Archive for June 18, 2012

SIX FEET UNDER – Chris Barnes Issues Roadside Tour Update; Band Joins Barge To Hell Lineup

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Death Metal tyrants SIX FEET UNDER are currently midway through their long-anticipated 18 Nights Of Blood Tour. The trek kicked off in Atlanta, Georgia earlier this month and has systematically leveled nine cities. This is the band’s first live outing featuring newly recruited rhythm guitarist Ola Englund who takes the place of Rob Arnold as well as bassist Jeff Hughell [ex-Brain Drill, ex-Vile].Support is being provided by Dying Fetus and Revocation.

Comments growl commander Chris Barnes:  “Just wanted to give a shout-out to all the fans who’ve attended the 18 Nights Of Blood tour! I’ve been having a great time out on the road with the new band members. Both Jeff and Ola are kicking some serious ass on stage and the new songs are going over killer! Life is good!! Having Dying Fetus and Revocation on the road with us has been amazing. Total class acts and both amazing bands to share the stage with. Heading toward the West Coast to devour your souls. 18 Nights Of Blood continues…”

SIX FEET  UNDER are touring in support of Undead, unleashed to North American ears via Metal Blade on May 22. Their latest installment of audio violence toppled Billboard charts upon its first week of release and continues crushing souls. In related news, SIX FEET UNDER were recently added to the monolithic Barge To Hell lineup where 40 of Metal’s most extreme acts along with 2,000 headbangers from around the world take over a luxury cruise ship for a five-day/four-night trip to the Caribbean. The Barge sets sail on December 3 from Miami, Florida. Others bands scheduled to appear include Behemoth, Corrosion Of Conformity, Enslaved, Rotting Christ, At The Gates, Possessed and more!

Says Barnes of the event: “We have been eagerly awaiting our first ever show while floating across the Atlantic on the Barge To Hell this December! I am already preparing myself and will be sporting a parrot on my shoulder and a hook for a hand! SIX FEET UNDER on the seven seas! Avast Ye!”

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SIX FEET UNDER 18 Nights Of Blood Tour 2012

w/ Dying Fetus, Revocation [remaining dates]:

6/18/2012 The Gothic Theater – Denver, CO

6/20/2012 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

6/21/2012 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

6/23/2012 The Metro – Oakland, CA

6/24/2012 The Whisky – Los Angeles, CA

6/25/2012 Rocky Point Cantina – Tempe, AZ

6/26/2012 House Of Rock – El Paso, TX

6/27/2012 Scout Bar – Houston, TX

6/29/2012 Crowbar – Tampa, FL*

* – No Dying Fetus

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SIX FEET UNDER, click on the links below!

http://www.sfu420.com

http://www.facebook.com/sixfeetunder

http://twitter.com/sixfeetofficial

http://www.youtube.com/sixfeetunder

http://metalblade.com/sixfeetunder

LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

Stone.

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FANGORIA – KISS “MONSTER” The Official Album And Tour Magazine Hits Newsstands June 26th!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on June 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

KISS – FANGORIA, “the planet’s number one cult film, horror and fantasy culture entertainment magazine” will be issuing: KISS “Monster” (the official album and tour magazine). This spectacular and collectible issue will hit newsstands everywhere on June 26th, 2012 and be available through FANGORIA.com and KISSONLINE.com.

“This is a KISS magazine made by KISS fans for KISS fans”. This is a glossy, 72 page collector’s item for all KISSaholics! Includes: new and never before published photographs and brand new interviews with each member of KISS! Metal be thy name! I’m getting my copy of this KISS gem!

To pre-order you copy, click on the link below! Whoa!

http://www.Fangoria.com

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(Source: FANGORIA.com)

* For more info on KISS, click on the link below!

KISS

* Follow FANGORIA on twitter:

http://www.Twitter.com/Fangoria

LONG LIVE KISS.

LONG LIVE FANGORIA.

Stone.

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SABATON – Say Thank You! Chart Positions Revealed For “Carolus Rex”

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

From Nuclear Blast News:

The SABATON headquarters just sent over this message in order to thank their loyal and steadily growing fanbase:

A big THANK YOU from SABATON!

We just found out the amazing news that SABATON entered the Worldcharts at position 50. With that SABATON are at the moment the best-selling Swedish artist, WORLD WIDE, all because of YOU who bought the brand new album “Carolus Rex”!

Some amazing chart positions:

Sweden: #2

Poland: #7

Germany: #7

Finland: #9

Worldchart #50

Thank you!

/SABATON

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on SABATON, click on the links below!

http://www.sabaton.net

http://www.facebook.com/sabaton

http://www.nuclearblast.de/sabaton

LONG LIVE SABATON.

Stone.

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SPIDER ROCKETS “BITTEN” – Strap Yourself In… For One Hell Of A Hard Rockin’ Ride With Plenty Of Bite!

Posted in alternative rock, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on June 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

SPIDER ROCKETS – The new studio album, Bitten, from New Jersey’s Spider Rockets was released on June 5th, 2012, via P-Dog Records. Better strap yourself in for this bevy of Hard Rockin’ songs that shoot out from Bitten! Spider Rockets have raised their own bar of musical accomplishment with their new album and it undeniably Rocks from A to Z! Admittedly, I was expecting a great Spider Rockets album with Bitten; only I wasn’t expecting a standout album of this magnitude.

After my initial listen-through of Bitten, I realized these 10 songs kicked my ass. After reality settled in and several more listens, I also realized that Bitten is one of the BEST albums I’ve listened to across ALL Rock genres thus far in 2012. Crisscrossing Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock/Metal and Hard Rock, Spider Rockets take their sound to a level of fun and excitement that I’ve always yearned for from a band. Any band. You know, like Anthrax and Misfits fun.

If your unfamiliar with Spider Rockets you absolutely must take Stone’s word here: Spider Rockets are the missing F’n link in today’s American Heavy Music. Spider Rockets sound LOUD even when the volume is down. Spider Rockets spread an infectious energy into my senses upon the opening note of Better When It’s Loud. Yes, as vocalist Helena Cos sings, it’s “better when it’s loud, it’s better when it’s fast” and I’ll confidently state: this Spider Rockets band is built-to-last!

Helena Cos illuminates the song, she has a vocal identity unlike no other female front woman I’ve heard in my 100 years of living. I state this due to the similarity factor that too often seems to come into play within the world of Rock. Helena accentuates the lyrics and sings with the confidence and attitude that any aspiring singer should emulate. Did I mention this band can play? With Bitten as proof, this band is as solid as a newly forged set of railroad spikes.

The cover of Golden Earring’s 1982 #1 hit, Twilight Zone, makes the news here. Spider Rockets spray paints more Rockin’ relevance on this (decades long) over played song… that I actually like it again! The tempo is turned up a notch and the curled-lip vibe from Helena’s vocals makes Twilight Zone a brand new and welcomed listen to my ears. If you have already heard and dug the lead single Scream (which was aired all over the internet months ago), you’re in for an enormous treat: there are songs on Bitten equal to and even better than that single!

Spider Rockets will make you move… and if you don’t move to the fist-pumping, headbanging, carefree, riff-infested, melodic, rhythm saturated, bass thumping, Alternative Hard Rock inspired style of songs on Bitten, then forget about it cause you obviously have no pulse. Album opener Going Down sets the party mood and who-gives-a-shit vibrations afire; while album closer Bring Me Around has me wishing there were 2, 3, 4 or 5 more songs to flow through my Rock ‘N Roll hungry eardrums and veins.

Seriously, Spider Rockets have declared the status quo of Hard Rock as public enemy #1 with Bitten. Collectively these songs play-out so fabulously that Bitten is an album that ends way, way, way too soon. Ring that Spider Rockets bell and tell all the people in the streets… Stone has been Bitten. And I want to get bitten again… and again. It’s now your turn to get bitten by Spider Rockets. Metal be thy name.

SPIDER ROCKETS:

Helena Cos – vocals

Johnny Nap – guitar

Dan Prestup – drums

Timmy Tobin – bass

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BITTEN – Track Listing:

Going Down

So High

Scream

Don’t Need You

Break

Gasoline

Twilight Zone

Better When It’s Loud

Nothing Left

Bring Me Around

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* For more info on SPIDER ROCKETS, click on the links below!

http://www.spiderrockets.com

https://twitter.com/SpiderRockets

http://www.youtube.com/SpiderRockets

http://spiderrockets.buzznet.com/

LONG LIVE SPIDER ROCKETS.

Stone.

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KREATOR – Historic Chart Entries For “Phantom Antichrist”

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , on June 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Phantom Antichrist, the brand new album by legendary German Thrash pioneers KREATOR, has landed on various top positions on charts all over the world.

Germany #5 (the band’s highest chart entry ever)

Switzerland #22

Austria #31

Netherlands #87

Spain #89

Belgium #115

USA #130

Canada #118

USA Billboard Heatseekers Chart #1 (label’s highest debut ever on any Billboard)

USA Billboard Tio 200 Chart #130

UK Top 50 Indie Charts #14

UK Top 40 Metal Chart #37

Commented main man, guitarist & singer Mille Petrozza: “Wow! Thanks a million to our fans – this would have never been possible without you! Thank you for believing in us! You are the best! See you on tour!”
 A video featuring snippets of all songs of the album + comments by various heavy metal heavyweights can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/QCFz2vhc3mU

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on KREATOR, click on the links below!

http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de

http://www.kreator-terrorshop.com

http://www.facebook.com/KreatorOfficial

http://www.youtube.com/user/kreatorofficial

LONG LIVE KREATOR.

Congratulations KREATOR, you guys (legends) deserve it.

Stone.

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