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STRYPER – Two New Tour Dates For South America 2013

Posted in christian heavy metal, christian metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on October 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

STRYPER – Attention STRYPER fans in South America! Two new dates have been announced via http://www.stryper.com and they are listed below! Metal be thy name!

February 16, 2013 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Teatro Flores

February 17, 2013 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Carioca Club

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STRYPER:

Michael Sweet: Lead Vocals / Guitar

Robert Sweet: Drums

Oz Fox: Guitar / Vocals

Timothy Gaines: Bass/Vocals

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(Photo Credit: Stryper Music facebook)

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

http://www.facebook.com/stryper

LONG LIVE STRYPER.

Stone.

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ISIS “GHOST KEY” DEMO STREAMING ON PITCHFORK – “TEMPORAL” PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW

Posted in avant-garde metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, post-metal, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on October 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Oct. 30, 2012, LOS ANGELES — ISIS’ demo version of Ghost Key, from the forthcoming retrospective releaseTemporal (Nov. 6, Ipecac), is currently streaming via Pitchfork.com: (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14511-ghost-key/).

The track was recorded in the band’s Los Angeles rehearsal space by Aaron Harris and Aaron Turner in 2007. Ghost Key was included on the band’s final album, Wavering Radiant.

Vinyl and CD pre-orders for Temporal are available via Amazon (http://amzn.to/SeUYut ) and digital pre-orders are available via iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/temporal/id572209922).  The 2-CD set features 14 songs and is housed with a DVD featuring five music videos.

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Temporal track listing:

1.  Threshold of Transformation (demo) *
2.  Ghost Key (alternate demo version) *
3.  Wills Dissolve (alternate demo version) *
4.  Carry (demo) *
5.  False Light (demo) *
6.  Grey Divide (demo) *

1.  Streetcleaner (Godflesh cover, Recorded in 1999)
2.  Hand of Doom (Black Sabbath cover, Originally released on the Sawblade CD, 1999)
3.  Not in Rivers, But in Drops (Melvins/Lustmord remix; originally released on Holy Tears, 2007)
4.  Holy Tears (Thomas Dimuzio remix; originally released on NIRBID, 2008)
5.  Temporal (Recorded in 2009) *
6.  Way Through Woven Branches (originally released on Melvins/ISIS split LP, 2010)
7.  Pliable Foe (originally released on Melvins/ISIS split LP, 2010)
8.  20 Minutes/40 Years (acoustic version) *

DVD (official music videos)
1.  In Fiction
2.  Holy Tears
3.  Not In Rivers, But in Drops
4.  20 Minutes/40 Years
5.  Pliable Foe *

* Previously unreleased

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Aaron Harris, Jeff Caxide and Clifford Meyer recently partnered with Chino Moreno (Deftones) to form Palms (https://www.facebook.com/palmssongs).

The band’s debut album will be out in the Spring of 2013 via Ipecac.  Aaron Turner’s Old Man Gloom released No in late June, he is currently touring with Mamiffer.  Mike Gallagher continues on with his solo project MGR as well as scoring films, most recently 22nd of May.

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

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

www.ISISTHEBAND.blogspot.com

facebook: ISIS

www.facebook.com/ipecac

LONG LIVE THE LEGACY OF ISIS.

Stone.

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A BAND OF ORCS – Reveal Full Album Stream for Adding Heads To The Pile, Exclusively via MetalUnderground.com!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on October 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Looking to get your Halloween treat a little early?  If so, teleport over to the dungeons of Metal Underground where you unearth the startling truth that A BAND OF ORCS have returned, after 5 years, with their first full-length album, Adding Heads to the Pile, due out on Itchy Metal Entertainment on Halloween of 2012, following up their debut 2007 EP WarChiefs of the Apocalypse (Produced by Scott Lee Sargeant, engineered by Juan Urteaga).

Listen here: http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=85856

The latest offering, Adding Heads to the Pile (Produced and Engineered by Juan Urteaga), a concept album, tells tales of A BAND OF ORCS’ mercenary employment for a human kingdom in the realm of Hirntodia.  This craven kingdom of humans hires the Gore-Stained Axe Tribe to “settle their giant troubles” for them with axe and spear, but they get a lot more than they bargained for, once the orcs fulfill the terms of their geas by vanquishing the giants and return to pay the piper.  Come listen to songs about war, gold, and betrayal; featuring monstrous foes the likes of dragons, giants, titans, elementals, volcanoes, humans, chaos gods and more.

March over to Metal Underground now, add your head to the pile, and hear the exclusive album stream ofAdding Heads to the Pile.  The cover and liner notes for the album contain art by fantasy illustrators
Chuck Lukacs and Lorraine Schleter, both of whom have done work for Wizards of the Coast, among other role-playing game companies.

You can assure yourself of being spared when the Domination comes by pre-ordering your copy of “Adding Heads to the Pile” at www.abandoforcs.storenvy.com now.

Hail Gzoroth!

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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)

* For more info on A BAND OF ORCS, click on the link below!

www.facebook.com/ABandOfOrcs

LONG LIVE A BAND OF ORCS.

Stone.

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SAXON – Update On New Album – Announce Major 2013 Festival Appearance!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on October 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on SAXON (Official) facebook:

Saxon live plans – Saxon Facebook has cracked 70k followers!!!

We are still busy with the last final details for the new album! Major announcement re the new album will follow shortly!

In the meantime we want to thank you all for your support! That gives us the strength and the will to move on and to work as hard as we can! Your support is not only viewable in all the nice letters and emails and everything you are sending but also in the fantastic amount of Facebook followers! We have reached the unbelievable number of 70.273!!!

To give you a little bit back we confirmed to play the Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen, Germany on the second July weekend. The great thing is that we don’t just play a “normal” headline gig. We are bringing the mighty “Heavy Metal Thunder” Production we already used on this years Wacken Festival! We will see where else we are able to take this production and keep you of course updated. Further live dates will be also announced soon.

Saxon

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SAXON:

Biff Byford – lead vocals

Paul Quinn – guitar

Doug Scarratt – guitar

Nibbs Carter – bass

Nigel Glockler – drums

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

http://www.saxon747.com

facebook: Saxon (Official)

LONG LIVE SAXON.

Stone.

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