Archive for March 22, 2012

WITCH CROSS – Danish Heavy Metal Band Returns! Performing At: KEEP IT TRUE FESTIVAL XV

Posted in classic metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

WITCH CROSS – Danish Heavy Metal band Witch Cross is back on the scene. On the 27th of April 2012, Witch Cross will take to the stage at the prestigious Keep It True Festival in Germany in front of 2000 rocking Heavy Metal fans. The band will be performing songs from their acclaimed 1984 debut album Fit for Fight and founding member and guitarist Mike “Wlad” Koch says “it’s great to be playing the old songs along with one or two new ones, even though we couldn’t get the whole band back together for various reasons it’s exciting to be able to bring our music back to life in front of so many people”! And the band plans to continue to play live after this event so watch this space.

On stage with Mike Wlad will be 2 other original members of Witch Cross , bass player Jan “Little John” Fields and drummer Anders “AC” Hjort. The 3 have drafted in British singer Kevin Moore from Graham Oliver’s Saxon and guitarist Torben Aalykke who has been working with original Witch Cross singer Alex Savage for the last 23 years in Savage Affair and other musical outings.

The band’s debut album Fit For Fight along with their 1982 single No Angel/Are You There and 19 other demo tracks, spanning the bands early days until their split in 1985, has been released on a 4 vinyl limited collectors album by the American Heavy Metal label Hells Headbangers earlier this year. A double CD with some bonus video with be released in the near future.

Vocalist Kevin Moore Comments: On a personal note, it’s really exciting to be fronting Danish Metal band Witch Cross, taking my pro career full circle, as I began professionally playing in Denmark many years ago. Guitarist Mike and I are also busy writing new Witch Cross material.

WITCH CROSS Lineup – Keep It True Festival XV: 

Mike “Wlad” Koch – guitar


Jan “Little John” Fields – bass

Anders “AC” Hjort
 – drums

Kevin Moore – vocals

Torben Aalykke – guitar

FIT FOR FIGHT (1984 – RoadRunner Records)

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(Sources: Kev Moore & Mike “Wlad” Koch)

LONG LIVE WITCH CROSS.

LONG LIVE KEV MOORE.

Stone.

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BEAK – “HANDS COLLIDE” VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, post metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Chicago – Beak, the post-metal quartet formed by local Chicago luminaries Chris Eichenseer and Jason Goldberg previously of The Timeout Drawer, release  the “Hands Collide” video, the first single from their forthcoming release Eyrie (Apr. 3, Someoddpilot Records) today at www.vimeo.com/33769868.

The “Hands Collide” video is a dark and claustrophobic nightmare, a literal collision of worlds – a not-quite family man and his late-night hunting safaris through the city’s suburbs.  The clip was directed by Chris Eichenseer of Someoddpilot and shot on the North side of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

Eyrie, the band’s five-track debut album, was recorded and mixed in late-2011 at Engine Studios by Neil Strauch (Sage Francis, Bonnie Prince Billy) and early feedback on the release has been extremely positive with Metal Odyssey calling the album “an extreme, modern and uncompromising post-metal debut” and Hellride Music adding “Think Hum but much, much, much heavier.”

Beak have several tour dates on deck including a hometown show on Mar. 31 at Ultra Lounge.  Full tour dates are:

Mar. 31  Chicago, IL    Ultra Lounge

Apr. 11  Lansing, MI    Mac’s Bar

Apr. 12  Columbus, OH    Ruby Tuesday

Beak is: Andy Bosnak (Guitar), Chris Eichenseer (Drums), Jason Goldberg (Bass, Vocals) and Jon Slusher (Guitar, Lead Vocals).

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(Source: Speakeasy PR)

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

www.beakmusic.com/

www.facebook.com/pages/Beak/183159646995

LONG LIVE BEAK.

Stone.

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SCORNAGE – A Double Dosage Of Their Thrashing Aggressive Music Videos!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , on March 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

SCORNAGE – Thrash. Death Thrash. Metal. Scornage. This band kicks some serious Metal ass here my Metal brethren. Take a look and listen for yourself below. I was steered towards this band and their videos from the Metal Warriors over at Massacre Records. Warning: The “Pure Aggressive Metal” from SCORNAGE will kick your ass.

Background: 

SCORNAGE are well-known for their incredible live-presence that they have proven in countless shows, such as Kaltenbach Open Air 2006, Metal Bash Open Air 2007, Zabbaduschder Open Air, Hard’n Heavies Open Air or on one of their support shows for Acts like Sodom, Hatesphere, Crowbar, Tankard, Unleashed, Dew-Scented, Ektomorf, Deicide, One Man Army, Legion of the Damned and many more….

Crank up We Bury Our Dead Alive:

Thrash out to Face The Blade:

SCORNAGE:

Guido Grawe – vocals

Volker Rahn (Arry) – guitar

Tom Bronneberg – guitar

Markus Breuer – bass

Tom Freyer – drums

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Upcoming SCORNAGE live show:

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

http://www.scornage.com

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE SCORNAGE.

Stone.

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