I Rise. Reviewed by Ian Phillips. By Cory Marks, Better Noise Music 2022. Cory Marks is a Canadian country/rock cross-over artist whose star is on the rise. He first came to my attention with his massive 2019 world-wide hit Outlaws and Outsiders. I remember commenting at the time that the line between country music and straight-out rock & roll is getting very blurred. In Cory’s case it’s just a smudge and it’s hard to know exactly where he falls. He’s certainly got a foot firmly planted in both camps.
In my opinion I Rise owes much more to stadium rock than it does to country music and there’s even elements of heavy rock and metal in tracks like Burn It Up. This six-track EP opens with a solid rock track In Me I Trust. As the title suggests it’s a call to have faith in yourself and if you want something desperately enough keep going until you achieve it. It’s followed by Burn It Up which is an aggressive, feel good, positive rock anthem. It makes sense, he’s a qualified pilot and rock star. Hear 2 Zen Hangs With: Cory Marks – Hear2Zen Magazine.
In this episode we are hanging with Cory Marks Mixing country music with the hard-hitting stomp of rock & roll, Cory Marks prepares to release new music. Full of autobiographical storytelling, guitar-driven anthems, drinking songs, and breakup ballads, his songs are rooted in the influence of Cory’s hometown, where he grew up surrounded by the salt-of-the-earth residents of North Bay, Ontario.
It was there where he began playing drums at ten years old. Whenever he wasn’t banging along to songs by Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, and Rush, he was listening to his parents’ country records, developing a deep appreciation for outlaws like Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. Those two genres — classic country and amped-up rock — would eventually join forces in Marks’ own music, earning him a string of gigs with heavyweights like Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert along the way.
In 2019, Billboard deemed Cory Marks’ top 10 Rock Radio single “Outlaws and Outsiders” the “hit that couldn’t be confined.” Hear 2 Zen Hangs With: Cory Marks – Hear2Zen Magazine. Cory Marks - Noise11.com. Canada’s Cory Marks has been noticed by a lot of famous friends with country star Travis Tritt, Motley Crue’s Mick Marrs and Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch working with him.
Cory has been in the studio with Kevin Churko who also works with Ozzy Osbourne. There’s a lot of story to unpack with Cory. He is also a registered pilot. Cory Marks new EP is ‘I Rise’ TRACK LIST I Rise EP: 1. Cory spoke with Noise11.com’s Paul Cashmere. Like this: Like Loading... Tagged as: Better Noise Music, Cory Marks, I Rise, Lzzy Hale, Motley Crue, Travis Tritt. Cory Marks drops another new single with Devil's Grin! | Rock Lives Here. [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.3″ hover_enabled=”0″] Devil’s Grin is the latest single from Canadian country rocker, Cory Marks, lifted from his forthcoming album, Who I Am, out through Better Noise Music. “Devil’s Grin is a story about that person you can’t seem to get enough of even though you know it just means trouble. That angel’s smile is the devil’s grin,” says Marks. Stream Devil’s Grin by Cory Marks here:
Country rocker Cory Marks releases new single 'Drive' and announces pre-order for new album Who I Am out August 7 | Rock Lives Here. Drive is the latest single lifted from Canadian country rocker, Cory Marks, forthcoming album, Who I Am, which is available for pre-order now and out through Better Noise Music on August 7. Cory Marks mixes country music with the hard-hitting stomp of rock n roll to create songs with wide appeal to fans of both genres.
His album, Who I Am, is full of autobiographical storytelling, guitar-driven anthems – fan favourite Outlaws & Outsiders (featuring Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch, Travis Tritt and Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe) – and other fan-friendly tracks like Blame It On The Double, Devil’s Grin, Better Off and the latest single Drive – all inspired by childhood favourites ranging from The Rolling Stones to Rush to Waylon Jennings and other outlaws of Country Music. The release of Drive coincides with the pre-order commence for the album. Marks says of the track, “Drive is one of those summertime, roll down your window, good feeling love songs.”