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Introducing UNHOLY ANARCHY RECORDS

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on July 18, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Straight from the underground comes the newly launched Unholy Anarchy Records and Distro. Launched in the summer of 2013, Baltimore-based Unholy Anarchy is guided by the philosophy to release quality underground extreme music without boundaries – the only criteria being quality music from great bands.

Run by true Metal fans for true Metal fans, Unholy Anarchy focuses primarily on vinyl releases, but is open to a variety of mediums from acts that share a similar vision. The label’s first release will be a seven-inch split with Belgium’s AGATHOCLES and Pittsburgh, PA’s HOGRA. Due out in early August, the split will be a co-release with Blackseed Records, Jerk Off Records and At War With False Noise.

On the distro side of things, Unholy Anarchy has hundreds of titles on picture disc, 12″, 10″, 7″, CD and cassette formats in stock. Throughout July, the label is offering 15% off all 12″ vinyl purchases and always offers free shipping on any order over $50.

Unholy Anarchy is an independently owned and operated family business that focuses on maintaining the importance of physical music formats, especially vinyl.  The label was founded with the hopes of delivering quality underground Metal, Punk and Hardcore from artists and labels we respect. They are dedicated to helping the scene, the bands, and delivering music to you. Unholy Anarchy has made every effort to stock rare imports and hard to find albums for our U.S. customer base, and hope you find Unholy Anarchy a collective that you can stand behind.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on UNHOLY ANARCHY RECORDS:

http://www.unholyanarchy.com

http://www.unholyanarchyrecords.bigcartel.com

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LONG LIVE UNHOLY ANARCHY RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

BROKEN HOPE “Omen Of Disease” – To Be Released Via Century Media Worldwide

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on July 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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6th Studio Album From These Chicago Death Metal Warriors Promises To Be A Killer!

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BROKEN HOPE has revealed the title of their 6th studio release as Omen of Disease. The album title, created by chief-lyricist, Jeremy Wagner, is also an actual album track, which marks the first official BROKEN HOPE “title track” since their 1991 debut album, Swamped in Gore.

Jeremy Wagner comments about this upcoming release:

“Some time ago, a festering Death Metal prophecy indicated something sick and brutal was coming back from the dead. The malignant signs became evident when BROKEN HOPE first resurrected from the grave and then went on tour. A more sinister foreboding followed when BROKEN HOPE wrote a new death metal album for the world to hear. Today, I’m a harbinger, here to alert everyone of a ‘Death Metal omen’ that is upon us…I speak of the new BROKEN HOPE album, ‘Omen of Disease.’ The album title itself reeks of a musical offering that is nothing short of gruesome. ‘Omen of Disease’ will be released to infect everyone worldwide this summer. I promise: this death metal album is a most savage, feral, pestilential, and lethal creation. You’ve been warned…” – Jeremy Wagner

Omen of Disease is slated for a worldwide release this year, via Century Media Records. Stay tuned for more details about this new BROKEN HOPE album coming soon!

BELOW, GET BLISTERED BY THE OFFICIAL BROKEN HOPE E.P.K.! METAL BE THY NAME! 

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BROKEN HOPE:

Damian Leski – Vocals

Jeremy Wagner – Guitars

Shaun Glass – Bass

Chuck Wepfer – Guitars

Mike Miczek – Drums

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(Source: BROKEN HOPE)

* For more info on BROKEN HOPE:

Facebook: Broken Hope

http://www.brokenhope.com

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CENTURY MEDIA:

www.centurymedia.com

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LONG LIVE BROKEN HOPE.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

CATTLE DECAPITATION To Release “Your Disposal” 7″ Single

Posted in Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on July 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Band Prepares To Level Stages At Summer Slaughter

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CATTLE DECAPITATION will be releasing a 7″ single this summer! Your Disposal features the B-side, An Exposition of Insides, which was previously available only as a Japanese bonus track on the band’s most recent album, Monolith of Inhumanity. The single is available (both black and clear vinyl) for order on-line on indiemerchstore.com for $5.50, as well as in a bundle with a t-shirt for $18.99. Pick up your copy of the single HERE, and check out the t-shirt bundle HERE. Fans attending this year’s The Summer Slaughter Tour can grab their copy at the band’s merch booth throughout the tour.

Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: “We noticed a lot of people were dismayed to find out there was a track available out there on a Japanese version of Monolith of Inhumanity that nobody outside of Japan had ever heard before. When it hit YouTube, that’s when we started getting emails from fans. We noticed the lyrics weren’t inside that version or available anywhere at all so that gave us the idea of throwing it on a B-side and releasing a 7″ vinyl single for “Your Disposal” with the song “An Exposition of Insides!” We feel that Monolith is the mother of all of our releases so far and I thought it’d be funny to make it look like she just squirted out a baby and that’s what this little guy looks like. Just in time for Summer Slaughter!”

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The most extreme tour of the year has returned with its most devastating and anticipated lineup yet. The 7th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP and Guitar World, is now officially slated to run from July 19th through August 24th. It features such heavyweights as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon and more. See dates below:

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CATTLE DECAPITATION

The Summer Slaughter Tour w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder

7/19/2013 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

7/20/2013 House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA

7/21/2013 The Observatory/Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA

7/24/2013 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK

7/25/2013 The Scott Inn – Austin, TX

7/26/2013 House of Blues – Dallas, TX

7/27/2013 House of Blues – Houston, TX

7/28/2013 Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL **Off date w/ Aeon, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Revocation**

7/30/2013 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

7/31/2013 Old City Courtyard – Knoxville, TN

8/01/2013 House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC

8/02/2013 The Filmore Silver Springs – Silver Springs, MD

8/03/2013 The Palladium – Worcester, MA **no Norma Jean **w/ special guests Unearth

8/04/2013 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

8/07/2013 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY

8/08/2013 Sound Academy – Toronto, ON

8/09/2013 Metropolis – Montreal, QC

8/10/2013 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY

8/11/2013 The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI

8/12/2013 House of Blues – Chicago, IL

8/13/2013 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI

8/14/2013 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN

8/16/2013 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO

8/17/2013 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

8/18/2013 The Venue – Caldwell, ID **Off date w/ Revocation, Aeon, Thy Art Is Murder, Dark Sermon

8/19/2013 Snowbox Sodo – Seattle, WA

8/20/2013 Roseland Ballroom – Portland, OR

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on CATTLE DECAPITATION:

Facebook: Cattle Decapitation

http://www.cattledecapitation.com/

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LONG LIVE CATTLE DECAPITATION.

Stone.

COFFINS “Colossal Hole” 10-Inch Record (Limited Deluxe Edition) To Be Released On HORROR PAIN GORE DEATH PRODUCTIONS

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 28, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Horror Pain Gore Death Productions is set to release the Deluxe Edition of the COFFINS Colossal Hole EP on 10-Inch Vinyl format on August 20th. This Deluxe Edition is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies on Black Night vinyl and comes with a set of two barf bags and a pair of numbered event style tickets.

COFFINS make their triumphant return to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions for a special, one time only pressing of Colossal Hole on limited, deluxe edition 10″ vinyl! This sickening release features raw pre-production demo tracks from their Relapse Records debut The Fleshland, and was previously only available as a limited cassette direct from the band. Colossal Hole is COFFINS in their finest form… even heavier and more punishing than ever heard before!

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COFFINS – COLOSSAL HOLE – Deluxe Edition Package

This exclusive edition features cover artwork by Uchino himself and is hand numbered to 500 copies pressed on 45 RPM Black Night vinyl, packaged with a set of two horror movie style barf bags complimented by a pair of numbered collectable event style tickets. Pure bone-crushing, terrifying Doom-infested Death Metal for fans of Abscess, Asphyx, Autopsy, Carnage, Celtic Frost, Cianide, Divine Eve, Grave, Hellhammer, Hooded Menace, Venom and Winter.

WARNING: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions and Coffins assume no responsibility for health problems that may arise while entering the Colossal Hole… No savior can rescue you from the Hellbringer!!!

You can pre-order your copy for only $15 with free shipping at:

http://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/store/hpgd070.html.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on COFFINS, click on the links below!

Facebook: Coffins

http://www.coffins.jp

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For more info on HORROR PAIN DEATH GORE PRODUCTIONS:

Facebook: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

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LONG LIVE COFFINS.

Stone.

DYING FETUS – RE-SIGNED TO RELAPSE RECORDS!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 24, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Relapse Records Have Announced Today – June 24, 2013:

We are proud to announce that we have officially re-signed Death Metal legends Dying Fetus! The band will be on tour all year long in Europe, Canada and the US so be sure to catch them on the road!

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For DYING FETUS tour dates, click on the links below!

DYING FETUS – Announce European Summer Headline Tour 2013

DYING FETUS – “THE MOST BRUTAL TOUR OF THE YEAR” – ALL INFO YOU NEED!

The above links are for posts featured on Metal Odyssey, on June 7th, 2013 and  June 23rd, 2013.

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For more info on DYING FETUS, click on the links below!

Facebook: Dying Fetus

http://www.dyingfetus.com/

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RELAPSE RECORDS:

Facebook: Relapse Records

www.relapse.com

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LONG LIVE DYING FETUS.

LONG LIVE RELAPSE RECORDS.

Stone.

MASAKI MURASHITA – Featured On Providence Cables Advertising

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on June 21, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Masaki Murashita –  Lead Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Lyricist And Founder Of Hemoptysis

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Check out Providence LTD cables and pedals if you haven’t heard of them before. I’ve been using their cables for over 5 years and I can’t use other cables. I am honored to be on one of the posters they have!

Masaki Murashita

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For more info on MASAKI MURASHITA, click below!

Facebook: Hemoptysis

http://www.hemoptysismetal.com

For more info on HEMOPTYSIS, click below!

Facebook: Masaki Murashita

http://www.masakimurashita.com

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LONG LIVE MASAKI MURASHITA.

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.

PRIMITIVE MAN “SCORN” – A Scathing, Blackened Doom Journey To The Outer Cliffs Of Hell

Posted in doom metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal with tags , , , , , on June 18, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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PRIMITIVE MAN – As I listen to Scorn, I cannot help seeing myself being pulled into an invading dark vacuum that drops me upon the outer cliffs of hell. Seriously, the mood, atmosphere, vocals and overpowering vibes from Scorn sound so hellish that it’s ridiculously scary. Then again, that’s what Dark, Blackened and raging Metal will do to me every time. However, Primitive Man just comes across as so legitimately evil that I cannot help applaud their authenticity.

Primitive Man’s debut album Scorn will be reissued by the mighty Relapse Records on August 20th, 2013. Scorn exhibits some deadly serious Doom Metal, mixed with some Sludge and splattered with more darkness than a cloudy Northern sky during the height of Winter in Norway. It’s very difficult for me not to become (somewhat) hypnotized by the constant thundering stomp that Scorn radiates with its beats. Fuzzed-out, old school guitar tones blanket this album with a slice of Industrial noise and (a feeling of) cavernous atmospherics for special effects, making Scorn all the more legitimately chilling.

The title song (and album opener) is an epic that clocks in around 11:44 and is so memorable that I want to scream my face off in Metal jubilation. 

If the album cover artwork doesn’t scare the shit out of you, then trust me, listening to Scorn by yourself with the lights dimmed or completely off will. Primitive Man is one Metal band from Denver, Colorado, that I want on my Metal side of the fence. I cringe at the thought of really hearing this band becoming pissed off to higher heights; Scorn has been a Metal lesson well deserved and more than welcomed for my Metal soul. Metal be thy name.

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PRIMITIVE MAN SCORN – Track Listing:

Scorn

Rags

I Can’t Forget

Antietam

Black Smoke

Stretched Thin

Astral Sleep

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Facebook: PRIMITIVE MAN

http://primitivemandoom.bandcamp.com

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Relapse Records: www.relapse.com

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LONG LIVE PRIMITIVE MAN.

Stone.

WARTORN “Iconic Nightmare” – Brutality Has Knocked… It’s Time To Listen.

Posted in crust/punk, Extreme Metal, extreme music, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on June 16, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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WARTORN – Rage. Resentment. Darkness falls upon the happy days of small town. The doors have been blown apart at their hinges and a swirling black cloud of hostility is in your face and commanding your Metal senses. This is all part of the cataclysmic eruption of Crust extremity, that awaits you, with this new WARTORN release: Iconic Nightmare.

The Extreme Metal crossover appeal is so enriched with WARTORN’s violent sound that it boggles my Metal mind. Wether it’s Death, Punk, Grind, Hardcore, Crust, Thrash or Black Metal that’s your obsession, the skull crushing totality of relentless and brutal sound that WARTORN administers on Iconic Nightmare is overwhelmingly grand.

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There’s something to be said about the strength of merciless and Extreme Music. This is the stuff I listen to for strength to look my deceivers in the eyes and laugh at their tormented souls. WARTORN is as unsophisticated as anything you’ll ever hear in your Metal life and that’s a damn inspiring good thing too.

Extreme Music isn’t about plastic bells and red carpet whistles for me. No blatant way. Extreme Music, for me, is about the IMPACT and total disregard for our societal norms and WARTORN have torn the fuck apart any images of  humanity’s status quo in my Metal mind. Metal be thy name.

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WARTORN: Bitty (Vocals), Ryan (Guitar), Toban (Guitar) Derek (Guitar), Ela (Bass) and Hart (Drums).

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ICONIC NIGHTMARE – Track Listing:

Iconic Nightmare

Unfinished Blueprint

Permanent Blackout

No Sanctuary No Salvation

Six Feet Under

Knee Deep In Blood

All Flags Still Burn

Betrayal

Burial Ground

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PRIOR PRESS RELEASE:

Southern Lord has unleashed hell with the new full-length from Midwestern death squad WARTORN.

Since 2004 this Appleton, Wisconsin-based brigade has protested political tyranny and societal injustices with a devastating brew of metallic crustpunk. WARTORN has assaulted live audiences across thirteen countries across North America and Europe in support of releases on renowned crust/punk labels including Profane Existence and Crimes Against Humanity, while its members also take part in other active and notable acts like Dresden, Remission, and Words That Burn.

Taking their attack to the next level, the energy and production of their newest full-length Iconic Nightmare elevates WARTORN’s powerful songwriting and execution to new levels, surging with nine crushing anthems in barely twenty-five minutes. Diehards of Wolfbrigade, From Ashes Rise, Tragedy and the like should not pass this one by.

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(prior press release: Earsplit PR)

For more info on WARTORN, click on the links below!

Facebook: Wartorn

Southern Lord: http://www.southernlord.com

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LONG LIVE WARTORN.

Stone.

LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR “GODSLAYER” EP – Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – If you crave your Metal brutal, grinding, extreme and so intensely serrated that it can carve out the souls of the damned and make them cry for centuries, then this 2 song Metal offering from Lair Of The Minotaur is for you. Just these 2 songs alone on Godslayer are so viciously potent, that after each listen, I feel I’ve been taught an Extreme Metal lesson by this Metal trio from the badass city of Chicago.

Steve Rathbone on guitar and vocals excels at fronting these songs; supplying the anger charged pulse that could frighten away a swarm of Spider Wasps. Lethal drumming from Chris Wozniak, coupled with the tremor inducing bass playing of Nate Olp, makes me realize that underground Metal bestows some of the finest musicians within our Metal universe. Lair Of The Minotaur have captured an extreme formula of Metal that they can valiantly call their own.

It’s not the big name record label we buy, my Metal brethren; it’s the Metal artists that we support and buy into. Lair Of The Minotaur is worth every Metal cent and Metal second of your valuable Metal time. Metal be thy name.

Lair Of The Minotaur – Godslayer was released back on April 20th, 2013, via The Grind-House.

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GODSLAYER EP – Track Listing:

Godslayer

The Black Heart of the Stygian Drakonas

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For more info on LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, click links below!

Facebook: Lair of the Minotaur

http://www.lairoftheminotaur.com

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LONG LIVE LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR.

Stone.

OTARGOS – Signs With Listenable Records

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on June 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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French Blackened Death Metal mongers OTARGOS have inked a worldwide deal with Listenable Records for the release of the band’s recently completed new album, Apex Terror.

Apex Terror displays a fresher, stripped down and more intense style of songwriting that draws from the catchier end of Death Metal and obscure Thrash. Lyrically, the album is an exploration of the darker side of humanity. Apex Terror will be out in North America in the fall of 2013.

Live footage of the brand new song For Terra, which features BENIGHTED’s Julien Truchan on guest vocals and will appear on Apex Terror, has been posted HERE.

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Apex Terror – Track List:

Apex Terror

Fleshless-Deathless

For Terra (featuring Julien Truchan)

Remnant From a Long-Dead Star

Fallout

Xexo (instrumental)

Drone

Aftermath Hyperion

Versus

Fleshless-Deathless 2.0 ( Herrshaft Remix)*

* – Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on OTARGOS, click on the links below!

Facebook: Otargos

http://www.otargos-terror.com

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

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For more info on LISTENABLE RECORDS, click below!

http://www.listenable.net

http://shop.listenable.net

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LONG LIVE OTARGOS.

Stone.

PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS “Walk Through Exits Only” – Some METAL Thoughts…

Posted in Extreme Metal, hardcore, hardcore metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on June 9, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Philip H. Anselmo needs no introduction to any Metal fan on this planet. Metal legend. ‘Nuff said. Now, the coveted Metal resume of Philip H. Anselmo is expanding once again with his newest band: Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals. A July 16th release date has been set for the release of his band’s album: Walk Through Exits Only.

Just the album title alone can easily sum up the path that Philip H. Anselmo has taken during his multi-brilliant Metal career. Philip H. Anselmo has persevered and stayed true to the Metal cause. I dare anyone to tell this Metal legend that “the entrance is that way, sir.” Like him or not, Philip H. Anselmo is and always will be a powerful Metal statesman and I personally could not see it any other way. Maybe my album title interpretation may differ from others; that’s what makes art such a dynamic gift upon our civilizations, I gather.

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I am beyond excited, that over the years Philip H. Anselmo has continued onward with one project after another; exemplifying that stagnation is for pussies in the first place. While many Metal fans speak of Ozzy Osbourne, Rob (The Metal God) Halford, Lemmy Kilmister and Alice Cooper (for examples) as our living Metal leaders, I cannot overlook the Metal historic importance of Philip H. Anselmo and his profound contributions to our Metal genres. This Metal legend has obviously touched all of our beloved Metal genres… and he has succeeded magnificently. In my Metal opinion, Philip H. Anselmo has.

I’ll be purchasing Walk Through Exits Only on July 16th, 2013. I will be happier than a pig in the most filthy of shit too. The realization that Philip H. Anselmo gives a damn about keeping Metal true and legitimately badass will overcome me once again, as I let his new album scald my senses and knock me flat on my Metal lovin’ ass. Metal be thy name.

* Walk Through Exits will be released on Philip H. Anselmo’s very own Housecore Records.

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Listen to songs off of the upcoming Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals album “Walk Through Exits Only”

“Usurper Bastard’s Rant” here: http://rol.st/15FN8Vl

“Walk Through Exits Only” here: http://bit.ly/11wIAb8

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Purchase album and bundles here: http://bit.ly/19yjZuo

Tour Dates and ticket info here: http://bit.ly/11jN1KL

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You can now stream samples of all the songs on the upcoming Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals album here: http://amzn.to/122BBNp

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PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS:

Philip H. Anselmo – Vocals

Marzi Montazeri – Guitars

Joey Gonzalez – Drums

Stephen Taylor – Bass

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Back on January 8th, 2013, the split CD War Of The Gargantuas was released via Housecore Records. Sharing Metal space with the rabid Warbeast, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals gives you a couple of titanic songs that will not be on Walk Through Exits Only. I strongly urge y’all to go out and buy it! Whoa.

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Back in 2010, I had the privilege, courtesy of Rob Rockitt, to conduct an interview for his mighty Hard Rock Hideout; the honor was interviewing Philip H. Anselmo. Click on the link below to read for yourself… that this Metal legend has walked the walk.

PHIL ANSELMO – THE HARD ROCK HIDEOUT INTERVIEW!l

 The above link is for a post featured on Hard Rock Hideout, on September 20, 2010.

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

Facebook: Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals

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Housecore Records Facebook: Housecore Records

http://theHOUSECORERECORDS.com

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LONG LIVE PHILIP H. ANSELMO.

Stone.

RAVEN X – “Angel Of The Night” Is: Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, gothic metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on May 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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RAVEN X – Cleveland Ohio’s RAVEN X is a Metal band that is so loaded with (multi) Extreme and Melodic Metal potency that it’s downright dizzying to my Metal senses!

I’ve chosen the killer cut Angel Of The Night, from RAVEN X as:

Stone’s Metal Pick Of The Day!

Angel Of The Night is from the RAVEN X debut album Essence Without Light which was released on March 13th, 2013.

Listen to this ear scalding track below… allow the Gothic Death Metal of RAVEN X to flow through your veins… crank it up… and… Metal be thy name.

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RAVEN X:

NŸX
all Vocals & Lyrics

KHÂOS
all Instruments & Music

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For more info on how to purchase Essence Without Light, click on the link below!

RAVEN X – Debut Album “Essence Without Light” Is Available Now!

The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on April 21, 2013.

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For more info on RAVEN X, click on the links below! Whoa!

facebook: Raven X

http://www.reverbnation.com/ravenx

http://twitter.com/RavenXofficial

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LONG LIVE RAVEN X.

OHIO METAL FOREVER.

Stone.

CARCASS – Extreme Metal Legends Headlining DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2013

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, grindcore, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal festivals, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on May 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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THE UK’s PREMIERE INDOOR METAL FESTIVAL

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As reported by Damnation Festival:

English Extreme Metal legends CARCASS will return to headline the ninth Damnation Festival for their only UK appearance following the release of their first album in 17 years.

The Death and Grind standard bearers have promised another historic set which will feature cult classics alongside unexpected old gems and brand new material when they take the stage at Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 2, 2013.

And after helping to sell out Damnation Festival in advance back in 2008, guitarist Bill Steer is looking forward to performing to a packed house on their return to the event.

He said: “We’re very excited about the prospect of returning to Damnation Festival this year.

“Our appearance there in 2008 was a major highlight for us and this time around, people can expect to hear a fairly different Carcass set.

“The old favourites will be in there, of course, but we’re also planning to play a couple of the less obvious tracks from our past, as well as songs from the album we’ve just completed. Join us!”Carcass - Band Promo Pic - 2013 - #1

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With 22 more bands to be announced across three stages, festival director Gavin McInally, said fans can look forward to the melting pot of diverse styles of music Damnation Festival is known for from Black Metal to Post-Rock.

He added: “It was a coup to land the first UK Carcass show in 13 years in 2008 when fans snapped up every ticket going before we made it to the day itself and it’s another coup having the band return following the release of their first new album in 17 years.

“But even with the mighty Carcass topping the bill, we won’t be satisfied until we’ve pieced together a more challenging and brilliant day of music than the eight successful years we’ve already had the pleasure of hosting, so expect a lot more to come from 2013.”

Tickets for Damnation Festival 2013 are on sale now and will be held at last year’s price of £32 for a limited period.

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TICKET INFO:

To buy tickets, visit http://www.leedstickets.co.uk/ , the official Damnation Festival website at http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/ or facebook: Damnation Festival

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For more info on CARCASS, click on the link below!

facebook: Carcass

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LONG LIVE CARCASS.

LONG LIVE DAMNATION FESTIVAL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

SPHERON – German Death Metallers Reveal Cover Art And Release Date For Debut Album

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on May 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Spheron - Ecstasy Of God - promo cover pic!

On July 5, 2013 the long-awaited debut album Ecstasy of God from Ludwigshafen, Germany-based Technical Death metallers SPHERON will be out on Apostasy Records.

This challenging and absorbing album was produced together with Christoph Brandes at the Iguana Studios (e.g. Necrophagist, Deadborn, Imperium Dekadenz, etc.). The breathtaking cover artwork was painted by no other than the famous artist Eliran Kantor (Eliran Kantor) who has already worked with bands like Testament, Hatebreed, Sodom and Atheist.

Album track “Saturnian Satellites” is streaming at this location.

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Ecstasy Of God – Track Listing:

01. A Means To an End

02. The Beheaded Coachman

03. Prestige of the Mortals

04. Saturnian Satellites

05. Clasp the Thorns

06. Prelude to the Misery

07. Five Degrees

08. Pulse of Instinct

09. Tragedy of the Clerics

10. Choking on Incense

11. Anthropogenic

12. From Glint to Crackling

Spheron - band promo pic - 2012 - #1 - B&W

SPHERON:

Daniel Spoor – vocals

Tobias Alter – lead guitar

Mark Walther – rhythm guitar

Matthias Minor – bass

Tobias Blach – drums

Apostasy Records - large logo - B&W

(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on SPHERON, click on the links below!

facebook: Spheron

http://spheron.bigcartel.com/

facebook: Apostasy Records

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LONG LIVE SPHERON.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

GRIMUS – New Jersey Brutal Death Metal Crew Drops Details Of Debut Full-Length

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on May 8, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Grimus - promo band pic - 2013 - #1

Almost three years after their pummeling Gutter Earth EP was inflicted upon the masses, cold-blooded Elizabeth, New Jersey-based Death Metal insurgents GRIMUS have completed their first proper full-length, Omnicide.

With its members all hailing from a plethora of Extreme Metal acts including Iberian Black Metal outfit Windfaerer, Metal Blade Tech/Death act Allegaeon and others, the members of GRIMUS are united in hatred for humankind, their output surging with guttural, cutting-edge Death Metal prowess, with monolithic slams and swells of the most vicious kind infiltrating their uncompromising low-end attack. These atrocious features are grippingly captured on the quintet’s debut full-length album, Omnicide. The term literally meaning the killing of everything is a testament to man’s inherent, bloodthirsty nature and audacity to alter his surroundings, through efficient forms of destruction. Paradoxically, mankind is willfully committing suicide in its attempt to become a godlike creator. This album is a soundtrack to the decimation of all that is known, “the age of none.”

A thirty-six minute onslaught of blasting and grooving barbarity, Omnicide was tracked and mixed by guitarist Marco Bobadilla at Crimson Recording and mastered by Alan Douches (Cannibal Corpse, Beneath the Massacre, Job For A Cowboy) at West West Side Music. GRIMUS will self-release Omnicide on June 25 2013.

The Omnicide album art was illustrated and designed by bassist Michael Goncalves.

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Omnicide – Track Listing:

1. Without Master

2. Decimation

3. I, Destroyer

4. The Hut of Extinction

5. The Vulture

6. I.V.A.N.

7. Draped in Fear

8. Cradled by Misfortune

9. Within Isolation

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GRIMUS Lineup:

Bryan Martinez – vocals

Marco Bobadilla – guitars

Michael Munoz – guitars

Michael Goncalves – bass/vocals

JP Andrade – drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on GRIMUS, click on the links below!

facebook: GRIMUS *Official*

http://grimus.bigcartel.com/

http://www.purevolume.com/jerseygrimus

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LONG LIVE GRIMUS.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

COFFINS – Japanese Death/Doom Monarchs Announce Details To Debut Relapse LP

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on May 3, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Coffins - The Fleshland - promo cover pic - 2013

The massively anticipated fourth LP from Japan’s Death/Doom Metal kings COFFINS will finally arrive this Summer in the form of The Fleshland, the band’s maiden LP under the banner of Relapse Records.

The Fleshland will be the first proper studio album from COFFINS since their commended Buried Death album, released by 20 Buck Spin in 2008, undoubtedly making it one of the most awaited death/doom albums of 2013. Recorded late 2012/early 2013 at Tokyo’s Noise Room Studio with engineer Shigenori Kobayashi, and produced by Bungo Uchino and the rest of COFFINS, The Fleshland shows the revamped and expanded band lineup smashing down everything in their path, having upped the lineup from a trio to a quartet with a new drummer and full-time vocalist since Buried Death.

Nine grisly numbers thunder with the unbeatable mid-paced COFFINS stomp, laying down over forty-five minutes of bruising low-end sludge-infiltrated, plodding doom with possibly the best production values in the band’s meaty catalog of carnage.

Relapse will roll out The Fleshland via CD, download and mammoth 2xLP, the bloodsoaked opus now locked for a North American release date of July 9th. In addition, a deluxe black and white artwork edition on 2xLP, Cassette and CD will be made available only via Relapse direct. Today the label has released the album’s cover art, as with their previous albums, COFFINS having once again chosen the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.) to illustrate their works, along with a visual trailer for the album as well as preorder packages. Check it all out RIGHT HERE.

Coffins - band logo - black & white

Since infiltrating the Death/Doom underworld in 1996, Tokyo-based COFFINS has released a mountain of material via three LPs and several EPs through labels including Razorback, Hammerheart, Imperium Productions, 20 Buck Spin and others, not to mention their arsenal of splits with bands from across the heavy spectrum including Otesanek, Spun In Darkness, Warhammer, Sourvein, Macabra, Mala Suerte and more. With a sound comparable to a bathtub drain backing up with rotting human flesh while Satan himself spins his Motörhead at half the recommended RPM’s, COFFINS releases are a detrimental purchase to all diehards of Autopsy, Hooded Menace, Pungent Stench, Corrupted and Encoffination.

Stay tuned for more info on the The Fleshland as well as 2013 live actions for COFFINS to be released in the coming weeks.

Coffins - The Fleshland - promo cover pic - 2013

The Fleshland  – Track Listing:

1. Here Comes Perdition

2. Hellbringer

3. The Colossal Hole

4. No Saviour

5. The Vacant Pale Vessel

6. Rotten Disciples

7. Dishuman

8. The Unhallowed Tide

9. Tormentopia

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COFFINS Crew:

Bungo Uchino – guitars/vocals

Takuya Koreeda – bass/vocals

Ryo Yamada – vocals

Satoshi Hikida – drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on COFFINS, click on the links below!

http://www.coffins.jp

https://www.facebook.com/intothecoffin

http://www.youtube.com/CoffinsJP

https://www.twitter.com/CoffinsJP

http://www.relapse.com

http://relapserecords.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords

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LONG LIVE COFFINS.

Stone.

Jeff Hanneman, Slayer Guitarist & Founding Member Passes Away; Forever Shall Be Missed

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , on May 2, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Jeff Hanneman - publicity pic - 2010 - #1 - Slayer facebook credit

Photo Credit: Slayer band facebook

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As reported on the Slayer band facebook page, on May 2nd, 2013:

Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.

Our Brother Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 – 2013)

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Metal Odyssey extends condolences to the family, friends, bandmates and fans of Jeff Hanneman. This is a profoundly sad day in the world of Metal and the entire music world. To say Jeff Hanneman will be missed is an obvious understatement. Jeff Hanneman was a young 49 years old. Rest In Peace, Jeff Hanneman.

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Jeff Hanneman – live on stage at the Big 4! (2011)

Photo Credit: Slayer band facebook

I guess I’m like every other Slayer, Metal and Extreme Music fan right now. Saddened to see a mighty warrior of Slayer fall. I never thought about a member of Slayer leaving us for the other side. No one from Slayer is supposed to ever die! Metal icons like Slayer are invincible! Slayer is about being the baddest, strongest and most prolific Metal band on the face of the Earth. A day like today is another somber reminder as to how precious and fragile life is. Reality check, please. What allows me to make sense out of dying so young, is that Jeff Hanneman is no longer feeling any pain and struggle.

I’ve never hid my belief in heaven and I am a man raised on faith, therefore, my faith will always kick into high gear during times like this. If a Rock ‘N Roll heaven really does exist (and I believe it does) then Jeff Hanneman is raising some noise right about now with Ronnie James Dio, Buddy Holly, Randy Rhoads, Dimebag, Paul Gray and… the entire Metal and Rock ‘N Roll family.

Slayer - Reign In Blood - promo cover pic!

It was back around 1987 when I first saw Slayer live. It was a medium-sized club then known as The West Hartford Ballroom, in West Hartford, Connecticut. Overkill and Motörhead opened for Slayer on that cold Winter night. Talk about a night of legendary Metal! Forget about The Big 4 for a second… that night was The Big 3 in my land of Metal memories!

Seeing Slayer take the stage and perform one blistering song after another made me spellbound. I never saw such a fast and heavy-ass band like this before and I had already seen Metallica live. Slayer and of course Jeff Hanneman left a lasting impression on me that night. I was already a fan of theirs; only this first experience of seeing them live made me realize how real they really were. No other band in the world like them. No other guitarist like Jeff Hanneman either. Metal memories are not bought, they’re made. Thank you Jeff Hanneman for the Metal memories.

Slayer "Reign In Blood" 1987 Tour Program!

Left To Right: Tom Araya, Jeff Hanneman, Dave Lombardo and Kerry King.

I bought this 1987 tour program from an independent record store; right after I saw Slayer in concert. I’m thrilled that I still own it. Metal be thy name.

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For more info, click on the links below:

facebook: Slayer band

http://www.slayer.net

http://www.twitter.com/SlayerBand

MetalOdyssey

REST IN PEACE, JEFF HANNEMAN.

SLAYER AND METAL ARE FOREVER.

January 31st, 1964 – May 2nd, 2013

Stone.

THORNAFIRE – Signs With FDA Rekotz

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on April 27, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Thornafire - group promo pic - 2013 - #7

FDA Rekotz is proud to announce the addition of Chilean death squad THORNAFIRE.

Offering a visceral and ruthless brand of Extreme Death Metal in the vein of early Sepultura, Death and Massacre, THORNAFIRE have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with through their intense live show and a trio of well-received albums. The band’s fourth full-length will be out in late 2013 on FDA Rekotz. Prepare yourselves for the coming onslaught of high-caliber death metal!

The band has issued a video statement discussing their deal with FDA Rekotz and the addition of drummer Nikko Pagani to the lineup. Check it out below:

A video of the song Malefactor Manifesto off the band’s 2012 release Eclipse Nox Coagula is now playing below:

THORNAFIRE started out in 1998 by the hand of Víctor Mac-Namara with the sole intention of playing Death Metal. A year later two songs were recorded for the Granded for all Somberness demo. With that tape and a savage live show the band started to achieve a strong name in the local scene. After a series of line-up changes, an MCD entitled Mortus Tenebrae Surrectus was released in 2001, which received many good reviews from the local and international metal media. With that THORNAFIRE became one of the most promising Chilean Extreme Metal acts. The recording saw worldwide distribution via the tried and true methods of tape-trading and word of mouth.

Thornafire - band logo - B&W

THORNAFIRE began to gig and tour around Chile and into Bolivia and Argentina. In 2005, the band recorded their debut full-length, Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation. The album stood out as a milestone in brutality and a masterpiece of hate. It also caught the attention of Incantation’s John McEntee, who signed THORNAFIRE to his label, Ibex Moon Records. The spring of 2007 saw the re-release and worldwide distribution of the debut and, in 2009 the band released Vorex Deconstrucción on Ibex Moon Records. A European invasion soon followed which saw the band appear alongside the likes of Master, Incantation, Deranged and many others at the Obscene Extreme Festival.

Since then, THORNAFIRE has shared stages with Slayer, Overkill, Dimmu Borgir, Motley Crue and several other notable acts. In 2012, bassist/vocalist Christian Argandoña joined the fold and Eclipse Nox Coagula was unleashed with critical acclaim and rabid reception from the band’s growing legion of fans. With a deal with FDA Rekotz in place, THORNAFIRE’s quest for global domination continues. Prepare yourselves.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on THORNAFIRE, click on the links below!

facebook: FDA REKOTZ

http://www.fda-rekotz.com

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LONG LIVE THORNAFIRE.

Stone.

SKELETONWITCH – Canada Tour 2013 With ANCIENTS Supporting

Posted in death thrash, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on April 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Skeletonwitch - Canadian Tour Dates - 2013 - promo flyer

SKELETONWITCH CANADA TOUR 2013

ANCIENTS TO SUPPORT

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As reported on the facebook page of SKELETONWITCH:

We’ll be shredding it up in Canada with ANCIENTS!! Check out the tour dates at www.skeletonwitch.com Hope to see you there!

Prosthetic Records

Season of Mist

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For more info on SKELETONWITCH, click on the link below!

facebook: Skeletonwitch

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LONG LIVE SKELETONWITCH.

LONG LIVE ANCIENTS.

Stone.

MORBID ANGEL – Adds More Shows In Brazil This Coming May

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on April 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Morbid Angel - Large Classic Logo

As reported on the facebook of MORBID ANGEL:

World Management would like to announce that Morbid Angel has added three more shows in Brazil! May 21 – Opiniao Porto Alegre/RS (Urânio Produtora), May 23 – Cine Joia São Paulo/SP (Alive Concerts) and May 25 – Music Hall Curitiba/PR (Showmaster).

The band will also appear on April 13th at “The Metal Fest 2013” in Santiago, Chile and at “Hell and Heaven Metal Fest 2013” in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday May 18.

Morbid Angel will also appear at “Hellfest Open Air 2013” In Clisson, France on Saturday June 22, 2013.

4-13-2013 THE METAL FEST 2013, SANTIAGO CHILE

5-18-2013 HELL AND HEAVEN METAL FEST 2013, GUADALAJARA MEXICO

5-21-2013 OPINIAO, PORTO ALEGRE / BRAZIL

5-23-2013 CINE JOIA, SAO PAULO /SP BRAZIL

5-25-2013 MUSIC HALL , CURITIBA / PR BRAZIL

6-22-2013 HELLFEST OPEN AIR, CLISSON FRANCE

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For Festival Info, Click On The Links Below:

www.themetalfest.cl

www.hellandheavenfest.com/2013

www.cinejoia.tv

www.hellfest.fr

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For more info on MORBID ANGEL, click on the links below!

facebook: Morbid Angel

http://www.morbidangel.com/

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LONG LIVE MORBID ANGEL.

Stone.