Atlanta-based label Love Renaissance (LVRN) is strengthening its female leadership with a new class of executive hires and internal promotions that serves the company's "mission to strive and change the way the music industry currently functions," according to co-founder and president Tunde Balogun.
Recent additions to the team include Vevo’s Priya Minhas, now serving as director of creative content; Q Prime’s Stephanie Gaber as creative marketing and brand partnerships manager; and talent manager Amal Noor as senior director of A&R and manager. Jessica Rodriguez, LVRN's chief of staff, is now adding artist manager to her list of duties, working with dvsn, Eli Derby, Kitty Ca$h, and 6lack, while former marketing and management executive assistant Aaliyah Lambert has been promoted to marketing manager.
"Since we founded LVRN, it has always been intentional for us to realize that diversity and inclusion are important and to make sure that we’re placing women in positions at an executive level," added Balogun in a statement.
"[LVRN's] goal was to bring on super strong women leaders, that can bring something that the company was missing," says Rodriguez. "I think we're in a really great space. Every woman that we have onboard brings a different perspective."
The LVRN family, including label signees and management clients, has been steadily growing over the past five years, most recently adding Canadian R&B duo dvsn to a roster that also includes Summer Walker, 6LACK, Shelley FKA DRAM, Kitty Ca$h, BRS Kash, OMB Bloodbath and more.
"I'm excited to do really innovative activations and elevate these artists in a way that they deserve," Gaber tells Billboard. While Gaber's past clientele include rock and metal bands like The Black Keys and Metallica, she says she's always wanted to work in R&B.
Recently, LVRN launched a mental health initiative, aimed at safeguarding their artists and teams against anxiety and depression, through access to meditation sessions and coaching while on tour. The company has also worked to find innovative ways to both develop and establish their roster of artists, throughout the pandemic. "The height of COVID was around the time when Summer [Walker] was dropping the Life On Earth EP," says Lambert. "Love Renaissance said, 'Okay, how can we make a safe way to still market this EP that's dropping?'"
The team then decided to host a drive-in listening event, for fans and press to safely hear the EP for the first time.
Gaber, Rodriguez and Lambert offered pieces of advice for other women hoping to enter the music business. "It's not an easy road, this entertainment industry," says Rodriguez. "Knowing who you are and giving yourself grace when you get the no's or your career isn't moving as quickly as your counterparts. As a woman -- and this is not the easiest thing to say -- it is a bit harder sometimes because it is a male-dominated industry. But you will find that place that's going to embrace you."
"I think it's doing your research, following up with people and staying on their radar," says Lambert. "And surrounding yourself a community that pours into you, and helps you grow personally and professionally."
Looking forward, Rodriguez says the company is aiming to go global. "I'm hoping that in the next five years, we're continuing to put out music that resonates and touches not just the states, but everywhere."
Lamb of God and Trivium are set to return to Australia this October for a massive five date co headlining arena tour presented by Destroy All Lines. Joining them on every stop will be Scottish metalcore band Bleed From Within as special guests.
The tour kicks off at Perth HPC on Oct. 2 before heading to AEC Theatre in Adelaide on Oct. 4, John Cain Arena in Melbourne on Oct. 6, Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Oct. 9, and Riverstage in Brisbane on Oct. 11. Artist early bird presale tickets become available Friday, May 15 at 9 a.m. local time. Additional presales begin Tuesday, May 19 through Destroy All Lines, venue partners, and My Ticketek, while Spotify’s early bird presale launches Wednesday, May 20. General public tickets will be available Thursday, May 21 at 9 a.m. local through destroyalllines.com.
For Lamb of God, this upcoming run will be their first proper Australian headline tour in almost ten years. The Richmond, Virginia metal giants, who have received five Grammy nominations throughout their career, most recently appeared in Australia during Knotfest Australia in 2024.
Since forming in the mid 1990s, the group have cemented themselves as one of the defining names in heavy metal. Tracks like “Laid to Rest,” “Redneck,” “Walk With Me in Hell,” and “Now You’ve Got Something to Die For” continue to stand as fan favorites and staples within the genre. Earlier this year, the band released their newest studio album, Into Oblivion.
Trivium, who came together in Orlando, Florida in 1999, have built a reputation over the years as one of modern metal’s most dynamic and technically skilled live bands. Their music blends elements of thrash, progressive, melodic death, and groove metal, while their 2017 track “Betrayer” earned the band a Grammy nomination.
The group has also achieved several top 20 entries on the Billboard 200 along with multiple chart topping releases on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. Trivium last visited Australia in 2023 for the first ever Knotfest Australia, where their Brisbane sideshow received strong praise from fans and critics alike. Their most recent project is the 2024 EP Struck Dead, which followed their 2021 album In the Court of the Dragon.
Bleed From Within will open the tour after recently celebrating two decades as a band. The Glasgow metalcore act released their seventh studio album Zenith in 2025 and have previously toured alongside major names including Slipknot, Bullet for My Valentine, and Megadeth throughout their career.
