LOUDNEZZ November 2013 Issue 1 Volume 1 | Page 8

The News Ripple Music Nominated for Independent Record Label of the Year - Ripple bands Mothership and Trucker Diablo also get nods for bands and albums of the year in the Total Bike FM Industry Awards Ripple Music, the Californiabased heavy rock label has already been recognized as one of the world's leading labels for 70s-tinged retro-heavy rock. With a roster that includes such hard-rocking stalwarts as Mothership, Trucker Diablo, Mos Generator, Grifter, Stone Axe, Devi l to Pay, Ape Machine and Earthen Grave, (not to mention such 70s legends as Leaf Hound, Poobah and JPT Scare Band) Ripple has garnered accolades and appreciation by rock fans around the world, for their quality of music and love of both vinyl and CD formats. Now it's time that the industry stood and took notice of what Ripple is doing. With the announcement of their Industry Award nominations, TheBestForMusic.com made it official: Ripple Music is one of the best hard-rocking record labels out there! As part of their annual award issuing, Ripple Music was nominated along with 3 other excellent labels, for the "Best Independent Record Label." Ripple Music bands raked in the accolades also. Both Mothership and Trucker Diablo were nominated for Band of the Year (in UK and International divisions) and both of their latest Ripple releases, Mothership's self-titled debut and Trucker's Songs of Iron were nominated for "Best New Album of 2013." Trucker Diablo even got a nod for "Song of the Year" for their anthemic, hard rocking single, "Drive." You can vote for the final awards and see all the nominations atthebestformusic.com Stay tuned to Ripple Music for more chain-rattling heavy rock, as they prepare to unleash a maelstrom of heaviness in early 2014, including Leaf Hound's hotly soughtafter Live in Japan on vinyl/CD/DVD, Poobah's 1976 classic US Rock and long-anticipated new albums from Grifter and Volume IV. All Ripple Music releases are available at the Ripple Store (ripplemusic.bigcartel.com) MOS GENERATOR Release New Song; Reveal New Album Details Northwestern U.S. stoner rock gurus MOS GENERATOR, who recently inked a deal with Listenable Records, has announced that their forthcoming album will be entitled Electric Mountain Majesty. The band's first release since joining the Listenable Records roster, Electric Mountain Majesty is scheduled for a Spring 2014 release. Plans are currently being laid for a European tour in May. To give fans a taste of what Electric Mountain Majesty has to offer, MOS GENERATOR and Listenable Records are now streaming the album's title track at https:// soundcloud.com/promo-35/mos-generator-electric/s -HBiID . MOS GENERATOR guitarist/vocalist Tony Reed comments on the new song, Tony Reeds comments the track :"ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN MAJESTY was riffed out and recorded in about 15 minutes. Shawn and I did a demo of it and when I sat down and started to work on it the next day i realized that the drum track on this demo was killer! It had all of the fire and expression that Shawn would have live. I tracked the guitars and performed the vocals over the course of the next day and here it is. Our love for heavy rock, metal, and melody all come together in this tune." Track listing for Electric Mountain Majesty is as follows: Beyond the Whip Nothing Left but Night Enter the Fire Spectres Neon Nightmare Breaker Early Mourning Electric Mountain Majesty Black Magic Mirror (Interloping: Heavy Ritual) Heavy Ritual Mos Generator Electric Mountain Majesty was recorded at HeavyHead Recording Co. in Port Orchard, Wash. and was produced, mixed and mastered by T. Dallas Reed. 8