Kik Axe Music and Entertainment

There's a power to RAMMSTEIN that one finds irresistible, yet hard to explain. On the Global stage, they're one of the undisputed leaders of metallic sound delivery, while in the U.S. they rank as one of the few crossover artists to sing predominantly in a foreign tongue, yet maintain the audiences needed to sell-out arenas in a matter of minutes. It's easy for a band like METALLICA to sell out venues across Europe while singing in English, but the hospitality toward equally exotic sonic imports here in the 'States is a hard commodity to find. Unless, you're RAMMSTEIN.

It's mid-December, and that means we've reached the point in the year when you realize that the entertainment business can seem pretty lazy. As soon as the calendar flipped to December 1st, a lot of sites whipped out their ''Best of'' lists without any consideration to the fact that only 11 months of the year had been completed. As with a lot of folks at the labels, the studios, etc. - the turn to December was an excuse to flip the switch to ''auto-pilot'' and take the month off. That's actually always bothered me - maybe because I'm a workaholic that hasn't taken an ''out of town'' work-free vacation since 1999 - maybe because it just seems really early.

Like Santa Claus after a good slide down a chimney on Christmas Eve, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY dropped a surprise last month with the release of GLORIOUS CHRISTMAS SONGS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR BLACK LABEL HEART FEEL GOOD. A trio of instrumental covers, GLORIOUS CHRISTMAS SONGS comes in at Day 10 of our 2011 25 Days of AXEmas.

Behold the mighty mighty sonic sword of VALORA

Inspired by a fictional female pirate, that was the captain of a wayfaring vessel christened The Sea Witch and a predilection for eschewing a brave determination in the battle of the music business, this bold blustery six-piece rock band from Whittier, CA (just a few miles SE of LA) is bound and determined to courageously fight for your honor and esteemed loyalty.