Knoxville TN’s 10 YEARS has done it again. Their latest album MINUS THE MACHINE has debuted #26 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart selling nearly 12,000 copies in its first week. The 12-song collection—sonically powerful, hauntingly beautiful and textured, while lyrically exposed, intimate and personal—placed #2 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart, #8 on the Top Current Rock Albums chart and #21 on the Overall Digital Albums chart. MINUS THE MACHINE—which also marks 10 YEARS’ first release on their own Palehorse Records in partnership with Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group (ILG)—reached #4 on the Record Label Independent Current Albums (Indie) chart.

MINUS THE MACHINE has garnered critical acclaim, with many journalists touting it as one of the band’s best albums of their career. See press quotes below. The success has been propelled by the album’s hard driving single “Backlash” spinning nationwide at rock radio and climbing the Active Rock chart, currently #22. 10 YEARS world premieredthe official music video for “Backlash” as well as an exclusive in-studio interview on FUSE TV. The dark and compelling music video has been viewed over 33,000 times.

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Southern California’s KYNG will join Danzig on tour kicking off this weekend! The dates come on the heels of a sprawling 8-week tour with Clutch and Hellyeah. Following the dates with Danzig, KYNG will stop in Atlantic City for Metallica’s Orionfest on June 23-24 prior to hitting the road with 10 years. Metallica frontman James Hetfield recently sung the band’s praises after discovering them through Sirius XM program director Jose Mangin, who has championed KYNG since hearing early demos a few years ago. Details on the dates are below, but stay tuned for another big tour announcement for KYNG next month as well.

 

Kyng released their debut record Trampled Sun last fall on REALID Records (through Independent Label Group). The new single “I Don’t Believe” is pushing Top 30 at Active Rock Radio and continues to climb while first signle “Falling Down” saw heavy airplay at Sirius XM’s “Octane” and “Liquid Metal” channels. SiriusXM was instrumental in bringing the band to what became their record label (REALID/Independent Label Group) and managers (In De Goot, who also represents Shinedown, Chevelle and others).

 

KYNG’s self-proclaimed “California Heavy” sound is a unique and universally appealing combination of heavy and captivating concepts, channeling influences from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin to Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. KYNG is trio, Eddie Velix (guitar and vocals) Tony Castaneda (bassist and vocals), and Pepe Clarke Magaña (drummer).

 

Check out KYNG at any of the following venues:

 

DATE                  CITY                            VENUE

 

with In This Moment, 10 Years

05.21                  Denver, CO                   The Summit Music Hall

05.22                  Colorado Springs, CO      The Black Sheep

05.23                  Farmington, NM             Top Deck (*w/o 10 Years)

05.24                  Gallup, NM                    Slopshot Billiard (*w/o 10 Years)

05.25                  Scottsdale, AZ                Martini Ranch (*w/o 10 Years)

 

with Danzig

05.26                  Irvine, CA                      Verizon Wireless amphitheater

05.27                  San Francisco, CA          The Warfield

05.31                  Kansas City, MO             The Uptown Theater

06.01                   Indianapolis, IN             Murat Egyptian Room

06.02                   Detroit, MI                     The Fillmore

06.04                   Silver Spring, MD           The Fillmore

06.05                   Pittsburgh, PA                Stage AE

06.07                   Philadelphia, PA             The Electric Factory

 

with The Sword, Red Fang

06.19                  Atlanta, GA                    The Masquerade

06.20                  Raleigh, NC                   Kings Barcade

06.22                  West Chester, PA           The Note                      

 

Orion Music & Arts Festival

06.23                  Atlantic City, NJ              Bader Field

 

with 10 Years

06.27                  Jefferson, LA                 Southport Hall

06.29                  Dallas, TX                     Trees

06.30                  Houston, TX                  Warehouse Live

07.01                   Corpus Christi, TX          Brewster Street Ice House

07.03                   Pensacola, FL                Vinyl Music Hall

07.05                   Tallahassee, FL              Coliseum Tallahassee

07.06                   Knoxville, TN                 The Valarium

07.07                   Chattanooga, TN            Track 29

07.10                  Baltimore, MD                Rams Head Live

07.11                  Sayreville, NJ                 Starland Ballroom

07.13                  Portland, ME                  The Asylum

07.14                  Hampton, NH                 Wallys Pub

07.15                  Bristol, CT                     Bleachers         

07.18                  Flint, MI                        The Machine Shop