Urungus Grabs Victory
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:22:42 PM
For Immediate Release
June 30, 2009
URUNGUS GRABS VICTORY -- CHOKES TRACY SMOTHERS THE F OUT
In an event asinine yet sublime, GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus has claimed victory over world-famous wrestler Tracy Smothers in a match held last week at Schoenbaum Amphitheater in Charleston, W. Virginia.
“It wasn't too hard...I just grabbed his neck, and choked. His eyeballs popped out of his skull. End of story,” said the well-hung shock-rocker.
Smothers corpse was quickly re-animated by the necrotic power of Oderus, and the two pledged to continue to wage their war as long as people “gave them money for it”.
“This is huge in Czechoslovakia,” said the still-bleeding Smothers.
There has been no word on the re-match.
Oderus also recently appeared on Fox News’ late-night show, “Red Eye,” as their “Interplanetary Correspondent.” The footage is available here: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/23172690/interplanetary-correspondent.htm#q=oderus.
The world continues to count down to the release of GWAR’s new album, Lust In Space, and the beginning of their 2-year long 25th Anniversary tour, both coming on August 18th!
http://www.gwar.net
http://www.myspace.com/gwarofficial
HUGE Web Shop SALE; IMMOLATION Join NB; NEW Release OUT NOW!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:33:52 PM
NUCLEAR BLAST NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2009: PART 6
EX DEO - ROMULUS - OUT TODAY IN NORTH AMERICA!
Romulus, the debut album from EX DEO - the band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono is now available for purchasing worldwide!
Go run to your local CD shop (or visit our web shop) and get this monster of an album TODAY!
Romulus was released to the world on June 19 (Europe) and June 30 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album was recorded with producer (and KATAKLYSM guitarist) Jean-Francois Dagenais (MISERY INDEX, DESPISED ICON, MALEVOLENT CREATION).
Nergal (BEHEMOTH), Karl Sanders (NILE) and Obsidian C (KEEP OF KALESSIN) will make special guest appearances on, Romulus.
Nergal appears on the song "Storm The Gates Of Alesia," singing a very famous Caesar quote; Sanders lays down a ripping solo on the song "The Final War (The Battle Of Actium)" which deals with Antony and Cleopatra's defiance of Octivian in Egypt, and Obsidian C lends a majestic and melodic solo to the track "Cruor Nostri Abbas."
Place your orders for the T-SHIRT + CD package deal available exclusively at the Nuclear Blast America Web Shop while supplies last!
EX DEO will make its live debut this September/October on the special edition of Europe's biggest pagan/folk metal tour, Paganfest (www.myspace.com/paganfest).
Co-headlining throughout will be Finland's KORPIKLAANI and Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. Additional support will come from Sweden's UNLEASHED, United Kingdom's ALESTORM and U.S.A's SWASHBUCKLE. Special appearances will be made by Finland's MOONSORROW and Norway's EINHERJER on select dates.
IMMOLATION - SIGN TO NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
New York death metal veterans IMMOLATION have signed a worldwide, multi-album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, who will release the band’s upcoming eighth studio album in early 2010.
Commented the band: "We are looking forward to working with Nuclear Blast, a classic label that has become one of the largest driving forces in metal today. We intend to have a new album out for early next year.
Expect the new one to have some of the most dark and intense music we've ever put together!"
Jaap Wagemaker of the A & R Department at Nuclear Blast’s headquarters in Germany, states:
"Nuclear Blast is very proud to announce the signing of IMMOLATION! Few other bands have the ability to embody torment and suffering into their music in the way that IMMOLATION does. By fabricating the essence of agony within their sound, IMMOLATION immerses you into the depths of eternal damnation where you can actually hear them burning within the unquenchable flames. They are the type of band that really put the death back into death metal. We are so stoked to welcome IMMOLATION to the Nuclear family and look forward raising the fires of hell for you once again."
Gerardo Martinez, Label Manager and A & R representative for Nuclear Blast’s USA office, shares the following:
"Without sounding nostalgic, 1991's Dawn Of Possession was definitely the soundtrack of my high school years. Very few bands from that era still make great records and are relevant, and that’s why IMMOLATION fit right in with our roster. We are very proud to have them on board!"
The upcoming album will be the third consecutive release featuring the following line-up:
Ross Dolan - Bass & Vocals
Robert Vigna – Guitars
Bill Taylor – Guitars
Steve Shalaty – Drums
4th OF JULY SALE AT THE NUCLEAR BLAST AMERICA WEB SHOP!
From now until Monday, July 6th, hundreds of titles in the entire Nuclear Blast America webshop are at great discount prices!
Are there certain items that you've been eyeing? Well, now is your chance to purchase them at a great price!
VADER - WAR SHOWS WHAT IS THE WORST AND THE BEST IN US
An avid World War II enthusiast, VADER guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek shares his thoughts on "The War" by Kevin Burns and war memorials:
"I heard about this documentary and definitely will possess it soon. I like to watch war movies BUT this is way more interesting… to know more about the real war and the men of war. It is so popular today to judge soldiers and whichever side they represent, but unless we see the death of our comrades or fight the enemy in close combat, we can say nothing about war and we should NEVER judge the soldiers. War shows what is the worst and the best in us, indeed. I’ve seen many graves and have visited many war memorials in Europe; just two World Wars left enough of them around. I'm sure there are graves in the U.S., too, 'cause you have a short but bloody enough history. I’ve visited the [U.S. Army Ordnance] Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum [one of the world's best tank museums, located in Maryland] twice and General Patton Memorial in California. I wished we had enough time to see everything more than just venues in the cities we play in."
Poland’s VADER will be headlining the North American “Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour” with Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, S.W.W.A.A.T.S., and Augury beginning November 4th in Baltimore, Maryland.
Pre-sale tickets are available online at EnterTheVault.com through July 17th. On July 18th, tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
VADER’s new album, Necropolis, will be released August 21, 2009 (Europe) and on September 22, 2009 (North America). Recorded at Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros., Tue Madsen mixed the album at Antfarm Studios in Denmark. Cover artwork is by Jacek Wisniewski.
Necropolis will be released in two formats: a regular jewel-case (11 tracks only) and a limited edition digi-pak with the following bonus tracks + bonus DVD:
01. Devilizer
02. Rise Of The Undead
03. Never Say My Name
04. Blast
05. The Seal
06. Dark Heart
07. Impure
08. Summoning The Futura
09. Anger
10. We Are Horde
11. When The Sun Drowns In Dark
Bonus Tracks:
12) Black Metal
(Venom cover with guest Bart Krysiuk (Hermh)
13) Fight Fire With Fire
(Metallica cover with guest Maciek Taff (Rootwater, Black River)
The Bonus DVD features a portion of a benefit show VADER performed at on April 26th in Krakow, Poland for Covan (DECAPITATED). The Studio Club show was recorded by five cameras and has HD quality courtesy of Inbornmedia Company from Wroclaw.
To Live!!! Bonus DVD Track List:
1) Crucified Ones
2) Black To The Blind
3) The Epitaph
4) Carnal
5) Wings
6) This Is The War
7) Lead Us!!!
MANTIC RITUAL - OFFER TOUR UPDATE - NUMERO UNO
Jeff Potts, guitarist for the Pittsburgh metal band MANTIC RITUAL has sent in the following tour update:
"For those of you who don't hablo español – ‘No Jeff, it's 'habla' - ... Thanks Adam. For those of you who don't habla español, the title of this blog roughly translates to ‘Pro-Pain/Sworn Enemy Tour update number one.’
With that out of the way, let us bring you up to speed. We spent the last ten days in the southeastern part of the U.S. and we just finished the show in Baltimore. We've had a lot of fun so far and made plenty of new friends and fans. Being back in the van, rather than on the bus like on the last tour, gives us plenty of opportunities to get to know the fine folks who come out to our shows and offer us a place to stay for the night (*hint, hint* to the people coming out to the rest of the shows on this tour).
Possibly the most interesting place we've stayed so far was on a military base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Let's hear it for 3-year-olds that rock out and air-guitar to an entire Iron Maiden DVD - good times.
Just letting everyone know: Much like the tickets at Waynestock, there are still plenty of dates left on this tour. We hope to see you at the shows and party at your house. Remember, in the words of Jim Morrison – ‘If you book us, we will come.’
Until then, ‘Party on, Adam!’ - ‘Party on, Jeff!’”
Executioner, MANTIC RITUAL’s debut album, was named “the best debut album by a band of any musical genre since Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All was released way back in 1983” by MetalSucks.net.
James Minton of U.K.'s Terrorizer Magazine has posted an exclusive track-by-track breakdown of All Shall Fall, the new album from reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL, due later this year via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album was recorded at Grieghallen and Abyss studios in Norway and Sweden, respectively.
All Shall Fall track list:
01. All Shall Fall
02. The Rise Of Darkness
03. Hordes To War
04. Norden On Fire
05. Arctic Swarm
06. Mount North
07. Unearthly Kingdom
IMMORTAL guitarist Demonaz was interviewed last year by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket" (formerly "Full Metal Racket").
ENSLAVED MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE AT JSR DIRECT
JSR Merchandise and Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED have recently teamed up to bring you some exclusive merch designs which are available for purchasing now!
Now available at the Nuclear Blast America Web Shop and Nuclear Blast Europe Web Shop, purchase the limited editions of Vertebrae!
MELECHESH - OFFER UPDATE ON NEW ALBUM
Ashmedi and Moloch are locked up in Sulphonic recording studio in Rotterdam working on demos for the follow up to Emissaries, the 5th MELECHESH album and first for Nuclear Blast Records.
The band are aiming to keep the album Multi dimensional when it comes to the atmosphere of the songs, one of the new elements will be a couple of songs written and recorded entirely with 12 strings electric guitars.
Ashmedi will then head to Istanbul where he will meet prominent musicians there so as to explore the eastern musical traditions of the city. Commented Ashmedi: "Istanbul is a place where Eastern and Western Music have been perfectly interwoven for decades, and it is a great place to absorb musically and spiritually as Istanbul also has a very fascinating occult side to it as well!"
Tools of the Trade productions also followed Ashmedi with the camera to Hellfest and documented some moments for the upcoming documentary "Ashmedi: A Metal Disporant" as well.
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BMA WEEKLY GRIND 6/30/09 - The Latest News from BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:35:05 PM
Two weeks until Dudefest, yeah brah!
The annual male-dominated fest in help in Indianapolis kicks off in exactly two weeks on July 17-19. That’s only about 14 days until the showers are at a bare minimum and serious moshing gets underway. Saturday of the fest boasts a killer duo from the BMA family—both GAZA and Lords are scheduled, among countless others (Magrudergrind, Hewhocorrupts, Russian Circles and more). Doors open at 12:30 p.m. at the Emerson Theater in Indy, the stage in which GAZA is set to play. The dude-a-paloza continues well into the evening, with Lords kicking it to y’all funky fresh for the post 10 p.m., 21 & up crowd at Zanie’s Too. For a complete listing of the weekend’s line-up, ticket prices and other things dude-related, visit the Dudefest MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/dudefestindiana
GAZA asks for your help booking shows to Dudefest and back!
The Utah natives are asking for your help booking some stops on the way to Dudefest and back. Curious to hear GAZA’s forthcoming BMA release, “He’s Never Coming Back”? This may be your chance to hear some songs up-close-and-personal! Tentative dates are as follows:
Jul 14 - Help book this! - Vernal or Cheyenne
Jul 15 - Help book this! - Ft. Collins or Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jul 16 - Help book this! - Omaha/Lincoln, Nebraska
Jul 17 - Sheepfest @ Grand Central Station - Pella, Iowa
Jul 18 - DUDEFEST!!! - Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 19 - Help book this! - St. Louis or Kansas City (or somewhere between), Missouri
Jul 20 - Help book this! - Denver, Colorado
http://www.myspace.com/gaza
Show Paria your moves by joining the ‘Wallabee Dance Machine’ party!
Bring your lovely selves to any, or all, of these dates and show Paria how to bust a move!
Jul 17 - Nights of Columbus (w/Old Ironsides) - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Jul 18 - The Red Raven (w/Battlefields & Old Ironsides) - Fargo, North Dakota
http://www.myspace.com/paria
Lords’ Chris Owens gives a real talk interview with CHART Attack!
If you’re thinking Lords guitarist/vocalist Chris Owens isn’t a shy guy, you’ve pretty much hit the nail on the head. Owens keeps his rep as an extrovert in a recent interview with Canadian music Web site CHARTattack.com. One excerpt from the interview could even be the best tough love pep talk ever:
"Not touring because something did or may fuck up has never crossed my mind," he says. "Sure, it gets frustrating some times, but guess what: life isn't fair or easy. And there is more than one reason that this shit is called 'hardcore.' You can adapt to win, you change the things you can and accept the things you can't, then move on. Or you can quit and go listen to Elliott Smith or Lucero while you wallow in self-pity like an annoying little bitch."
Read the full interview on the CHART Attack Web site:
http://www.chartattack.com/news/70723/lords-have-it-tough
http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville
See these BMA bands on tour!
Engineer with Tides
7/13 - The Vineyard - Kent, OH
7/14 - The Metalfrat - Ann Arbor, MI
7/15 - The Tower Room - Antioch, IL
7/16 - The 1511 w/ Comadre & Surroundings - Indianapolis, IN
7/17 - TBA - Evansville, IN
7/18 - The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN
7/19 - SK Net - Charlotte, NC
7/20 - Nara Sushi - Richmond, VA
7/21 - The Velvet Lounge - Washington DC
7/22 - The Hexagon - Baltimore, MD
7/23 - Kung Fu Necktie w/ Fight Amp - Philadelphia, PA
7/24 - The Cherry St Station – Wallingford, CT
7/25 - Easy Axxess - Pawtucket, RI
7/26 - Anchors Up! - Haverhill, MA
7/27 - The Long Mustache - Burlington, VT
7/28 - Recess w/ Fuck the Facts - Syracuse, NY
Sweet Cobra with Yakuza, Years of Cold, Deminer and Lynyrd’s Innards
8/01 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
Get wrecked with these upcoming releases from Black Market Activities!
9/15/09 - Lye By Mistake – “Fea Jur”
9/15/09 – the_Network – “Bishop Kent Manning”
10/13/09 – Sweet Cobra – TBA
10/27/09 – The Abominable Iron Sloth – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Heaviness”
We love social media, ah yeah! Follow us on Twitter, Blogspot and troll our Web sites for BMA updates:
http://www.blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com
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http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities
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The World Reacts To "Father"
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:03:51 AM
The response to "Father" has been phenomenal! The first song released on MANOWAR's new EP "Thunder in the Sky" was recorded in 16 languages and included as a Bonus CD. As soon as the fans heard their respective languages, the mail started pouring in!
"Hi, my name is Ayten Karasakal from TURKEY. I am 15 years old. I love your BABA/FATHER song. I love MANOWAR so much. You are the greatest. You'll always carry heavy metal's flag. We want to see you in Turkey! Please, please, please, please, please come to Turkey. Thanks for your Turkish song."
"There is no such words, that can express my feelings when I listen to this song in my national language. It was a great idea to record it in so many languages. I think that you gave a feeling of being special to all fans, if not, you gave it to me. Congratulations to Eric for singing in Polish, because it's quite difficult for foreigners to even speak in it. You did very well, Eric! My woman said that she would like to sing this song to her parents on the day of our wedding. I'm sure I'll do it with her cause I sing in band and it would be great to sing it in two voices!
hehe... Manowar song on my wedding party. Just thinking about it is making me crazy! HAIL TO YOU ALL!!!" Merin
"I want to thank you for amazing show you did Finland at Provinssi rock. I watched a documentation about the song Father on Finnish fan page of Manowar and you talked about the song and how it touches many with its message. The lyrics truly are touching and compelling, I don't know whether you write your songs from your own experiences or not, but the song is really profound. To me this song is important because I'm not that close to my father and the lyrics don't really reflect the relationship between me and my father, but Eric's voice and the sound of this track makes me feel content that I even have a father. I want to say you that your songs touch me deeply and help me carry on."
"Hail from Romania! My name is Mihai Popescu , I am 16 years old. You are the truly kings of metal. This song, Father [TATA], WOW it's... like I don't know how to say, but my grandfather has listened to it and he loves this song, and he doesn't listen to metal. He lost his father in WW2. Anyway... you are the first band doing this...and this is absolutely awsome."
"Father" is available at all festivals on the "Death to Infidels Tour 2009" recorded in German, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Spanish, French, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Croatian, Portuguese and Finnish. Along with "Thunder in the Sky" the new EP. It is also available for sale online in high-quality, DMR-free, MP3 format only at The Kingdom Of Steel Online Store. The downloadable version of the EP contains the exact same content as the version on sale during the tour: Thunder In The Sky, God Or Man, Let The Gods Decide, Father, Die With Honor, The Crown And The Ring (2008) and 16 versions of "Father."
The Essential Shred Guitar Collection by Joe Stump is now available for sale online in high-quality, DRM-free, MP3 format only at The Kingdom Of Steel Online Store. The downloadable version of the EP will contain the same content as the original CD.
Keep posted to http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/ for more information and look for Joe Stump on tour with HOLYHELL and MANOWAR on the Death To Infidels Tour 2009. For tour dates and details visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/.
IN GERMAN:
Die Essential Shred Guitar Collection Von Joe Stump Ab Sofort Auf MP3 Erhältlich!
Die Essential Shred Guitar Collection von Joe Stump ist ab sofort in einem hoch-qualitativen DRM-Freien MP3-Format beim Kingdom Of Steel Online Store online erhältlich. Die Downloadversion wird die Selben Songs enthalten wie die Original CD.
Für weitere Informationen hier anklicken http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/. Erlebe Joe Stump live on Tour mit HOLYHELL und MANOWAR auf der Death To Infidels Tour 2009. Für Tourdaten und weitere Details besuche http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/.
Defiance by Jack Starr's Burning Starr is now available for sale online in high-quality, DRM-free, MP3 format only at The Kingdom Of Steel Online Store.
The downloadable version of the EP will contain the same content as the original CD.
Keep posted to http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/ for more information and look for Jack Starr's Burning Starr at Magic Circle Festival III at the Loreley on the Rhine River on July 18, 2009. For tickets and details visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/.
IN GERMAN:
Jack Starr's Neue Cd Defiance Ab Sofort Auf MP3 Erhältlich!
Die neue CD von Jack Starr, Defiance, ist ab sofort in einem hoch-qualitativen DRM-Freien MP3-Format beim Kingdom Of Steel Online Store online erhältlich. Die Downloadversion wird die Selben Songs enthalten wie die Original CD.
Für weitere Informationen hier anklicken http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/. Erlebe Jack Starr live auf der Loreley am Rhein in Deutschland, am 18. Juli, 2009. Für weitere Details besuche http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/.
LITA FORD Invites The World Into Her 'Wicked Wonderland' - June 29, 2009
Pioneering hard rock queen Lita Ford returns to action this fall with "Wicked Wonderland", a disc brimming with loud and lusty new tunes — songs that might make listeners feel as breathless and dizzy as Alice after a trip down the rabbit hole. But rest assured, you'll never hear anything like this at a tea party!
"Everybody has their own Wicked Wonderland," says Lita. "It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel. These songs are my version of that – they're all about my life…well, the parts that happen when the kids are in bed and my husband and I get into the boudoir."
The five-pack of tunes contained on this sampler paint a mighty vivid picture of that room – and the inner workings of Lita's life and libido. Propelled by her distinctive guitar work — a potent blend of blues-based licks, good 'n' greasy slide and punishing post-millennial riffage – they touch down in places that diehard fans will recognize. But there are plenty of expeditions into previously uncharted territory as well, from the gnash and bash of "Scream" to the enveloping "Love".
"This is definitely the heaviest stuff I've ever recorded," she says. I've evolved and matured as a person and so has my music. It's lyrically very real."
In addition to Lita's own evolution, these songs showcase the family-affair nature of how they were made. "Wicked Wonderland" was largely recorded at the island home she and husband Jim Gillette share with their two sons — who actually appear on the disc reciting the pledge of allegiance prior to mom kicking into the loud and proud "Patriotic S.O.B." Gillette's presence is also felt throughout the disc, in both his production work and backing vocals — harmonies that provide a perfect yin to Lita's yang..
"We recorded all the vocals and lead guitars at home with Jim engineering and I wouldn't have been near as comfortable recording with anyone else," says Lita. "Jim and I are soulmates and we're just about joined at the hip. It's almost like the stuff they say about twins — we're always finishing each others sentences and doing the same things musically. There were times when I'd listen back to a song and be like 'which one of us is that anyway?'"
The double-barreled intensity provided by Gillette's presence only serves to highlight Lita's room-filling personality, which resonates loud and clear throughout the disc — not to mention a live show that will cast her in roles as diverse as a naughty bride and a catsuit-draped super-heroine. As ever, when Lita is good, she's good, and when she's bad, well, she's Wicked good!
Lita Ford took part in a press conference on June 5 at the Sweden Rock festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden.
AUGUST BURNS RED: Another New Song Available For Streaming - June 29, 2009
A new AUGUST BURNS RED track entitled "Ocean Of Apathy" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet's third full-length album, "Constellations", which is scheduled for release on July 14 via Solid State Records.
The visual themes for "Constellations" echo the band's career-long fascination with spirituality and destiny.
"'Constellations' is about directing our attention towards heaven, trusting that God will direct our steps, regardless of our circumstance," says drummer Matt Greiner. "The kites in the artwork represent our own intelligence and innovation. So often we trust our own abilities to guide us through life, but the 'wind' of life will send our kites soaring every which way."
"Constellations" track listing:
01. Thirty And Seven
02. Existence
03. Ocean Of Apathy
04. White Washed
05. Marianas Trench
06. The Escape Artist
07. Indonesia
08. Paradox
09. Meridian
10. Rationalist
11. Meddler
12. Crusades
Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with AUGUST BURNS RED vocalist Jake Luhrs at this year's edition of the Provinssirock festival, which was held June 12-14 in Seinäjoki, Finland.
AUGUST BURNS RED will undertake a U.S. headlining U.S. tour from July 10 to August 8. Joining the band on the 24-city trek are BLESSTHEFALL, ENTER SHIKARI (July 10-27), ALL SHALL PERISH (July 28-August 8) and IWRESTELEDABEARONCE. The romp across the country will also feature a first for AUGUST BURNS RED — multiple-night stands in the markets of Pomona, California and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
SLAYER: New Songtitles Revealed - June 29, 2009
Gary Graff of Billboard.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King about the band's forthcoming album, "World Painted Blood", which is scheduled for release late summer via American Recordings/Columbia Records. Songtititles set to appear on the CD include "Psychopathy Red" (which was released as a limited-edition red vinyl seven-inch single in April for Record Store Day), "Beauty Through Order", "Unit 731", "Playing with Dolls", "Public Display of Dismemberment", "Americon" and the title track.
"I figured, and I'm sure the other guys figured, that if there was another five-year gap this would probably be our last record," King told Billboard.com. "If we're going in five-year gaps, that means two records in 10 years. I think we all didn't want to wait that long. Not that we didn't have ideas — we toured, put out DVDs and box sets and had a lot of other stuff going on."
13 songs were laid down for "World Painted Blood" with producer Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, SLIPKNOT) — six by King, seven by fellow guitarist Jeff Hanneman — 11 of which will appear on the album.
"I like when Jeff writes as much as he did for this record," King said. "When you have one guy doing most of the writing you only get one perspective. A lot of Jeff's stuff has a very punky vibe this time; the stuff I write sounds thrashy but with a hint of punk, and when Jeff writes the stuff is more punk with a hint of thrash. It works together well."
On May 18, QUEENSRŸCHE rocked the troops at Fort Benning, Georgia in between tour dates in support of their new Rhino Records CD, "American Soldier".
The post welcomed QUEENSRŸCHE with "open arms" as they gave all band members and their crew an exhilarating ride in an M1A1 Abrams tank and an M2 Bradley tank.
In addition to that experience, the band dined with the troops earlier in the day and gave a concert performance on Sledgehammer Field, Kelley Hill in the afternoon.
To commemorate the day, the band was given a personalized sledgehammer by the 3HBCT / 3 ID Sledgehammer Brigade (3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division).
QUEENSRŸCHE will continue to tour throughout the year in support of "American Soldier" and plans to visit and perform for more troops along the way.
DREAM THEATER Drummer Reveals Top 5 Metal Bands Of All Time; Video Available - June 28, 2009
Roadrunner Records has uploaded video footage of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy revealing and discussing his "top five metal bands of all time."
Portnoy's top five metal bands of all time are as follows:
01. BLACK SABBATH
02. IRON MAIDEN
03. METALLICA
04. SLAYER
05. OPETH
According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, the new album from DREAM THEATER, entitled "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", is on track to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
DREAM THEATER's last CD, "Systematic Chaos", opened with 36,000 units in 2007 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium" premiered with 27,000 copies to debut at No. 36.
In addition to the standard-version CD, DREAM THEATER's tenth studio album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", was also made available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs.
HEAVEN & HELL was forced to cancel its June 21 appearance at the Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain due to back pain suffered by guitarist Tony Iommi.
As previously reported, HEAVEN & HELL's June 16, 2009 concert at Museumsmeile in Bonn, Germany was professionally filmed by WDR's (German public TV) series "Rockpalast" and will be broadcast the morning of July 13 at 00.25h.
For more information, visit Rockpalast.de.
HEAVEN & HELL will bring its wicked world tour to North America for a select number of shows this August. The band will start its summer headlining music festivals across Europe before bringing its macabre stage show of metal classics to North America starting on August 7 in Vancouver. COHEED AND CAMBRIA will provide support on all shows except the Seattle date on August 8, which will feature NEUROSIS in the supporting slot.
"The Devil You Know", the new album from HEAVEN & HELL, has sold 62,000 copies since its April 28 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It debuted at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 30,000 units.
SUFFOCATION: New Video Interview Available - June 28, 2009
Buick McKane (a.k.a. Emily) conducted an interview with Frank Mullen, Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais of legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION when the band played New Orleans, Louisiana on June 17, 2009 as part of the Summer Slaughter Tour.
SUFFOCATION's new album, "Blood Oath", is scheduled for release in Europe on July 3 and in North America on July 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2006's self-titled record was recorded with Joe Cincotta (who worked on the band's last two releases) and was mixed by Zack Ohren (ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH). The cover artwork (see below) was once again brought to life by Jon Zig (DEEDS OF FLESH, DISGORGE, GORGASM).
"Blood Oath" will be available in three formats exclusive to the North American territory. In addition to the standard retail version, there will be a mail-order edition available exclusively through the Nuclear Blast U.S. webstore, and a digital version through iTunes.
SUFFOCATION filmed a video clip for the track "Cataclysmic Purification" on May 31 with director David Brodsky (ARSIS, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM, SWASHBUCKLE).
PANTHEON I To Release Digital Single - June 28, 2009
Norwegian extreme metallers PANTHEON I will release a new single, "Serpent Christ", on June 29. The track, taken from the forthcoming album "Worlds I Create", will be available on Candlelight Records as a digital download only. In addition to the title cut, the single will feature the first-ever PANTHEON I song to have been written. "Enter The Pantheon" has so far only been available on the band's first demo and has been completely re-recorded for inclusion on the single.
The five-piece, whose lineup includes members of TYRANN, SARKOM, TROLLFEST, THE ALLSEEING I and DEN SAAKALDTE, as well as former and current members of 1349, recently released a series of promo pics with cellist Live Julianne in the role of a dominatrix.
According to frontman Andre Kvebek, the uncensored version of the photos caused quite a bit of interest. "Having seen the photos that were chosen for publication, I have a sneaking suspicion that the two females involved in the band — Live Julianne and our manager Patricia Thomas, have concocted some kind of plot to knock the band's alpha male (that would be me) off his perch." Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, Kvebe continued, "No red-blooded male could resist rising to the challenge, so I've added my own 'sex god' photo from the recent promo shoot. Now let's see what the fans say!"
The new photo, along with the other uncensored pics, can be found on the band's web site at www.pantheon-i.com.
"Worlds I Create", the third full-length album from PANTHEON I, will be released on Candlelight Records this summer. "I'll Come Back As Fire", a track specially written by the band, is featured in the soundtrack of the latest Chad Ferrin horror flick "Someone's Knocking At The Door", which made its U.S. debut earlier this month. The band is also currently working on a video of "Serpent Christ", which is in the final stages of production.
OBITUARY Drummer: 'Don't Listen To Some Dude At A Record Label Behind A Desk' - June 27, 2009
Shaxul Records recently conducted an interview with drummer Donald Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
Shaxul: You and Travor [Peres, guitar] have quite epic beards growing lately. Did you both sit down one day and say "let's grow some beards, man?"
Donald Tardy: (Laughs) Not even. In fact, I've never discussed it with him. I just know he's probably got the same mentality as me... Thank god I do music for a living because I hate shaving. It's just always been that way... I'm too lazy to remember to do it every day and then it's just annoying if you don't do it for a week or two... once it gets this long. As long as your girl is cool with it, and my girl is cool with it, it's just way easier to be a red-bearded fool especially when you tour. You gotta carry shaving cream and razors and you're gonna be out there for a month and you're gonna be losing razors... I'd rather just be a hippy. A bearded freak, ya know?
Shaxul: So the song from "Frozen in Time" called "Redneck Stomp" — was that based on some sort of actual event that occurs at a certain time?
Donald Tardy: "Redneck Stomp" was something we wrote when Big Al [guitarist Allen West] was still in the band. He is a "redneck," and when something's really good... We recorded it at practice one day, we were listening back to it. We probably had a couple beers and he literaly started stompin his foot as hard as he can just listening to the song because it's just THAT inspiring. And it's just "Redneck Stomp" — it just makes you wanna tap your foot! Not just tap, but stomp. And that's how it came out.
Shaxul: So you didn't wanna taint the raw "stomping power" of the riffs with any vocals?
Donald Tardy: Yeah, in fact John [Tardy, vocals] said, "I dunno if I wanna do anything with this song vocal-wise." It was just such a cool song and we're like, "You know what? Then don't. Let's do it." And then it was my idea to say, "You know what? We been gone for like seven years and everyone loves John's voice and they're gonna be waiting to hear it. What if we were to put this song first on the album?" And the record label's like, "You can't do that. You guys would be so stupid to do that." And you ask most band members... When some schmuck at a record label tells you that it's a stupid thing to do... the creative musician part of you? Go with it. Those [record label] people are out of their minds. What they think is "black" is "white." Anything they think is stupid is usually smart when it comes to creative music. And that's just exactly the way it was. Roadrunner Records said, "You guys CANNOT do that. That would be suicide." And we said, "You know what? Good. It's gonna be the first song on the album." And all my friends and fans who heard the record were like, "That was cool cause I was waiting and waiting for John's voice but the song was such a cool, groovy song, I didn't mind waiting for John's voice." So that just goes to show: Don't listen to some dude at a record label behind a desk. Go with your musician instinct.
Shaxul: You got these new hunting or "fishing hats" out now. Was that your idea?
Donald Tardy: You talking about the "camo-hat with the orange lettering?"
Shaxul: Yeah.
Donald Tardy: Yeah, that was probably mine and my brother's idea. I love camo-stuff. And we are obviously "Florida boys." You ask Trevor what his favorite thing is to do, it's drop a boat in with his dad and go fishin'. My brother's constantly out on his boat...it's just one of those things. It fits the whole "Florida thing." And hunter's cap with the green and orange — it just made sense. People love it.
Everytime we take it on tour that hat sells like crazy.
Shaxul: You ever encounter any gators?
Donald Tardy: In Florida you can go to any lake on any given evening and you'll see alligators everywhere. I live next to the university of South Florida and there's a huge golf course on that campus. If you take a flashlight and look at the lakes on that golf course [at night], you'll see TONS of alligators and their eyes because alligator's eyes are like frog eyes when you shine a light on them at night. You see little red eyes. They're everywhere. Where I live, they are in every river and every lake that you would think about jumping in.
Shaxul: Any songs inspired by gators?
Donald Tardy: [Surprised] No, I don't think we do!
There's been so many songs about gators with the Florida bands that I grew up listening to that you know... MOLLY HATCHET did it. That was the deal. A band called STRANGER did it back in the '80s here in Florida. We've never really conquered trying to take on an alligator song.
Shaxul: I always wanted to know, what the hell is "Stinkapuss" anyways?
Donald Tardy: Good question, man! I honestly don't know. I don't know where that came from or why. I think there was a couple different [bands called] INCUBUS back in the day because there was... two Florida bands. One of them was the old drummer for MORBID ANGEL (Mike Browning). His band was called INCUBUS and they were awesome. There was another band called INCUBUS and I think they sucked and I think that might be where it came from. We called it "stinky puss."
Shaxul: Being from San Francisco, I was just wondering if you had any sort of interesting memories from playing in the Bay Area.
Donald Tardy: Yeah, absolutely. Playing the Stone and uh... First thing we did as band in 1989, we opened for SACRED REICH. Our first show is San Francisco so we had to get in a van with seven people and and we had to drive for three or four days across the United States. And we arrived the day of the show and had to get out of the van from sitting down for three days and go out and play a show. And we went to do a soundcheck and found out that two of the guys from METALLICA were gonna be there tonight. And, of course, never played a show before outside of Florida and just sat in a van and got completely out of shape and had to perform in front of, I think it was Lars [Ulrich] and [Jason] Newsted or something. So, that's what I remember about San Francisco. And the SADUS boys, of course, I think they're from Oakland but...they always seem to come out to our San Francisco shows also.
Nebula Gets Psyched For August Tour
Jun 29, 2009
Story by: Michael Schwab
Psychedelic rock gods Nebula have just announced a summer tour to follow up the release of their newest album, Heavy Psych. The trio is famous for their take on classic stoner jams from the likes of Cream and Mudhoney. Heavy Psych, which due for a July 7 release via Tee Pee, lives up to its name as a rollercoaster ride of mindfucking rock 'n' roll, complete with wah wah pedals and head-banging riffs.
Nebula was started in 1997 by frontman Eddie Glass, who played guitar with alt-rock veterans Fu Manchu.
The band has gone through several lineup changes since then, including five different bassists and two drummers. Their latest change was in 2007 when they were joined by drummer Rob Oswald, who will play with them on tour for the first time this summer. Joining them for the ride are fellow Los Angeles natives the Entrance Band, who are coming straight off a tour with noisy legends Sonic Youth. The festivities kick off in San Francisco on August 4 and run for a month before winding down in Tempe, Arizona, on September 5.
Tour Dates For Nebula:
08/04 - San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room
08/05 - Eureka, CA - Nocturnum
08/06 - Portland, OR - Rotture
08/07 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
08/09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
08/10 - Denver, CO - 3 Kings Tavern
08/11 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
08/12 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
08/13 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
08/14 - Columbus, OH - Ravari Room
08/15 - Huntington, WV - Club Echo 08/16 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
08/17 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
08/18 - London, ON - Call The Office
08/19 - Hamilton, ON - Casbah
08/20 - Toronto, ON - The Wreck Room
08/21 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
08/22 - New York, NY - Santos
08/23 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
08/24 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
08/25 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
08/26 - Virginia Beach, VA - Jewish Mother
08/27 - Wilmington, NC - Soapbox
08/28 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
08/29 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe
08/31 - Houston, TX - Walters On Washington
09/01 - Austin, TX - Emo's
09/02 - San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar
09/03 - Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory
09/05 - Tempe, AZ - The Sets
Tracklist For Heavy Psyche:
01. Pulse
02. The Dagger
03. Aphrodite
04. Dream Submarine
05. In The Depth's
06. The Other Side
07. Crown Of Thorns
08. Lead Sky
09. Little Yellow Pill
www.nebulamusic.com
Candiria Is 'Toying With The Insanities'
Jun 29, 2009
Story by: Michael Schwab
Are they a metal band? A hip-hop group? Since their inception in 1992, Brooklyn-based Candiria has been drawing the two genres closer together with their experimental combination of aggressive music. The group has just announced the release of a set of remixes and rarities, titled Toying With The Insanities. The set will come in four volumes (only one of which has a confirmed tracklist), with the last two volumes not expected to be released until 2010.
The first two volumes will be released digitally via iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers on September 9, along with limited pressings of CDs and LPs. While it's not likely that they will be performing live anytime soon (half of the band has departed its ranks due to creative differences), remaining members Carley Coma (vocals) and John Lamacchia (guitar) report that they may continue their endeavors as a rhythm section-less electronica project.
Tracklist For :
01. Divided (Remixed by Dub Trio with Joel Hamilton)
02. Faction (Remix by Edgey)
03. Pages (Revisitation by Kayodot)
04. Tribes (Remix by Budzy)
05. Conjuring Spirits (Performed by Ghosts of the Canal)
06. Mental Crossover (Remix by Pole)
07. Three Times Again (Remixed by HighKoo and Mr.Delaroid)
08. Spectator (Performed by Ken Schalk)
www.myspace.com/candiria
NEW SINCE OCTOBER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Monday, June 29, 2009 1:52:32 PM
For Immediate Release
June 29, 2009
NEW SINCE OCTOBER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
SINGER BEN GRAHAM CHECKS IN FROM THE ROAD
Florida rockers SINCE OCTOBER have announced several additional dates to their summer tour, including a West Coast run with Trapt PLUS three huge festivals where they’ll be playing alongside such huge bands as Judas Priest, 3 Doors Down, Shinedown and more!
SINCE OCTOBER recently wrapped up a string of dates with RED, which included some of their first East Coast shows ever!
Singer Ben Graham checked in from the road with an update: “We’ve been on this tour for about 8 weeks now, so the show is nice and tight, and we’re really excited about that. We’re also psyched that on these upcoming Trapt dates, we’ll be playing markets we’ve never played: the House of Blues in Las Vegas and the Troubadour in Los Angeles will be awesome! And to be able to play with such legendary bands as Judas Priest and Whitesnake is absolutely amazing to us. The big festival shows will be great because there will be over 20,000 people there, and we’re definitely ready to take advantage of that opportunity.
“Our single is doing great right now, and we’re stoked on that too. ‘Guilty’ is up to #21 this week, which is the highest we’ve ever been. We’re one stop from the Top 20, and we’re really pushing for it. Because of the song’s success, we had a lot of people come out to see us in the Northeast, which is great because we’ve never played up there before. It’s been a really great time for us, and we can’t complain.”
Stay tuned for more on upcoming SINCE OCTOBER shows!
Upcoming Since October dates:
7/14 – Dayton, OH – McGuffy’s House of Rock w/Trapt, Inept
7/16 – Chesaning, MI – Chesaning Showboat Park w/Pop Evil, Framing Hanley
7/17 – Cedar Rapids, IA – 1st Avenue Live w/Trapt Framing Hanley, Inept
7/18 – Willmar, MI – Sonshine Festival
7/22 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues w/Trapt, Divide The Day, Inept
7/24 – San Diego, CA – Anthology w/Trapt, Inept, Divide The Day
7/25 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour w/Trapt, Divide The Day, Inept
7/29 – Santa Rosa, CA – Last Day Saloon w/Trapt, Divide The Day, Inept
8/1 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheater w/Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Tesla
8/5 – Darien Lake, NY – Kingdom Bound Festival
8/8 – Syracuse, NY – NY State Fair w/3 Doors Down, Papa Roach, Chevelle, Atreyu, 10 Years
8/9 – Madison, WI – Band Camp
8/15 – Little Rock, AR – Edge Fest
8/22 – Seattle, WA – Pain in the Grass
9/12 – Huntington, WV – Harris Riverfront Park w/Shinedown, Tantric, Bobaflex
9/26 – Phoenix, AZ – U Fest
www.myspace.com/sinceoctober
THRASH AND BURN FINDS FIRST OFFICIAL WINNER FOR "TWIT AND BURN" CONTEST
Monday, June 29, 2009 11:56:01 AM
For Immediate Release
June 29, 2009
THRASH AND BURN FINDS FIRST OFFICIAL WINNER FOR “TWIT AND BURN” CONTEST
NEW VIDEO CLUES FROM OCEANO AVAILABLE NOW
The “TWIT AND BURN” contest, from the organizers of the THRASH AND BURN tour, has found its first winner.
Matthew Hogan from West Hempstead, NY was the first correct poster on the “TWIT AND BURN” Twitter account.
He won free tickets to the nearest THRASH AND BURN show as well as early entry to the venue and access to soundcheck, PLUS a MyChildren MyBride merch package!
Chicago deathcore outfit Oceano will be providing this week’s clues. The video is available NOW on MetalInjection.net at this location!
Oceano guitarist Andrew checked in to talk about the contest and the band’s appearance on the THRASH AND BURN tour:
“Check out our upcoming video on MetalInjection.net and don’t forget to tell us why YOU guys thrash and burn! We’ll be ragin’ across the nation with the Thrash and Burn tour so get there early and get rowdy with us, and we’ll show you why WE thrash and burn!
Also make sure to “TWIT AND BURN” by following the Thrash and Burn Tour on Twitter for prizes and announcements from the bands! See you guys and gals on the road and don’t forget to pick up our debut album, DEPTHS, out now!”
The contest will run until the THRASH AND BURN tour kicks off on July 24. For full information on the “TWIT AND BURN” contest, visit www.whatisthrashandburn.com.
THRASH & BURN TOUR 2009:
July 24 – San Diego, CA – Soma
July 25 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
July 26 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
July 27 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
July 30 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
July 31 – Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
August 1 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
August 2 – Houston, TX – Java Jazz
August 4 – Jacksonville, FL – Plush
August 5 – St. Petersburg, FL – The State Theatre
August 6 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
August 7 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
August 8 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
August 9 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
August 11 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
August 12 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
August 13 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall
August 14 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
August 15 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
August 16 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
August 18 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
August 19 – Toledo, OH – Headliners
August 20 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
August 21 – Mokena, IL – The Pearl Room
August 22 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s Concert Theatre
August 23 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
http://www.myspace.com/thrashandburntour
Metal Blade Records Press Quotes 06/29/2009
Monday, June 29, 2009 6:03:49 AM
GOATWHORE Carving Out The Eyes Of God
“GOATWHORE have gone above expectations this time around…destined to be their version of The Blackening by MACHINE HEAD for their genre as they have perfected their art and this album will turn up in many ‘Best Of' lists for 2009!” perfect 10/10, SMNnews.com
“The 10 track could make even the most stubborn Nordic black metal fans squirm, as the stabbing and slashing guitars and Ben Falgoust's dark sermon growling never have sounded better.” The Daily News McKeesport
“Carving Out The Eyes Of God is what a modern metal album should sound like; slightly raw, extremely heavy, a bit catchy and possesses the must-have longevity that makes you listen to it for days on end without tiring of it. Too many bands and albums are easily forgettable these days. You won't forget this album.” HookInMouth.net
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GOD DETHRONED Passiondale
“After 18 years and eight albums, Dutch death metallers God Dethroned have managed to piece together their masterwork.” Bravewords.com
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Majesty
“Well, Metal Blade has done it again. Not only have they succeeded in releasing one of the best and most comprehensive music DVD's ever in As I Lay Dying's ‘This Is Who We Are,' but they might even be able to rival it with another release they have in the Black Dahlia Murder's ‘Majesty…Disc one sets them up and disc two knocks them down, it is as simple as that. ‘Majesty' is truly all it is cracked up to be, and then some. Grade: A'” PhiladelphiaAtHome.com
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MOLOTOV SOLUTION The Harbinger
“…anti-establishment symphony for destruction and rebellion.” BringOnMixedReviews.com
“…a punishing but intelligent and impressive display of serious deathcore that's not concerned with scenes, looks or trends” TeethOfTheDivine.com
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ERYN NON DAE. Hydra Lernaia
"harsh, oppressive, and complex songs. Like when Neurosis or Meshuggah are at their most potent and pissed-off…bracingly powerful."
"This is the rare album where mood is more important than songs, and dissonance, halting rhythms, and raw-throated, monotone vocals create truly bleak soundscapes." 4.5/5 stars, Revolver Magazine
“…each composition is different than the one preceding it, each tune has many different parts, and the dynamics and textural shifts are dazzling.”
“Hydra Lernaïa is perhaps the metal record to beat in 2009. It sounds like nothing else out there, and creates a niche all its own. But any real fan of black metal, death metal, or even progressive metal who can stand dissonance will find it a prize.” Allmusic.com
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DARKNESS DYNAMITE The Astonishing Fury Of Mankind
“the way the band incorporates its influences makes for quite an engaging listening session. They honestly are a culmination of their individual influences, and the music reflects it in a visceral, throat-slicing manner.” Examiner.com
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LAZARUS A.D. The Onslaught
“Holy hell fire – this Kenosha Wisconsin four piece not only won the jaded Hollywood crowd over with great ease, but had some huge circle pits going inside the large club.” ConcertConfessions.com
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AS I LAY DYING This Is Who We Are DVD
“Not only is As I Lay Dying one of the top two, if not the top, American metal band making music today (alongside Lamb of God) as evidenced by their musical body of work to date, but for their first foray into DVD land, the band hit a towering, tape measure home run…Honestly, if you ever had a question about As I Lay Dying, no matter how big or small, ‘This Is Who We Are' will answer it and then some. Just when you thought these guys couldn't get any better, they had to go and release this DVD. If you were thinking they just released great records, think again, they also release amazing DVDs.
Grade: A
Watch: EVERYTHING” ChicagoAtHome.com
Metal Blade Records | 2828 Cochran St. PMB 302 | Simi Valley | CA | 93065
STILLBORN RECORDS SIGNS ABOLISH
Friday, June 26, 2009 6:08:12 PM
For Immediate Release
June 26, 2009
STILLBORN RECORDS SIGNS ABOLISH
Stillborn Records has signed South Florida's up and coming Abolish to their roster. The metallic-hardcore band has entered Connecticut's Dexter's Lab Studios with engineer Nick Bellmore (Hatebreed, The World We Knew, Phantoms, Death Threat) to record their debut full length, "Beyond Redemption," which is slated for a fall release.
The band commented: "We are very excited to be working with Stillborn, a label that is so well respected and has released some of the staple records in the hardcore and metal genres. With our new record, we wrote songs with the heavy groove we wanted to hear.
We hope everyone enjoys the record as much as much as we do. See you on tour."
Stillborn owner and Hatebreed/Kingdom of Sorrow frontman, Jamey Jasta added, "I'm excited to be working with Abolish. Their sound is as hard as their work ethic!"
Check the band out at www.myspace.com/abolishkills and catch them on tour this summer and fall!
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THE ACACIA STRAIN ANNOUNCE "THE SUMMER SLOB TOUR" DATES
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:46:25 AM
For Immediate Release
June 26, 2009
THE ACACIA STRAIN ANNOUNCE SUMMER SLOB TOUR DATES
Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN are proud to announce their Summer Slob Tour presented by All In Merchandise and Revolver Magazine. The self-proclaimed “greasiest tour of the summer” kicks off on July 17 in Doylestown, PA and features Evergreen Terrace as direct support, along with Cruel Hand and Unholy.
THE ACACIA STRAIN vocalist Vincent Bennett put together a promo video for the tour which is available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?gt0idq042gi.
THE ACACIA STRAIN are touring to support 2008’s Continent, which debuted at #107 on the Billboard 200.
The band took home this year’s MySpace Readers’ Choice Award at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. The album was produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall).
The Acacia Strain on the Summer Slob tour:
July 17th - Doylestown, PA – Doylestown Moose Lodge
July 18th - Wilmington, DE – Harmony Grange
July 19th - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
July 21st - Mt. Clemens, MI - Hayloft
July 22nd - Evansville, IN – Boney Junes
July 23rd - Iowa City, IA – The Picador
July 24th - Orlando Park, IL – Moejoe’s Coffee House
July 25th - Fort Wayne, IN – Sunset Hall
July 26th - Toledo, OH – Headliner’s
July 27th - Erie, PA – Forward Hall
July 28th - Albany, NY – Northern Lights
July 29th - Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
July 30th - Manchester, NH – Rockos
July 31st - Bucksport, ME – The Kave
Aug 1st - Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
SHADOW'S FAR NEWS / Tour , Shows, Merch... and a happy new year
Friday, December 31, 2004 7:36:14 PM
Pre Production for our upcoming release As Black Turns Red finished. Hell yeah
We will now enter the studio from middle July to August to record the tracks at Hedgehog Studio.
Mixing and mastering will be done by the mighty Mr. Andy Classen. i.e Legion of th Damned,
in early September. Be prepared for a kick ass production.... jiiihhaaa
- Distibution and Label
As Black Turns Red will be relased under the ndie Label Stonepath Records.
Fantastic News: Distribution worldwide trough Twilight Vertrieb and
trough Non Stop Music for the swiss market only !
THANKS TWILIGHT !!!
- Shadow's Far live Dates:
24.07.09 CH-Rüchenrock Open Air / Unterschächen Uri
21.11.09 CH-Vogelsang Club / 10 YEARS SHADOW'S FAR & RELEASE PARTY
28.11.09 CH-Creepers Club / >>
Next Show before CD Release Party: We'll play on 24th July on 23.45pm
We are looking for Shows in 2010 to promote our new Material , and kick some asses outthere !
If you want to book us just send a mail to : info@stonepath-records.ch
www.metalfest.ch
NEW CHTHONIC TRACK - "RISE OF THE SHADOWS" - AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE
Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:07:56 PM
For Immediate Release
June 25, 2009
CHTHONIC’S NEW TRACK - “RISE OF THE SHADOWS” - AVAILABLE NOW ON MYSPACE
MIRROR OF RETRIBUTION STREETS SEPTEMBER 1 IN THE US
“Rise of the Shadows”, a brand new track from ChthoniC’s latest full-length album Mirror of Retribution is now available for streaming on the Spinefarm UK MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/spinefarmrecordsuk, as well as ChthoniC’s official MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/chthonictw.
ChthoniC’s profile in MyeBook has gotten over 25,000 views in a very short time, and there is a live video of the band performing “Rise of the Shadows” currently on YouTube.
Mirror Of Retribution is set for a September 1 release in the US via Spinefarm Records. The record was produced and engineered by Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano. ChthoniC have also released an image from their album art called “Mountain of Blooming Blades.”
http://www.myspace.com/chthonictw
CLOSURE IN MOSCOW - "SWEET#HART" #1 SINGLE ON AUSTRALIA INDIE CHARTS
Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:49:40 PM
CLOSURE IN MOSCOW
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA'S NEWEST EXPORT HEAD OUT
ON FIRST FULL US TOUR NEXT MONTH
SINGLE "SWEET#HART" IS #1 ON
AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT RADIO CHARTS
SET JULY 29TH RELEASE DATE FOR JAPAN
JUN 25 - With the start of their first full US tour approaching, Closure In Moscow have just learned news of their first single, "Sweet#hart" currently positioned at #1 on the Australian Independent Records (AIR) Radio charts! "Sweet#hart" was also the #1 most played track on JJJ last week in their home turf of Australia. Closure In Moscow's First Temple debuted at #5 on the AIR charts; no small feat for the young band's first full-length. In the US, the praise is echoed with Alternative Press hailing "Calling this young Australian quintet 'talented' is a severe understatement, considering First Temple, Closure In Moscow's Equal Vision (and Northern Hemisphere) debut is jam-packed with prog verbosity," in their review of the album.
As Closure In Moscow continues their international streak, First Temple has been set for a July 29th release in Japan. The Japanese version of the album features an acoustic adaptation of "Sweet#hart" and remix of "I'm A Ghost Of Twilight" by Brian Southall (The Receiving End Of Sirens, Boys Night Out).
The quintet will be out with Emery and Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster from July 16th - September 3rd:
7/16 - Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
7/17 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
7/18 - Springfield, MO @ Remmingtons Downtown
7/20 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
7/22 - Henderson, NV @ Henderson Events Plaza
7/23 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew
7/24 - Modesto, CA @ Modesto Virtual
7/25 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
7/26 - Pomona, CA @ Glass House
7/27 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch
7/29 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
7/30 - Mission, TX @ Las Palmas Racepark
7/31 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
8/01 - Little Rock, AR @ The Village
8/03 - Pensacola, FL @ American Legion Hall
8/04 - Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theatre
8/05 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
8/06 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room
8/07 - Saint Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
8/08 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
8/10 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
8/11 - Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theatre
8/13 - Franklin, IN @ The Gear
8/14 - New Albany, IN @ Northside Christian Church
8/15 - South Bend, IN @ Underground Cafe
8/16 - Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall
8/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
8/18 - Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
8/20 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
8/21 - Portland, ME @ The Station
8/22 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
8/23 - Farmingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey
8/25 - Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
8/26 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
8/28 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
8/29 - Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar
8/30 - Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
9/01 - Columbia, SC @ Headliners Live
9/02 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
9/03 - Richmond, VA @ The National
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Metal Blade Records News & Tour Update 06/25/2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:34:47 PM
FUEL TV And Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Announce Mayhem Metal Madness Ultimate Contest!
FUEL TV, the 24/7 action sports lifestyle network, and Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival announce an exciting contest that will give a lucky fan and a guest an opportunity to join the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival for an exclusive three-day VIP experience!
The prize includes trip to Philadelphia where they will join the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and ride with the tour for three days, wielding official Mayhem VIP backstage passes. They also win a $500 shopping spree at Hot Topic with Metal Blade band, Job For A Cowboy, a Rockstar edition Ernie Ball Music Man guitar, and an ultimate Mayhem gift bag worth $250. On top of all the prizes they get to bring home, the winner also gets to meet every Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival band before flying home from Washington D.C. and they get to document their once in a lifetime experience in a blog to be featured on Revolver.com!
FUEL will also be featuring “Mayhem Monday” programming for the duration of the tour during The Daily Habit with exclusive interviews with the bands and a peek into what life is really like behind the scenes at the Summer's most extreme metal festival.
Mayhem Monday air dates will be July 20th and 27th and August 3rd and 10th, check www.FUEL.tv for local air times.
FUEL TV will be on site at each stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival handing out all kinds of great giveaways and blogging nightly about the tour antics and happenings. Make sure to check FUEL TV's Mayhem-dedicated website www.fuel.tv/mayhem for all the action and exclusive footage!
BEHEMOTH posts first single off of Evangelion
BEHEMOTH, who have set Evangelion as the title of the band's ninth hell-breaking opus, have just posted a brand new track and the first single off the band's August release on their official MySpace page. Head over to www.MySpace.com/Behemoth now to listen to the track "Ov Fire and the Void" off Evangelion and while you're there be sure to check out video footage of the band during the recording process as well as upcoming tour dates.
Evangelion was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs.
Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast.
In support of the band's 9th full-length studio album, Evangelion, BEHEMOTH will be touring on what is sure to be this summer's largest and most bone crushing metal festival; The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with mighty Slayer and Marilyn Manson as co-headliners. BEHEMOTH will be conquering the Hot Topic stage alongside label mates Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy and Whitechapel, on over 25 dates this summer so make sure to catch the masters of blackened death metal live when they come to a city near you.
Metal Blade Records announces the signing of Aeternam!
Canada's Aeternam has joined the Metal Blade roster!
Formed in 2007 in Quebec City, Aeternam has been preparing to unleash their very own brand of epic death metal upon the world. Combining classic death metal songwriting with epic melodic soloing and middle-eastern influences, Aeternam has fine-tuned its craft and made it into a perfect blend of brutality and melody. Their first studio release, Disciples of the Unseen, was produced by mastermind JeF Fortin (Neuraxis, The Last Felony). The album contains 10 tracks of pure intensity, crushing riffs, pounding bass lines and brutal growls paving the way for epic solos, acoustic melodies, ambient keyboards and large vocal harmonies. Fans of Behemoth, Nile and Melechesh will most certainly find something about this band to enjoy.
Aeternam comments: "We are very excited and proud to see our debut album come out on Metal Blade and what could be more fitting for us to be label mates with such bands as Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse. A lot of inspiration and work went into creating Disciples of the Unseen and we cannot wait to present it to the worldwide metal scene. We'll soon be on the road to promote the album and we can't wait to bring this monster to the stage."
“This is one of those rare bands that was an absolute no brainer for us to bring on board and has everyone at Metal Blade unanimously excited about the possibilities. The sheer amount of talent and creativity inherent in this band is refreshing. We look forward to working together on this and many future albums!” Metal Blade Records
Aeternam is:
Achraf Loudiy - Vocals & Guitar
Alex Loignon - Guitar
Jonas Lapointe - Bass & Vocals
Samuel Dubois - Keyboards
Antoine Guertin - Drums
Hail Of Bullets post cover art and audio preview of the “Warsaw Rising” EP!
Dutch death metallers, Hail Of Bullets, go to war again with Warsaw Rising, an EP featuring two brand new tracks, one cover and three live recordings!
The new songs are Liberators, a rumbling ode to one of the most magnificent bombers ever built, and the title track which tells the tragic tale of the bloody 1944 Warsaw uprising. A massive cover of the Twisted Sister classic, Destroyer, and 3 tracks from the Bullets' earth-shattering performance at last year's Party.San Open Air complete the searing sextet!
Warsaw Rising track listing:
1. Warsaw Rising
2. Liberators
3. Destroyer
4. Red Wolves Of Stalin *
5. Nachthexen *
6. The Crucial Offensive *
*live track
Check out a one-minute audio snippet of the title track, Warsaw Rising, at www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets. This will be available digitally only in the US. In Europe, it will be available in a strictly limited edition of 2,000 copies via various mail order companies only.
For you die hard death metal fans that absolutely need the limited digi-pak from Europe, you can pre-order the CD directly from Metal Blade Germany.
Lizzy Borden rocks the Kobetasonik Festival in Spain with last minute performance!
Lizzy Borden received a call last week to see if they would be able to play a festival in Spain with Motley Crue, Anthrax, Buckcherry and more! The band somehow made it happen! Read Lizzy Borden's post festival report below.
Lizzy Borden's post festival report:
“Wednesday morning I got a call asking if we wanted to play the Kobetasonik festival in Bilbao Spain On Saturday. I wasn't sure that we could do the show because my passport just expired the day before. I spent the whole day at the federal building on Thursday not knowing if they would renew my passport or not, they just kept saying we will do our best. I finally got it in my hands at 5:00 that night; we flew out for Spain the next morning. We arrived at the festival at around 4:00 in the afternoon on Saturday scheduled to play at 8:15 that night, only one problem, the airline lost all of our luggage. We finally tracked it down and they said they were flying it in and it would all be there in time for the show.
While we franticly waited for our luggage we watched Buckcherry, Papa Roach, and Anthrax - all really great shows!
With only minutes to spare our gear finally arrived. A quick line check, smear on some stage make-up and without any rehearsal at all hit the stage and belted out 65 minutes of American metal the Lizzy Borden way.
We all had a great time on stage, the audience in Bilbao Spain was screaming loud all the way through and in the end turned out to be a great surprise show for us and them. We met a lot of new friends backstage and with all of the bands being in the same building it turned out to be a really cool party. And at some point I think we dove into the Jagermeister (maybe a little too much) and wandered out in the audience to watch Motley cure. After a few minutes we got recognized and had a BIG party in the crowd with a lot of our new friends from Bilbao.
I want to thank everyone at the festival for treating us so well…we can't wait to come back, hopefully next time more than 2 days notice. Live forever, Lizzy Borden”
Lizzy Borden's latest album, Appointment With Death, is available now. You can see the video for Under Your Skin on mtv.com.
New song, “The River Under”, from celebrated San Diego prog rockers, Astra, posted online
San Diego based progressive rock band ASTRA has completed work on its hotly-anticipated debut album, entitled The Weirding. The record hits stores in North America today via Rise Above Records.
Originally formed in 2001 as SILVER SUNSHINE, ASTRA dubs its forward-thinking sound “freaked out prog rock”. As ambitious a unit as you will find, the quintet (Richard Vaughan [guitar, mellotron, echoplex, vocals], Conor Riley [mellotron, arp odyssey synth, organ, guitar, vocals], Stuart Sclater [bass], David Hurley [drums, percussion, flute, various noisemakers] and Brian Ellis [guitar, moog, vocals]) will unveil The Weirding as the musical introduction to its self-proclaimed sound. An eight song ‘Progressive Rock Concept Album', the record is intricate and thoughtful in both concept and execution yet neither forced nor pretentious. Beautifully surreal cover art by Arik Roper (High On Fire, SUNN O))), Boris) furthers the record's ever-evolving mood.
From the Mellotron-heavy title track to the ethereal strains of Broken Glass to the seventeen minute instrumental leviathan Ouroboros and through to album closer Beyond to Slight the Maze (“for the contemplation of eternal solitude”), ASTRA's The Weirding invokes a celestial ocean of wah wah waves crashing against a never ending shore of wonderment.
ASTRA's arsenal of sunward-reaching sonic harmonies, spiraling synth-laden melodies and art-rock uplift calls for comparisons to Amon Düül II, Can, Guru Guru, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and Yes. Already making a name for itself on the West Coast, ASTRA has shared the stage with such like-minded and diverse acts as Dungen, Earthless, Bigelf, Saint Etienne, The Black Keys and DMBQ.
The Weirding, like all great concept albums is initially rather vague in it's er, concept. As band founder Richard Vaughn explains; “The main themes are death, introspection and contemplating what lies beyond. It's about pondering the rapidly deteriorating state of the world today and trying to find an escape.”
The track listing for ASTRA's The Weirding is as follows:
1.) The Rising of the Black Sun (5:44)
2.) The Weirding (15:27)
3.) Silent Sleep (10:41)
4.) The River Under (8:41)
5.) Ouroborous (17:23)
6.) Broken Glass (3:45)
7.) The Dawning of Ophiuchus (5:29)
8.) Beyond to Slight the Maze (11:36)
“the missing link between Rubber Soul and Radiohead.” San Diego Reader
"soon-to-be-legendary…Are you ready for the SWOPP (Second Wave Of Psychedelic Prog)?" Classic Rock
"The Weirding' is a predominantly a series of melancholy, end-of-days numbers that have as much in common with Jethro Tull and 60s folk as they do Yes, King Crimson, and the Book of Revelations…unadulterated rock goodness" StonerRock.com
"During the late '90s, it seemed like prog rock had finally achieved extinction. But fast forward ten years later and the genre was thriving once more -- as evidenced by the arrival of such groups as ASTRA and their 2009 full-length debut, ‘The Weirding' (which includes some very Roger Dean-inspired cover artwork).
Unlike many other modern-day prog rock revivalists, ASTRA recall a day when the genre was more about creating sweeping mood shifts than mere mind-numbing instrumental acrobatics." AllMusic.com
Khann begins pre-production for sophomore BMA release!
Khann guitarist/vocalist, Andrew LaCour reveals that the band's long absence can be attributed to the fact that they have begun writing and pre-production for what will be their sophomore release with Black Market Activities. “Khann started pre-production for three new songs, drums are tracked.” Adding an intriguing twist, Andrew also announced the addition of a noise/auxiliary instrumentalist and a filmmaker to the band, guaranteeing that the new record will be anything but banal.
In September, Khann will break their self-imposed vow of silence to hit the road with Dark Castle, the culmination of this mini-tour being a rumored and still nameless festival in Little Rock, AR being organized by Rwake vocalist, C.T. Other confirmed acts include Zoroaster, Keelhaul, US Christmas and more.
For those of you who have been waiting patiently for the release of Khann's Anodynic Spheres video: you'll have to wait a little bit longer. After what LaCour calls “some issues” the video is in the final editing stages and will be ready for release soon.
Ed Gein's Aaron Jenkins recounts the events leading to his Shaun Luu Horror Fest bangover!
Aaron Jenkins, Ed Gein bassist/vocalist nearly recovered from his metal induced stupor, took a moment to recap the band's show in a long time at last weekend's Shaun Luu Horror Fest and Ed Gein's plans for the immediate future:
“I have the worst bangover ever. This weekend was amazing from start to finish. I think I speak for all of us in Ed Gein when I say it's good to be back! I had an absolute blast despite having a wicked sore throat for a few days and having my voice pretty much go to hell in the first song. Thank you all for the warm welcome back. It was like playing our first show... We were all nervous as hell. But it was also like riding a bike. We're planning to record an EP of songs we wrote two years ago before we decided to take some time off. I'm not exactly sure when we'll be getting in the studio. Jocko at More Sound is always booked way ahead so it'll probably be sometime this fall or early winter. After that we plan to write some more new songs and maybe play a few shows around our area. We have no plans to tour for quite some time, if at all... We don't even have a van at this point. I'll keep everyone updated on things as they come along.
Thanks to anyone who still cares what we're up to!”
Read Aaron's thoughts and experiences with Shaun Luu and the importance of raising money for a cause only on the BMA Blog.
http://www.blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com.
Win 2 tickets to a Mayhem Festival tour date near you on Metalettes.com
Go to Metalettes.com and enter to win 2 tickets to the Mayhem Festival featuring CANNIBAL CORPSE, SLAYER, and many other killer bands. This contest is provided by Metalblade Records and Metalettes.com, "The Maidens of Metal". On Metalettes.com you will also find Metalette image galleries, featured bands (CANNIBAL CORPSE is the first!), a forum, and other exciting metal related content.
LATEST INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS:
As I Lay Dying interview on insideheavy.com
Astra The Weirding review on puregrainaudio.com
Behemoth live photos on metalfanatix.com
Believer and Woe Of Tyrants interviews on metalkast.com
The Black Dahlia Murder Majesty DVD review on cosmosgaming.com
Cattle Decapitation interview on examiner.com
Cattle Decapitation interview on thepulsemag.com
Darkness Dynamite The Astonishing Fury Of Mankind review on examiner.com
Eryn Non Dae. Hydra Lernaia review on allmusic.com
Firebird Grand Union review on puregrainaudio.com
Firebird Grand Union review on frantikmag.com
Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of God review on smnnews.com
Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of God review on bringonmixedreviews.com
Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of God review on hookinmouth.net
Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of God review on x-plosiveentertainment.com
Goatwhore Carving Out The Eyes Of God review on metalreview.com
Goatwhore interview on metalinsider.net
God Dethroned Passiondale review on bravewords.com
God Dethroned interview on premonitionsofdeath.net
Molotov Solution The Harbinger review on about.com
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Molotov Solution The Harbinger review on bringonmixedreviews.com
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Starring Janet Leigh Spectrum review on metal-observer.com
Starring Janet Leigh interview on smnnews.com
Starring Janet Leigh interview on fazermagazine.ca
Unearth and Lazarus A.D. show review on concertconfessions.com
Unearth live photos on audiofrequency.net
METAL BLADE PODCASTS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
May 2009 - Believer / God Dethroned Podcast
April 2009 - Psyopus / Lazarus A.D. Podcast
February 2009 - Cattle Decapitation / Woe Of Tyrants Podcast
January 2009 - Cannibal Corpse Podcast
December 2008 - Six Feet Under Podcast
November 2008 - Bison b.c. / Overcast Podcast
October 2008 - Unearth Podcast
September 2008 - Amon Amarth Podcast
June 2008 - Whitechapel Podcast
May 2008 - Shai Hulud Podcast
April 2008 - Soilent Green Podcast
March 2008 - Fate / Epicurean Podcast
February 2008 - Hate Eternal Podcast
January 2008 - Lizzy Borden / Brain Drill Podcast
November 2007 - Evergreen Terrace Podcast
October 2007 - Demiricous Podcast
September 2007 - The Black Dahlia Murder Podcast
August 2007 - As I Lay Dying Podcast
July 2007 - The Red Chord Podcast
June 2007 - King Diamond Podcast
May 2007 - Job For A Cowboy / Autumn Special Podcast
April 2007 - Six Feet Under Podcast
NEW MP3's CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Job For A Cowboy - Ruination - Unfurling A Darkened Gospel
Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God - Apocalyptic Havoc
The Crimson Armada - Guardians - The Serpents Tongue
Eryn Non Dae. - Hydra Lernaia - When Time Elapses
As You Drown - Reflection - Ruins And Dead Ends
Molotov Solution - The Harbinger - Living Proof
Darkness Dynamite - The Astonishing Fury Of Mankind - Vice
Neaera - Omnicide-Creation Unleashed - I Loathe
Lay Down Rotten - Gospel Of The Wretched - He Who Sows Hate
Starring Janet Leigh - Spectrum - Noire
God Dethroned - Passiondale - Under A Darkening Sky
Believer - Gabriel - Focused Lethality
Razor Of Occam - Homage To Martyrs - Altar Of Corruption
Malefice - Dawn Of Reprisal - Abandon Hope
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague - Evisceration Plague
Into The Moat - The Campaign - From 1000 Meters…
Lazarus A.D. - The Onslaught - Thou Shall Not Fear
This Ending - Dead Harvest - Parasites
Psyopus - Odd Senses - The Burning Halo
Autumn - Altitude - Skydancer
Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor - A Body Farm
Rose Funeral - The Resting Sonata - Created To Kill
Woe Of Tyrants - Kingdom Of Might - Break The Fangs Of The Wicked
METAL BLADE RELEASE SCHEDULE
(Updates in BOLD)
March 31 - Primordial - Imrama - CD/DVD
April 14 - Trigger The Bloodshed - The Great Depression - CD
April 14 - As I Lay Dying - This Is Who We Are - 3DVD
April 28 - God Dethroned - Passiondale - CD
May 12 - Starring Janet Leigh - Spectrum (Ironclad Recordings) - CD
May 12 - Lay Down Rotten - Gospel Of The Wretched - Digital
May 12 - The Black Dahlia Murder - Majesty - 2 DVD
May 26 - Amon Amarth - The Avenger (Reissue) - 2 CD
May 26 - Neaera - Omnicide-Creation Unleashed - CD
June 9 - Darkness Dynamite - The Astonishing Fury Of Mankind - CD
June 9 - Molotov Solution - The Harbinger - CD
June 23 - Eryn Non Dae. - Hydra Lernaia - CD
June 23 - Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God - CD
June 23 - Firebird - Grand Union - CD
June 23 - Astra - The Weirding - CD
July 07 - As You Drown - Reflection - CD
July 07 - The Crimson Armada - Guardians - CD
July 07 - Job For A Cowboy - Ruination - CD
METAL BLADE TELEVISION NEWS
MUSIC CHOICE'S LAST RITES
Metal Maniacs presents Last Rites delivers 60 minutes of extreme metal every Monday and Thursday at 11pm ET on Music Choice Metal. Dedicated exclusively to death, thrash, and black metal, Last Rites will rend the flesh of non-believers with the true fury of metal and will return week after week with an uncensored, commercial-free killing spree. Tune in every Monday to hear the latest underground metal tracks alongside a battery of forgotten treasures and your favorite classics. Only on Music Choice Metal. For more information to http://www.musicchoice.com/lr
MUSIC CHOICE ON DEMAND
Don't want to wait to see videos by your favorite Metal Blade artist? Then check them out now on Music Choice On Demand! Now available on Music Choice On Demand are videos by bands like As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Unearth, Amon Amarth, The Red Chord, Goatwhore, Cannibal Corpse, Soilent Green, Job for a Cowboy and many more! Music Choice On Demand also features exclusive interviews, studio performances, and concerts. Music Choice On Demand is available through most digital cable providers.
METAL BLADE VIDEOS ON YAHOO
Head to Yahoo! Music's video page to check out videos from Unearth, 3, King Diamond, Six Feet Under, Autumn, Whitechapel, As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Hate Eternal, and Cattle Decapitation!
Classic Uranium episodes now on joost.com!
Miss an episode of Uranium on Fuse On Demand? Want to see some of the classic Uranium episodes from the Fuse archives? Fuse TV is proud to announce the launch of the new Uranium channel which is now available on Joost.com for free.
http://www.joost.com/37bship/t/Uranium-Fuse
Metalheads will continue to delight in platinum-worthy servings of the most in-your-face show on music television! Prepare to be assaulted by the most brutal music you'll ever hear. Check out recent interviews with some of the biggest names in metal like Megadeth, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, The Sword, Testament as well as some of the classic episodes like Uranium: Tribute to Dimebag Darrell and the Uranium: Lamb of God BBQ. Be on the lookout because Fuse will also be adding new episodes every week. Don't miss out! Head over to www.Joost.com and sign up for free!
Metal Blade Artist Interviews on FUSE on Demand!
Running throughout the month of July check out interviews from Unearth and Hate Eternal on Fuse on Demand! See Unearth talk about their latest album, touring, and bus shenanigans, while Hate Eternal discusses the inspiration for their album "Fury and Flames," how tragedy effected the band and the difficulties of self producing an album.
Also check out Amon Amarth's new video "Guardians of Asgaard" featuring LG Petrov from Entombed, the newest video from As I Lay Dying "I Never Wanted" and Lizzy Borden's "Under Your Skin".
How to find Fuse On Demand:
COMCAST: Scroll through the “On Demand” services, click on “music” and then choose “Fuse”
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FIREBIRD - Grand Union
FMQB's Metal Detector: #9 Added, #73 Debut
ASTRA - The Weirding
FMQB's Metal Detector: #10 Added, #86 Debut
UPCOMING ADD DATES
06/30 - JOB FOR A COWBOY - Ruination
07/07 - THE CRIMSON ARMADA - Guardians
07/07 - AS YOU DROWN - Reflection
07/14 - MOSS - Tombs of Blind
07/14 - CHURCH OF MISERY - Houses of the Unholy
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METAL BLADE TOUR UPDATE:
AS I LAY DYING
07/18 Willmar, MN Willmar Civic Center Sonshine Festival 2009
07/31 Gilford, NH Gunstock Mt. Resort Soulfest 2009
08/22 Camas, WA Lacamas Conference Center Tom Festival 2009
UNEARTH
Tour w/ For The Fallen Dreams, Woe Of Tyrants, Starring Janet Leigh
07/10 Bucksport, ME The Kave
07/11 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
07/12 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
07/13 Farmingdale, NY The Crazy Donkey
07/14 Toledo, OH Frankies
07/15 Evansville, IN Boney Junes
07/16 Columbus, OH The Basement
07/17 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
07/18 Providence, RI Club Hell
CANNIBAL CORPSE
07/07 Farmington, NM Gators Bar And Grill
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Louisville, KY InnPlace Hotel & Conference Center not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Whitechapel
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
BEHEMOTH
Summer Slaughter Tour
w/ Necrophagist, Suffocation, Ensiferum, Darkest Hour and More
07/05 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/06 Calgary, AB The Whiskey
07/07 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater not part of tour
w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre not part of tour
w/ Trivium, God Forbid
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/30 London, ON London Music Hall not part of tour w/ God Forbid
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
JOB FOR A COWBOY
07/07 Ventura, CA Megasound Studios
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/16 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Whitechapel
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Nashville, TN Rocketown not part of tour
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/27 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, Whitechapel
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/05 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, Whitechapel
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, God Forbid
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/27 Covington, KY The Mad Hatter not part of tour
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Tour w/ Slipknot, Anthrax
08/23 Kennewick, WA Toyota Center
08/25 Great Falls, MT Four Seasons Arena
08/26 Billings, MT MetraPark Arena
08/28 Boise, ID Qwest Arena
08/29 Salt Lake City, UT The “E” Center Of West Valley
09/01 Casper, WY Casper Event Center Arena
09/03 Fargo, ND Fargodome
09/04 Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center
09/05 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
Tour w/ Children Of Bodom, Skeletonwitch
09/19 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
09/20 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
09/22 Quebec City, QC Theatre Capitole
09/23 Montreal, QC Metropolis
09/25 Kitchener, ON Elements Night Club
09/26 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
09/28 Minneapolis, MN Epic
09/30 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
10/01 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
10/02 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
10/03 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
10/05 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
WHITECHAPEL
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/16 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Job For A Cowboy
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Louisville, KY InnPlace Hotel & Conference Center not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Cannibal Corpse
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/27 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, Job For A Cowboy
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/05 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, Job For A Cowboy
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE
07/18 Willmar, MN Willmar Civic Center Sonshine Festival
Tour w/ Children Of Bodom, Skeletonwitch
10/09 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
10/11 Pomona, CA Glasshouse no Skeletonwitch w/ Holy Grail
10/12 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
GOATWHORE
Tour w/ Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S
07/05 Regina, SK Exchange
07/06 Saskatoon, SK Walkers
07/07 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
07/08 Calgary, AB The Underground
07/10 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
07/11 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore
07/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon
07/13 Portland, OR Satyricon
07/14 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
07/15 West Hollywood, CA Whiskey
07/16 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
07/17 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/18 Farmington, NM Gators Bar Grill
07/19 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/20 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
07/21 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/22 Danville, VA Plan B
07/23 New York, NY The Blender Theatre
07/24 West Springfield, VA Jaxx Nightclub
07/25 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
07/26 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques
07/27 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
07/28 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
07/29 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
07/30 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
07/31 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
08/01 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
08/02 Edelstein, IL The Hub
08/03 Tulsa, OK Marquee
08/04 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
08/05 Houston, TX Scout Bar
08/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
08/07 Ft Worth, TX Lola's
08/08 Austin, TX Red 7
08/09 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
Tour w/ Obituary, Krisiun,The Berzerker, Warbringer
09/03 Tucson, AZ The Rock
09/04 Mesa, AZ U.B.'s Bar
09/05 Farmington, NM Gator's
09/06 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
09/08 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
09/09 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
09/10 San Francisco, CA Slims
09/11 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
09/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon
09/14 Victoria, BC Sugar
09/15 Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
09/16 Prince George, BC Roll-A-Dome
09/17 Calgary, AB Warehouse
09/18 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
09/19 Regina, SK The Riddell
09/20 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
09/21 St. Paul, MN Station 4
09/22 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
09/23 Mokena, IL Pearl Room
09/24 Cleveland, OH Pirates Cove
09/25 Toronto, ON Opera House
09/26 Quebec City, QC Imperial
09/27 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques
09/28 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theatre
09/29 New York, NY Blender Theatre at Gramercy
09/30 Worcester, MA Palladium
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
10/02 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
10/03 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
10/04 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
10/05 Nashville, TN The Muse
10/06 Sauget, IL Pop’s
10/07 Ft. Worth, TX Lola’s
10/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
EVERGREEN TERRACE
Tour w/ The Acacia Strain, Cruel Hand, Unholy
07/17 Doylestown, PA Doylestown Moose Lodge w/ A Life Once Lost
07/18 Wilmington, DE Harmony Grange Hall
07/19 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
07/21 Mt. Clemens, MI Hayloft
07/22 Evansville, IN Boney Junes
07/23 Iowa City, IA The Picador
07/25 Fort Wayne, IN Sunset Hall
07/26 Toledo, OH Headliners
07/27 Erie, PA Forward Hall
07/28 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
07/30 Manchester, NH Rocko’s
07/31 Bucksport, ME The Kave
08/01 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
SHAI HULUD
The American Misanthropy Tour
Tour w/ Reign Supreme, The Carrier
07/17 Bucksport, ME The Kave
07/18 Haverhill, MA Anchors Up
07/19 Holyoke, MA Waterfront Tavern
07/20 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
07/21 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
07/22 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
07/23 Erie, PA Forward Hall
07/24 Blairsville, PA The Corner Pocket
07/25 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
07/26 Indianapolis, IN Studio 8
07/27 Wichita, KS Eagles Lodge
07/28 Denver, CO Marquee
07/30 Los Gatos, CA The Venue
07/31 Oxnard, CA Sound & Fury
08/01 Oxnard, CA Sound & Fury
08/02 Oxnard, CA Sound & Fury
08/03 Phoenix, AZ Phix Gallery
08/04 Albuquerque, NM The Compound
08/05 Dallas, TX The Max
08/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
08/07 New Orleans, LA The High Ground
08/08 Jacksonville, FL The Pit
08/09 Wilmington, NC Lucky's Pub
08/10 Annapolis, MD Knights of Columbus
08/11 Vineland, NJ Hangar 84
08/12 New York, NY Santos
GOD DETHRONED
Tour w/ Abigail Williams, Augury, Woe Of Tyrants
09/30 Tucson, AZ The Rock
10/01 Phoenix, AZ U.B.’s
10/02 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
10/03 San Marcus, CA Jumping Turtle
10/04 W. Hollywood, CA Key Club
10/05 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
10/06 Portland, OR Satyricon
10/07 Vancouver, BC Bourbon
10/08 Seattle, WA El Corazon
10/10 St Paul, MN Station 4
10/11 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
10/12 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
10/13 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
10/14 Montreal, QC Foufounes
10/15 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon
10/16 New York, NY Blender Theater
10/17 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/18 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
10/19 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
PSYOPUS
Tour /w Atheist, The Faceless, The Agonist, Gnostic
07/08 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
07/09 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
07/10 Springfield, VA Jaxx
07/11 Allentown, PA The Sterling Hotel
07/12 New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club
07/13 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
07/14 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
07/15 Nashville, TN The Muse
BISON b.c.
Baptized In Beer
Tour w/ Lazarus A.D., Barnburner
07/08 Vancouver, BC Biltmore no Barnburner w/ Bogus Tokus
07/09 Kelowna, BC Habitat
07/10 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/11 Calgary, AB Dickens
07/13 Banff, AB Wild Bills
07/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigo’s
07/15 Regina, SK The Exchange
07/16 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Hotel
Tour w/ Lazarus A.D.
07/17 St. Paul, MN Triple Rock
07/18 Mokena, IL Pearl Room
07/19 Sandusky, OH Underground
Tour w/ Lazarus A.D., Woe Of Tyrants
07/21 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
07/22 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/23 Jackson, MS Club Fire
07/24 Fayetteville, AR The Gypsy
07/25 Amarillo, TX War Legion Underground
07/26 Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
07/27 Window Rock, AZ Day Customs
07/28 Tempe, AZ Club 910
07/29 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/30 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
07/31 San Jose, CA VooDoo Lounge
08/01 Portland, OR Ash St Saloon
08/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
LAZARUS A.D.
Baptized In Beer
Tour w/ Bison b.c., Barnburner
07/08 Vancouver, BC Biltmore no Barnburner w/ Bogus Tokus
07/09 Kelowna, BC Habitat
07/10 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/11 Calgary, AB Dickens
07/13 Banff, AB Wild Bills
07/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigo’s
07/15 Regina, SK The Exchange
07/16 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Hotel
Tour w/ Bison b.c.
07/17 St. Paul, MN Triple Rock
07/18 Mokena, IL Pearl Room
07/19 Sandusky, OH Underground
Bison b.c., Woe Of Tyrants
07/21 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
07/22 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/23 Jackson, MS Club Fire
07/24 Fayetteville, AR The Gypsy
07/25 Amarillo, TX War Legion Underground
07/26 Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
07/27 Window Rock, AZ Day Customs
07/28 Tempe, AZ Club 910
07/29 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/30 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
07/31 San Jose, CA VooDoo Lounge
08/01 Portland, OR Ash St Saloon
08/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
EPICUREAN
Tour w/ Edguy, Luna Mortis
09/03 Louisville, KY Bulldog Café
09/04 Detroit, MI I-Rock
09/05 Toronto, ON Opera House
09/06 Montreal, QC Club Soda
09/07 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
09/08 Cambridge, MA Middle East
09/09 New York, NY The Blender Theatre
09/10 Virginia Beach, VA The Half Shell
09/11 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
09/12 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
09/13 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
09/14 Milwaukee, WI Rave
09/15 St. Paul, MN Station 4
09/16 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
09/17 Regina, SK The Riddell
09/19 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
09/20 Calgary, AB Warehouse
09/21 Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
09/23 Victoria, BC Sugar
09/24 Seattle, WA El Corazon
09/25 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
09/26 Reno, NV Tonic Lounge
09/27 San Francisco, CA Slims
09/28 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
09/29 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
09/30 Mesa, AZ UB's Bar
10/01 Las Vegas, NV Four Aces
WOE OF TYRANTS
Tour w/ Unearth, For The Fallen Dreams, Starring Janet Leigh
07/10 Bucksport, ME The Kave
07/11 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
07/12 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
07/13 Farmingdale, NY The Crazy Donkey
07/14 Toledo, OH Frankies
07/15 Evansville, IN Boney Junes
07/16 Columbus, OH The Basement
07/17 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
07/18 Providence, RI Club Hell
Baptized In Beer
Tour w/ Bison b.c., Lazarus A.D.
07/21 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
07/22 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/23 Jackson, MS Club Fire
07/24 Fayetteville, AR The Gypsy
07/25 Amarillo, TX War Legion Underground
07/26 Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
07/27 Window Rock, AZ Day Customs
07/28 Tempe, AZ Club 910
07/29 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/30 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
07/31 San Jose, CA VooDoo Lounge
08/01 Portland, OR Ash St Saloon
08/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Tour w/ God Dethroned, Abigail Williams, Augury
09/30 Tucson, AZ The Rock
10/01 Phoenix, AZ U.B.’s
10/02 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
10/03 San Marcus, CA Jumping Turtle
10/04 W. Hollywood, CA Key Club
10/05 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
10/06 Portland, OR Satyricon
10/08 Seattle, WA El Corazon
10/10 St Paul, MN Station 4
10/11 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
10/12 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
10/15 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon
10/16 New York, NY Blender Theater
10/17 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/18 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
10/19 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/20 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
End Tour
10/23 New York, NY Bowery Poetry Club Heavy Hitter Showcase
ROSE FUNERAL
07/19 Albany, NY Bogies
07/20 Gibbstown, NJ The SMMC
Tour w/ Wretched
07/22 Rochester, PA Blue Violet Cafe
07/23 Binghamton, NY TBA
07/24 Rochester, NY TBA
07/25 Manchester, NH Rockos
07/26 Brooklyn, NY The Tanger Hillel Hall
07/27 Fredricksburg, VA Gold Money Tattoo
07/29 Lakewood, OH Phantasy
Cryptopsy, Knights Of The Abyss, Salt The Wound
09/12 Allentown, PA The Sterling Hotel
09/13 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
09/14 Orland Park, IL Mojoe's
09/15 Nashville, TN The Muse
09/16 Covington, KY Mad Hatter
09/17 Detroit, MI Blondie's
09/18 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
09/19 New York, NY The Studio at Webster Hall
End Tour
09/20 Trenton, NJ Championship Bar And Grill
MOLOTOV SOLUTION
Tour w/ Carnifex, Impending Doom, Miss May I, Conducting From The Grave
07/05 Montreal, QC Underworld
07/06 Holyoke, MA Waterfront
07/07 Clinton, NJ The Aquifer Music Venue
07/08 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
07/09 Davidsonville, MD Riva Trace
07/10 Raleigh, NC The Brewery
07/11 Fayetteville, NC Jester’s Pub
07/12 Montgomery, AL Off The Wagon
07/13 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
07/14 Little Rock, AR Juanitas
07/15 Joplin, MO The Foundry
07/16 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
07/17 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
07/18 Salt Lake City, UT Studio 600
07/19 Boise, ID The Venue
07/20 Spokane, WA The BLVD
07/21 Portland, OR Satyricon
07/22 Roseburg, OR Riversdale Grange
07/23 Sacramento, CA The Boardwalk
07/24 Las Vegas, NV The Farm
07/25 San Diego, CA EpiCentre
THE CRIMSON ARMADA
CD Release Shows
07/17 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall w/ I Am Abomination
07/18 Sidney, OH 4th Ave Music Hall
Tour w/ Within The Ruins, We Are The End
07/23 Spencerport, NY The Jukebox
07/25 Shamokin, PA Tuesday Tunes
07/27 Hazel Park, MI The Rec
07/30 Mokena, IL The Soundlab
07/31 Milwaukee, WI The Mirimar Theatre
08/01 Buffalo, MN The Vault
08/02 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
08/03 Riverton, WY F.O.E
08/04 Great Falls, MN Times Square
08/07 Olympia, WA The Big Room
08/09 Portland, OR Satyricon
08/11 Fresno, CA Chinatown Youth Center
08/12 Palmdale, CA The Crossing
08/13 Canoga Park, CA The Cobalt Cafe
08/14 Whittier, CA The Green Turtle
08/15 Tempe, AZ The Sets
08/16 Las Cruces, NM Dream Center
08/17 San Antonio, TX The White Rabbit
08/18 Waco, TX Art Ambush
08/20 Wichita, KS Eagle's Lodge
08/22 Louisville, KY Bull Dog Café
08/26 Bradenton, FL Stage 64
08/27 Delray, FL Backbone Music
08/29 Pulaski, VA The Bardichheart Civic Center
08/30 Fredericksburg, VA Golden Monkey Tattoo
RAVAGE
08/02 Mexico, ME Mexico Recreation Park Mexico Metalfest
08/07 Buffalo, NY Club Diablo
08/10 Cleveland, OH Now That's Class
08/12 Canton, OH Sadie Rene's w/Mortifier, For Glory & Empire, 3S0
08/15 Kansas City, MO Riot Room w/ Seventh Calling KC Power Festival
08/22 Everett, MA The Metal Hall w/ Faith Factor, Seventh Calling
09/06 Worcester, MA Ralph's Diner CD Release Party
09/15 Atlanta, GA The Wells St. Warehouse
09/21 College Station, TX The Stafford
09/22 Austin, TX Red 7
09/26 Mesa, AZ UB's Bar w/ Rattlehead
10/01 San Jose, CA Voodoo Lounge w/ Kylesa
10/04 Seattle, WA El Corazon w/ Stratovarius
10/17 Bloomfield, NJ Iron and Steel Festival w/ Ross the Boss, Faith Factor
GALACTIC COWBOYS
08/13 Dallas, TX The Door
08/14 Austin, TX Stubb's
08/15 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
STARRING JANET LEIGH
Tour w/ Unearth, For The Fallen Dreams, Woe Of Tyrants
07/10 Bucksport, ME The Kave
07/11 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
07/12 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
07/13 Farmingdale, NY The Crazy Donkey
07/14 Toledo, OH Frankies
07/15 Evansville, IN Boney Junes
07/16 Columbus, OH The Basement
07/17 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
07/18 Providence, RI Club Hell
European Tour Dates
AMON AMARTH
07/05 Tolmin, SI Metalcamp
07/06 Belgrad, RS SKC
07/07 Pecs, HU Rockmaraton
07/18 Spital, AT Kaltenbach Open Air
07/19 Istanbul, TR Unirock Festival
07/24 Ostrava, CZ Unholy Festival
07/30 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
08/02 Korso, FI Ankarock
08/14 Dinkelsbuhl, DE Summer Breeze
08/16 Derby, UK Catton Hall Bloodstock Open Air
08/21 Loreley, DE Rock Area Festival
08/22 Fetesti, RO Rock City Open Air
10/22 Cardiff, UK Souls
10/23 Belfast, UK Spring & Airbrake
10/24 Dublin, IE Academy
10/26 Nottingham, UK Rock City
10/27 Norwich, UK Waterfront
10/28 Wolverhampton, UK Wulfrun Hall
10/29 Newcastle, UK Northumbria University
10/30 Glasgow, UK Garage
10/31 Manchester, UK Academy 2
11/01 London, UK Koko
UNEARTH
Tour w/ Chimaira, Throwdown, Daath
09/15 Biebob, BE Vosselaar
09/16 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
09/17 Kopenhagen, DK Pumpenhuset
09/18 Oslo, NO Betong
09/19 Gothenburg, SE Brew House
09/20 Stockholm, SE Klubben
09/22 Helsinki, FI Nostori
09/23 Tallinn, EE Rock Cafe
09/24 Riga, LV Meina Piektdiena
09/25 Warsaw, PL Progresia
09/26 Berlin, DE Colulmbia Club
09/27 Vienna, AT Szene
09/29 Frankfurt, DE Batschkapp
09/30 Osnabruck, DE N8
10/01 Praha, CS Abadon
10/02 Budapest, HU Diesel
10/03 Munchen, DE Backstage
10/04 Bologna, IT Estragon
10/06 Paris, FR Locomotive
10/07 Limonges, FR Espace de L'Ecluse
10/08 Pratteln, CS Z7
10/09 Koln, DE Essigfabrik
10/10 Metz, FR Tattoo Fest
10/11 Rotterdam, NL Watt
10/12 London, UK Electric Ballroom
CANNIBAL CORPSE
Tour w/ Dying Fetus, Evocation, Obscura
10/02 Oberhausen, DE Death Feast Ultimate
10/03 Lichtenfels, DE Way Of Darkness Festival
10/04 Pratteln, CH Z7
10/05 Saarbrücken, DE Garage
10/06 Vosselaar, BE Biebob
10/07 Paris, FR La Locomotive
10/09 Barcelona, ES Razzmatazz 2
10/10 Madrid, ES Heineken
10/11 Bilbao, ES Rock Star
10/12 Lyon, FR Transbordeur
10/13 Milan, IT Alcatraz
10/14 Rome, IT Alpheus
10/16 Athens, GR Gagarin 205
10/17 Thessaloniki, GR Principal Club Theatre
10/18 Belgrade, RS SKC
10/19 Bratislava, SK DK Dubravka
10/20 Cracow, PL Studio
10/21 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
10/23 München, DE Backstage
10/24 Linz, AT Posthof
10/25 Ludwigsburg, DE Rockfabrik
10/26 Dordrecht, NL Bibelot
10/27 Zwolle, NL Hedon
Tour w/ Dying Fetus, Trigger The Bloodshed, Annotations Of An Autopsy
10/28 Colchester, UK Arts Centre
10/29 London, UK Koko
10/30 Sheffield, UK Corporation
10/31 Glasgow, UK ABC
11/01 Leamington Spa, UK Assembly
THE RED CHORD
07/05 Yeovil, UK Orange
07/06 Manchester, UK Music Box
07/07 Sheffield, UK Corporation
07/08 London, UK Underworld
07/09 Bristol, UK Croft
07/17 Dour, BE Dour Festival
BEHEMOTH
Tour w/ Devil Driver, Suicide Silence, Trigger The Bloodshed, Malefice
10/16 London, UK The Garage
10/17 London, UK The Garage
MALEFICE
07/05 Southsea, UK Wedgewood Rooms
09/12 Petersfield, UK ButserFest
Tour w/ Devil Driver, Behemoth, Suicide Silence, Trigger The Bloodshed
10/16 London, UK The Garage
10/17 London, UK The Garage
FALCONER
07/17 London, UK Underworld
BRAINSTORM
09/27 Dudley, UK J.B's Metalfest
THE ROTTED
07/31 Tauton, UK Perfect 5th Metalfest
TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED
Tour w/ Devil Driver, Behemoth, Suicide Silence, Malefice
10/16 London, UK The Garage
10/17 London, UK The Garage
Tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Annotations Of An Autopsy
10/28 Colchester, UK Arts Centre
10/29 London, UK Koko
10/30 Sheffield, UK Corporation
10/31 Glasgow, UK ABC
11/01 Leamington Spa, UK Assembly
Australian Tour Dates:
CANNIBAL CORPSE
09/07 Auckland, NZ Transmission Room
09/08 Christchurch, NZ The Bedford
09/10 Perth, AU Capitol
09/11 Adelaide, AU Fowlers Live
09/12 Sydney, AU The Roundhouse
09/13 Brisbane, AU The HiFi
09/15 Melbourne, AU Billboard The Venue
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The Loreley: A festival site unlike any other in the world
Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:05:39 PM
- Travel information: To the Loreley by car, train or plane
The Loreley Open-Air Theatre lies on a mighty plateau not far from the top of the Loreley rock (133 metres high). It is not only surrounded by myths and legends, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Due to its unique natural acoustics and architectural style, it is also one of the most legendary open-air venues anywhere. It was GENESIS that started the rock festival tradition in 1976. The years that followed saw all the international icons of pop and rock performing in the theatre. Immortal festivals such as the Bizarre Festival and the Summer Jam premiered at the Loreley. And now the story continues with the Magic Circle Festival 2009.
IN GERMAN:
Die Loreley: Weltweit einzigartiges Festival-Gelände
Auf dem mächtigen Plateau, nicht weit entfernt von der Felsspitze des Loreley-Felsens (133 Meter hoch), liegt die Freilichtbühne Loreley. Sie ist nicht nur sagenumwoben und UNESCO Weltkulturerbe, sondern wegen der einzigartigen natürlichen Akustik und ihrer Bauweise eine der legendärsten Open-Air-Locations überhaupt. 1976 fand mit GENESIS die Rock-Festival-Tradition ihren Anfang. Es folgten in den Jahren darauf sämtliche internationale Größen des Pop- und Rockbereichs. Legendäre Festivals wie das Bizarre und das Summer Jam feierten ihre Premiere auf dem Plateau der Loreley. Jetzt geht die Geschichte weiter mit dem Magic Circle Festival 2009.
Travel information: To the Loreley by car, train or plane
The legendary Loreley Open-Air Theatre is in St. Goarshausen (postcode: 56346), Germany. Whether you're coming from the north, south, east or west, if you're travelling by car you'll find all the directions and a route planner here. If you're travelling by train you should get off at the "Sankt Goarshausen" train station and then take the bus to the festival site.
You'll find information on train connections here at the "Deutsche Bahn" (German Rail). If you want to fly to the Magic Circle Festival, there are four airports within a radius of 150 kilometres: Frankfurt-Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne-Bonn and Mannheim.
IN GERMAN:
Anreise-Infos: Zur Loreley mit Auto, Bahn oder Flugzeug
Die legendäre Freilichtbühne Loreley liegt in 56346 St. Goarshausen. Ob Nord, Süd, Ost oder West: Wer mit dem Auto anreist findet hier alle Anreiseinfos und Routenplaner. Wer mit dem Zug kommt, steigt am Bahnhof Sankt Goarshausen aus. Von hier aus geht's mit dem Bus weiter zum Festivalgelände. Infos über Zug-Verbindungen gibt es hier bei der Deutschen Bahn. Wer zum Magic Circle Festival fliegen will findet mit Frankfurt-Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, Köln-Bonn und Mannheim vier Flughäfen im Radius von 150 Kilometern.
- Ultimate Tour Passes Not Available For Show in Romania
Due to logistical reasons, the previously announced Ultimate Tour Pass will not be available for the MANOWAR show in Romania. We apologize for any inconvenience. Regardless, we hope to see you at B'estfest Aftershock in Bucharest where we will rock Romania like it has never been rocked before!
Healthcare, recounting shitty experiences and gun-slinging Southern Republicans are only a few of the topics touched on in Lords’ recent video interview with Hardtimes.ca. Watch the full interview posted on the BMA blog:
http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com
If the cloudiness of the Bay Area wasn’t enough gloom for you Nor Cal residents, The Abominable Iron Sloth will play Café Coda in Chico, CA on June 26, contributing to the already systematically ominous June weather. Listen to classic Sloth tunes, and a snippet from the band’s upcoming Oct. 27 BMA debut on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/ironsloth
Orlando’s Khann is playing a hometown gig at Uncle Lou’s on June 30, with Repulicorpse, Time To Die, Fecal Ass and more. This will be an early show. Visit the band’s MySpace for more info:
http://www.myspace.com/khann
Paria explains what a “Paria” is in its recent interview with Thrash Magazine. Everything from the band’s inception to memorable moments with Psyopus is also revealed. Read the full interview:
http://www.thrashmag.com/interviews/content.aspx?id=4598
New releases! Soundtrack to the winter of our discontent!
9/15 – Lye By Mistake – “Fea Jur”
9/15 – The_Network – “The Bishop Kent Manning”
10/13 – Sweet Cobra – TBA
10/27 – The Abominable Iron Sloth – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Heaviness”
Calling all social media lurkers! Follow us, we don’t believe in restraining orders:
http://www.blackmarketactivities.com
http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities
http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com
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SHADOWS FALL NEW ALBUM INFORMATION UNLEASHED ON THE MASSES + COVER ART REVEALED
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:30:04 PM
For Immediate Release
June 24, 2009
SHADOWS FALL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM – “RETRIBUTION” – ON SELF-CREATED LABEL, EVERBLACK INDUSTRIES
NEW ALBUM ART, TRACK LISTING REVEALED
SHADOWS FALL are proud to announce Retribution as the title of their fifth full-length album, which is set for a September 15 street date. The album, a follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed Threads of Life, will be released on the band’s own label, Everblack Industries, which was created in conjunction with Warner Music Group’s ILG, Ferret Music, and ChannelZERO Entertainment. For more information on Everblack Industries, please visit www.everblackindustries.com. The blistering new album was produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Municipal Waste), with vocal production by Elvis Baskette (Incubus, Alter Bridge).
Singer Brian Fair commented on the band’s venture: “We learned everything from the ground up. We’ve gone through the independent metal world to the major label world, and have come to realize that, given the way things are now, it’s all about the band re-taking control of everything: music, business, ownership, publishing. Everything.”
Fans can now sign up for the SHADOWS FALL mailing list and street team at http://www.reverbnation.com/shadowsfall1. Exclusive downloads are now available for all members!
The New England melodic thrashers called on design company Sons of Nero (Unearth, Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon) for Retribution’s cover art.
Retribution track list:
The Path to Imminent Ruin
My Demise
Still I Rise
War
King Of Nothing
The Taste Of Fear
Embrace Annihilation
Picture Perfect
A Public Execution
Dead And Gone
“With each album we’ve gotten a little more confidence to really let all of our influences show,” Fair added. “We’re unapologetic about the old-school metal and the 80s influence, as well as the thrash and the melodic death metal. There’s really no holding back when it comes to our songwriting. Once the floodgates open, we go all the way.”
The result is Retribution - a collection of songs that showcase the versatility and vision of this band that only seems to get better over time.
www.myspace.com/shadowsfall
www.shadowsfall.com
SUFFOCATION Album Stream; VADER North American Tour + more!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:52:55 PM
NUCLEAR BLAST NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2009: PART 5
SUFFOCATION - ENTIRE ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING!
Currently conquering the United States on this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, New York-based extreme metal legends, SUFFOCATION have made their entire new album, Blood Oath, available for streaming exclusively on the bands MySpace Page for a limited time.
NB USA SHOP EXCLUSIVE - 'BLOOD RED' EDITION
(LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES)
Package Includes:
- Red Shirt w/ Black Art Print
-Autographed Poster
- Red Jewel Case Edition
(w/ Two Bonus Tracks not in Regular Edition)
- 5 Band Member Trading Cards
- Red Suffocation Bag
Red Jewel Case Track List:
01. Blood Oath
02. Dismal Dream
03. Pray For Forgiveness
04. Images Of Purgatory
05. Cataclysmic Purification
06. Mental Hemorrhage
07. Come Hell Or High Priest
08. Undeserving
09. Provoking The Disturbed
10. Marital Decimation
11. Blood Oath (instrumental version)
12. Cataclysmic Purification (rough mix unmastered)
NB USA SHOP EXCLUSIVE - SHIRT + CD PACKAGE DEAL
Package Includes:
- Black Shirt w/ Cover Print
- Regular Album CD Version
(w/ Two Bonus Tracks not on Blood Red edition)
Regular Version Track List:
01. Blood Oath
02. Dismal Dream
03. Pray For Forgiveness
04. Images Of Purgatory
05. Cataclysmic Purification
06. Mental Hemorrhage
07. Come Hell Or High Priest
08. Undeserving
09. Provoking The Disturbed
10. Marital Decimation
11. Pray For Forgiveness (instrumental version)
12. Dismal Dream (rough mix unmastered)
Look for SUFFOCATION on this years installment of the most important underground festival tour of the year, Summer Slaughter ’09! The last few batch of dates can be viewed on the Summer Slaughter MySpace Page.
VADER ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH...
Polish deathsters VADER will team up with California’s DECREPIT BIRTH, L.A.’s Warbringer, The Amenta from Australia, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. from Florida, and Montreal, Canada’s AUGURY for a 38-show “Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour” through North America beginning November 4th in Baltimore, Maryland.
For complete tour dates, please visit VADER's MySpace Page.
Pre-sale tickets for the Monsters Of Death Tour are available online at EnterTheVault.com through July 17th. On July 18th, tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
VADER guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek shares his thoughts on the upcoming trek:
“Metal always was and still needs to be a brotherhood.
All we were doing [in the past] to support the music and the scene was cooperating with other bands.
Natural selection decides if a band is really dedicated or if it's just an episode. Not much has changed today, actually.
Even if the so-called ‘metal music business’ changed some rules, there will still be those who play with passion and those who want success. It is not us who wanna be ‘a judge,’ so we always try to tour with bands we have a good relationship with. A good time and a friendly atmosphere is important for all of us.
I only hope that everybody will enjoy the tour and will come away with good lessons from it... like we in VADER always do.
Deciding on a set list is always a problem. With every new album, the problem grows bigger and bigger. I decide the set list and I'm always confused. Usually, I try to mix some of old VADER hits with new stuff.
The set might be different and depends on the conditions. For the upcoming tour through the USA and Canada, we're gonna make the set slightly different from our shows in Poland and Western Europe.
I also asked our fans about their favorite VADER songs. It may help me make a choice. I wish we could play all of our new songs, but it is not possible. I think we'll do 5 pieces from Necropolis and mix them in with some old VADER. The veterans and also the new ‘in-VADERs’ will find something interesting for sure! After the maniacs learn the new album better, we can always add more songs.”
VADER’s new album, Necropolis, will be released August 21, 2009 (Europe) and on September 22, 2009 (North America). Recorded at Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros., Tue Madsen mixed the album at Antfarm Studios in Denmark. Cover artwork is by Jacek Wisniewski.
Necropolis will be released in two formats: a regular jewel-case (11 tracks only) and a limited edition digi-pak with the following bonus tracks + bonus DVD:
01. Devilizer
02. Rise Of The Undead
03. Never Say My Name
04. Blast
05. The Seal
06. Dark Heart
07. Impure
08. Summoning The Futura
09. Anger
10. We Are Horde
11. When The Sun Drowns In Dark
Bonus Tracks:
12) Black Metal
(Venom cover with guest Bart Krysiuk (Hermh)
13) Fight Fire With Fire
(Metallica cover with guest Maciek Taff (Rootwater, Black River)
The Bonus DVD features a portion of a benefit show VADER performed at on April 26th in Krakow, Poland for Covan (DECAPITATED). The Studio Club show was recorded by five cameras and has HD quality courtesy of Inbornmedia Company from Wroclaw.
To Live!!! Bonus DVD Track List:
1) Crucified Ones
2) Black To The Blind
3) The Epitaph
4) Carnal
5) Wings
6) This Is The War
7) Lead Us!!!
SWASHBUCKLE - VIDEO GAME, E-CARD and ALBUM TRAILER: PART 2
The album is scheduled for release on July 24, 2009 (Europe) and August 11, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
SWASHBUCKLE has been added to this year's Paganfest Europe tour alongside KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASHED, ALESTORM, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and EX DEO, after recently completing the North American edition of Paganfest. The trek kicks off on September 11 in Munich, Germany and concludes on October 3 in Linz, Austria.
Commented the band: "Arrg, legendary metal music video director David Brodsky (KATAKLYSM, ARSIS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) by chance caught us pirates in the act of looting and pillaging a fine vessel along the seas of the Atlantic. With nary a chance of escape, David bartered passage to dry land in exchange for rendering a motion picture tale of our nautical pilferings."
EXODUS FEATURED IN JOHNNY ORLANDO VIDEO PODCAST
"The world's leading metal journalist," Johnny Orlando Jr., has released his first roundtable interview featuring EXODUS and KREATOR. The discussion is available as part of this week's episode of the UVTV Podcast, which also features promotional and and live videos of EXODUS and KREATOR.
Read an interview with Rob Dukes at TheGovernersBall.com
Read an interview with Tom Hunting at TheDailyRock.com and Away-Team.com
EX DEO - ANNOUNCE TOURING BASSIST FOR PAGANFEST EUROPE
EX DEO’s Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update regarding the upcoming PaganFest Europe tour:
“EX DEO have enlisted bassist Dano Apekian from Montreal, Quebec’s melodic death metal outfit ASHES OF EDEN. We knew that Francois Mongrain (MARTYR) couldn’t make it on some tours with EX DEO even before we asked him to perform on the album...we needed a person that could be there when called upon for touring. Dano has good stage experience and will serve Rome's conquest proudly!
I would also like to also dismiss any claim that EX DEO is part of any Christian based band or beliefs.
These are false allegations of people who have obviously not educated themselves with history. Rome was part of Polytheism beliefs, in other words, it was pagan, the belief in multiple gods, not Christianity until Emperor Constantine declared the Christian religion legal in Rome. That was the biggest mistake they ever made, it was the start of the fall of Rome and its ideals of free thinking, and for those who dismiss these things as something of the 'past,' well let me tell you that you live in the results of those past events and your way of thinking is based on it, and all the freedoms you take for granted. HAIL ROME!"
EX DEO unleashed their monster of a debut album, Romulus, to the world on June 19, 2009 (Europe) and will release it on June 30, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
Nergal (BEHEMOTH), Karl Sanders (NILE) and Obsidian C (KEEP OF KALESSIN) will make special guest appearances on, Romulus.
Nergal will appear in the song "Storm The Gates Of Alesia," singing a very famous Caesar quote; Sanders laid down a ripping solo in the song "The Final War (The Battle Of Actium)" which deals with Antony and Cleopatra's defiance of Octivian in Egypt, and Obsidian C lends a majestic and melodic solo to the track "Cruor Nostri Abbas."
Fans can start placing their orders for the T-SHIRT + CD package deal available exclusively at the Nuclear Blast America Web Shop only while supplies last!
EX DEO will make its live debut this September/October on the special edition of Europe's biggest pagan/folk metal tour, Paganfest (www.myspace.com/paganfest).
Co-headlining throughout will be Finland's KORPIKLAANI and Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. Additional support will come from Sweden's UNLEASHED, United Kingdom's ALESTORM and U.S.A's SWASHBUCKLE. Special appearances will be made by Finland's MOONSORROW and Norway's EINHERJER on select dates.
TESTAMENT - VIDEO INTERVIEW w/ FULL METAL JACKIE + HARDTIMES.CA
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick will make an appearance at the National Guitar Workshop between June 27 and July 2 in McLean, Virginia.
The National Guitar Workshop is dedicated to bringing the best in music education to guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, drummers and vocalists regardless of style of music or level of ability. The NGW acclaimed faculty and world-renowned guest artists, combined with highly developed courses and supportive learning environment, foster meaningful experiences through performance instruction, jamming and master classes.
Away-Team.com senior staff writer Jim Keller recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick.
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