Albert Bouchard is best known as a founding member of the legendary Blue Öyster Cult. The original band sold over 25 million records worldwide with such classic songs as the iconic “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Burning for You”. Albert was an essential songwriter, vocalist, and drummer with the band during the hit-making glory years. Albert is a solo artist, as well as being a member of the group Blue Coupe (along with his brother and fellow BOC founding member, Joe Bouchard, and original Alice Cooper bassist, Dennis Dunaway), and he also performs as a duo with his brother under the name The Bouchard Brothers. Albert is forever cemented in pop culture as his infamous cowbell part in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” was the basis of the classic Will Ferrell “More Cowbell” skit on Saturday Night Live, which also starred Christopher Walken. In 2020, Albert formed RockHeart Records with his brother, an imprint label through Deko Entertainment/Warner Brothers. Albert’s first release through the label was “Re Imaginos”, a reimagining of the classic Blue Oyster Cult album, “Imaginos”, an album mostly written by Albert along with former BOC manager, Sandy Pearlman, that was originally set to be Albert’s debut solo album after his departure from the band.

Anastasia Elliot approaches her entire music career with nothing but the bigger picture in mind. Like a painter standing in front of a canvas, she views everything with a “whole world or nothing” mentality. One part singer/songwriter and one-part visual artist, she cannot feel satisfied until she has created an entire immersive universe for her listeners, casting broad auditory strokes of symphonic power pop/rock, then mixing them harmoniously with mind-bending visuals. Everything is meticulously planned to ensure optimal delivery of her vision. 

Currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Anastasia recently released her debut album, “La Petite Mort”. In just a short time, Anastasia has accumulated over 400,000 digital streams and almost 2 million views on YouTube and counting, as well as many live television performances. She has hosted multiple panels at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) in partnership with A3E on the future of music and technology and is a motivational speaker in high schools, colleges, and corporations focusing on healing trauma and mental illness with creativity. This includes a lecture partnering with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) for high schoolers during Covid.

Anastasia dedicated her life to mastering the art of the visual. She has become a DIY expert in everything from music videos to photography, fashion design to social media content. She can take a tiny budget and make it appear as if she has the full force of a label behind her and has recently expanded into producing and directing music videos for other artists. Her fans, which she affectionately calls The Purple Cult, aren’t just a group of people but rather a movement through which she hopes to inspire a creative revolution that will help people find their artistry and turn their mundane into something extraordinary. 

The Atomic Bitchwax is an American rock band from Long Branch, NJ that plays balls-to-the-wall rock and roll, combining 60’s and 70’s riff-rock and proto-metal into a towering celebration of the riff. They were formed in the mid-90s by bassist/singer/songwriter, Chris Kosnik, guitarist, Ed Mundell, and drummer, Keith Ackerman. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1999 with the NYC based label, TeePee Records, establishing them with audiences of the burgeoning “Stoner Rock” community.

The current lineup features founding member, Chris Kosnik, along with drummer, Bob Pantella, and guitarist, Garrett Sweeny. All three members are also current or former members of Monster Magnet. The band has perfected its unique style of hard rock that High Times Magazine appropriately dubbed “thunder-boogie”. As of 2022, the band has released nine studio albums and has performed over 1,500 live concerts worldwide.

Since its formation, The Atomic Bitchwax has inspired hundreds of developing rock and metal bands, but no group of musicians has come close to matching its unique style of fun, frenetic, and formidable rock and roll.

For over a decade, Black Sabbitch has been selling out shows and wowing even the most difficult-to-please Sabbath worshipers, gaining a rabid fan base and the respect of critics, fans and musicians alike. They have become festival favorites, consistently performing with some of the world’s biggest acts, in a world seldom traveled by your typical “tribute” band. Black Sabbitch were hand-picked by Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne to open the inaugural Ozzfiesta and by Dave Grohl to play Cal Jam with Foo Fighters and Iggy Pop, after which the FooFighters shared photos of Black Sabbitch saying “We were spellbound.”

They have played multiple headlining sets at Psycho Las Vegas and The Maryland Doom Fest and most recently were chosen by Paul Stanley to play The 2022 Kiss Kruise. Nick Zinner of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs chose Black Sabbitch to headline his curated festival Bedrocktoberfest and legendary street artist Shepard Fairey had Black Sabbitch open his Black Sabbath retrospective, Never Say Die. Electroclash superstar Peaches recently sat in as lead vocalist with Black Sabbitch for a special two-night run in Los Angeles.

Corrosion of Conformity (also known as C.O.C.), was founded in North Carolina by guitarist Woody Weatherman in the early 1980s as one of the first punk-metal fusion bands. C.O.C. were known in their early years for their aggressive sound, their clever political lyrics and their willingness to turn away from hardcore and metal conventions. Their shift to a more essential and reduced sound (kind of a deep-South Black Sabbath) in the 1990s brought them closer to the alternative metal zeitgeist and gave them some favors within the mainstream scene.

C.O.C.’s debut was the 1983 thrashy and BLACK FLAG-influenced “Eye For An Eye”, which brought the lineup Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin, vocalist Eric Eycke, and bassist Mike Dean to the screen for the first time. They laid the first stone of their cult after the 1985 release “Animosity”. However, their former label didn’t cope with the band’s internal instability – Eycke had to be replaced by Simon Bob – and gave them up after “Technocracy” (1987). It took several years until a new lineup could come together – with Weatherman, guitarist Pepper Keenan, Mullin, vocalist Karl Agell, and bassist Phil Swisher – but it finally resulted in the release of “Blind” (1991), a powerful, focused, metallic record which significantly increased their audience. Agell would be fired after this success, with Keenan becoming the full-time vocalist on the even more Sabbath-inspired “Deliverance” (1994) which also saw the return of original bassist Mike Dean. “Deliverance” would eventually go Gold in America (500,000 units sold) and be the band’s most successful album. In 1995, Keenan made a short detour to the southern metal supergroup DOWN (also featuring PANTERA’s Phil Anselmo and members of CROWBAR).

Thanks to a change in popular taste in favor of the ultra-heavy side of alternative metal which helped the band getting established, C.O.C. found a bigger fan base than ever before with the release of “Wiseblood” (1996), expanding their rock radio success even further. After a long break from recording and a tour with METALLICA, C.O.C. came back in autumn 2000 with a new album entitled “America’s Volume Dealer”. Another break followed, and the band came back in April 2005 for the harsh and complex “In the Arms of God”. C.O.C. had another break (members were involved in several side projects) until 2010, when drummer Reed Mullin rejoined the band, reviving the lineup of “Animosity” while Pepper Keenan stayed with his other band DOWN. The remaining trio started to work on new material and released the eponymous eighth record “Corrosion of Conformity” in 2012. Their ninth album, wisely named IX, came out in 2014.

In 2018, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY returned with “No Cross No Crown” – featuring the return of the legendary “Deliverance” and “Wiseblood” era line-up of Keenan, Weatherman, Dean, and Mullin. The album received both critical and fan acclaim and charted at #67 on the Billboard Top 200 (their fifth album to chart in the Top 200) . In 2020, tragedy struck the band as Reed Mullin passed away. Keenan, Weatherman, and Dean would continue on.

In 2024, Mike Dean decided to part ways with the band. Upon his departure, Keenan and Weatherman announced their promise to keep the COC legacy moving forward with a new album in 2025 and an active return to touring.

D.D. Verni is an American bassist, songwriter, and producer, best known for his work with the band OVERKILL. Overkill released their first record in 1985 and with their contemporaries (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax) helped define a new genre of music, “thrash metal”. Overkill have released 18 full-length albums as well as two live albums and EPs, and several DVDs. D.D. Verni released his debut solo album, “Barricade”, in October of 2018. The album would show a rock side of D.D.’s writing, and unlike Overkill, Verni would act as lead vocalist. In 2020, D.D.’s former band, Bronx Casket Company, released a complete collection of studio albums. In addition, D.D. is currently working on an amazing special project that will surprise all.

Joe Bouchard is best known as a founding member of the legendary Blue Öyster Cult. The original band sold over 25 million records worldwide with such classic songs as the iconic “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Burning for You”. Joe was an essential songwriter, vocalist, and bassist with the band during the glory years. Joe is a solo artist, as well as being a member of the group Blue Coupe (along with his brother and fellow BOC founding member, Joe Bouchard, and original Alice Cooper bassist, Dennis Dunaway), and he also performs as a duo with his brother under the name The Bouchard Brothers. In 2020, Joe formed RockHeart Records with his brother, an imprint label through Deko Entertainment/Warner Brothers. Joe’s debut release for the label was his critically acclaimed solo album, “Strange Legends”.

The Obsessed have become known around the world for their influential contribution to the origins and continued legacy of the doom metal and underground hard rock genres. The distinctive vocals and guitar wizardry of legendary founder and driving force Scott “Wino” Weinrich has left a mark on the world of heavy music that continues to inspire. Wino has been highly influential in helping develop and codify doom metal’s trademark sound and he is also considered an influential figure in the stoner rock and punk rock genres.

The Obsessed gained momentum in the Baltimore/DC area of the USA in the early to mid-1980’s during the height of the hardcore punk movement. Often cited as the band that bridged heavy metal and punk together, the band gained the respect of punk heavy weight contemporaries Black Flag, The Bad Brains, and Minor Threat, to name a few. The attitude and spirit of The Obsessed has led many to regard them as “America’s Motorhead”.

In 1990, The Obsessed released their eponymous debut album, “The Obsessed”. This album was quickly followed by 1991’s “Lunar Womb” and 1994’s “The Church Within”.

In 2016, Wino reunited The Obsessed, once and for all, and has been kicking ass and taking names ever since. Drummer Brian “Dawg” Costantino joined the band at this time. The band signed to Relapse Records and recorded 2017’s “Sacred”, an album showing The Obsessed back with pure vengeance. Sacred brought the band to venues and festival stages around the world.

In 2022 the band became a four piece with the addition of Chris Angleberger on bass and Jason Taylor on guitar. The band has been touring heavily ever since and have been seen on USA and European festival stages such as HellFest, Freak Valley Festival, Snowblind Festival, and Desert Fest.

The band’s forthcoming album, ‘Gilded Sorrow’, is set to be released in February 2024 on Ripple Music and marks a new chapter in their legacy. The album promises to capture the essence of the band’s classic sound while adding a fresh new atmosphere with a dual guitar attack.

Since their inception, Ritual King has consistently pushed the boundaries of their genre, weaving intricate tales both musically and lyrically, and taking listeners on a kaleidoscopic journey of sound.

Formed in the vibrant heart of Manchester’s underground metal scene in 2016, the members of Ritual King came together with a shared desire to create something that defied easy categorization. Each member brought their unique influences to the table: from classic hard rock to the otherworldly echoes of progressive psych, elements of folk, and the gritty underpinnings of stoner rock. The result is a heady mix that’s as meditative as it is mosh-worthy.

Ritual King’s live performances are a testament to their musical prowess and electric chemistry, notably touring the UK and Europe since 2017 and embarking on tours with the likes of Weedpecker, gaining slots at Freak Valley Festival in Germany as well as support slots playing alongside the likes of Atomic Bitchwax, Nebula and Colour Haze. On stage, they transcend the confines of the studio to truly bring their music to life. This dynamic energy has garnered them a fanbase across the UK and beyond.

The band’s discography showcases their evolution and range. From the raw, visceral creations of their early 2018 EP entitled Earthrise, riff-laden journeys of their 2020 first self-titled album, Ritual King is never content to rest on their laurels. Each release is an invitation into their world, one where musical conventions are challenged, and where listeners are encouraged to lose themselves in the band’s expansive sonic landscapes.

It has been over fifty years since the release of the eponymous 1967 debut album from the legendary Ten Years After. The British band may be best known for their 1971 Platinum selling album, “A Space in Time”, which featured the iconic Top 40 hit, “I’d Love to Change the World“, a song that remains as relevant today as when it was first released some fifty years ago.

The beginning of Ten Years After’s meteoric rise to fame can be pinpointed to their performance at The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in August of 1969. The audience was blown away by the intensity of the band’s performance and their unique combination of jazz, blues, and rock. Their fantastic nine-minute rendition of “I’m Going Home” was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to international star status. This would make them one of the biggest bands of the early ’70s.

Original members Ric Lee (drums) and Chick Churchill (keys) have continued the band’s legacy and are rounded out by multi-award-winning guitarist/vocalist, Marcus Bonfanti, and bass icon, Colin Hodgkinson. This line-up has been performing across the globe since 2014, as well as releasing the studio album, “A Sting in the Tale”, in 2017, followed by the live album, “Naturally Live”, in 2019. Both albums were reissued in North America with Deluxe Editions through Deko Entertainment/Warner Brothers in 2021.