The above MANOWAR tour poster says it all!
* For more info on MANOWAR, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE MANOWAR.
Stone.
The above MANOWAR tour poster says it all!
* For more info on MANOWAR, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE MANOWAR.
Stone.
As reported on ROADRUNNER Records.com:
Within Temptation will be performing an unplugged set at the Hard Rock Café in Cologne, Germany on November 17, in support of the “Pinktober” charity campaign to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.
The performance will take place at 4 PM local time, and will be followed by a signing session. Tickets for this event cost 10 Euros, and will be sold exclusively at Hard Rock Café’s Rock Shop in Cologne.
The first 20 visitors who present a ticket for Within Temptation‘s E-Werk concerts in Cologne on November 16 and November 17 will be granted free admission to the performance at Hard Rock Café.
Singer Sharon den Adel said, “Breast cancer remains one of the most common life-threatening cancers affecting women: One out of eight women will get breast cancer in her life. Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer. It is therefore very important to keep a high awareness level of the subject in the general public. I am very happy to make a small contribution with my band to a regular event such as Hard Rock Café’s Pinktober campaign.”
* For more info on WITHIN TEMPTATION, click on the links below:
WITHIN TEMPTATION – Official Website
* For more info on HARD ROCKS campaign for PINKTOBER, click on the link below:
Pinktober 2011 – Hard Rocks Campaign For Breast Cancer Awareness
LONG LIVE WITHIN TEMPTATION.
MAY PINKTOBER & THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER WIN.
Stone.
MY BLACK LIGHT – Releasing on October 28th, 2011, is the debut studio album Human Maze from (Milano) Italy’s Dark/Gothic Metal band: My Black Light. Signed to Massacre Records, My Black Light is fronted by the vibrant and vocally talented Monica Primo. With a sensational band behind Monica, My Black Light mixes in melodic and progressive elements with an epic feel to their songs, with Detriny being a song to catch onto. Check out the live music video below for Detriny, courtesy of Massacre Records!
* Album Cover artwork by Jan Yrlund /Darkgrove Design
Monica Primo (Vocals)
Rodolfo Coda Bertetto (Keyboards & Vocals)
Marco Peraldo ( Bass Guitar)
Edoardo Giordani ( Drums)
Emanuele Rossi (Lead Guitar)
Energy Core
Being Human
Detriny
The Abstainer
Noise for Sale
Inner World
Deadline
A Lie for Eternity
Ideal
Guiding Light
Ti Sento
Un-Break MY Heart
* For more info on MY BLACK LIGHT, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/massacrerecordseurope
LONG LIVE MY BLACK LIGHT.
Stone.
Just in time for your weekend, today the headbangers at Metal Underground are hosting a stream of City Of Steel, the debut full-length from Saskatoon Thrash Metal trio, UNTIMELY DEMISE, recently released worldwide via Sonic Unyon Metal. Grab a cold one and crank up the face-melting thirty-two minute scorcher HERE.
In support of the release of City of Steel, UNTIMELY DEMISE have confirmed a string of tour dates through Ontario and Quebec commencing late this month.
10/27/2011 This Ain’t Hollywood – Hamilton, ON w/ Fatality
10/29/2011 Bloodbucket Metalfest VIII – Toronto, ON w/ Piledriver, Spewgore
10/30/2011 Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, ON w/ Fatality
11/03/2011 Bar Le Trash – Ste-Hyacinthe, QC
11/04/2011 Scanner Bistro – Quebec City, QC
11/05/2011 Cafe Chaos – Montreal, QC
11/06/2011 Bar Le Magog – Sherbrooke, QC
Stay tuned for plenty more Canadian and American live appearances from the band to be announced throughout 2012.
(Source: Earsplit PR)
LONG LIVE UNTIMELY DEMISE.
Stone.
As reported on Nuclear Blast News:
ACCEPT also spent the last 2 years touring worldwide, appearing on stages in front of a million Metal fans around the globe with more than 180 heart stopping shows in Europe, the US, Central & South America and Asia.
ACCEPT are now ready to announce their return to the stage, starting in Paris in April 2012. Fans can look forward to more of the elaborate, commanding and polished live excitement – no pain, no gain, no mercy… that is ACCEPT’s motto! As always, the battles will be won on stage with ACCEPT’s ultimate live performances and a sweaty, enthused audience by their side. They take no prisoners!
The confirmed tour dates for April 2012, presented by Rock Hard, iMusic1, Blast, Piranha, Musix & Noizeletter:
06.04.2012 (F) Paris, Bataclan
07.04.2012 (BE) Mons PPM Fest
08.04.2012 (NL) tbc, Festival
10.04.2012 (GER) Kempten, Big Box
11.04.2012 (GER) Stuttgart, Filharmonie
13.04.2012 (GER) Straubing, Messehalle
14.04.2012 (GER) Geiselwind, Event Center
15.04.2012 (CH) Pratteln, Z7
17.04.2012 (GER) Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle
18.04.2012 (GER) Hamburg, Große Freiheit
19.04.2012 (GER) Berlin, Huxleys
21.04.2012 (CZ)Zlin, Euronics
22.04.2012 (PL) Warschau, Stodola
* For more info on ACCEPT, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE ACCEPT.
Stone.
Gordon Brown
(Photo Used By Permission From Gordon Brown)
Gordon Brown – Recently, Gordon Brown has decided to step down as lead vocalist for Scotland’s Iron Claw. With nearly forty years since the last studio album was released by Iron Claw, Ripple Music signed them and A Different Game was released back in early October of 2011. Without anything to lose and a bounty of respect to gain, Iron Claw surely did claw their way into my Metal soul and tore it apart for the better. An amazing Hard Rock album with old school heaviness that featured the bluesy vocals of Gordon Brown and the seasoned musicianship of Jimmy Ronnie (guitar), Alex Wilson (bass) and Ian McDougall (drums).
Many (tried and true) legendary bands have changed lead vocalists over the decades of Rock, with Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rainbow and Deep Purple being so prominently successful at it. Gordon Brown was not the first singer for Iron Claw, nor shall he be the last. The one thing I’m certain about is, I’ll miss the heck out of Gordon’s voice fronting this legendary underground band. Iron Claw will move forward and so too will Gordon Brown. I respect this band and Gordon beyond words can express for they’re a Hollywood script, proving that Rock and Roll dreams do come true. – Stone
This week, I asked Gordon Brown to share his thoughts regarding his recent departure from Iron Claw and what he is setting his sights on for the future. Here is what Gordon Brown had to say:
My reasons for leaving the band were really quite simple, it wasn’t working for me and hadn’t been for quite a while. My decision to leave was probably made not long after we finished recording, I thought things might improve over time (and) they didn’t! The thing is, if it isn’t right, it isn’t right and the best course of action is to walk away. There’s no acrimony (to my knowledge), (I) think the others probably felt the same way too in varying degrees.
The making of the album was fun for me, I thought that at age 51 it would never happen, I’m glad it did and I think we made a really good album. Much is often said about vocalists and guitarists, in Iron Claw the less well sung heroes are of course the drums and bass, I’ve said it before and will again now, with Ian McDougal and Alex Wilson you have a rhythm section that sounds like a panzer division on manoeuvres! They allowed Jimmy (Ronnie) and I to strut our stuff out front.
The reviews for the album are in the main very good and positive, hopefully people will get out and buy it. There was probably a section of listeners and reviewers who expected the Iron Claw of long ago to be brought out to play, it saddens me that they don’t enjoy this version of the band. One particular blog site didn’t think they’d had enough of a go in their review and decided to have a second go and that did kind of amuse me! There may have been expectations that regurgitating the early 70’s thing was how it would be, my personal view is that this album represents an older band doing what they love… and doing it well. Time will tell with the album. I love it.
There’s no real sadness or regret on my part in leaving. It would have been nice in some ways to have toured the album, but if it isn’t meant to be… I do hope the band find someone reasonably soon. It will however be a bit strange listening to my lyrics being sung by someone else but hey, that’s Rock ‘n’ Roll!
What now for me, well, the future is looking bright. I’ve had a load of requests to collaborate on projects from the UK and USA, so I’ll be investigating that. Being involved in an album from the beginning and having a hand in creating the music as well as writing the lyrics is very attractive to me right now. The likelihood is that it’ll be a mixture of Blues and Southern Boogie with a hint of Bluegrass thrown in. Going back to the music I love best will hopefully allow me to create something that I’d want to release. At the end of the day though, if A Different Game ends up being my only ever released work I won’t be unhappy or unfulfilled.
Cheers, GB
LONG LIVE IRON CLAW.
Stone.
Massachusetts molten Metal troupe UNEARTH are excited to unveil a new iTunes app! Created by Rebel Monster Inc., the app will keep fans up to date on everything UNEARTH including news, tour info, bios, new merch and more! Additionally, push notifications from the band will let you know what’s going on before anyone else! Check out the free app at THIS LOCATION.
Commented frontman Trevor Phipps: “We wanted to design a free app for our fans that is useful and informative. The one that our friends at Rebel Monster put together gives you breaking news, tour dates, sound clips from all of our albums, full streaming songs in our ‘radio’ icon, photos, webstore access, Twitter and Facebook feeds, YouTube channel, bio info and more! We didn’t want to half ass it and put out a useless app. This one is everything you need from UNEARTH besides seeing the band live! It’s simple to use and it is FREE, so why not check it out?”
UNEARTH will kick off their co-headlining trek with Chimaira next month. The band will be touring in support of their fifth full-length, Darkness in the Light, released this past summer via Metal Blade Records.
(Source: Earsplit PR)
* Check out the tour dates for UNEARTH with CHIMAIRA by clicking on the header link below:
LONG LIVE UNEARTH.
Stone.
MY BLACK LIGHT – A Dark/Goth Metal band that is on the rise and one that you should be on the lookout for is My Black Light. Combining both Progressive and Epic Metal influences as well, this Milano, Italy export may just be the Metal ear candy you’ve been searching for! Fronted by the beautiful Monica Primo, (see photo below), My Black Light will be seeing their debut album Human Maze being released on October 28th, 2011, via Massacre Records. Below is the info on where and how to get a free song download courtesy of Massacre Records:
Get a FREE song from MY BLACK LIGHT’s upcoming album at our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/massacrerecordseurope
You’ll find the download at the “FREE Stuff” tab below our profile picture. It will be available for 7 days, enjoy!
* For more info and pre-listening on My Black Light – Human Maze, click on the link below:

Monica Primo – Vocalist/My Black Light
LONG LIVE MY BLACK LIGHT.
Stone.
Swedish Sleaze Rockers CRASHDÏET are set to tour selected cities in the U.S. and Mexico this November of 2011! CRASHDÏET will be taking the stage in support of their critically acclaimed and Rockin’ infectious new studio album Generation Wild, (released on Frontiers Records). Check out below the tour dates:
CRASHDÏET with PRETTY BOY FLOYD:
Nov 11, Garden Grove, CA – The Can
Nov 12, Hollywood, CA – Key Club
Nov 13, Fresno, CA – The Starline * CRASH DIET only!
Nov 16, Tempe, AZ – Club Red
Nov 17, Las Vegas, NV – Vamp´d
Nov 19, Mexico City, Mexico – Casino Life Concert Hall
Martin Sweet – Guitar
Simon Cruz – Vocal
Peter London – Bass
Eric Young – Drums
(Sources: CRASHDÏET Official Website & Frontiers Records)
* For more info on CRASHDÏET, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE CRASHDÏET.
LONG LIVE PRETTY BOY FLOYD.
Stone.
San Diego, CA @ SOMA 10/21/11
Bakersfield, CA @ Jerrys Pizza 10/22/2011
Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction 10/23/2011
Tucson, AZ @ Skrappys 10/24/2011
Phoenix, AZ @ Underground 10/25/2011
Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Cafe 10/26/2011
Reno, NV @ The Alley 10/27/2011
Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk 10/28/2011
Temecula, CA @ The Vault 10/29/2011
Huntington Beach, CA @ EFF 10/30/2011
Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe 10/31/2011
(Source: eOne Music)
LONG LIVE THROWDOWN.
Stone.
ZOMBIEFICATION – Mexican corpse-walkers ZOMBIEFICATION are set to unleash their new EP Reaper’s Consecration via Pulverised Records in conjunction with Chaos Records later this year. Having risen from the grave in 2009 following the release of their debut, Midnight Stench, ZOMBIEFICATION wasted no time in concocting a venomous brew that makes up Reaper’s Consecration. Offering up their signature brand of noxious Death Metal, neatly packaged into five furious songs, The Stench is more putrid than ever before! Reaper’s Consecration was mixed and mastered at Necromorbus Studios (Watain, Interment, Demonical et al) in Sweden.
Reaper’s Consecration Track Listing:
1. Dead Today, Dust Tomorrow
2. Deathrides
3. Necrohell
4. I Am The Reaper
5. We Stand Alone
To hear “Dead Today, Dust Tomorrow” go to THIS LOCATION.
Mr. Hitchcock – Vocals
Mr. Jacko – Bass / Guitars
Live musicians:
Mr. Kim – Guitars
Mr. Brain – Guitars
Mr. Hammer – Drums
(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on ZOMBIEFICATION, click on the links below:
https://www.facebook.com/zombiefication666
LONG LIVE ZOMBIEFICATION.
Stone.
SCORPIONS – Here is an album that has gotten Scott Coverdale and I quite excited around here at the Metal Odyssey International Headquarters: Scorpions Comeblack. The official release date as stated on the Scorpions website is November 1st, 2011 and “available worldwide by Nov. 4th”. I’ve checked around and it appears the North American release date is November 15th, 2011. Comeblack will boast 13 songs, with a combination of re-recorded Scorpions classics and cover songs from legendary bands… these same bands that influenced the Scorpions to become unreal legendary themselves!
A wise old Metalhead once told me, a very, very, long time ago: “You can never get enough of them Scorpions”. Metal be thy name and Hail! Hail! Scorpions!
* Comeblack will be released on Sony Music.
* Comeblack will be available on CD and 2 – LP.
Rhythm Of Love
No One Like You
The Zoo
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackout
Wind Of Change
Still Loving You
Tainted Love
Children Of The Revolution
Across The Universe
Tin Soldier
All Day And All Of The Night
Ruby Tuesday
* For more info on the Scorpions, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE THE SCORPIONS.
NO… THANK YOU KLAUS!
Stone.
Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 – On November 19th, 2011, the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 will be held in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. The tour poster above says it all, about the incredible lineup of Metal bands that are scheduled to perform. Megadeth. Overkill. Fear Factory. Moonspell. Kataklysm.Destruction. Whoa and Metal be thy name.
* For more info click here: Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011
Check out the trailer for Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 below!
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
Both CANNIBAL CORPSE and WHITECHAPEL have been confirmed for the brand new festival series Extreme Fest 2012!
Besides CANNIBAL CORPSE and WHITECHAPEL bands like Exodus, Arkona, Eisregen, Origin, Hellish Crossfire, Eis, Inquisition and Rompeprop have been confirmed. All in all 70 bands will be playing on 2 stages.
Tickets and further info at www.extremefest.eu
Ticket price: € 49,00 (Festivalpass)
CANNIBAL CORPSE has begun recording their twelfth studio album at Sonic Ranch studios in Texas with producer Erik Rutan. The band has spent months writing the album and has recorded at Sonic Ranch in the past, but never with Rutan at the helm. More details on the album, including art, songs, title and more will be revealed in the months to follow. For now, the band is hard at work forging their next Death Metal offering!
(Source: Metal Blade Records News Update)
LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.
LONG LIVE WHITECHAPEL.
LONG LIVE EXODUS.
LONG LIVE EXTREME FEST.
Stone.
ROAD’S END – Novy’s (ex-bassist of Behemoth and Vader) new band Road’s End is now streaming a 3rd new song, which is sure to surprise some people, due to it being a ballad! To check out the new track, go to www.facebook.com/roadsendofficial
Road’s End is now holding a contest on their Facebook page. The winner will receive a limited edition Fujigen / Novy T-shirt. Details on the contest can be found here: www.facebook.com/roadsendofficial
And lastly, anyone interested in auditioning for the lead singer or lead guitarist position must have the following:
1) Experience touring
2) Already reside or be willing to relocate to the Chicago area.
3) Be ready, willing and able to tour for extended periods
4) Make Road’s End their #1 priority.
**Guitarists must have their own professional gear.
To audition or for further inquiry, email DesertCore management at mj@desertcore.com or call 520-313-6659
LONG LIVE NOVY.
LONG LIVE ROAD’S END.
Stone.
BRITNY FOX – Back in 1991, Britny Fox released their third studio album and first without “Dizzy” Dean Davidson as the lead vocalist. Tommy Paris was now the new lead vocalist for Britny Fox on Bite Down Hard. The original core of Michael Kelly Smith (guitar), Billy Childs (bass) and Johnny Dee (drums) returned on Bite Down Hard, making this a memorable Britny Fox album for me. Bite Down Hard is a damn good and Hard Rockin’ album from Britny Fox, an album that shouldn’t be overlooked by this seminal Glam Metal band.
Fast Facts About Bite Down Hard:
The Metal guitar warrior known as Zakk Wylde plays a solo on the track: Six Guns Loaded. The planetary and interplanetary famous drummer for Poison, Rikki Rockett, appears on the track: Midnight Moses.
Now, with all that out-of-the-way… onto “The Babe”. No, not Babe Ruth. The babe on the album cover for Bite Down Hard that is! Who was that blonde gal that had herself photographed only from the nose down for this cover? Trust me, she is famous. Trust me, she does deserve her “babe” status too. Can you guess who she is? Here are some hints that “maybe” will assist you along:
Hint #1: She is German born, back in 1972.
Hint #2: This babe has appeared in Playboy several times.
Hint #3: An accomplished actress, she has appeared on numerous television shows. An abbreviated list: Friends, Boy Meets World, General Hospital, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Commish and Xena: Warrior Princess. For motion pictures, she has appeared in: Airborne, That Thing You Do! and Stacy’s Mom.
There is no prize if you can “Name The Babe”, only a loud congratulations for the correct response will appear as an update in this post. Hey, that’s pretty damn cool stuff too. Good luck in trying to guess!
LONG LIVE THE ROCKIN’ LEGACY OF BRITNY FOX.
LONG LIVE BABES ON ALBUM COVERS.
Stone.
MISFITS – That really cool Billboard.com chart position bar below tells the entire Rockin’ story!
“The Devil’s Rain” has been flooding charts nationwide including with the largest independent record store coalition throughout North America, The Music Monitor Network, reporting “The Devil’s Rain” #1 in the Top 50 Indie albums nationwide!
Online, the new release has been the #1 selling punk CD on Amazon.com for two consecutive weeks in a row. The ‘Fits extend sincere thanks to you—the fiends who’ve made your voices heard by the masses globally, and helped make this possible.
(Source: Official MISFITS Records Newsletter, October 16, 2011)
* For more info on the MISFITS, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE the MISFITS.
Stone.
British Progressive Metallers THRESHOLD have just completed pre-production and are currently at Thin Ice Studios (DRAGONFORCE, PENDRAGON) in Surrey, England recording drum tracks for their ninth studio album.
“We’ve got about 75 minutes of music at the moment so there’s plenty to do,” states keyboard player Richard West, who is producing the album alongside guitarist Karl Groom, who adds: “I’m very pleased with the way this album is coming together. It is particularly good to see contributions in writing from more band members.”
The voice of original THRESHOLD vocalist Damian Wilson (HEADSPACE, STAR ONE) will be heard once again. He rejoined the band in 2007 following the departure of Andrew ‘Mac’ McDermott who sadly passed away on the 3rd of August 2011.
THRESHOLD’s previous studio record Dead Reckoning was released in 2007 and featured guest vocals by Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, BLOODBATH). The album entered the U.K. rock charts at #37, the German album chart at #64, and #95 in The Netherlands.
Expect the new THRESHOLD album in 2012.
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
Visit THRESHOLD online at:
http://www.facebook.com/THRESHOLD
http://www.youtube.com/THRESHOLD
LONG LIVE THRESHOLD.
Rest In Peace, Andrew ‘Mac’ McDermott.
Stone.
(Second from left is Flea)
FLEA – Back on October 16th, 1962, Michael Peter Balzary aka Flea was born. Flea is famously known around the planet and other distant galaxies as the co-founding member and bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Recently, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame “nominated” Red Hot Chili Peppers for the 2012 induction class. I hope Flea and his band do get that Rockin’ honor they deserve. Flea turns 49 years young today, so without further delay…
LONG LIVE FLEA.
LONG LIVE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
Stone.
Iconic old school Thrash/Death Metal outfit ABOMINATION has unveiled the trailer for the upcoming collection of their early works. Watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6DV4i2YrY
Over 20 years after the release of their self-titled debut, U.S. based ABOMINATION (feat. Paul Speckmann) will re-release the legendary material from their early days.
The album includes the records “Abomination” (1990) & “Tragedy Strikes” (1991) as well as multiple rare demo recordings plus the “The Final War” EP.
This double feature of a true underground legend is a must-have for all old school metalheads! Make sure to get yourselves a copy of this unique Metal testimonial once it’s out on November 4th: http://bit.ly/olBA3O
Now, you can download the song “Face In The Crowd”, take from the Final War (EP) for free: http://bit.ly/abominationmp3
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
LONG LIVE ABOMINATION.
Stone.

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