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STRYPER – 2013 TOUR DATES!

STRYPER – Below are the dates, cities and venues where the prodigious STRYPER will be playing their legendary Heavy Metal live! Take a Metal look below to see if STRYPER will be Rockin’ in your area! Metal be thy name!

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JUNE 28, 2013

UNITED STATES

THE GRANADA THEATER

DALLAS, TX

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JUNE 29, 2013

UNITED STATES

WAREHOUSE LIVE BALLROOM

HOUSTON, TX

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JULY 12, 2013

UNITED STATES

CASINO BALLROOM

HAMPTON BEACH, NH

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JULY 13, 2013

UNITED STATES

BB KINGS

NEW YORK, NY

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JULY 14, 2013

UNITED STATES

THE CHANCE

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY

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JULY 16, 2013

UNITED STATES

MEXICALI LIVE

MICHAEL SWEET & OZ FOX ACOUSTIC

TEANECK, NJ

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JULY 19, 2013

CANADA

THE ROCKPILE

TORONTO, ON

JULY 20, 2013 NEW DATE!

UNITED STATES

DIESEL CONCERT LOUNGE

CHESTERFIELD, MI

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AUGUST 9, 2013

UNITED STATES

TAILGATER’S

BOLINGBROOK, IL

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AUGUST 10, 2013

UNITED STATES

WISCONSIN STATE FAIR

WEST ALLIS, WI

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AUGUST 14, 2013

UNITED STATES

WHISKY A GO GO

MICHAEL SWEET & OZ FOX ACOUSTIC

HOLLYWOOD, CA

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AUGUST 15, 2013

UNITED STATES

THE COACH HOUSE

MICHAEL SWEET & OZ FOX ACOUSTIC

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA

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AUGUST 16, 2013

UNITED STATES

CLUB MADRID @ SUNSET STATION CASINO

MICHAEL SWEET & OZ FOX ACOUSTIC

LAS VEGAS, NV

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OCTOBER 20, 2013 NEW DATE!

UNITED STATES

SCULLEY’S SHOOTERS

MICHAEL SWEET & OZ FOX ACOUSTIC

NORTH PLATTE, NE

STRYPER:

Michael Sweet – Lead Vocals & Guitar

Robert Sweet – Drums

Oz Fox – Guitar & Vocals

Timothy Gaines – Bass & Vocals

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* For more info on STYRPER, click on the links below! Whoa!

Facebook: Stryper Music

For VIP Packages, click here: http://www.stryper.com

LONG LIVE STRYPER.

Stone.

CIRCLE OF SILENCE – German Power Metal Act’s Fourth Album Nears Release Via Massacre Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, Power Metal, power metal bands, rock music, rock music news with tags circle of silence, circle of silence the rise of resistance, metal albums 2013, Metal News, Power Metal on June 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Massacre Records is preparing to release The Rise Of Resistance, the blazing fourth studio full-length from German Metal warriors CIRCLE OF SILENCE, the label having just confirmed July 2nd as the North American street date.

Since 2005 central Germany-based CIRCLE OF SILENCE has perpetuated their brand of rugged, classic but fresh Traditional/Power Metal with a dark edge, comparable to Iced Earth, Savatage, Brainstorm and Sanctuary, their sound growing more potent and epic with each release. Following their 2006 debut album Your Own Story, followed by 2008’s The Supremacy Of Time and most recently The Blackened Halo released in 2011, The Rise Of Resistance boasts fifty minutes of the band’s most striking, solid Metal yet.

Once again the band sanctioned producer Vagelis Maranis (ex-Sanvoisen) in his Maranis Studios (Winter’s Verge, Saidian, Suicidal Angels) for the recording sessions, and brought in Vitaly Alexius/Scitart (Evile, Gainward) for the cover design. CIRCLE OF SILENCE’s uncompromising American style of power metal reigns supreme on The Rise Of Resistance.

Check out the official album trailer below, with nearly seven minutes of music from The Rise Of Resistance:

The Rise Of Resistance – Track Listing:

01. Blood Of Enemies

02. Eyes Of Anarchy

03. Nothing Shall Remain

04. One Moment Of Hate

05. An Oncoming Storm

06. Mind Conspiracy

07. In The Absence Of Your God

08. We Rise

09. The Final Chapter

10. Slave To The Greed Machine

11. Reborn From Darkness

12. The Architect Of Immortality

CIRCLE OF SILENCE:

Niklas Keim – vocals

Tobias Pfahl – guitars

Christian Sommerfeld – guitars

Björn Boehm – bass

Peter Suppinger – drums

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on CIRCLE OF SILENCE, click on the links below!

Facebook: Circle Of Silence

http://www.circle-of-silence.com

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE CIRCLE OF SILENCE.

Stone.

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COUNTERPARTS – 3rd Studio Album Releases July 23rd, Via Victory Records

Posted in hardcore, hardcore bands, hardcore metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags counterparts, counterparts the difference between hell and home, hardcore, hardcore albums 2013, hardcore bands, metal albums 2013, rock music news on June 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Album Photography by Stephanie Mill

COUNTERPARTS has the Hardcore world waiting in anticipation for their third studio album, The Difference Between Hell and Home, which is set for a July 23rd release. Heartbreaking and honest, chaotic yet purposeful, fans can expect the same spitting aggression and emotive lyricism they’ve come to appreciate from COUNTERPARTS, magnified and turned all the way up.

Vocalist, Brendan Murphy comments, “There was so much preparation, thought, hard work, whatever you want to call it put into this record. We spent more time on these songs than I can even remember, and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. It’s everything we’ve ever done so far, but better. If you give a shit about Counterparts, you will like this record.”

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COUNTERPARTS:

Brendan Murphy – Vocals

Jesse Doreen – Guitar

Alex Re – Guitar

Eric Bazinet – Bass

Kelly Bilan – Drums

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You can now pre-order the new album, on CD or LP (100 Green/ 400 Grey Putty).
Buy it here:
http://www.victorymerch.com/store/counterparts/packages

* (Source: Victory Records)

Facebook: Victory Records

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

http://www.counterpartshc.com

Facebook: COUNTERPARTS

LONG LIVE COUNTERPARTS.

Stone.

SOiL BECOMES ‘WHOLE’ AS SIXTH ALBUM IS RELEASED AUGUST 20 VIA PAVEMENT ENTERTAINMENT

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock bands, hard rock news, Metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags hard rock albums 2013, hard rock news, metal albums 2013, Metal News, rock music news, soil, soil whole on June 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

TOUR SET TO LAUNCH JUNE 19 IN BOWLING GREEN, KY

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SOiL’s sixth studio album, WHOLE, will be released August 20 via Pavement Entertainment. It’s the band’s first 100% independent release. “We wanted to call all the shots on this album and, for the first time ever, hold our future in our own hands,” explains bassist Tim King.

“Shine On” is the album’s first single, which will be released to radio June 18 and will be available digitally June 25. A video has been completed and will be released soon.

WHOLE is the first album with original frontman Ryan McCombs since 2004’s RE.DE.FINE (after which he became Drowning Pool’s lead singer). It sees SOiL returning to its classic sound that fans have come to admire, calling it the album “that could have come directly after the SCARS album in 2001.”

Following the release of their first-ever live DVD in 2012, “Re-LIVE-ing The Scars,” SOiL began writing new material and entered the studio in February 2013 with producer Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Breaking Benjamin) to begin recording.

“This was by far the most comfortable and natural recording process we have ever experienced,” says guitarist Adam Zadel. “From the writing, pre-production, and through the main tracking and mixing, everything was smooth and fluid.”

Songs featured on WHOLE include “The Hate Song,” “Loaded Gun,” “Way Gone,” and “Shine On,” which is dedicated to the SOiL fans for standing by the band throughout the years. Another track, “Amalgamation,” sees McCombs taking song titles from both the SOiL and Drowning Pool releases he was a part of and weaving them into verses of the song.

“I think lyrically speaking, those that are familiar with the work I’ve done are going to get the next chapter that they would expect,” Ryan McCombs describes about the lyrical process. “Words from a heart and mind that has lived them. One of the greatest things I experience as a lyricist is when people come up and share with me how a song, or a specific verse or line from a song, got them through a hard time or times in their lives. It reminds me of the times music did that for me and how powerful music and/or a lyric can be in a person’s life.”

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Drums and percussion on WHOLE were performed by Will Hunt (Black Label Society, Evanescence, Device). “Will added a whole new dimension to the songs,” states bassist Tim King. “He added a monstrous and aggressive vibe to the album.” A guest guitar solo on “Wake Up” was also performed by longtime friend, Mike Mushok of the band Staind.

In touring news, SOiL will hitting the road on June 19 for a show in Bowling Green, KY at The Rustic Room along with Pop Evil. The band is currently lining up shows for the entire summer, which will be announced in the coming weeks. One of the upcoming tour stops includes an appearance as part of the second annual Monster Energy’s Aftershock Festival on September 15 in Sacramento, CA at Discovery Park, along with Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Megadeth, Volbeat, A Day To Remember, HIM, Buckcherry, Halestorm, Asking Alexandria, All That Remains, Falling In Reverse, Device, Steel Panther, P.O.D., and many others.

Here’s the complete track listing for WHOLE:

01. Loaded Gun
02. The Hate Song
03. Ugly
04. Way Gone
05. Psychopath
06. Shine On
07. Wake Up
08. Amalgamation
09. My Time
10. Little Liar
11. One Love

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Check out SOiL at any of the following stops:

Wed 6/19 – Bowling Green, KY @ The Rustic Room (with Pop Evil)

Thu 6/20 – South Bend, IN @ Cheers Pub

Fri 6/21 – Wausau, WI @ The Fillmore

Thu 7/18 – Marion, OH @ Tink’s Rock House

Fri 7/19 – Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock

Sat 7/20 – Pecatonica, IL @ Winnebago County Fairgrounds Breast Fest

Sat 8/24 – Twin Lakes, WI @ Shadow Hill Ranch (WIIL Rock Fest)

Sun 9/15 – Sacramento, CA @ Discovery Park

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* For more info on SOIL, click on the links below! Whoa!

Facebook: Soil

www.soiltheband.com

www.twitter.com/soiltheband

LONG LIVE SOiL.

Stone.

NEKTAR – UK Prog Legends To Release Highly Anticipated New Studio Album ‘Time Machine’ On June 18 , 2013

Posted in classic rock, Music, prog rock, progressive rock, progressive rock bands, rock albums, rock music, rock music news with tags classic rock, nektar, nektar time machine, prog rock, progressive rock, progressive rock albums 2013, rock music news on June 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Los Angeles, CA – Prog legends Nektar return with their triumphant 13th album Time Machine on June 18, 2013 on Purple Pyramid Records – the first album of new material in over 4 years – that band leader and founding member Roye Albrighton is calling “The best album Nektar has ever made!” ‘Time Machine’ showcases a new depth of songwriting, melodic complexity and musical exploration that hearkens back to early Nektar releases such as ‘Remember The Future’ and ‘A Tab In The Ocean’.

Nektar, featuring Albrighton, founding drummer Ron Howden, keyboardist Klaus Hentasch and bassist Lux Vibratus, is British, but was formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1970. Their early albums featured a heady, exhilarating mix of progressive, experimental rock sounds that soon caught on worldwide at the height of the international prog-rock boom. Touring the world behind numerous album releases throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s helped to cement the band’s reputation as an influential prog-rock legend.

Having undergone a variety of personnel changes over the past decade or so, the band now boasts its strongest lineup in years and is ready to prove so yet again to its many fans throughout North America. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the original release date of the band’s classic album, ‘Remember the Future’, Nektar is looking to perform in its entirety this most heralded release from its vast catalog, a rarity in that the band has not performed the entire album live in years.

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Nektar Time Machine CD is available for pre-order now at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Machine-Nektar/dp/B00CGUSM16

Nektar / Son’s Of Hippies US Tour Dates:

June 20 – Sully’s – Chantilly, VA

June 21 – Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA

June 22 – Sellersville Theatre – Sellersville, PA

June 23 – B.B. King Blues Club & Grill – NYC

June 26 – The Winchester Music Hall – Cleveland, OH

June 26 – The RockPile Bar & Nightclub – Toronto, ON, Canada

June 28 – Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI

June 29 – Viper Alley – Lincolnshire, IL

June 30 – Famous Dave’s Blues Club – Minneapolis, MN

July 02 – Rogue Pizza Co. – Fayetteville, AR

July 03 – Cheer Up Charlie’s – Austin, TX

July 04 – The Grotto – Fort Worth, TX

For more information visit Nektar’s official website: www.nektarsmusic.com

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(Source: Glass Onyon PR)

LONG LIVE NEKTAR.

Stone.

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