Lola Black the band and Lola Black the woman have a boot they would like to kick your face in with. And of course the reason they are on the cover of Hollywood Music Magazine is because it is a black leather boot that you will be very happy to be kicked with. Teeth are just a luxury anyways. “I’ve never had a filter on this mouth not even when I was a kid. I was the one cussing on the playground. I would write bad words in my notebooks and hide them from my mom…”

Having dreams, vision and aspirations is not new, but to achieve exactly what you set out to do, overcoming major obstacles on the way and come up with a finished product like 3/13; that honors the metal gods in such a unique way is a tribute to the very message Weitzel delivers in his music.

Mary Magdalan’s music is a powerful genre crushing mix of badassery that she herself calls “Hood Rock” and I call. “Hit the play button again.” With numerous national tours under the Magdalan wheels and many more planned, a very successful CD entitled R.I.P. tucked in the belt, the hugely cool Fear and Loathing mixtape just released, an entire clothing and accessory line called HARDCORTURE recently showcased and a new CD for 2011…

Recording since 1999; releasing his first full-length album in 2005, Ditch is not new to the game. In support of that first album he did 235 live performances. His album Public Intoxication that was released in 2008 also featured special guest performances by Shock G, Eek-a-Mouse, Hot Dollar, Cashis, Chali 2na and Bishop Don Magic Juan.

9 Electric is a band that has spent the last year moving all the pieces on the heavy music chessboard into position for a total check mate against the music scene.  Made up of former members of Opiate For The Masses, MY EVOLUTION, and Dry Kill Logic their sound is a heavy electronic groove that is sure to make a lot of fans and make them quickly.

Words Like Daggers is modern style hardcore band from Des Moines who have set a fire in the heartland that has started to spread nationally. Their newly released EP These Transient Times has been met with a very positive critical reception and their growing armada of fans have basically gone ape shit over it. Recently I spoke with Words Like Daggers vocalist Lawton Herbert about all things WLD.

And so it begins. Imagine this. Take Jim Morrison, Ian Astbury, David Bowie and Godzilla and squish them all together and out poops Travis Bracht. Former lead singer of Second Coming. Travis has honed and refined his vocal styling to the nth degree, creating a style that is both timeless and current.

Many fans may recognize him as the former guitarist of OTEP, which was subsequent to his vocal role in Synapse as well as guitarist in another project, Anome. He truly is the epitome of the cliché that he could sing before he could talk.

My Favorite Scar out of The Netherlands have just released their self titled debut album on the Universal Music Netherlands label to extremely solid global reviews and a rabid fan reaction overall. Having been in the musical ass-kicking business for several years now My Favorite Scar is no stranger to success and is one of Holland’s bigger and definitely better bands.

Five Finger Death Punch is a band that from its very beginning was assembled to deliver ear quaking destruction. Their first release The Way of the Fist (2007) took over the airwaves with a slew of hits like the top ten “The Bleeding” and the record itself has sold almost a half a million copies to date.