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January 19, 2024

Country Rocker CORY MARKS Is Ready for “A Different Kind Of Year” with New Single/Music Video Out Today (1/19) via Better Noise Music

DT: JANUARY 19, 2024

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER / SRO PR

GOLD-CERTIFIED DUAL-GENRE COUNTRY/ROCK ARTIST
CORY MARKS
IS READY FOR
“A DIFFERENT KIND OF YEAR,”
HIS NEW COUNTRY ANTHEM OUT DIGITALLY, TODAY, JANUARY 19,
TAKEN FROM HIS
FORTHCOMING SOPHOMORE ALBUM DUE LATER THIS YEAR
VIA BETTER NOISE MUSIC

STREAM / DOWNLOAD “A DIFFERENT KIND OF YEAR” HERE

WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO HERE

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According to singer-songwriter CORY MARKS, 2024 will be “A Different Kind Of Year” as the dual-genre artist leans into his country side for his latest single, out digitally today, January 19, via Better Noise Music. The rousing track was written post-pandemic as a feel-good anthem and was produced by longtime collaborator Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Shania Twain). “A Different Kind Of Year” will be included on MARKS’ forthcoming sophomore album due later this year. Watch its lyric video below or directly via YouTube HERE. Stream and/or download “A Different Kind Of Year” here: https://corymarks.ffm.to/adkoy.

“It’s the start of a brand-new year, a chance for you to start fresh, refocus and see what is really important in this life,” shares MARKS. “This new song is all about good times, re-connecting with family and friends. Committing to yourself to make things better in the year ahead and not taking those special things for granted. It’s a country song for country people, so cheers. Here’s to you, here’s to me and a different kind of year!”

MARKS’ 2020 groundbreaking debut album, Who I Am, landed at #1 on several Canadian charts including iTunes’ “Country Songs” and the Canadian Nielsen “Digital Sales Rock Genre” charts. The album featured the hit rock single “Outlaws & Outsiders,” which charted at #1 in the U.S. on Billboard’s “Rock Digital Song Sales” chart and #5 on iTunes “Country Songs. “Outlaws & Outsiders” made history in the U.S. by being the first-ever Top 10 rock radio charting single from a Canadian country act. The single has received over 144 million streams to date while achieving Platinum certification in Canada (MARKS’ home country) and Gold certification in the U.S. MARKS has since released three additional EPs and most recently collaborated with labelmates Eva Under Fire on the Top 20 U.S. rock radio-charting single “Unstoppable” in the fall of 2023.

MARKS has performed at more than 25 major music festivals in Canada and the U.S. and has toured both countries with his country-rock-infused music for a diverse range of audiences alongside acts such as Five Finger Death Punch, ZZ Top, Brantley Gilbert, Travis Tritt, and Toby Keith. He will embark on the “Liquored Up” tour across Canada with fellow Canadian country legend Aaron Pritchett and Matt Lang. The 32-date tour kicks off in Calgary, AB on January 27 and will conclude March 7 in Moncton, NB. See full dates below and find tickets via his website, www.corymarks.com.

“Liquored Up Tour” Dates
(with Aaron Pritchett and Matt Lang)
1/27 Calgary, AB – Deerfoot Inn & Casino
1/30 Kamloops, BC – The Night Shift on 5^th2/1 Sidney, BC – Mary Winspear Centre
2/2 Nanaimo, BC – The Port Theatre
2/3 Coquitlam, BC – Great Canadian Casino Vancouver
2/6 Red Deer, AB – Bo’s Bar & Grill
2/7 Fort Mcmurray, AB – Kickin Horse YMM
2/8 Camrose, AB – Bailey Theatre
2/9 Edmonton, AB – Century Casino
2/10 Dawson Creek, BC – Ovintiv Events Centre
2/11 Drayton Valley, AB – Eleanor Pickup Arts Centre
2/12 Lloydminster, AB – Vic Juba Community Theatre
2/13 Lethbridge, AB – ENMAX Centre
2/14 Trail, BC – Charles Bailey Theatre
2/15 Kelowna, BC – This Country Bar
2/16 Drumheller, AB – Badlands Community Facility
2/17 Cold Lake, AB – Reid Field House
2/18 Regina, SK – Casino Regina
2/20 Saskatoon, SK – The Roxy Saskatoon
2/21 Prince Albert, SK – EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts
2/22 Dauphin, MB – Watson Art Centre
2/23 Brandon, MB – The 40
2/24 Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre
2/25 Nepean, ON – Algonquin Commons Theatre
2/28 London, ON – London Music Hall
2/29 Waterloo, ON – Maxwell’s Concerts & Events
3/1 Barrie, ON – The Ranch 2.0 Concert Hall
3/2 Montreal, QC – Theatre Beanfield
3/3 Sherbrooke, QC – Theatre Granada
3/6 Halifax, NS – Light House Arts Centre
3/7 Moncton, NB – Casino New Brunswick

CORY MARKS
Credit: Ed Regan

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August 4, 2023

EVA UNDER FIRE Announce Deluxe Edition of Debut Album ‘Love, Drugs & Misery’; Release “Unstoppable (Feat. Cory Marks)” Music Video

DT: AUGUST 4, 2023

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER / SRO PR

EVA UNDER FIRE
CELEBRATE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
2022 DEBUT
‘LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY’
VIA BETTER NOISE MUSIC
WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF DELUXE EDITION
DUE SEPTEMBER 22

PRE-ORDER’S AVAILABLE NOW HERE

FEMALE-FRONTED ROCK GROUP
RELEASE BONUS TRACK & OFFICIAL RADIO SINGLE
“UNSTOPPABLE (FEAT. CORY MARKS)”
TODAY (AUGUST 4) ALONGSIDE MUSIC VIDEO

LISTEN/WATCH HERE

CATCH EVA ON FIRE ON TOUR THIS SUMMER/FALL WITH POP EVIL, FINGER ELEVEN, TAPROOT & MORE

LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY: DELUXE EDITION Cover Art (Download HERE)

Emerging Detroit-based rock outfit EVA UNDER FIRE will celebrate the one-year anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut full-length album LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY with news of a deluxe edition due September 22 via Better Noise Music. The original album, which features tracks with guest performances from Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, Jonathan Dörr (formerly of Ego Kill Talent) and From Ashes To New, now gets the deluxe treatment with 10 bonus tracks including a cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”; two acoustic tracks; four Noise Machine-remixed tracks; two reimagined tracks featuring country rocker Cory Marks; and more. See the full track listing below. Pre-orders for LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY: DELUXE EDITION are available now via digital download at https://evaunderfire.ffm.to/lovedrugsmiserydeluxe.

Today (August 4) ¸ the female-fronted EVA UNDER FIRE have released one of the LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY: DELUXE EDITION bonus tracks; it’s a new version of their passionate single “Unstoppable” which has received a country flair courtesy of breakout country rockstar CORY MARKS. It will be serviced to radio and follows their latest official radio single “Blow (feat. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)” which peaked at #11 on the Active Rock charts. Combining Marks’ soulful twang with EVA UNDER FIRE vocalist EVA MARIE’s entrancing melodic-yet-heavy rock vocals, “Unstoppable (Feat. Cory Marks)” tugs at listeners’ heartstrings. Listen to “Unstoppable (Feat. Cory Marks)” streaming now across all platforms HERE. Watch its music video streaming below or via YouTube HERE.

“I’m a hopeless romantic so I wrote “Unstoppable” about my parents’ high school love story,” shares EVA MARIE. “My dad used to steal his sister’s corvette while she was at work and pick my mom up for joy rides. For me, this song honors my rebellious roots; a classic outlaw story that fits just as easily in a rock song as it could in a country song and you can hear that in the way we recorded the original version, the swing between rock and country is undeniable. I feel the attitude and the swagger every time we play it live, and now having Cory Marks add his vocals to the track really feels like it brings the song home, it makes the perfect vibe for ‘Unstoppable!’”

“I was thrilled that Eva Under Fire asked me to feature on their song ‘Unstoppable,’ states MARKS. “It’s a rockin tune with a bit of a country groove and story to it. It’s like a rock n roll Bonnie and Clyde, underdogs ready to burn it up and I dig that!”

Eva Under Fire with Cory Marks

LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY: DELUXE EDITION Track List:
1. Blow (feat. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)
2. Unstoppable
3. With Or Without You
4. Another Shot Through The Heart
5. Misery
6. The Strong
7. Death Of Me
8. Ghost
9. Coming For Blood (feat. Matt Brandyberry from From Ashes To New)
10. Comatose (feat. Jonathan Dörr)
11. Give Me A Reason

BONUS TRACKS
1. I Will Fight (2023 Version)
2. Devil In Disguise
3. Come Undone
4. Separate Ways
5. War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)
6. The Strong (Acoustic)
7. Blow (Acoustic)
8. Comatose EUF version
9. Unstoppable (feat. Cory Marks)
10. Give Me A Reason (feat. Cory Marks)
11. Coming For Blood (Noise Machine Remix)
12. Heroin(e) (Noise Machine Remix)
13. Comatose (Noise Machine Remix)
14. Unstoppable (Noise Machine Remix)

In addition to the success of LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY’s release in 2022, EVA UNDER FIRE substantially expanded their fanbase following Eva Marie’s featured appearance in the horror-thriller The Retaliators (Better Noise Films) and the inclusion of their single “Blow (ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)” which garnered over 8 million streams globally. Previously, the album’s single “Heroin(e)” was spotlighted in the soundtrack for the 2020 film Sno Babies (Better Noise Films) which saw astonishing results and to date has over 26 million streams. EVA UNDER FIRE have toured rigorously across the globe including a recent tour earlier this year in Europe with Skillet which saw filled rooms and glowing reviews from critics. The band are currently on tour in the U.S. with Pop Evil throughout August 17 and will be seen throughout fall on jaunts with Finger Eleven, Josey Scott’s Saliva and Taproot in addition to a few headlining shows. See full dates below. Tickets are on-sale at https://evaunderfire.os.fan/

EVA ON FIRE TOUR DATES:
7/30 Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre *
8/11 Battle Creek, MI – The Music Factory
8/12 Evart, MI – Rock 4 Vets
8/13 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
8/15 East Moline, IL – Rust Belt *
8/17 Ottumwa, IA – Bridge View Center *
9/1 Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
9/3 Moline, IL – Rust Belt &
9/6 Wyandotte, MI – District 142 &
9/8 Angola, IN – The Eclectic Room ^
9/10 Alton, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Fest
9/12 Ashwaubenon, WI – EPIC Event Center &
9/14 Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Live &
9/30 Flint, MI – The Machine Shop # SOLD OUT
10/1 Flint, MI – The Machine Shop # SOLD OUT
11/3 Hampton Beach, NH – Wally’s #
11/4 New York, NY – Gramercy Theater #
11/17 Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation @ The Intersection #
11/18 Angola, IN – The Eclectic Room #
* with Pop Evil
& with Finger Eleven
^ with Josey Scott’s Saliva
# with Taproot

ABOUT BETTER NOISE MUSIC
BETTER NOISE MUSIC is the premiere independent music label under BETTER NOISE ENTERTAINMENT, a content creation, and marketing company that produces music, books, films, documentaries, TV shows, theatrical productions, and tours. Better Noise Music founded in 2006 by music industry veteran and independent pioneer Allen Kovac, focuses on artist development and has grown into a music industry independent powerhouse, with a roster including Five Finger Death Punch, Asking Alexandria, Bad Wolves, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, The HU, From Ashes To New, Cory Marks, and Fire From The Gods. Partnering with FUGA, AMPED, and Membran, the company operates a global marketing and distribution platform with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Toronto, and Sydney. The label was named Billboard’s #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Label and #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint of 2022. The label has made history by ranking as the #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint for five years in a row (2018-2022).

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June 22, 2023

Country Rocker CORY MARKS Reveals New Single “Snowbirds” Inspired by Canadian Forces Snowbirds

DT: JUNE 23, 2023

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER / SRO PR

BREAKOUT COUNTRY-ROCK STAR
CORY MARKS
RELEASES NEW SINGLE
“SNOWBIRDS”
INSPIRED BY SNOWBIRDS AERIAL DEMONSTRATION TEAM

“SNOWBIRDS” MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW VIA YOUTUBE
WATCH IT HERE

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Cory Marks (Credit: Ed Regan)

“Snowbirds” Single Art

Today, June 23, breakout country-rock star CORY MARKS shares his patriotic new song “Snowbirds,” inspired by the Snowbirds air demonstration team, and his own passion for flying. The song is available now via Better Noise Music and across all streaming platforms here: https://corymarks.ffm.to/snowbirds.

Produced by Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Shania Twain), “Snowbirds” is a powerful, anthemic track that features CORY’s unique talent of mixing country music with rock elements. As a licensed pilot, CORY dedicated the track to the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, who, for over 52 years, have proudly upheld the legacy of military aviation excellence as Canada’s elite air demonstration team.

The official “Snowbirds” music video showcases CORY performing the song in both English and French language, combined with breath-taking close-ups and rarely seen angles from recent Snowbirds demonstrations, and footage from CORY‘s flight with the Snowbirds in 2017. The result is an exhilarating, better-than-front-row seat for a Snowbirds show that fans could ever hope for. Watch the music video streaming below or directly via YouTube here.

“I’ve been a fan of the Snowbirds since I was a kid and always will be,” says CORY. “When I started my music career, I was attending the Royal Military College of Canada enrolled as a pilot, hoping to become a Snowbird one day,’ CORY shares. “Working with the Snowbirds team is a true inspiration and I’m extremely proud and humbled to have my song played during their demonstrations across North America in the 2023 season.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97A9MxMJduM

Walking the fine line between outlaw country and hard rock, the North Bay, ON native is undoubtedly himself, not just as a musician, but as a person. Growing up, CORY developed passions for hockey, flying, and playing the drums like his hero, Rush’s Neil Peart, before he began performing live music at a local bar while studying to become a fighter pilot.

In 2019, he released his hit single “Outlaws and Outsiders,” featuring legendary artists Mick Mars (Motley Crue), Travis Tritt and Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch), which recently received Platinum certification in Canada. The track achieved great success, reaching Top 10 on the US Rock Radio charts, #3 on German Rock Radio and peaked at #12 on the Canadian Rock charts. The single now has over 123 million streams worldwide, adding to CORY’s 188 million total global streams to date. 2020 saw the release of CORY’s critically acclaimed album WHO I AM, spawning fan favorites like “Devil’s Grin” and “Blame It On The Double”. In 2022, CORY made his feature film debut with a part in the horror-thriller The Retaliators alongside Better Noise labelmates Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Eva Under Fire and Jacoby Shaddix from Papa Roach.

Most recently, CORY released his 6-track EP I RISE, channeling his prowess for songwriting along with the intense training, determination, patience and grit to become a certified pilot. He also hit the road with his band in support of the EP on a massive US arena tour with Five Finger Death Punch and Brantley Gilbert.

CORY MARKS 2023 Tour Dates
6/30 – Dauphin, MB – Dauphin Countryfest
7/1 – Regina, SK – Regina Canada Day
7/21 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Machine Shop
7/22 – Thunder Bay, ON – Country On The Bay Festival
8/5 – Lake Cowichan, BC – Sunfest Country Music Festival
8/11 – Oro-medonte, ON – Boots & Hearts
9/8 – Hanmer, ON – Valley East Days
9/16 – North Bay, ON – Bash For Jordan
9/29 – Tucson, AZ – Encore Tucson
10/10 – Red Deer, AB – Peavey Mart Centrium #
10/12 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Expo Centre #
10/14 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre #
# with ZZ Top

For more information on CORY and his upcoming tour dates, visit:
WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

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ABOUT CORY MARKS:
In 2019, Billboard deemed Cory Marks’ top 10 Rock Radio single “Outlaws and Outsiders” (which features country music icon Travis Tritt, Ivan Moody of Five Finger DeathPunch, and Mick Mars of Motley Crue) the “hit that couldn’t be confined”. The same statement could be said about Cory himself, who has exploded onto airwaves and tour stages over the past few years, establishing himself as a forefather of the popular Country Rock Fusion sound that has become so popular with artists like Hardy, Bailey Zimmerman and Brantley Gilbert storming the charts in 2022 and 2023. Mixing the storytelling tradition of country music and the loud, unapologetic sounds of heavy rock; Cory’s music blasts with an aggressive, soulful edge. 2020 saw the release of his critically acclaimed debut album WHO I AM – spawning fan favorites like “Devil’s Grin” and “Blame It On The Double”. In 2021 Cory released his complimentary EPs “Nashville Nights” and “Nashville Mornings” and in 2022 Cory released his rock-focused “I Rise” EP on the heels of his feature-film debut in “The Retaliators” with Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach, and labelmates Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, and Eva Under Fire. Despite his recent achievement of eclipsing 188 million career streams and a Platinum certification in his home country of Canada for “Outlaws & Outsiders”, Cory remains grounded and grateful. Rooted in the influence of his hometown in North Bay, Ontario, where he grew up surrounded by its salt-of-the-earth residents, Cory is undoubtedly himself, not just as a musician, but as a person. He continues to be influenced by the acts that drew him to writing and performing in the first place: Bryan Adams, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, Brad Paisley and most notably Merle Haggard, who Cory embodies in his own 21st century way.

ABOUT BETTER NOISE MUSIC:
BETTER NOISE MUSIC is the premiere independent music label under BETTER NOISE ENTERTAINMENT, a content creation, and marketing company that produces music, books, films, documentaries, TV shows, theatrical productions, and tours. Better Noise Music founded in 2006 by music industry veteran and independent pioneer Allen Kovac, focuses on artist development and has grown into a music industry independent powerhouse, with a roster including Five Finger Death Punch, Asking Alexandria, Bad Wolves, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, The HU, From Ashes To New, Cory Marks, and Fire From The Gods. Partnering with FUGA, AMPED, and Membran, the company operates a global marketing and distribution platform with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Toronto, and Sydney. The label was named Billboard’s #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Label and #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint of 2022. The label has made history by ranking as the #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint for five years in a row (2018-2022).

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Captain Marcus “Johnboy” Walton and Cory Marks

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