titled “Real Life”. The mighty “guest” list for the record has been announced and can be viewed below. Pre-order the album on Vinyl/Digital here. Aaron Sprinkle is also an accomplished producer responsible for such huge recordings from groups like Anberlin, Acceptance, The Almost, Emery, Demon Hunter, MxPx, Blenderhead, Hawk Nelson, TFK, Capital Lights, and more recently: Acceptance and New Found Glory.… Continued →

Every once in awhile, an album falls through the cracks; IVM’s hiatus, bands breaking up, or even just the simple discovery of “old gold” years later results in plenty of great music that hasn’t gotten much coverage but certainly deserves to be revisited. So, this is the first of what I hope will become a growing list of throwback reviews. Feel free to send me some ideas and I’ll do my best to make sure they’re covered. For a variety of reasons, I’ve chosen to not make these traditional reviews with ratings but instead want to highlight the artist and encourage readers to check out bands.… Continued →

As We Ascend’s upcoming debut album “Farewell to Midnight” is available for pre-order on CD from Christianbook.com for $11.99 plus shipping. The album releases March 17th on Vital Records.  … Continued →

The hardcore band Spirit and the Bride have a new album coming called Dry Bones. They have been working on this new release since last year with the release of With Eyes and Ears to See and Hear. The album is coming soon and all I can tell you is, on the sampler I released, there may or may not be a free download of their song “Bloodline”. Anyways, the band is signed to On The Attack Records, (Thanks David), where they released the album With Eyes and Ears to See and Hear.… Continued →

The metalcore/hard rock band Righteous Vendetta has announced they will be releasing their first release since 2014. The band has apparently been recording this album for 2 years. The band has signed to Century Media in case you missed that, so this will be the first release on that label. The band started in 2007 with Ryan Hayes and Justin Olmstead. They have released three studio albums and three EPs so far, and Cursed album will make the fourth studio album. The band has also released a song titled “Weight of the World”.… Continued →

Grave Declaration, the death metal side-project of the great and powerful Antestor, has finally begun the recording of their sophomore album after the successful album, When Dying Souls Scream Praise. The band began in 2006 as a project of Thor Georg Buer, a former member of Antestor. The band has been slow going for the last few years, but it seems they have finally begun the recording of their sophomore album, hopefully to be out by this year. Since Antestor seems to be on an unofficial hiatus, the Vocalist of both bands, Ronny Hansen, has had more time for GD.… Continued →

Long time experimental and avant garde metal artists Kekal have launched upon us “Root of All Evil” as a free download. With a hefty 6:27 track time, this is showing us promise that their next album in 2018 will continue to blow us away with more innovation and creativity we’ve come to expect from this unique outfit. The album is entitled “Deeper Underground” and I personally can’t wait to hear more. Listen below and share your comments.… Continued →

Not a year goes by where we are not amazed at art the Sprinkle brothers put out. This year will be no exception as Aaron Sprinkle releases his new album on Tooth & Nail Records. Entitled “Real Life”, it endeavors to be a heartfelt bid to the past while looking forward to the future by calling out to the hopes and dreams in all of us. A featured track of “Invincible” (featuring the always amazing Elle Puckett from Poema) is a nice blend of modern pop and shaded electronica, and it can be heard below.… Continued →