Welcome to Rockville 2022: Full Lineup (Updated 5/18)

News: Jane’s Addiction has pulled out of the festival, but Porno For Pyros will be taking their place!

Welcome to Rockville is back!!!!

The annual rock/metal festival is taking place May 19th through May 22nd at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. There will also be a kickoff party featuring Steel Panther that Wednesday, the 21st. Day/weekend passes, campground reservations, and other information are available at welcometorockville.com.

Motivation Monday – Shinedown: “Unity”

I have played this song a thousand times in the last two weeks. It’s amazing to me how a song you’ve known for a long time can suddenly speak to you on an entirely different level. After a conversation about what I want out of life with a musician – and his question “What’s stopping you?” – I guess the line And your moment of truth is the day that you say “I’m not scared” just hit harder.

Y’all can watch the video here. I’m just going to share the lyrics for anyone who might need to read them today.

“Unity”

I found a note with your name
And a picture of us
Even though it was framed
And covered in dust
It’s the map in my mind that sends me on my way

They say it’s never too late
To stop being afraid
And there is no one else here
So why should I wait?
And in the blink of an eye, the past begins to fade

So have you ever been caught in a sea of despair?
And your moment of truth is the day that you say “I’m not scared”

Put your hands in the air
If you hear me out there
I’ve been looking for you day and night
Shine a light in the dark
Let me see where you are
‘Cause I’m not gonna leave you behind

If I told you that you’re not alone
And I show you this is where you belong
Put your hands in the air
One more time

I’ve seen a million miles
Met a million faces
Took all I knew
To reach all these places
And I’d do it again
If it brings me back to you

So have you ever been caught in a sea of despair?
And your moment of truth is the day that you say “I’m not scared”

Put your hands in the air
If you hear me out there
I’ve been looking for you day and night
Shine a light in the dark
Let me see where you are
‘Cause I’m not gonna leave you behind

If I told you that you’re not alone
And I show you this is where you belong
Put your hands in the air
One more time

Put your hands in the air

Put your hands in the air
If you hear me out there
I’ve been looking for you day and night
Shine a light in the dark
Let me see where you are
‘Cause I’m not gonna leave you behind

If I told you that you’re not alone
And I show you this is where you belong
Put your hands in the air
One more time
Put your hands in the air
One more time

Pop Evil: The Vortex Tour 2022

Pop Evil, Oxymorrons, and ZILLION are setting off on a 24 city run June 23rd in Milwaukee! Tickets and VIP available at popevil.com.

  • 6/23 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
  • 6/24 – Grand Rapids, MI – Rock the Lot @ The Intersection*^
  • 6/25 – Urbana, IL – Canopy Club*^
  • 6/26 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall*^
  • 6/28 – Johnson City, TN – Capone’s*^
  • 6/30 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live*^
  • 7/1 – Tulsa, OK – Cains Ballroom*^
  • 7/2 – Waco, TX – The Backyard*^
  • 7/3 – Corpus Christi, TX – Brewsters*^
  • 7/6 – Little Rock, AR – The Music Hall*^
  • 7/8 – Bay City, MI – Wenonah Park World Friendship Shell*^
  • 7/9 – Green Bay, WI – Epic Events Center*^
  • 7/10 – Des Moines, IA – Woolys*^
  • 7/12 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theater*^
  • 7/15 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogues^
  • 7/16 – Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater^
  • 7/17 – Laconia, NH – Granite State Music Hall^
  • 7/19 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Vidéotron#
  • 7/20 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia#
  • 7/22 – Toronto, ON – History#
  • 7/23 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum @ Caesar’s Windsor#
  • 7/25 – Minot, ND – The Original Bar & Nightclub+
  • 7/26 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre#
  • 7/27 – Moose Jaw, SK – Mosaic Place#
  • 7/29 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place#
  • 7/30 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Resort & Casino#
  • 7/31 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre#
  • 8/2 – Penticton, BC – South Okanagan Events Centre#
  • 8/3 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre#
  • 8/5 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post^
  • 8/6 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory^
  • 8/7 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Showroom^
  • 8/8 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory^
  • 8/10 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep^
  • 8/13 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown^
  • 8/14 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion^

* Support from Oxymorrons

^ Support from ZILLION

+ Local support

# Supporting Shinedown

Welcome to Rockville 2022: Full Lineup

Welcome to Rockville is back!!!!

The annual rock/metal festival is taking place May 19th through May 22nd at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. There will also be a kickoff party featuring Steel Panther that Wednesday, the 21st. Day/weekend passes, campground reservations, and other information are available at welcometorockville.com.

Shinedown Saturday (5/7/22)

This post should have been last Saturday since I actually went to see Shinedown that night, but it was a hectic day and I didn’t have time.

The concert was amazing, as always. It was my third Shinedown show and they just get better every time. I want to share the opening of the show with y’all, because oh my God! This got the whole venue fucking pumped. (The video I’m linking wasn’t from Birmingham. I can’t find one taken there, and I myself only recorded three songs.)

No appreciation post would be complete without pictures! These are not from the concert, obviously.

And, yes, I have a crush on Brent Smith. I can’t help it. He’s adorable. Lol.

New Music (9/23 — 9/29)

Varials: “I Suffocate”

Drown This City: “Stay Broken”

State Champs: “Real World”

Ice Nine Kills: “IT Is The End”

Shinedown: “ATTENTION ATTENTION”

Dirty Honey: “Rolling 7s”

Warbringer: “Firepower Kills”

One Time Without: “Hate”

Plastic Tears: “Look of Lies”

We Came As Romans: “Carry The Weight”

Danny Blu: “Sanctuary”

Hand Of The Tribe: “The Last Time”

Eggvn: “Heresy”

Delain: “Burning Bridges”

Jimmy Eat World: “All The Way (Stay)”

Alcest: “Sapphire”

Being As An Ocean: “Find Our Way”

Borknagar: “Voices”

Life Awaits: “Blind Belief”

The Almost: “Chokehold”

Clawfinger: “Tear You Down”

Our Hollow, Our Home: “Parting Gift”

Amon Amarth: “Shield Wall”

HellYeah: “Skyy and Water”

Vancouver Sleep Clinic: “Fever”

Aurora: “Apple Tree”

Atlas: “Aika”

Aephanemer: “The Sovereign”

Abbath: “Hecate”

H.E.A.T: “One By One”

New Music (6/10 — 6/16)

Shinedown: “Monsters”

Kryptos: “Mach Speed Running”

Sum 41: “A Death in the Family”

The Beautiful Monument: “Reaper”

My Only: “…holding me (back)”

Infected Rain: “The Earth Mantra”

Volbeat: “Last Day Under the Sun”

Hammerfall: “(We Make) Sweden Rock”

Gloryhammer: “Masters of the Galaxy”

Attraction To Tragedy: “Agony”

Caskets: “Heart Attack”

Badflower: “Promise Me”

Diamante: “Sleepwalking”

Nonpoint: “Fix This”

Bloody Hammers: “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie”

A Pale Horse Named Death: “Fell In My Hole”

Unprocessed: “Abandoned”

Spiritbox: “Bleach Bath”

State Champs: “Frozen”

Block Buster: “Move”

Richie Kotzen: “Venom”

Ian Abel Band: “Shoes”

Skillet: “Anchor”

Skillet: “Save Me”

Burning Witches: “Wings Of Steel”

Sabaton: “The Red Baron”

Like A Storm: “Out Of Control”

Like Machines: “Destitute”

The Chemical Brothers: “Eve Of Destruction”

Lebanon Hanover: “Petals”

Disentomb: “The Decaying Light”

Bury Tomorrow: “Glasswalk”

Egypt Central: “Raise the Gates”

Renegades: “A Lost Generation”

Red Fang: “Antidote”

Alter Bridge Announce New Album + European Tour Dates

The good news is finally here! Alter Bridge is releasing their sixth album, entitled Walk the Sky, on October 18th!The band is kicking off its tour with Shinedown on November 12th in Copenhagen, and wrapping it up December 21st in London! Sevendust and The Raven Age will be appearing on select dates.You can preorder the album and get tickets + VIP packages at Alter Bridge’s official site. (The record is also available on the Napalm Records site.) Here is the track list for Walk the Sky and all of the tour dates!

  1. One Life
  2. Wouldn’t You Rather
  3. In the Deep
  4. Godspeed
  5. Native Son
  6. Take the Crown
  7. Indoctrination
  8. The Bitter End
  9. Pay No Mind
  10. Forever Falling
  11. Clear Horizon
  12. Walking on the Sky
  13. Tear Us Apart
  14. Dying Light