Huge TESTAMENT News; SYMPHONY X Join Nuclear Blast; Video Debuts + more!
Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:37 AM
NUCLEAR BLAST NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2009: PART 3
TESTAMENT - TO RE-RELEASE 'THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION' + 2010 TOUR w/ SLAYER + MEGADETH IN NORTH AMERICA
Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again in support of their 2008 release, The Formation of Damnation.
TESTAMENT will be touring as special guest with fellow thrash legends MEGADETH and SLAYER. The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph and will mark the 20th anniversary of these major players taking the stage together on the same stage as MEGADETH and SLAYER.
The Formation of Damnation will be reissued just in time for the amazing "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH with a Bonus CD that contains live renditions of the classics "The New Order," "Practice What You Preach" and "Souls Of Black". The tracks will also feature enhanced video clips recorded in Alcatraz for their MTV special "52/52" campaign feature as well as the music video for "More Than Meets The Eye." This special album re-release with bonus material will be in stores on February 23, 2010 in North America.
TESTAMENT will have the tour reissue available on all of the dates of the upcoming "American Carnage" tour prior to it hitting stores.
As a special exclusive to the dedicated TESTAMENT legions, there will be an exclusive VIP package available for purchase. The TESTAMENT VIP Pack will include the following:
- One general admission ticket with early entry
- Exclusive meet-and-greet with the members of TESTAMENT
- Personal photograph with the band
- Autograph session (includes 8x10 photo)
- Exclusive TESTAMENT Affliction shirt
- Collectible tour poster (limited, numbered)
- Exclusive TESTAMENT music skin
- Official VIP meet-and-greet laminate
- Official set of TESTAMENT guitar picks
The password for the ticket pre-sale is "Damnation."
VIP packs and tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com.
SUFFOCATION - DEBUT NEW VIDEO ON YOUTUBE!
New York based extreme metal legends SUFFOCATION have uploaded a video clip for the track "Cataclysmic Purification".
The footage was directed by David Brodsky (ARSIS, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM, SWASHBUCKLE) with animation by Tim Kellen. When asked about the track from their 6th full-length album Blood Oath, SUFFOCATION bassist Derek Boyer stated:
"’Cataclysmic Purification’ audibly portrays a calamitous future approaching. With this song and the rest of the album I think we've maintained the musical integrity of the band while still having comprehendible brutality. Blood Oath combines straight forward crushing movements with unsuspecting twists that will certainly entertain everyone from the avid SUFFOCATION listener to the 1st time innocent bystanders."
NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS LAUNCHES RADIO APP FOR THE iPHONE / iTOUCH
Since 1987, Nuclear Blast Records has been the home to some of the greatest bands that have walked the earth.
Many revolutionized the face of music, some dissapeared into the shadows, but the vast majority are ready for global domination!
Whether or not you're familiar with Nuclear Blast's dark past, you'll now have the perfect chance to find out more! We have just launched the Nuclear Blast Radio App for the iPhone / iTouch for you to check out!
For the killer price of only $1.99, we're offering over 200 streaming tracks (and growing!) spanning Nuclear Blast history!
By continuing to aim at becoming one the top innovators of the digital music revolution, Nuclear Blast Records is able to provide the fans with the latest offerings in new media.
We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you about the FREE iPhone and iTouch app brought to you by MobileRoadie.com, which offers music samples, news, photo gallery, videos, fan wall and other awesome features at no cost to you!
SONATA ARCTICA - 2010 MARKS THE RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA!
After a successful North American tour with Dragonforce in support of their latest Billboard charting release, The Days Of Grays, Finland’s SONATA ARCTICA will be returning to the U.S. and Canada to play 24 headlining shows with Mutiny Within and Powerglove.
Exclusive pre-sale tickets for the tour are available online at www.EnterTheVault.com through December 3rd; afterwards, tickets will be on sale through all normal ticketing outlets. For tour dates, please visit the bands MySpace Page.
Released in September, The Days Of Grays captured the following first week positions in the following countries:
Finland: no. 2
Certified Gold the day of release for sales over 15,000 copies
U.S. no. 19
Billboard Heatseekers Chart
Germany: no. 24
Sweden: no. 31
Norway: no. 46
Netherlands: no. 50
AGNOSTIC FRONT - ANNOUNCE HEADLINING TOUR WITH DEATH BY STEREO
The Godfathers of New York Hardcore, AGNOSTIC FRONT, are proud to announce their upcoming headlining tour with direct support coming from Orange County, CA’s DEATH BY STEREO. Confirmed dates can be found on the bands MySpace page.
AGNOSTIC FRONT recently announced the addition of new drummer Pokey Mo (formerly of the legendary hardcore/metal crossover band LEEWAY).
AGNOSTIC FRONT's latest album, Warriors was released in North America on November 6, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by MADBALL/HAZEN STREET frontman Freddy Cricien, who also happens to be Miret's younger brother. The engineering duties were handled by Zeuss at Planet Z in Hadley, Massachusetts.
Look for a new AGNOSTIC FRONT record to be released in 2010 via Nuclear Blast!
IMMOLATION: FINISH TRACKING OF NEW ALBUM
Unique-disharmonic-blackend-death-metal legends IMMOLATION, have finished tracking their as of yet untitled Nuclear Blast debut and 8th album over all.
The band have posted their final blog chronicling their recording sessions at DecibelMagazine.com. All the previous installments can be read at the before mentioned link as well.
Footage of IMMOLATION drummer Steve Shalaty recording several new tracks for the bands upcoming album has been uploaded to SickDrummerMagazine.com.
IMMOLATION, recently entered Millbrook Sound Studios in New York with longtime producer Paul Orofino.
Mixing duties will be handled this time by Zack Ohren (DECREPIT BIRTH, SUFFOCATION, ALL SHALL PERISH).
Catch IMMOLATION as direct support to NILE on the “Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour” in January/February 2010 presented by Decibel Magazine and MetalSucks.net.
SYMPHONY X: “WORKING HARD ON THE NEW CD”
Michael Romeo, guitarist & songwriter for North America’s progressive metal gods SYMPHONY X, comments on the band’s recent signing with Nuclear Blast Records and the arrival of the follow-up album to 2007’s Paradise Lost:
“We are really excited to be a part of the Nuclear Blast Family, a great label with a cool roster of bands, which we are proud to be a part of. As of now, we are working hard on the new CD and are looking to finish it up late Winter 2009 / Spring 2010. We can’t wait to hit the road and play some of the new cool stuff for everyone and especially all our loyal fans.
We look forward to a long relationship with all the great people who work at the label all over the world.”
Formed in 1994 in New Jersey, SYMPHONY X has seven studio albums and one live album to their credit.
Their discography has sold 170,000 copies in the U.S. alone!
SUICIDAL ANGELS - POST MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'APOKATHILOSIS'
Greek thrash metallers SUICIDAL ANGELS have posted their first video clip from their upcoming album Sanctify the Darkness, which will be out on November 20, 2009 (Europe) and January 12, 2010 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
Watch the video for "Apokathilosis" on YouTube!
The band will tour Europe in January / February 2010 alongside the likes of KATAKLYSM, BELPHEGOR and DARKEST HOUR!
Make sure to catch them live and witness their devastating stage performance! For more info, please visit the bands MySpace Page.
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GWAR' S SLAVE PIT ARTISTS GO BERSERK IN FRENZY OF CREATIVITY-HUMAN RACE IN COMPLETE AWE
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:58 PM
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009
SLAVE PIT ARTISTS GO BERSERK IN FRENZY OF CREATIVITY—HUMAN RACE IN COMPLETE AWE
GWAR’s “AMERICA MUST BE DESTROYED” DELUXE EDITION WITH “TOUR DE SCUM” AND “PHALLUS IN WONDERLAND” OUT NOW!
You might think that servicing the needs of GWAR in this, the midst of their 25th Anniversary Tour would be a full-time job. And it is! But for the artists of Slave Pit Inc., the production company that created and maintains GWAR lust for all things rubber, a constant slew of side-projects is business as usual.
This holiday season sees the artists behind the most notorious band in metal history involved in a bevy of extra-curricular delights.
Besides portraying GWAR's bellicose lead singer Oderus Urungus, Dave Brockie is a painter, writer and avid snowboarder...and has just released his own signature snowboard! When old buddy, huge GWAR fan, and ex-pro rider Ron Bureta got his own company going, the long-held idea of a Brockie snowboard finally became a reality.
Says Bureta, “Since “HELL-O!” I have been a huge GWAR fan, scaring the jocks in high school by singing lyrics from “Slutman City” out loud. During my Pro Snowboarder days, I always wanted to do a GWAR graphic but my sponsors thought that it wouldn't be cool. Now that I own my own company I'm doing things my way.
Teaming up with Dave Brockie for this project is a dream come true for me and is the next best thing to becoming a GWAR Slave.”
Check it out at http://oderus.com/timewasters/sined/index.html
Brockie's behind the scenes look at the birth of GWAR, “GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death” has reached its 13th episode at http://rvanews.com/sections/columns/gwar
Meanwhile, Brockie continues to churn out collectible art pieces for private collections worldwide. Check out his work at http://oderus.com/timewasters/artmoney/index.html
But Brockie isn't alone in his fanatical zeal to create art and somehow make a living off of it. His Slave-Pit confederates Bob Gorman and Matt Maguire also have their bloody little fingers in a multitude of pies.
GORMAN’S TROLLS AS FEATURED IN SPIN MAGAZINE
Bob Gorman is one of GWAR's lead slaves and portrays GWAR's hapless killing creates t-shirt designs and logos, custom illustration, and paintings. He also designs and fabricates custom props and costumes for GWAR and other clients and manufactures and sells concrete “Garden Trolls”, as featured in the Nov. 2009 issue of Spin magazine. Finally, he designs and fabricates full custom bicycles. He can be reached at bobgorman.com or gwarofficial@myspace.com
MATT MCGUIRE’S “FRIENDS” THINK “BLOOD IS YUMMY”.
Slave-Pit artist Matt Maguire is one of the main figures on the Slave-Pit shop floor and GWAR's live show. This talented artist, who plays GWAR's mixed up Scumdog cohort Sawborg-Destructo, also builds lots of the props and costumes for used by GWAR, also designs many of the shirts and other graphic elements of GWAR's assault on humanity, and also serves as GWAR's stage manager. Yet somehow he finds time to produce all kinds of collectible art. He does custom drawings, paintings, and tattoo designs, and creates limited runs of a host of bizarre creatures, including the “Blood is Yummy”, and “Friends” figures. Matt and Bob Gorman collaborate on the slave-trade.net site, and he can be reached through mattmaguire.com or at slavetrade.net for graphics, tattoos, and costumes one of a kind art, and fabrication work. He has a line of t- shirts, stickers and limited runs of latex "friends", figures .and small blood is yummy guys coming soon on slavetrade.net. Bob Gorman and I will also have limited prints soon.
In other GWAR news the Scumdogs have unleashed upon the unwitting populace of North America a special collection of classics from the GWARchives. America Must Be Destroyed, GWAR’s 1992 opus, can now be purchased in a special edition digipak that’s also crammed with a DVD that includes the seminal GWAR films Tour De Scum and Phallus In Wonderland. Never before have they all been available in one package for you to get your clammy human hands on!
GWAR Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord
11/23 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/24 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
11/25 Bend, OR Midtown Music Hall
11/27 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/28 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/29 Seattle, WA The King Cat Theatre
11/30 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
12/02 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
12/03 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
12/04 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
12/05 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
12/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
12/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
12/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
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MUDVAYNE TAKE OVER ACTIVE ROCK RADIO WITH NEW SINGLE "SCREAM WITH ME"
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:06 PM
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009
MUDVAYNE TAKE OVER ACTIVE ROCK RADIO WITH NEW SINGLE "SCREAM WITH ME"
NEW LIMITED EDITION, SELF-TITLED ALBUM BUNDLE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER 11/24 AT MUDVAYNE.COM
In the weeks leading up to the release of their self-titled album due out December 22nd, MUDVAYNE continue their media onslaught by taking over active rock radio. As of today, 70 stations have added the new MUDVAYNE single "Scream With Me" into rotation, making the song the most added track at both Active Rock and Alternative this week. "Scream With Me" follows the success of the first single from their last album, "Do What You Do", which was the most played Active Rock song of the past year.
MUDVAYNE has out done themselves once again with the mind-blowing packaging for the new album. The new album is revolutionizing album artwork design, as this is the first album to ever use black light reactive ink. Every bit of art and text in the packaging of the record will be printed on ink that can only be seen with a black light.
The album will be available in the following formats:
***1. Super Deluxe
– "Limited Edition" run of only 1,000 copies which will be sold direct to the consumer from the band’s site. Pre-Order it at mudvayne.com now and receive the digital album 2 weeks before release!
It contains:
a. The deluxe version of the album
b. The album on glow-in-the-dark vinyl (also blacklight-reactive)
c. A 24 inch blacklight
d. A 24×24 poster designed by Paul Booth in blacklight reactive ink
e. An 8×8 blacklight reactive decal designed by Paul Booth
***2. Deluxe – "Limited Edition" first run of 100,000 copies. Pre-Order it at Mudvayne.com starting Tuesday 12.24.09 and receive the digital album 2 weeks before release!
It contains:
a. The album in jewel case
b. A LED, keychain-sized blacklight
c. Special blacklight reactive packaging designed by Paul Booth
***3. Vinyl
a. Glow-in-the-dark vinyl (also blacklight-reactive)
b. Blacklight-reactive art designed by Paul Booth
***4. Jewel Case
a. Blacklight-reactive art designed by Paul Booth
You can place your pre-order now by visiting:
http://mudvayne.com
For more information be sure to visit:
http://www.mudvayne.com
http://www.myspace.com/mudvayne
HEADKASE NEXT THURSDAY + ALBUM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:28 PM
Circus-metal freakshow! Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
HEADKASE RETURN TO THE STAGE NEXT THURSDAY!
Drummer Todd Hansen has recently returned to Australia after a 6 week North American tour with The Berzerker.
Prior to that, he toured Australia with Wish For Wings. Meanwhile, vocalist Nutty D has been living in Melbourne for most of 2009. Rhythm guitarist Tristan Sykes spent some time in the UK, Bass player Dylan Kreis got married (and now has a baby son), and soon after, Keyboard player Brett Hansen tied the knot too.
So next Thursday, November 26th -- HEADKASE return to the live music scene, bringing their theatrical and energetic freakshow and twisted circus-metal sound to the large stage of Club 299 in the Valley!
Although it's a school night, it's extremely important that a MASSIVE CROWD is in attendence!!! Some very important people will be there to make a few big decisions (come along and we'll tell you in person...), so a large crowd will definately impress!!!
We've got albums, t-shirts and hoodies for sale at the show too! So if you haven't got your mits on a copy of The Worm County Circus yet, come along! It's cheaper at the gigs than it is in stores!
The mighty SUBMISSION will be playing too, along with OCEANS AWAY and IF I LIE! Cost is a cheap $10 at the door, and it all kicks off at 8pm. Next Thursday, 26th of November @ Club 299!!
Spread the word! Help to pack the place out like twas The Basement in 2003!!!
If you're on Facebook, click "Attend" at the event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=336257105248&ref=mf
And while you're there, invite all your friends!!!
It's a larger venue, so we need the place full!! The stage is bigger than usual, so we promise to provide you with an action packed, fun filled set!! You will get more than your money's worth!! That's the Headkase guarantee!!
THE WORM COUNTY CIRCUS
Headkase
The Worm County Circus – CD
$20 AUD (plus Postage & Handling)
Track Listing
1. Intro
2. The Pirate Bit
3. Where the Blood may Lead
4. Murdered and Dumped in the Willow
5. Discombobulated Alcoholiday
6. A Song Called Life
7. Cocaine and Caffeine
8. Survival of the World
9. Deja Vous
10. Superfluous
11. Onchocerciasis
12. Hannibal Licked Her
13. Come Alive!
Mastered by Dave Neil @ Modern Mastering
(The Butterfly Effect, Kate Miller-Heidke, Devolved, Japunga, The Red Paintings, Melodyssey)
AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW! BELOW ARE THE OPTIONS...
ORDER CD ONLINE DIRECTLY FROM THE BAND
http://www.headkase.net
(We ship internationally)
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Add yourself as a friend to our MySpace page:
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Click "Become a Fan" at our Facebook page:
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Upload your Headkase footage to YouTube and add to the growing collection:
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Thanks to everyone who has posted video footage of Headkase onto YouTube.
There are a few videos of Deja Vous, Murdered and Dumped in the Willow, Superfluous, and Where the Blood May Lead there... but if anyone has more footage of different songs, please feel free to upload away!
NEXT HEADKASE SHOWS
HEADKASE, SUBMISSION, OCEANS AWAY, IF I LIE -
Thursday, November 26, 2009
@ CLUB 299
299 Brunswick St,
Fortitude Valley
8pm / 18+
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TESTAMENT EXCLUSIVE MEET THE FANS VIP PACKAGE PLUS SPECIAL BONUS CD
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:14 PM
For Immediate Release
November 17, 2009
TESTAMENT ANNOUNCES 2010 TOUR WITH MEGADETH AND SLAYER
VIP PACKAGES AVAILABLE NOW
Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again in support of their award-winning 2008 release “The Formation of Damnation”. TESTAMENT will be touring as special guest with fellow Thrash Legends Megadeth and Slayer. The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph and marks the 20th anniversary of these major players taking the stage together on the same stage as Megadeth and Slayer.
For over 20 years, TESTAMENT has remained committed to the thrash metal sound that brought them to prominence in the late 1980s. The band has never compromised its unmatched intensity or musicianship and has only continued to up the ante with each release.
“The Formation of Damnation” was named one of MySpace's Top Albums for 2008 and found itself at the top of many year-end lists including #9 Rock Album of the Year on iTunes for 2008, #4 Album of 2008 in Revolver Magazine, #10 on Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008, #1 on Metal Maniacs Top 20 of 2008, and the #2 Brave Pick in Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles. The album also dominated metal radio, coming in at #1 on Sirius-XM's metal channel, #1 on CMJ's LoudRock charts, and was the most played album on metal radio according to FMQB.
The highly successful and award-winning album “The Formation of Damnation” will be reissued just in time for this amazing tour with Slayer and Megadeth with a bonus CD that contains live renditions of the classics; The New Order, Practice What You Preach and Souls Of Black. The tracks will also feature enhanced video clips recorded in Alcatraz for their MTV special 52 bands feature as well as the music video for “More Than Meets The Eye”. This Special album re-release with bonus material will be in stores on February 23rd . Testament will have the tour reissue available on all of the dates of the upcoming Carnage Tour prior to it hitting stores.
As a special exclusive to the dedicated TESTAMENT Legions, there were be an exclusive VIP package available for purchase. The TESTAMENT VIP Pack will include the following:
- One general admission ticket with early entry
- Exclusive Meet & Greet with the members of Testament
- Personal photograph with the band
- Autograph session (includes 8X10 photo)
- Exclusive Testament Affliction Shirt
- Collectible Tour Poster (limited, numbered)
- Exclusive Testament Music Skin
- Official VIP Meet and Greet Laminate
- Official set of Testament Guitar Picks
The password for the TESTAMENT ticket pre-sale is "Damnation”. VIP Packs and tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com (unless noted otherwise) More details will follow regarding Meet and Greet and VIP ticket packs .
Stay tuned for more details on TESTAMENT's upcoming US tour!
JANUARY
01/18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA
01/19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
01/21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
01/22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
01/23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
01/25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO
01/26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
01/27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX
01/29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX
01/31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
FEBRUARY
02/1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA
02/2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY
02/4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
02/5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
02/6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
02/9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
02/11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
02/12 Glen Falls Civic Center Albany, NY
02/13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ
02/14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA
02/16 Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC
02/18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON
02/19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
02/20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC
02/22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB
02/23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS
http://www.testamentlegions.com
Victory Records Newsletter
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:46 PM
Victory Records Newsletter
» November 17, 2009 - November 24, 2009 »
Victory Records Signs Amber Pacific
We are proud to introduce the newest addition to the Victory Records family, AMBER PACIFIC from Federal Way, WA. Their emotional blend of powerful, "pop-punk rock" is a fitting addition to our diverse roster. As an established band, with two full length albums and two EPs already under their belt, they have sold 175,000 records to date. The band is eagerly preparing to head into the studio to record their Victory Records' debut which will be released in early 2010.
Guitarist Will Nutter had this to say about the recent signing, "We're excited and really looking forward to accomplishing great things with Victory!"
For a taste of what's to come, visit their MySpace, VictorME, VictorStream and also check out their new merchandise!
Brand New Holiday Season 2009 Catalog
VICTORY RECORDS proudly presents our Holiday Season 2009 Catalog, bringing you all things Victory! The brand new catalog showcases the latest merchandise from A DAY TO REMEMBER, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, OTEP, EMMURE, THE AUDITION, CARNIFEX and more.
This is your first chance to see our hot-off-the-presses, most recent line of new COLORED VINYL featuring the repressing of Victory Records Classics which include TAKING BACK SUNDAY, ATREYU, and BLOOD FOR BLOOD as well as never before pressed releases from BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BAYSIDE, DARKEST HOUR, and EMMURE. Plus, by viewing the digital catalog, you'll get an inside tip on a very special upcoming webstore sale. By helping us save trees you save yourself money!
View the Holiday Season 2009 Catalog as a downloadable PDF or as a web page.
Smash The Control Machine Chosen As Theme For TNA Wrestling's Upcoming Pay Per View
TNA Wrestling has teamed up with Victory Records own OTEP for the highly anticipated "Final Resolution" PPV Special. OTEP's single Smash The Control Machine will be featured as the theme music for this event; broadcasting Sunday, December 20th live and exclusively on Pay-Per-View from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. "Final Resolution" will feature TNA Wrestling favorites such as AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley, Matt Morgan, Team 3D, and many others, along with a "Feast or Fired" match where someone from TNA Wrestling will be fired.
Make sure to tune in on December 20th at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT to witness this great event and don't miss iMPACT! on Spike every Thursday at 9:00 PM ET, available in over 96 million homes.
A Day To Remember – Christmas 2009 Exclusive
He knows when you've been moshing, he knows when you've been stage diving, and he's pissed that you haven't done enough this year! We checked the list (twice) and it turns out you ain't getting nothing for Christmas! So... might as well treat yourself to this brand new A DAY TO REMEMBER holiday t-shirt designed by Mike C. Hardcore and go knock your two front teeth out in the pit. This extremely LIMITED EDITION shirt will be printed on a white American Apparel t-shirt for the special price of $20.00 and will only be available through December 25th EXCLUSIVELY on the Victory Records webstore. In order to guarantee delivery before December 24th, please submit your order on or before December 13th. Make Santa Mosh and A DAY TO REMEMBER proud. Happy Holidays and Happy Moshing.
Zune Breakdown: Destrophy
DESTROPHY recently released their ferocious self-titled debut and here's your chance to get up close and personal with their newest venture. Step inside lead guitarist / vocalist Ari Mihalopulos' head as he discusses the track-by-track inspirations and creative process behind writing and recording Destrophy with Zune. Check out the Breakdown in the Zune Marketplace now to discover the in-depth look into DESTROPHY's thought-provoking new album.
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SHADOWS FALL ANNOUNCE ANNUAL HOMETOWN HOLIDAY SHOW DECEMBER 26th, IN NORTHAMPTON, MA
Monday, November 16, 2009 1:23 PM
For Immediate Release
November 16, 2009
SHADOWS FALL ANNOUNCE ANNUAL HOMETOWN HOLIDAY SHOW DECEMBER 26th, IN NORTHAMPTON, MA
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Boston metallers SHADOWS FALL are pleased to announce their annual hometown holiday concert for December 26th, 2009. It will take place in Northampton, MA at Pearl Street. Tickets are on sale now and you can purchase yours at :
http://www.nbotickets.com/default.asp?mode=artist&name=4922
SHADOWS FALL and Ultimate-Guitar.com are giving you a chance to design your own SHADOWS FALL merchandise item. The guys have set up a few guidelines, read below:
"We’re giving our fans the opportunity to design a new Shadows Fall shirt. Check out the instructions for submitting your design below.
CONTEST STARTS NOW!
We've recently launched a merch design contest with Ultimate Guitar and want you to submit your designs for the next Shadows Fall shirt. We wanted to give everyone a chance to submit designs and we have extended the original deadlines.
Here are all the dates and details:
STEP 1: Create a new Shadows Fall design. Final files must be in 300 DPI or higher. Layered photo shop, illustrator, or corel files are best.
STEP 2: Place your design on one of our merch templates. The design needs to have the Shadows Fall logo. You can download the logo and shirt templates here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/c6dm6m. Please, do not send us the artwork file. Only use sendspace.com.
All artwork files will be deleted and not entered into the contest!
STEP 3: Upload your file to www.sendspace.com
STEP 4: Email us the link to download your design at shadowsfallbandcontests@gmail.com BEFORE NOVEMBER 29, 2009.
Voting begins at Noon EST on December 2nd, 2009 and ends at Noon EST on December 9th, 2009. Winner will be announced on www.ultimate-guitar.com on 11 AM EST December. 10th, 2009.
We will go through all the submissions and pick our 5 favorite designs. Those designs will be posted on http://www.facebook.com/shadowsfall. Vote for your favorite design and the winner will actually become a real Shadows Fall merch design.
Grand Prize Winner:
2 pieces of the merch created, their myspace and facebook links on band’s page, and a Shadows Fall box set!
2 Runners Up:
Choice of 1 Shadows Fall t-shirt from merch store!
We can’t wait to see all the awesome ideas you guys have. Good luck!"
In more SHADOWS FALL news, the band has partnered up with Machinma.com and has created a video with the SHADOWS FALL song “Still I Rise” for the new video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warefare 2. Check out the video at: http://modernwarfare2.infinityward.com
DELUXE BOX SETS, LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD VERSION AND T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE HERE
http://shadowsfall.merchnow.com
www.shadowsfall.com
www.myspace.com/shadowsfall
www.twitter.com/shadowsfallband
THE HEAVY METAL TOUR OF A LIFETIME!!
Monday, November 16, 2009 11:02 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
YES, THE RUMORS ARE TRUE:
SLAYER, MEGADETH TEAM UP FOR
"AMERICAN CARNAGE"
Co-Headliners to Tour the U.S. Together For the First Time in Nearly Two Decades
Testament to be Special Guest
Recession-Proof $10.00 Tickets Available in All U.S. Markets
Los Angeles, CA - MONDAY, November 16, 2009 -- Slayer. Megadeth. Two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Two bands whose histories are inevitably intertwined in defining the thrash/metal genre. Individually, their respective prowess and accomplishments are impressive; but together, they're brutal and unstoppable. Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline "American Carnage," the most blistering, the most explosive, and the most eagerly anticipated mega-tour of the winter - and you do not want to miss it.
"American Carnage" will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday, November 20. Ticketmaster is offering a special presale for most shows from Wednesday November 18 at 10am until Thursday November 19 at 10pm.
"American Carnage" is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991's epic "Clash of the Titans" tour. To celebrate that and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the "1991 price" of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they're gone, they're gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.
In addition, Testament - who was also on the "Clash of the Titans" bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a "must see" metal event.
Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road supporting new albums: Megadeth's 2009 album, ENDGAME, while Slayer's World Painted Blood, the band's 10th studio venture, hit stores November 3. Testament's The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23, 2010, with special unreleased bonus tracks.
Slayer and Megadeth have already massacred territories together outside of the U.S. - first with four explosive dates in June, 2009 across Western Canada - "Canadian Carnage" - marking the first time the bands had shared a stage anywhere in 18 years; and then six co-headlining "Carnage" dates in Australia followed in October.
According to various Canadian press outlets last summer: "It was a night of thrash impossible to trash..." "Tales about war, death, destruction, Satan, aliens and serial killers have never been so much fun..." "The two heavy metal heavyweights ...went head-to-head on a level playing field. Both bands brought their 'A' game. And the results were anything but pretty - unless you include pretty freakin' loud and pretty freakin' awesome."
Slayer. Few bands come close to matching the intensity that Slayer - guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, vocalist/bassist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo - brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band" by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal Hammer. World Painted Blood offers a Slayer-ized point of view of our world - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political system, the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has brought us, and a chilling hypothesis of how the rest of the world might view America. The album was recorded in Los Angeles over two time periods, during October 2008 and then between late January and March 2009. World Painted Blood was produced by Greg Fidelman, who's spent time in the studio with Metallica, the Gossip, the (International) Noise Conspiracy, Slipknot and others, and executive produced by long-time Slayer colleague, Rick Rubin, who suggested Fidelman for the project. One reviewer called the album "the heaviest, bloodiest and best album in almost two decades." Fans got a couple of early morsels of the brutal new Slayer material -- "Psychopathy Red," a Hanneman song inspired by the heinous Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who confessed to savagely murdering 56 children, was recorded last October and then leaked online. Then, the King-penned track, "Hate Worldwide," was made available in July as a limited-edition single through Hot Topic. For "American Carnage," Slayer's Tom Araya promises, "no ballads, no acoustic numbers, no slow tempos."
Megadeth. 2009 saw the release of ENDGAME, what has been heralded as Megadeth’s best album in years. It’s the record where it all comes full circle in a career that has not only set standards in hard rock and metal, but defined them. Megadeth’s signature shredding and rousing lyrics are the hallmarks of ENDGAME, with vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine once musing and making declarations about the world we live in, having named the album after a government document that should strike fear in the hearts of Americans!
But that’s Mustaine and Megadeth, using the vehicle of music to shake things up, to make a point and to rattle your brain, literally, figuratively and sonically. Revolver magazine said of ENDGAME, ““One of their best albums.” VH1’s That Metal Show deemed it, “One of the metal albums of the year”, and Popmatters said, ““the record positively scorches with an intensity not heard since Rust in Peace.
Legendary thrash metal titans Testament, whose latest award-winning release (2008 Album of the Year, Metal Hammer's Golden God Award) The Formation of Damnation, displays them as the quintessential modern heavy metal band, whose experience and accumulated skill allows them to attack with reserves of anger, energy and finesse that make them more powerful than ever. Lead singer Chuck Billy says, "Uniting these bands is the heavy metal event of generations. We are so proud to be a part of it."
Slayer and Megadeth are also re-scheduling the east coast leg of the “Canadian Carnage” tour, postponed from this fall.
JANUARY
18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA*
19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - tickets sold via www.rosequarter.com
21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA*
22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA* (tickets on sale 11/21)
23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ**
25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO*
26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM*
27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX*
29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX**
31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN*
FEBRUARY
1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA* (tickets on sale 11/20)
2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY* (tickets on sale 12/4)
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN* (tickets on sale 12/4)
5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL* (tickets on sale 12/4)
6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI*
9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT**
11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ*
13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ*
14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA*
16 Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC - tickets sold via Billetech.com
18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON - tickets on sale 11/27 via JohnLabattCentre.com
19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - tickets sold via Ticketmaster.ca
20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC - tickets sold via Admission.com
22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB - tickets sold via MonctonColiseum.com
23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS - tickets sold via TicketAtlantic.com
* tickets sold through Ticketmaster
** tickets sold through LiveNation.com
