{"id":51696,"date":"2026-01-29T11:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=51696"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:52:40","slug":"bravewords-records-acquires-the-warlord-digital-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/bravewords-records-acquires-the-warlord-digital-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAVEWORDS RECORDS Acquires the WARLORD Digital Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48557\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/365e4e69842e76523b438442002832b67c0448ae39ecf4520aa2577ce4847f90-300x132.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"198\" \/><\/h2>\n<h1 class=\"default-heading1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51697\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pr2026-01-29-warlord-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"default-heading1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51687\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pr-2026-01-23-warlord-03-1024x863.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"506\" \/><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BRAVEWORDS RECORDS Acquires the WARLORD Digital Back Catalog\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7U30tseASAc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO, CANADA (January\u00a029, 2026) &#8212; BraveWords Records is pleased to announce the acquisition of the WARLORD digital catalog consisting of the following albums:<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"isPasted\">Deliver Us (1983)<br \/>\nAnd The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun (1984)<br \/>\nRising Out Of The Ashes (2002)<br \/>\nThe Holy Empire (2013)<br \/>\nLive In Athens 2013 (2015)<br \/>\nHunt For Damien (2015)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"isPasted\">All albums are now available on all digital services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"isPasted\">Tim Henderson, BraveWords Records, &#8220;It is an amazing honor to have the legendary Warlord bring their back catalog (for the digital format) to BraveWords Records, from their first classic EP &#8220;Deliver Us&#8221; in 1983, through the subsequent albums, the band is one of the key pioneers of the U.S. Power Metal sound that exists today&#8230; &#8220;To the Swords to the Guns&#8221;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">Warlord was born in 1981 as the brainchild of guitarist\/songwriter William J Tsamis and drummer Mark Zonder. Widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of epic metal and despite being unable to have a constant presence as a live act (due to Tsamis\u2019 personal ongoing health issues), over the years Warlord has amassed a massive following in the metal world. Bill Tsamis sadly passed away on May 2021. Now reborn with a lineup including founding member Mark Zonder, longtime member Giles Lavery\u2026 plus Jimmy Waldo, Eric Juris, Diego Pires and Stefano Pascolino\u2026 Warlord rises out of the ashes once again, ready to embark on their first ever North American tour with\u00a0OG UK Metal Legends ONSLAUGHT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">Get your tickets at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tonedeaftouring.com\/onslaught\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/tonedeaftouring.com\/onslaught<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">03\/18\/2026 &#8211; Houston TX &#8211; Hell&#8217;s Heroes<br \/>\n03\/19\/2026 &#8211; Dallas TX &#8211; Trees<br \/>\n03\/20\/2026 &#8211; Austin TX &#8211; Come And Take It Live<br \/>\n03\/22\/2026 &#8211; Tucson AZ &#8211; The Rock<br \/>\n03\/24\/2026 &#8211; Los Angeles CA &#8211; 1720<br \/>\n03\/25\/2026 &#8211; San Francisco CA &#8211; DNA Lounge<br \/>\n03\/26\/2026 &#8211; Sacramento CA &#8211; Colonial Theatre<br \/>\n03\/27\/2026 &#8211; Felton CA &#8211; Felton Music Hall<br \/>\n03\/29\/2026 &#8211; Portland OR &#8211; Star Theatre<br \/>\n03\/30\/2026 &#8211; Seattle WA &#8211; El Corazon<br \/>\n03\/31\/2026 &#8211; Vancouver BC &#8211; Rickshaw Theatre<br \/>\n04\/02\/2026 &#8211; Salt Lake City UT &#8211; Aces High Saloon|<br \/>\n04\/03\/2026 &#8211; Denver CO &#8211; Marquis<br \/>\n04\/04\/2026 &#8211; Lincoln NE &#8211; Bourbon Theatre<br \/>\n04\/06\/2026 &#8211; Chicago IL &#8211; WC Social Club<br \/>\n04\/08\/2026 &#8211; Kansas City MO &#8211; Warehouse on Broadway<br \/>\n04\/09\/2026 &#8211; St Louis MO &#8211; Red Flag<br \/>\n04\/10\/2026 &#8211; Murfreesboro TN &#8211; Hop Springs<br \/>\n04\/12\/2026 &#8211; Atlanta GA &#8211; Masquerade<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">More dates to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialWarlord?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.warlordband.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialWarlord?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialWarlord?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warlord_band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warlord_band<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@warlord_band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/@warlord_band<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionmerch.com\/warlord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.visionmerch.com\/warlord\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glm-artists.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.glm-artists.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About BraveWords Records:<\/strong><br \/>\nBraveWords Records has released albums by Paul Di&#8217;Anno&#8217;s Warhorse, The Chris Slade Timeline, Rhett Forrester and Rob Robbins, Prophets of Addiction, Jack Starr, ASKA and future releases from Lillian Axe, Crimson Glory and Alcatrazz.<\/p>\n<p>There is a serious void which desperately needs to be filled, hard-working and creative bands that have yet to find a partnership and a mutual vision with a professional team. The music-fuelled minds behind BraveWords Records, Brian Adams, Giles Lavery, Tim Henderson and Michael Brandvold, have built the ultimate home for an artist that will take you where you want to be. Collectively, with nearly 100 years of music industry experience under our belts, the BraveWords Records team will take care of all the crucial aspects of your project from global distribution (digital and physical), publicity and media coverage (web, radio, visual), social media blanketing and streaming opportunities (such as Streaming For Vengeance). Where most labels have forgotten the concept of actually marketing a release sensibly, BraveWords Records will construct a viable and comprehensive marketing plan, including visibility at BraveWords.com, which attracts a million visitors monthly. BraveWords Records has all senses on high alert as the music industry continues its never-ending transitioning, so the artist will always be aware of new opportunities to build their brand and strive for world domination. BraveWords will also have a focus on licensing film and TV content, both contemporary and retrospective across many genres. As artists and labels transition to the many new mediums available today for their work, BraveWords intends to stay ahead of the curve in providing and actively seeking opportunities for our roster of clients.<\/p>\n<p>With the rapid spread of the world wide web, BraveWords.com was born in 2000 and quickly became the CNN of heavy metal. With its team of global writers and photographers, the site flourished with 24\/7 updated news, features, reviews, audio and video steams.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly 30 years, BraveWords wears their metal heart loudly on their sleeve, as they celebrate the greatest genre of music with the most dedicated and passionate fans on the planet!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bravewordsrecords.com\">http:\/\/bravewordsrecords.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestoreformusic.com\/shop.php#!\/Bravewords-Records\/c\/170260296\">https:\/\/www.thestoreformusic.com\/shop.php#!\/Bravewords-Records\/c\/170260296<\/a><br \/>\n<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BravewordsRecords\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BravewordsRecords<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BravewordsRecords\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BravewordsRecords<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BravewordsRec\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BravewordsRec<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@BravewordsRecords\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/@BravewordsRecords<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bravewordsrecs\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bravewordsrecs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@bravewordsrecords\">https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@bravewordsrecords<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bravewords.com\">http:\/\/bravewords.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; TORONTO, CANADA (January\u00a029, 2026) &#8212; BraveWords Records is pleased to announce the acquisition of the WARLORD digital catalog consisting of the following albums: Deliver Us (1983) And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun (1984) Rising Out Of The Ashes (2002) The Holy Empire (2013) Live In Athens 2013 (2015) Hunt For Damien (2015) All [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":51697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3355],"tags":[3360,3943,1358,3427,3362,3361,3363,3945,3944,3428,3288,3289,3947,3942,3290,3287,3286,3946,3938,3279,3941],"class_list":["post-51696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-marketing-2","category-press-releases","tag-announcements","tag-bill-tsamis","tag-bravewords","tag-bravewords-records","tag-client-announcements","tag-client-news","tag-client-press-releases","tag-diego-pires","tag-eric-juris","tag-giles-lavery","tag-hard-rock","tag-heavy-metal","tag-immy-waldo","tag-mark-zonder","tag-metal","tag-metal-tim","tag-metal-tim-henderson","tag-stefano-pascolino","tag-warlord","tag-where-metal-lives","tag-william-j-tsamis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pr2026-01-29-warlord.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51699,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51696\/revisions\/51699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}