Archive for December 12, 2011

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS – Headlining Dates Begin Tonight, Nonstop Touring For Entire First Quarter Of 2012 Confirmed

Posted in Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Having just completed a massive thirty-six date North American tour supporting Mayhem, the ABIGAIL WIILIAMS  touring machine will continue on the road this week for six headlining dates, beginning in Wilmington, Delaware tonight. Taking only a few weeks off after this run of dates, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS hit the road on another set of headlining performances on their way to provide direct support for Dark Funeral’s North American assault engulfing all of February, immediately followed by a full tour with Deicide through the end of March! A full list of tour dates is posted below.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS‘ massive ongoing tour schedule is to pummel audiences with new material from the band’s new album, Becoming. Confirmed for release in North America on January 24, 2012, once again on Candlelight Records. The band’s third full-length Becoming is already stirring interest in the Metal media; its organic, churning tracks offering some stark contrast to previous ABIGAIL WILLIAMS releases. The first single from Becoming, “Ascension Sickness,” in its second week at radio has already broken the top 20 on CMJ (on a 11-minute single!). The track continues to get heavy requests and plays nationwide as the track continues to infect the masses. Stream “Ascension Sickness” right here.

Clocking in at nearly an hour in length, Becoming ushers in a provocative new chapter for the adventurous band. Containing six vast tracks, truly the band’s most expressive and complicated to date, Becoming was recorded in various warehouses throughout Los Angeles, with the lineup for the album including returning guitarist Ian Jekelis, studio drummer Zach Gibson (ex-The Black Dahlia Murder) and as always, vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron, who handled all mixing, mastering, production and engineering duties. View the cover art by infamous graphic artist Metastazis (Morbid Angel, Watain, Ulver, Nachtmystium, etc.) and more at this location. Preorders for the record are available from Candlelight.

Becoming Track Listing:

1. Ascension Sickness

2. Radiance

3. Elestial

4. Infinite Fields of Mind

5. Three Days of Darkness

6. Beyond the Veil

7. Akasha (digital-only)

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Headlining Dates:

12/12/2011 Mojo 13 – Wilmington, DE

12/13/2011 Broadway Joe – Buffalo, NY

12/14/2011 Camelot Hall – Portage, IN

12/15/2011 Bada Brew – Crest Hill, IL

12/16/2011 Fubar – St. Louis, MO

12/17/2011 Roxy Music Hall – Oklahoma City, OK

1/15/2012 118 Live – Simi Valley, CA w/ Pathology

1/20/2012 Hypnotic Lounge – Las Vegas, NV

1/21/2012 Skrappy’s – Tucson, AZ

1/23/2012 Wreckers – Lubbock, TX

1/24/2012 Tomcats – Ft. Worth, TX

1/25/2012 The Muse – Nashville, TN

1/26/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA

1/27/2012 Café 611 – Frederick, MD

1/28/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS w/ Dark Funeral, Inquisition, Gigan:

1/29/2012 Jaxx – Springfield, VA

1/30/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY

1/31/2012 Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

2/01/2012 The Palladium – Worcester, MA

2/02/2012 Cafe Campus – Montreal, QC

2/03/2012 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC

2/04/2012 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON

2/05/2012 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY

2/06/2012 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

2/07/2012 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI

2/08/2012 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL

2/09/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

2/10/2012 Osbourne Village Inn – Winnipeg, MB

2/11/2012 The Exchange – Regina, SK

2/12/2012 Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB

2/13/2012 Dickens – Calgary, AB

2/14/2012 Sapphire – Kelowna, BC

2/15/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

2/16/2012 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

2/17/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

2/18/2012 Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

2/19/2012 Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA

2/20/2012 Ruby Room – San Diego, CA

2/21/2012 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

2/22/2012 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

2/23/2012 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

2/24/2012 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO

2/25/2012 Roxy – Oklahoma City, OK

2/26/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX

2/27/2012 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX

2/28/2012 Scout Bar – Houston, TX

March of Death 2012 – Deicide w/ Abigail Williams, Jungle Rot, Lecherous Nocturne

3/01/2012 Jaxx – Springfield, VA

3/02/2012 Reverb – Reading, PA

3/03/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY

3/04/2012 Foufounes – Montreal, QC

3/05/2012 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC

3/06/2012 Opera House – Toronto, ON

3/07/2012 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY

3/08/2012 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

3/09/2012 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI

3/10/2012 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL

3/12/2012 Osbourne Village Inn – Winnipeg, MB

3/13/2012 The Exchange – Regina, SK

3/14/2012 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB

3/15/2012 Dickens – Calgary, AB

3/16/2012 Rutland Centennial Hall – Kelowna, BC

3/17/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

3/18/2012 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

3/19/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

3/20/2012 Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

3/21/2012 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

3/22/2012 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

3/23/2012 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

3/24/2012 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO

3/25/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX

3/27/2012 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

3/28/2012 The Hangar – New Orleans, LA

3/29/2012 Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL

* For more info on ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, click on the links below:

http://www.facebook.com/abigailwilliamsofficial

http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams

LONG LIVE ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

Stone.

Holiday Rock & Metal Gift Suggestions For The Rockaholic On Your 2011 List!

Posted in christmas, classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, holidays, Music, rock music, rock music news, southern rock with tags , , , , , , , on December 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Christmas Time Again (2000/Sanctuary Records)

Holiday Rock & Metal Gift Suggestions – We are smack dab in the middle of the 2011 holiday shopping season and it can be a living nightmare out there folks. So, what do you buy the Rockaholic on your holiday shopping list? A tee-shirt and/or bandana of their favorite band is cool. Tickets to see their favorite band in concert (if possible) is very cool. Live concerts on Blu-ray or DVD are a Rockin’ idea.

Looking to buy an autographed cymbal, CD, photo or poster? Perhaps a coffee mug, key chain or necktie of your Rockaholic’s favorite band or musician is the ideal gift. This is where a band or musician’s website/merch store comes in handy. Read on…

Going online to their favorite bands websites is always extremely helpful. Why? It is quite commonplace for bands and musicians to have their very own merch store on their websites. There you can find items for sale that are not sold anywhere else! We are talking about merchandise that is guaranteed to make your Rockaholic very, very, happy.

If you’ve never been to a band’s website to peruse their merch store, it is a MUST for Rock & Metal holiday shopping. Whoa and Metal be thy name.

If you are incredibly new at shopping at a band or musicians online merch store, here are two fantastic examples below. Both MASS and Kev Moore are selling their very own cool stuff, tailor-made for their fans and Rockaholics worldwide:

MASS – MASS ROCKS.COM

Moore: Music – (Click on ShopKEV at upper right-hand corner of his home page)

Then there is the CD or mp3 download. Be careful. Know which CD’s your Rockaholic needs… just ask and any Rockaholic shall answer!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Stone.

PRIMAL FEAR – Bad Guys Wear Black (Official Video)

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, heavy metal songs, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

PRIMAL FEAR – The new METAL song below from PRIMAL FEAR is off of their forthcoming studio album: Unbreakable. This new album from these WARRIORS OF METAL will be released on January 20th, 2012 (EU) and January 24th 2012 (North America) on Frontiers Records. Album artwork for Unbreakable created by  Jobert Mello.

* You can purchase the single Bad Guys Wear Black – available now on iTunes.

METAL be thy name, this is a tremendous new METAL song from PRIMAL FEAR! Check it out below!

PRIMAL FEAR:

Ralf Scheepers – Vocals

Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals

Magnus Karlsson – Guitars

Alex Beyrodt – Guitars

Randy Black – Drums

LONG LIVE PRIMAL FEAR.

BANG YOUR HEAD AND DON’T LOOK BACK!

* For more info on PRIMAL FEAR, click on the links below:

PRIMAL FEAR – Official Website

FRONTIERS RECORDS

Stone.