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EYEHATEGOD – Announce Additional East Coast Dates

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal with tags , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Following the sonic devastation that was their performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest earlier this month, New Orleans’ hardcore, blues-based, post-amplification, dirge-doers EYEHATEGOD are set to head East this December to further their audio decimation. The band will level Boston, Allentown and Brooklyn beginning December 2.

Commented frontman Mike Williams on the next round of pummel: “Following an amazing dark and cloudy show at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun fest, America’s drunkest sweethearts will set off on yet another East Coast exploration and research field trip into the age old tradition of self-abuse.”

EYEHATEGOD Tour Dates 2011/2012

12/02/2011 Wonderland Ballroom (Formerly Club Lido) – Boston, MA

12/03/2011 Jimmy’s – Allentown, PA

12/04/2011 Europa – Brooklyn, NY w/ Doomriders, Hull, Knight Terror

01/21/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD w/ Integrity 9 (A389 Anniversary Show)

05/24/2012 Maryland Deathfest @ Sonar – Baltimore, MD

EYEHATEGOD unleashed their Live DVD earlier this year via MVD. The 88-minute production features multi-camera footage from 2009 (Baltimore, MD) and 2010 (Cleveland, OH), with bonus clips from the last show of their 2010 European tour and videos never before released before on DVD. Order your copy HERE where you’ll also find a new selections of T-shirts and hoodies.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on EYEHATEGOD, click on the links below:

http://www.eyehategod.ee

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEyeHateGod 

http://www.MikeIX.com

LONG LIVE EYEHATEGOD.

Stone.

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RAMMSTEIN – Confirms North American Tour 2012

Posted in alternative metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, industrial metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

THE WORLD’S MOST EXPLOSIVE ROCK BAND RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA FOR 21 DATES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RETROSPECTIVE ALBUM RELEASE “MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011”

Mon. Nov. 14, 2011 – RAMMSTEIN, the Berlin-based band known for their incendiary live performances, will bring their brand new live production to North America this spring for 21 dates kicking off April 20 in Ft. Lauderdale.  Tickets for the tour, presented by Live Nation, will go on sale beginning Friday, Nov. 18 and will be available at:  www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com

Demand for Rammstein’s pyrotechnic-laden performances has been so great in Europe, where they regularly play capacity level soccer stadiums, the band spent nearly a full decade without setting foot on North American shores. In December 2010, the sextet returned to North America for two sold out shows including a performance at Madison Square Garden. Rammstein followed with a 9-day trek of major North American cities in Spring 2011.

The Los Angeles Times described the live experience as “…epic stagecraft on a Wagnerian scale, several notches up from most Arena Rock.”

The  tour announcement comes on the heels of news of the band’s first retrospective release, Made In Germany 1995 – 2011, which will be available in North America (through a distribution deal between Universal Germany and Vagrant Records) on Dec. 13.  Rammstein recently released “Mein Land,” a new four-track digital single that features two new songs: the title track and “Vergiss uns Nicht” as well as remixes from BossHoss and Mogwai.  A video directed by Jonas Akerlund for “Mein Land” is also currently featured Rammstein.com.  Rammstein’s most recent full-length album, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 in October 2009.

Rammstein first stormed America in 1998, touring with a set based on their Grammy-nominated breakthrough second release, Sehnsucht, featuring Du hast, the song that brought the world’s attention to the band. During their 1998 Family Values tour, praise was high, as well as indignation: band members were jailed in the US on indecency charges due to the highly provocative live show.

RAMMSTEIN MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY:

04/20/12 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center – Pre Sale 11/18/11

04/21/12 – Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum – Pre Sale 11/18/11

04/23/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena – Pre Sale 11/19/11

04/25/12 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena – Pre Sale 11/18/11

04/26/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center – Pre Sale 11/18/11

04/28/12 – Uniondale, NY @Nassau Coliseum – Pre Sale 11/18/11

04/29/12 – Worcester, MA @ DCU Center – Pre Sale 11/19/11

05/01/12 – Montreal, QC, CAN @ Bell Centre – Pre Sale 11/26/11

05/03/12 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena – Pre Sale 12/03/11

05/04/12 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena – Pre Sale 11/19/11

05/06/12 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills – Pre Sale 11/18/11

05/08/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center – Pre Sale 12/05/11

05/10/12 – Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ MTS Centre – Pre Sale 11/25/11

05/13/12 – Vancouver, BC. CAN @ Rogers Arena – Pre Sale 11/25/11

05/14/12 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome – Pre Sale 12/03/11

05/17/12 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center – Pre Sale 11/19/11

05/18/12 – Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena – Pre Sale 12/03/11

05/20/12 – Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum – Pre Sale 11/19/11

05/22/12 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center – Pre Sale 11/18/11

05/24/12 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center – Pre Sale 12/03/11

05/25/12 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center – Pre Sale 11/19/11

* Itinerary subject to change.

(Source: Speakeasy PR)

* For more info on RAMMSTEIN & ticket info, click the links below:

www.rammstein.com

www.ticketmaster.com

www.livenation.com

LONG LIVE RAMMSTEIN.

Stone.

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CORONATUS: “Terra Incognita” Tracklist Available

Posted in gothic metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, symphonic metal with tags , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Germany’s double female fronted Gothic Symphonic Metal sextet CORONATUS is going to release its new album “Terra Incognita” on Massacre Records, (November 18th, 2011).

“Terra Incognita” was produced, mixed and mastered by Markus Stock at the Tonstudio E.

With “Terra Incognita“ a new phase of the band’s history has been started and it takes the willing listener on a unique musical journey!

Lukasz Jaszak is responsible for the artwork and the cover.

Terra Incognita – Track List:

01. Saint Slayer

02. Fernes Land

03. A Dead Man‘s Tale

04. Sie Steh’n Am Weg

05. Vor der Schlacht

06. Hateful Affection

07. In Signo Crucis Trilogy I: Der Kleriker

08. In Signo Crucis Trilogy II: Das Zweite Gesicht

09. In Signo Crucis Trilogy III: In Signo Crucis

10. Der Letzte Freund

11. Traumzeit

12. Terra Incognita

13. Mein Herz (Live At Roehre Stuttgart 2011)

14. Kristallklares Wasser (Live Version) [* Japanese Edition]

(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on CORONATUS, click on the links below:

CORONATUS – Official Website

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE CORONATUS.

Stone.

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My Trip For Metal At The Lehigh Valley Mall: A Scary & Strange Trip It Was…

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, people, rock music, rock music news, shopping malls, world news with tags , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Back on November 6th, 2011, I went to the overly large, metropolitan mall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, known as The Lehigh Valley Mall. My Metal mission was to pick up the new Arch Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance CD at f.y.e. and trail behind my family. We arrived there at around 12 noon, an hour after this mall opened. (This mall opens at 11:00 am on Sundays). Now, why was this trip to the mall scary and strange? Two words: power outage.

As I walked the first floor of this shopping mecca, I heard an ominous “hum” above me, circling within the atmosphere of this mall’s grand openness. Simultaneously, I heard what I would describe as “clickety clack” and “popping” sounds swirling all about and above me as well. Within a micro-second, I noticed the power go off in at least half of the stores I was near. Whoa. Not cool. My family members with me, on this mall excursion, were not flinching and wanted to ascend the stairs to the second level where the stores of their interest were. My family’s confidence was knowing their security blanket (me) was by their side. No way we were taking any elevator. As I came upon the second level of the mall, I noticed the anchor store JCPenney was without power, along with (again) at least half of the stores in my viewing area.

I felt very concerned, what was exactly happening? Honestly, I couldn’t help shake the awkward feelings of doom. I pointed out to my family members, where the two nearest main exits were, just in case some bad crap was going down. Hey man, who knows? As the family entered some teen clothing store (by a name I cannot pronounce), I asked a male clerk up front: “do power outages happen frequently at this mall?”. He seemed care-free about it all and just psyched that his store still had the power on. I then looked across to the other side of this second level of the mall. I was not pleased for f.y.e. had no damn power.

Arch / Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance

Metal Blade Records – Released September 13, 2011

This was not good. I needed to get my CD at f.y.e. and at the same token, I was still concerned about why this mall lost power to half of its stores. This f.y.e. even had that creepy Mad Max cage across its entrance too. As I walked towards this powerless f.y.e., the power came back on! The power outage seemed to last between ten to fifteen minutes. I did buy the Arch Matheos CD at f.y.e., asking the female associate there if power outages were common at this mall. She said: “of all the years I’ve been working here, this is a first”. As I exited f.y.e., I found it quite odd, that I did not witness one security guard on duty. None telling customers that everything is cool regarding power. None visible to me anyways.

Throughout this entire power outage at The Lehigh Valley Mall, never once was there a public service announcement. Absent was mall management telling the thousands of customers and employees of this power outage and of its status. Shame on The Lehigh Valley Mall facilities management for acting as though people are just supposed to go about their business, while we’re hearing strange noises in the mall’s atmosphere and witnessing half of the stores losing power. What is this mall’s safety protocol? Does it even have one?

Three words for this experience I had on this day: what the hell. I guess if no one else care’s why should I? Bullshit. I do care. Ever since 9/11, I do give a damn if I’m in a major metropolitan mall and suddenly the power goes out to half of the stores. Please note, there was no inclement weather happening on this day either, so blaming it all on a storm is null and void. It’s not that I was looking for Captain America to come rescue me and my family on this day. What I was hoping for was more real. I would have embraced some peace of mind in the form of communication between mall management and patrons.

Holy crap and Metal be thy name. Dumb and dumber oversees the safety procedures of the entire Lehigh Valley Mall. Stone’s Metal advice: When in doubt, get out… and I should have gotten my family and I out of that mall when the power started going off. Who’s to say that the same situation will turn out as okay the next time? I now know, that there will never be any proper safety and public service announcement given to the mall patrons and employees at The Lehigh Valley Mall whenever the next power failure occurs. Experience tells me so.

BEING IN A LARGE MALL THAT LOSES POWER IS SCARY.

A PUBLIC SERVICE & SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT, ANYONE?

Stone.

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