Dirtbag Mike from The Foundry gets a chance to follow up with Zacky Sickness. They talk about heavy sliced and girthy metal riffs, studio recording and new music for his latest EP titled "Storm the Gates".

Songs for mention are: Will Anyone Be There

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Artist Bio: Zacky Sickness started in 2018 after Zack moved back to his hometown of Joseph, OR and couldn’t find a band wanting to do his style of music. Which made him starting to make instrumentals on “Apple Loops” as he worked on his first solo album. At the very end of writing that he looked up “Royalty free heavy metal instrumentals” and found Jacob Lizotte. Zack had him make 2 tracks for his first album, and has been working with him ever since. Creating 2 albums together Now Zack has just released a brand new E.P. With Jacob Lizotte once again handling all the instrumentals and mixing and mastering. The E.P. “Storm the Gates” is once again exploring many different genres and influences in both lyric wise and musically. Zack explored new boundaries with songs such as “Life is Just a Airport” where he challenged himself to write a fun drinking Irish punk song. Zack has said about the song “I’ve gotten comfortable with writing about my depression and anxiety, and often feel if I try to write something happy or uplifting it comes off as corny, so I wanted to challenge myself and make a song that people can party and have a fun time to.” Another song where he tried something new was the song “Zoltar’s Fortune” which is a song about a fortune card he got from a “Zoltar” machine that was eerily accurate to what he was going through in life, and the first verse of the song comes straight from the fortune card he got. Songs like “Storm the Gates” talk about war, while “Will Anyone Be There?” Talks on self doubt and being unmotivated by people ignoring the songs he puts all his effort in, while “The Liars and Thieves” is about the sharks of the music industry, about people who prey on small musicians with broken promises all to get their money.

SELFLESS (DeKalb, IL) are streaming their 6-song EP in all the usual places!

Starting in 2008, Jay, Tony and Kip first got together to lay the groundwork for what would become Selfless. After playing a couple shows and writing some catchy songs, fate decided it wasn’t the right time for the project. Each guy went their separate ways playing in numerous bands and continuing to make their presence felt in the Illinois music scene. Then in 2017 while jamming together, Tony and Dave had the opportunity to strengthen the band they were currently in by bringing Jay in on guitar and Kip on drums to round out the lineup. After numerous shows with national acts, including playing the popular Cadot Rockfest Tony, Kip, Dave and Jay got the itch stylistically to change musical direction and fire up Selfless once again. On the strength of a hard hitting 6 song EP and some positive press, Selfless plans on hitting 2022 full force while continuing to write and record more music for a full length release.

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New Tracks Include:

FAITH IN FAILURE: Vampire

ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR: Lullabies

SINFUL WAYS: Apologies

INCOGNITO THEORY: Whiskey Fueled

QUOR: December

DAYS TO COME: Ashes

MR5TORM BEATZ: Nu Disco

DIRTBAG legends ROYAL BLISS of Salt Lake City, Utah have embarked on a nationwide tour in support of their 2019 self-titled album, released via Air Castle Records.

This album was made over the course of the last year. After the release of Devil With Angel Eyes, people kept asking when the album was coming. And honestly we hadn't even thought of that. Not one song had been written for an album! We were in the middle of taking a break. Or so we thought. The break didn't last long. Before we knew it we had recorded a batch of songs in the summer and another batch in December and January. We brought in our original Producer from Life In-Between (Rob Daiker) and went back to our roots of a being a rock band. All of these songs rock, but in classic Royal Bliss Rock n Roll form. I think all our fans our gonna dig it! This album straight up rocks! And guess what... we have more new stuff coming after this!

Taylor Richards, Royal Bliss

Tour Dates and Ticket Links Below:

- 11/5/19: The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
- 11/7/19: Capone's - Johnson City, TN
- 11/8/19: Blue Fox Billiards, Bar and Grill - Winchester, VA (Tickets available at the door)
- 11/9/19: Canal Club - Richmond, VA
- 11/10/19: The Stanhope House - Stanhope, NJ
- 11/12/19: The Bowery Electric - New York, NY:
- 11/13/19: Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA
- 11/15/19: The Empire Concert Club & Bar - Akron, OH
- 11/16/19: The Machine Shop - Flint, MI
- 11/17/19: The Music Factory - Battle Creek, MI
- 11/19/19: The Back Bar - Janesville, WI
- 11/20/19: The Salty Dog Bar & Grill - Council Bluffs, IA: (Tickets available at the door)
- 11/22/19: Herman's Hideaway - Denver, CO
- 11/23/19: Sunshine Studios Live - Colorado Springs, CO
- 11/27/19: The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT