Archive for March 19, 2012

ONSLAUGHT – UK Thrash Legends’ First North American Tour Begins Tonight

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , on March 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

The first EVER North American tour for England’s Thrash commanders ONSLAUGHT finally begins tonight, erupting in the city of Seattle. Following the kickoff this evening the tour will blast its way through nineteen other Metal havens across the continent towards the East Coast, wrapping up in Brooklyn in three weeks, with direct support from all ex-Venom supergroup M-pire Of Evil.

ONSLAUGHT‘s exclusive 90-minute set for the Scream For Violence 2012 North American tour spans their back catalog, including the classic Power from Hell, The Force and In Search of Sanity LPs, in addition to their more recently praised crushing comeback albums Killing Peace and Sounds of Violence.

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ONSLAUGHT Scream For Violence North American Tour 2012:

3/19/2012 Studio 7 – Seattle, WA

3/20/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

3/21/2012 @ The Pound – Oakland, CA

3/22/2012 @ Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA

3/23/2012 @ Jumping Turtle – San Diego, CA

3/24/2012 910 @ Live – Tempe, AZ

3/26/2012 @ The Korova – San Antonio, TX

3/27/2012 *TBA – Laredo, TX

3/29/2012 @ Fubar – St. Louis, MO

3/30/2012 @ Reggie’s – Chicago, IL

3/31/2012 @ House of Rock – Dayton, OH

4/01/2012 @ Blondies – Detroit, MI

4/03/2012 @ Wreck Room – Toronto, ON

4/04/2012 @ The Katacombs – Montreal, QC

4/06/2012 @ Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY

4/07/2012 @ Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.facebook.com/onslaughtuk

http://www.myspace.com/onslaughtu

http://www.afm-records.de

LONG LIVE ONSLAUGHT.

Stone.

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TOTENMOND – Digital Only ‘Best Of’ TOTENMOND Out Soon!

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on March 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

The 16-track Best of TOTENMOND will be entitled “Keine Sonne Mehr” and is scheduled to be released on May 11, 2012!

“Keine Sonne Mehr” will feature songs from TOTEMNOND’s albums “Lichtbringer”, “Fleischwald”, “Reich In Rost”, “Auf Dem Mond Ein Feuer”, “Unter Knochen”, “TonbergUrtod”, “Thronräuber” and their “Väterchen Frost” EP.

We’ll reveal the track listing soon.

“Keine Sonne Mehr” will be available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Musicload and other
digital music stores only!

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info, click on the link below:

http://www.massacre-records.com

Long Live Totenmond.

Stone.

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BEAK ‘EYRIE’ – An Extreme, Modern and Uncompromising Post-Metal Album Debut

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, post metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

BEAK – Releasing on April 3rd, 2012, via Someoddpilot, is the debut album Eyrie from Chicago’s Post-Metal band – Beak. Beak isn’t a household name yet, just give them time. This band is quite adept at fusing together these five songs for an electric listening experience. This debut album flourishes with Extreme Metal both vocally and musically and tempers down with bridges that expresses signs of Beak’s progressiveness.

Angry Mother Of Bones and Hands Collide are the first two tracks and they pounced upon my cranium with reckless sonic precision. Beak plays solid, they play tight and extremely proficient. Throughout Eyrie, I am impressed by the fact this is a debut album after all. Founding members Chris Eichenseer (drums) and Jason Goldberg (bass, polivoks and vocals) do have seasoned experience from being members of the critically acclaimed Post-Rock band The Timeout Drawer.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Slusher bestows plenty of believable rage while he sings. Jamey Jasta would beam if he heard Jon belt out his vocals. (Maybe Jamey already has). Hell, Beak would be a substantial opening act for Hatebreed. When it comes to Metal bands pushing the envelope of Extreme, it can sometimes sound chaotic with no destination in sight. Beak appears to have a destination with Eyrie, one that beats the snot out of my ears and has me hankering for another beating. I’ll never learn my lesson I guess.

Yes, fiery duo guitars are prevalent on Eyrie and the sound never comes across muddled. The rhythm section is a tidal wave of dynamite beats. A top-notch production all around with Eyrie, this debut album leaves me looking forward to more of this brand of Metal from Beak.

Fans of Ana Kefr to fans of The Devil Wears Prada should all find something to like about Beak. Extreme, modern and unyielding in their total impact of sound, while incorporating melodic interludes within their songs, has turned out to be a regal approach for Beak, one that should have them becoming a universal name in due time around our beloved world of Metal.

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BEAK:

Chris Eichenseer – drums

Jason Goldberg – bass, polivoks & vocals

Jon Slusher – guitars & lead vocals

Andy Bosnak – guitars

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EYRIE – Track Listing:

Angry Mother of Bones

Hands Collide

Men at Arms

Billions of Eyes

The Weight & Time

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* For more info on BEAK, click on the link below:

http://www.beakmusic.com

www.facebook.com/pages/Beak/183159646995

LONG LIVE BEAK.

Stone.

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LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY – UPDATE: NEW VIDEO AND BONUS DVD!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, symphonic metal with tags , , , , , on March 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

RHAPSODY have just finished recording a video in Stockholm, Sweden, for one of the singles of their upcoming album “Ascending To Infinity”. The song is called “Dark Fate Of Atlantis” and the director is OWE LINGVALL, talented artist of the company DREAM DAY MEDIA (http://www.dreamdaymedia.com). also known to have created visual masterpieces for bands like THE RASMUS and KAMELOT (“The Great Pandemonium”).

The band states: “We are impressed by the visionary style of Owe’s works. For a band willing to sound and look cinematic like RHAPSODY there was no better choice possible. The video will be spread for free around the world in the beginning of April. Our friend Owe will also be responsible for a bonus DVD including the video, the “making of” documentary related with it, and exclusive interviews with all the RHAPSODY band members. NUCLEAR BLAST will release this extra DVD with a playtime of more than one hour in the LIMITED EDITION of the new upcoming album “ASCENDING TO INFINITY”, to be released worldwide on June 29. An additional gift to all our fans around the world!”

Ascending To Infinity – will be released worldwide on June 29th, 2012, by Nuclear Blast.

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on RHAPSODY, click on the link below:

www.ltrhapsody.com

LONG LIVE LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY.

Stone.

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