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Author: Mary Nikkel

I have a deep and abiding love for writing, photography, videography, and rock and roll, all of which led to spending four years as Associate Editor for NewReleaseToday.com, the largest Christian music website online. Now I'm serving as a freelance writer and photographer, still passionate about music that makes us think deeper and love more.

Seventh Day Slumber Releases ‘Horizon’ Lyric Video

on September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

Seventh Day Slumber, veteran staples in the Christian rock market, premiered a lyric video for "Horizon" today. According to their Facebook page, the video is "the first SDS song (drummer) Blaise Rojas ever recorded." Blaise Rojas, son of vocalist Joseph Rojas, recently turned 17 years old. Watch the video, which was produced by Attention to Detail [...]

Zahna Launches Vevo Channel to Debut New Video

on September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 By Mary Nikkel 1 Comment

Rockfest Records artist Zahna has unveiled a music video for her chart-smashing debut single "Underneath." The video, which was directed and shot by PJ Mills and colorized and edited by Attention to Detail Media, was launched today on Zahna's brand new Vevo Channel, according to a post shared on Facebook. Check out the video below. [...]

Gold Frankincense and Myrrh Vocalist Suffers Injury on Stage

on September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 By Mary Nikkel 1 Comment

Lead singer and guitarist for up-and coming Florida-based beautycore hard rock band Gold Frankincense & Myrrh (also known as GFM), CJ English, suffered a broken foot while performing at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival on September 2, 2018. The all-girl rock trio has had a busy touring schedule, recently performing alongside acts like Seventh Day [...]

Remedy Drive Album Cover Becomes Topic of Flat Earthers Debate

on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

Remedy Drive issued an unlikely statement this week in response to flat earthers connecting their album cover to a blog by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who recently reposted a blog from NASA about the crew on the International Space Station patching a hole with epoxy and duct tape (read the [...]

Dimming the Lights: ‘Shadows’ EP by Jon Foreman

on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. The second installment of Jon Foreman's 4 EP, 24 song series is titled Shadows. Jon has said of this set "these six songs are to accompany the end of the day-- the light is fading, the darkness is growing and the night is almost here." Musically, the shift in [...]

Shedding Some Light: ‘Sunlight’ EP by Jon Foreman

on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. Jon Foreman, the unassuming surfer frontman of renowned alt rock band Switchfoot, has been in the spotlight since the band's formation nearly two decades ago. After he had already established his voice as one of unconventionally honest spirituality, a trademark that won Switchfoot one of the most genuinely successful [...]

Where Ethereal and Visceral Meet: ‘Viscera’ by My Epic

on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. My Epic isn't your average alt rock outfit. Their 2013 Facedown Records release Behold displayed a musical maturity hardwon through over a decade of shows and releases, matched by lyrics with an intensely honest and perspective-inverting look at the human soul. 2016's EP Viscera, the first in a series [...]

Rising Rock Group 3 Days Under Releases ‘Mended’

on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

Rising rock band 3 Days Under's latest song, "Mended," exhibits their grunge-rock-meets-hope ethos perfectly. 3 Days Under is a rock group based in Kentucky. The gritty guitar sound and rasping vocals on "Mended" will instantly remind listeners of mainstay bands in the post-grunge movement, acts like Seether and Shinedown. But the lyrics are centered on [...]

The Bands That Grow With Us: A Skillet Concert Review

on September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 By Mary Nikkel 4 Comments

On August 24, I walked from my parents' house to a college performing arts center. Skillet's buses and semi were huddled around the back of the building, and a small crowd of concert-goers in emblazoned t-shirts clustered around the front. I checked in at will call for my pass, got my camera's settings in place, [...]

P.O.D. Announces New Album ‘Circles’

on September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 By Mary Nikkel 2 Comments

P.O.D. has announced that they will be releasing a new album, Circles, on November 16. The band will be releasing more information about the project on their social media channels on September 7. Circles will follow up P.O.D.'s 2015 concept album The Awakening. It's unclear if their 2017 single "Soundboy Killa" will be a part of the [...]

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