Hottest Chicks
As Cilver continues it's tear on the Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour behind their new EP In My Head, Revolver asked the band to share their driving playlist.
For more on the Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour, visit the official website.
1. Led Zeppelin, "Dazed and Confused"
2. Pantera, "Cowboys From Hell"
3. Rage Against the Machine, "Township Rebellion"
4. Foo Fighters, "I Should Have Known"
5. Nine Inch Nails, "Copy of A"
6. Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
7. System of A Down, "Cigaro"
8. Danny Brown, "Dip"
9. Death Grips, "Get Got"
10. Muse, "Time is Running Out"
11. The Cure, "Close To Me"
12. Halestorm, "Love Bites"
13. Deftones, "You've Seen the Butcher"
14. Radiohead, "National Anthem"
The world's first and only heavy-metal and hard-rock tour featuring today's hottest female-driven artists begins today in Wilmington, NC and is set to bring the heat to 21 U.S. markets. Tickets and VIP Packages are available at HottestChicksTour.com
Headlining the tour is Los Angeles-via-Australia's Billboard-chart topping rockers Sick Puppies, Italian melodic metal front-runners Lacuna Coil, Arizona rock outfit Eyes Set To Kill, and New York rock newcomers Cilver.
Each week, one band will be taking over our Instagram account, bringing you a behind the scenes look of the tour. Make sure you follow Revolvermag on Instagram to see the bands, crew, and shows in angles you would never see! Post-show wrap ups and artist-curated playlists will be posted after each show, so make sure you keep checking back!
The Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour Dates:
- 2/20 – Wilmington, NC @ Ziggy's By The Sea
- 2/21 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
- 2/22 – Lexington, KY @ Buster's Billiards and Backroom
- 2/23 – West Springfield, VA @ Empire
- 2/24 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
- 2/26 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
- 2/27 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
- 2/28 – Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
- 3/01 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
- 3/02 – South Bend, IN @ Club Fever
- 3/05 – Broussard, LA @ The Station
- 3/06 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
- 3/07 – Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog
- 3/08 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill
- 3/10 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
- 3/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
- 3/14 – Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
- 3/15 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
- 3/16 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
- 3/19 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
- 3/20 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Want an up close and personal behind-the-scenes look at your local Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour stop? Special, exclusive VIP packages are available beginning today at www.hottestchickstour.com. Two tiers (Premium/Platinum) of VIP packages are available, with very limited Platinum packages (two per band, per show) being made available which include the opportunity to stand side stage! All packages receive a one-year subscription to Revolver magazine, along with some other limited-edition merchandise.
"I am so excited to be involved in the Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour and cannot wait to see the other female-powered bands," says Emma Anzai of Sick Puppies. "I'm inspired and I can't wait to see you all out there!"
"We are so thrilled to be on-board the Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour–again! It was a blast when we did it a few years ago, and it's going to be even better this time!" says Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil. "We are absolutely ready to tear every stage apart with our new and old songs, and have a fantastic time with you all. The party is almost ready to begin—and you're all invited!"
"I am really excited to be rockin' the same stage as my fellow female rockers in Sick Puppies, Lacuna Coil, and Cilver," says Alexia Rodriguez of Eyes Set To Kill. "Being a part of the Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour this year is definitely going to be a highlight of 2014! I hope we can inspire more women to go after their dreams, because without dreams we have no future."
"We are very excited about the Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour!" says – Uliana from Cilver. "It's so rare and powerful to be a part of a tour that features some of the best acts out there. It's just a bonus that all of the bands have a woman on stage. Cilver is excited to bring our show and our new music to all of you great and passionate music lovers! We're gonna have a lot of fun! Man, I can't wait! It's gonna be a blast."
The Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock tour is sponsored by High River Sauces, LP Media Consulting, Outerloop Management, Capitol Records, Century Media Records, Drill Down Entertainment, ReverbNation, Live Nation, House of Blues, Vivogig, and Coldcock Whiskey.
Lacuna Coil have released another song off their new album, Broken Crown Halo, due out on March 31 via Century Media. Check out "Die & Rise" below and let us know what you think in the comments!
Catch Lacuna Coil live on the Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour with Sick Puppies, Eyes Set to Kill, and Cilver.
All-female Brazilian thrash metal band Nervosa will release their new album, Victim of Yourself, on March 11 via Napalm Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere the video for "Death." Check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments!
The band says, "The song 'Death' has been handpicked to be the single because it's one of the songs which best summarizes the main characteristics in our music. The main focus of the lyrics are to question the reasons which lead to the execution of a human being and talks about the last moments of a sentenced person's life. To match the meaning and the aggressiveness of the lyrics, it was decided by the band to do something very dark like a person being tortured before being executed. It also takes of the band playing in a cemetery, once besides referring to 'death'—it is surely a visually heavy place. The idea for the video came from the band and the locale chosen to record it was a leper's cemetery, abandoned since the 60's."
For more information about Nervosa, visit their Facebook.
The Pretty Reckless have released a NSFW music video for the song "Heaven Knows." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
The band's new album Going to Hell is due out March 18.
Vocalist Taylor Momsen is also on the cover of the Feb./Mar. issue of Revolver on newsstand now!
Chicago-based psychedelic rock/doom act Mount Salem have teamed up with Revolver to debut the brand new single "Mescaline II" in preparation for their upcoming full-length release, Endless.
"'Mescaline II' is our follow up to our instrumental track, 'Mescaline,'" the band comments. "We always wanted to expand on the idea of that song, but liked the way it was, so writing another song to compliment it made sense when the EP expanded into a full-length album."
Endless will be released on March 4 via Metal Blade Records and includes two brand-new tracks not featured on the original EP that was self-released by the band in 2012. Fans can stream the first single, "Lucid," as well as pre-order the album on CD, vinyl, or digitally now at metalblade.com/mountsalem.
When we interviewed Chelsea Wolfe, for our Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock issue (See page 46), we discussed several topics, including the supernatural, ghosts, and magick.
Unfortunately, due to space constraints, we couldn't include all of the interview. But that's what the Internet is for! Read what she has to say below!
REVOLVER Your music, while not "hard rock" or "metal" per se, resonates with a lot of fans of heavier music. Why do you think that is?
CHELSEA WOLFE Around the time my first album, The Grime and the Glow, came out, I did a cover of a Burzum song, just for fun, then put it up on YouTube and forgot about it. Writer Brandon Stosuy picked up on it and posted about it so that ended up being the first time a lot of people heard about me. Generally I sing about reality and the two sides to any story, and sometimes that can get pretty heavy in subject. I'm into and influenced by everything from old country to trip-hop to metal.
What are some of your favorite metal bands or albums, and how have they influenced your own music?
Black Sabbath is top of the list for me when it comes to metal and rock bands. I adore Ozzy's voice and they have so many good songs. Gaahl-era Gorgoroth, Motörhead, and Metallica are also up there. Also, my friends' bands Russian Circles and Deafheaven are both killing it right now and they're both so good live. I love a good metal scream, like in Slayer's "Angel of Death," Pink Floyd's "Careful with that Axe Eugene" and Gorgoroth's "Of Ice and Movement."
Do you believe in the supernatural?
I acknowledge the spirit realm in my own way and it doesn't seem strange for me to imagine that there is a spiritual world coexisting within and alongside the physical world. I believe that the amount of the supernatural you experience depends on how much energy you put towards it.
Do you believe in the Devil? If so, what form does he, or she, take? If not, why not?
The devil and demons are something I explore sometimes in a distorted way. Most often I approach them as characters, or something that comes to you in dreams. You know when you've stayed up for a couple days straight and your emotions are running high and your vision starts to get blurred and you can't think straight? That's when you start to see demons.
Have you ever seen a ghost or otherwise encountered one?
I've told this story before, but when I was a kid I had a keyboard that I would record song ideas with, and one time, something recorded a song on there for me. I had this idea I that I'd started working on, a simple four-note piano pattern that I gave up on and left alone for a long time. When I finally went back and listened again, it had been formed into this dark and beautiful piano piece, very strange and very sparse, but beautiful. It was nothing I could have come up with myself as I am not and was never a very good piano player, unless I was possessed I suppose. I took a recording of it with my little hand-held recorder to save. I found it again a few years ago and put it onto my computer. It gives me chills every time I hear it.
Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? If so, what form do you think they take? And which one do you think you're going to?
Whatever put us here on this Earth has a peaceful place for us to go when we die. Whether it's back into nature or a spiritual world. Those who spend their lives doing evil and harming everything and everyone around them will experience a self-haunting when they die. Or maybe they will come back continually as a housefly, destined to live a short and meaningless life over and over. I don't like to define my beliefs on the afterlife or such matters publicly because I haven't fully defined it yet for myself obviously and maybe I will change my mind eventually.
Have you had any experiences with fortune-telling, divination, curses, or other forms of magick?
Human energy can be pretty magical. Being around a lot of people can be overwhelming for me some days if I'm feeling especially susceptible to it, because at a show I'll meet so many people and feel all of their energies and it's a lot to take in. Growing up, I stayed at my grandmother's house a lot after she moved back from this mountain retreat where she learned aromatherapy and Reiki, which I think is more about being a vessel to transport life force energy into another person. She practiced Reiki on me and would read my aura to find which essential oils were right for me and then she'd make me tinctures. I'm glad I was exposed to this sort of thing at a young age because it opened me up to something different. I wasn't raised in any religion or belief system but was always curious to learn new things.
What's your astrological sign, and do you think it fits you and your life well?
My bandmate Ben would say that Earth wobbles so astrology is bullshit. I don't know much about it myself, other than astrology-inclined folks saying, "Oohhh, of course you are" when they find out I'm a Scorpio.
Lacuna Coil will release their new album, Broken Crown Halo, on March 31 via Century Media. In anticipation, the band has released a song from the record, "Nothing Stands in Our Way." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Catch Lacuna Coil live on the Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour with Sick Puppies, Eyes Set to Kill, and Cilver.
When we interviewed Alana Potocnik, keyboardist for Winds of Plague, for our Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock issue (See page 48), we discussed several topics, including the supernatural, ghosts, and magick.
Unfortunately, due to space constraints, we couldn't include most of the interview. But that's what the Internet is for! Read what she has to say below!
REVOLVER Do you believe in the supernatural?
ALANA POTOCNIK I absolutely 100% do. Ever since I was a child I had always been fascinated by the supernatural. Living in an old Victorian house that dated over 100 years with a family that has also had some supernatural activity throughout their lives really brought some spooky things to happen over my time there.
Do you believe in the Devil? If so, what form does he, or she, take?
I don't necessarily believe in the Devil as a person, but I do believe in the devil/demonic life as a way of being completely changed or taken over mentally.
Have you ever seen a ghost or otherwise encountered one?
I could write a book about ghost experiences, but I'll keep it short and maybe one day you'll see me as a ghost hunter [laughs]. I had played my luck multiple times with a Ouija board and have talked to many fascinating people but sometimes they are not so nice and look to seek havoc. My roommate and I had once woken up to three scratch marks dripping down her bedroom door along with scratches in sets of threes on her body. Sleeping was a nightmare, sleep paralysis with no escape. Needless to say Sage had become my best friend and tool. I had encountered friendly passerbys at my childhood home after becoming very spiritual when someone very close passed away last year. From visitation of others who had crossed over in dreams to exploring the astral world, I have really opened myself up to be the spiritual person I am today. Call me crazy, but I can usually sense when these things may happen.
Do you believe in heaven and hell? If so, what form do you think they take? And which one do you think you're going to?
I do not. I believe when we die our spirits can decide what we would like to do.
Have you had any experiences with fortune-telling, divination, curses, or other forms of magick?
I refuse to go to anything like a psychic or use any forms of magick. After entering the hell of a time I had with the past Ouija board experience, I stay far and clear from anything that may bring negative energies to my surroundings.
What's your astrological sign, and do you think it fits you and your life well?
My astrological sign is Sagittarius. My birthday is November 30 and I accept all forms of birthday gifts [laughs]. I do not know much about the astrological signs so I couldn't say—but my roommate always tells me, "Alana, of course this happened or of course he's not good for you, you're a Sagittarius!"
When we interviewed Uliana, vocalist for Cilver, for our Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock issue (see page 45), we discussed several topics, including the supernatural, ghosts, and magick.
Unfortunately, due to space constraints, we couldn't include all of the interview. But that's what the Internet is for! Read what she has to say below! And make sure to catch Cilver live on the Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour with Sick Puppies, Lacuna Coil, and Eyes Set to Kill.
REVOLVER Do you believe in the supernatural?
ULIANA I'm an orphan, so I have to believe in the supernatural. After both of my parents passed, my father when I was very young and my mother recently, I started believing that there has to be something more. I can't really settle on the thought that the very short time my parents and I had together was all there is going to be. After my mother has passed away, I questioned everything. I questioned the existence of God and considered Buddhism as an alternative. I was pretty upset with my Christian God and searched for answers in other places. Eventually, I came back full circle made peace with everyone in my heart and mind and finally had to let go. But, I do believe they are watching me.
Do you believe in the Devil? If so, what form does he, or she, take?
I grew up in a religious community where the Devil was present in every story or fairy tale. I was really scared of it my entire childhood. It got really old to keep hearing about this Devil dude—as if living in a communist country wasn't scary enough. The Devil, as it was taught to me, was and ugly hairy creature—half man, half mule and very big.
Have you ever seen a ghost or otherwise encountered one?
Single straight guys in New York City are ghosts. Also we call the G train "the Ghost train" in New York City, for obvious reasons.
Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? If so, what form do you think they take? And which one do you think you're going to?
I believe in Heaven and in Hell. Despite me fronting a hard-rock band with all guys, I have a pretty girly and childish side. So I think Heaven has puffy and cotton candy clouds. I'm going to Heaven. I have no other choice because I would like to hug my mom and dad and see those loving faces again. I need to see them being proud of me. They did not get to see me sing and perform. I need that closure.
Have you had any experiences with fortune-telling, divination, curses, or other forms of magick?
I was born and raised in Romania. As a child I learned how to read tarot cards, palms, and even the bottom of a coffee cup! Back in 2009, in the Lower East Side after I was done performing a show with the band I was in before Cilver, I ended up partying a little too much and I started reading palms for fun. Next thing I know, a line of people formed for me to read their palms and predict their future. One of the people I read his palm for had a short life line and showed signs of having a pretty hard life too. When I told the guy what I saw and that he's probably only going to live to about 45, he started crying and told me his dad and brother died of cancer and he is doing tests to see if he is OK that very week. I felt so terrible. That was the last time I read anyone's palm. I prefer bringing hope to people.
I moved to the USA in the early 2000's, with my mother. Back home, there is and was so much magic going on and so many gypsies. As a child I was told once by a gypsy that I will be traveling the world and live a life I never dreamed of. I thought he was so drunk and just saying shit. In communism no one could travel anywhere. I was that kid waiting in line for food, getting eggs and bread in ration, just like you see in pictures of the Great Depression in America. Anyway, 15 years later I'm in America with my mother with a completely different life and that's pretty magical. But, music changed my life once again and that for me is the true magic like the people I've met, the friends I've made, the songs we get to share, and the connection with the public you get to experience. They are my extended family. Everyone who has seen me perform knows that.
What's your astrological sign, and do you think it fits you and your life well?
I'm a Taurus—sensual, sexual, stubborn, and very hard-working. It's pretty accurate.