* Regular and VIP tickets are available via the Iced Earth web site Tour page.
* Support acts will be announced at a later date.
LONG LIVE ICED EARTH.
Stone.
Los Angeles, California-based online Metal radio station Kosher Metal have teamed up with Relapse Records for the release of the official Kosher Metal Roku Channel. On the channel, Roku users can watch various music videos from artists in the Relapse Records catalog along with music videos from Independent artists and more. Additional information on how users can add the channel can be found at www.koshermetal.com/roku
Kosher Metal founder and on-air personality, ManJewky, commented on the pairing by saying: “We are very pleased to have developed this relationship with Relapse Records for our Roku channel and hope to bring even more labels on board in the near future. Of course, we definitely encourage independent bands to submit content as well.”
Relapse Records was founded in 1990 by Matthew F. Jacobson in his parents’ basement and has continued to grow and sign influential artists from a broad range of genres. Relapse Records specializes in various types of Heavy Metal ranging from Stoner Rock and Hardcore, through Grindcore and Death Metal all the way to retro Thrash, and Doom Metal. Kosher Metal is an online radio station that can be heard via the web along with most mobile devices, the term “kosher” is used in its informal/slang form to mean “genuine, authentic & legitimate”.
What began as a weekly radio program in June 2010 became a 24 hour operation in April of 2011 and Kosher Metal continues to evolve with growth. The station recently sponsored the national Zephyr US Tour 2011 featuring the band Ana Kefr. Kosher Metal founder and on-air personality, ManJewky, is also a graduate of the Music Business Program at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA.
(Source: Sundisc PR)
LONG LIVE KOSHER METAL.
LONG LIVE RELAPSE RECORDS.
Stone.
MASS – For all of you fans who can’t get enough of Christmas songs that Rock, the 2 song EP A Very Merry X-Mass from MASS is out now!
Track List:
Grown Up Christmas List
Jingle Bell Rock
* A Very Merry X-Mass is available at: MASS – MASS ROCKS.COM and iTunes
* Portion of sales will be donated to the “Toys For Tots” organization!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Stone.
Metal Odyssey’s Top Ten Metal Songs of 2011 – My name is Stone and I listen to Metal. I write about Metal. I live for Metal. On this December 1st of 2011, I present to you the Top Ten Metal Songs that left the biggest impression on me during 2011. These ten Metal songs will always maintain a lasting impact on me. With the remaining month of December left, I could not foresee any one song being replaced on this list. My Metal decisions cannot be swayed. Before this list begins, I have included a Metal song as an Honorary Mention:
THE RODS – The Code (Featuring Ronnie James Dio)
(Niji Entertainment)
David “Rock” Feinstein has given an admirable tribute to his late and legendary cousin Ronnie James Dio with the addition of this song on THE RODS 2011 release: Vengeance. I remember buying this CD in the early Summer and being ecstatic that Ronnie James Dio was singing lead on The Code. It’s amazing how strong a song can come across to me and it’s due to the timeless vocals of Ronnie James Dio.
Ronnie sounds like the Metal icon he always was and shall forever be on The Code, with the spirit of Traditional Metal being swirled about by THE RODS. A double fist to the air vibe that came over me, as I listened to The Code for the first time, felt so damn cool for me. I’m certain I’m not alone in how I feel about this song either. Rest in peace, Ronnie James Dio.
#10
FAIR TO MIDLAND – Musical Chairs
(eOne Music)
Why I dig Fair To Midland so damn much is no one really knows what genre of Metal they really are. Alternative Metal? Check. Extreme Metal? Check. Um, Melodic Metal? Yup. To embrace this band’s sound is to accept the fact that these guys love music and know how to mix-it-up with Metal splendor. Musical Chairs from their Arrows & Anchors album is a sensational listen into what Modern Metal will sound like in five years. Fair To Midland can be considered… ahead of their time.
#9
KATANA – Rebel Ride
(Listenable Records)
From Sweden, comes KATANA. At approximately 2:54 long, Rebel Ride is an unmistakable Metal ride to hear! This song is short and gets to the Metal point, with duo guitars driving this song, coupled with its pumped-up power vibes that take you to a psyche-you-out level of Metal enlightenment. Rebel Ride is heard on the outstanding 2011 debut album from KATANA: Heads Will Roll.
#8
PENTAGRAM – Call The Man
(Metal Blade Records)
Bobby Liebling and PENTAGRAM returned on Metal Blade Records in 2011, with Last Rites. I wrote back on August 23rd: “Listening to Call The Man and this entire album is like getting psyched-out by a late night thunderstorm, there’s just no other way for me to explain it”. Doom pioneers = PENTAGRAM. Metal be thy name.
#7
SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA – The Corruption Of Mercy
(Listenable Records)
The title track from Sarah Jezebel Deva’s sophomore studio album The Corruption Of Mercy is hauntingly soothing, Gothic and never fails to mesmerize me. Is it Sarah’s vocals that casts such a magical Metal spell upon me? Yes. Yes again. Oh, her band plays exquisite Metal too. I’ve heard my share of female fronted bands in Metal and Sarah Jezebel Deva is one of the best at what she does in 2011. Take that to the Metal bank and tell ’em Stone sent you.
#6
SCHEEPERS – Saints Of The Rock
(Frontiers Records)
What would a Metal Odyssey Top Ten METAL song list of 2011 be without Ralf Scheepers? I wasn’t gonna be the one to tell Ralf he didn’t make the list. Instead, Ralf Scheepers is spotlighted at #6 with Saints Of The Rock from his star-studded solo album: SCHEEPERS. Nuthin’ beats a Heavy Metal anthem and nuthin’ beats a kick-ass Heavy Metal anthem. Saints Of The Rock has kicked my Metal lovin’ ass since the first time I’ve heard it. So let it be Metal written, so let it be Metal told.
#5
SPEED\KILL/HATE – No Remorse
(HAMMERFIST RECORDS)
It was a close call with determining this selection. You see, SPEED\KILL/HATE have ten Thrash songs on their debut album, Out For Blood, that are each capable of tearing your Metal soul apart, while having you exclaim: Thank you sirs, may I please have more of your Extreme Thrash Metal Assault delivered upon me? Lyrically, No Remorse says it all about the assholes in life that think they rule you. Intense isn’t the word for this song. Instead, F’n intense to the Thrash Metal melting point is how I sum up this song best.
#4
SINISTER REALM – The Crystal Eye
(Shadow Kingdom Records)
From the greatest Metal city in Pennsylvania known as Allentown, there is a Metal band that the world should brace themselves for. This Metal band is: SINISTER REALM. Traditional Metal, such as the title track from The Crystal Eye, has become a necessary Metal nutrient for my Metal hungry ears. A Metal song that takes me back to those days of long ago, days when I felt invincible. That is how a great Metal song can make me feel and I like that.
#3
ANTHRAX – Fight ‘Em ‘Till You Can’t
(MEGAFORCE RECORDS)
After 8 years of waiting for a new Anthrax album, Worship Music is released in 2011 with Joey Belladonna at the mic! Yes Virgina, there is a Thrashin’ Claus and it’s Anthrax! Fight ‘Em ‘Till You Can’t became my favorite song from Worship Music and it psyches-me-out beyond belief. This song defines what I always loved about vintage Anthrax: speed, more speed, guitar driven, Charlie Benante going Metal Thrashin’ Mad on drums, gang vocals and Joey Belladonna. What else can I say?
#2
HEMOPTYSIS – M.O.D.
(Rock It Up Records)
Any regular visitor to Metal Odyssey knows by now that Stone supports HEMOPTYSIS. Why do I have this band on a Metal pedestal? Due to the clear Metal fact that Masaki Murashita (guitarist/vocalist) has his band running on precise Metal cylinders.
It is 2011 and new chapters of Metal, Thrash Metal and Death-Thrash are at my doorstep. HEMOPTYSIS is leading the Metal charge and I’m on board for the F’n Metal ride. M.O.D. defines the speed and extreme sound of this band’s brand of Thrash Metal. If you haven’t picked up and listened to Misanthropic Slaughter from HEMOPTYSIS yet, you absolutely must.
(Season of Mist)
When it comes to choosing my #1 Metal song of 2011, I take it very, very, seriously. The #1 Metal song has to be the crème de la crème of all the Metal songs I’ve listened to all year. This song MUST take me to Metal heights that I can’t explain away. I Am Morbid is that #1 Metal song for me. “We stand invincible not just a dream” and “Tear down the obstacles this is our day” are real Metal lyrics to me.
Triumphant and yet defiant, I Am Morbid speaks of stepping on the enemy. Defeat those who obstruct your path to success is what I hear in this song. I Am Morbid is leading… not following. A Metal anthem that picked me up and carried me off in 2011, while I raised Metal horns to the sky.
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
Following the previously announced run of shows with Clutch in late December, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be playing a one-off show at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on January 22. The special performance will coincide with a screening of Slow Southern Steel, the long-anticipated southern metal documentary produced by Rwake vocalist, CT. Hail! Hornet will also appear on the bill.
12/27/2011 House of Blues – Boston, MA w/ Clutch
12/28/2011 State Theater – Portland, ME w/ Clutch
12/29/2011 Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY w/ Clutch
12/30/2011 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ w/ Clutch
12/31/2011 Trocadero Theater – Philadelphia, PA w/ Clutch
01/22/2012 The Orange Peel – Ashevilla, NC w/ Hail!Hornet
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – featuring the esteemed Animosity line-up of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin, have been working diligently with long-time producer John Custer and will unleash their eighth studio album via Candlelight Records on February 28, 2012. The record will be self-titled.
(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/corrosionofconformity
http://candlelightrecordsusa.com
LONG LIVE CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.
Stone.
ECHOES OF ETERNITY – The second studio album, As Shadows Burn, from the Los Angeles Metal band ECHOES OF ETERNITY was released back in 2009, via Nuclear Blast in North America and on LP through Massacre Records in Europe. Take a look and listen to the new music video below for Ten Of Swords, which is the opening track on As Shadows Burn.
Led by the beautiful and vocally accomplished Francine Boucher, ECHOES OF ETERNITY is a Metal band that is without any doubt… on the Metal rise. Mixing up a potent batch of Speed Metal and Traditional Metal riffs, Ten Of Swords is a song that showcases the melodic and heavy talents of this band. Catch onto ECHOES OF ETERNITY and their Metal sound… hopefully it will serve you right as it did for me.
Francine Boucher – Vocals
Brandon Patton – Guitars
Bryan Eagle – guitar
Kirk Carrison – Drums
Duane Cowan – Bass
AS SHADOWS BURN – (2009) Massacre Records (LP)
Track Listing:
Ten Of Swords
Veiled Horizon
Memories Of Blood And Gold
The Scarlet Embrace
Descent Of A Blackened Soul
Twilight Fires
Buried Beneath A Thousand Dreams
Letalis Deus
Funeral In The Sky
* For more info on ECHOES OF ETERNITY, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/echoesofeternity
LONG LIVE ECHOES OF ETERNITY.
Stone.
Legendary Metal Queen DORO just announced the release of the official X-Mas anthem for all Metalheads!
“I had the feeling, the time was right to record a song for X-Mas.“, says Doro. “I am at recording my new album right now, which should be out by next summer. While doing this, I suddenly came up with a fitting melody and lyrics.“
The song’s called “Merry Metal X-Mas”, performed by DORO and showcases a guest appearance by SODOM’s very own Onkel Tom Angelripper.
“I definitely wanted something loud and funny”, she explains.
“Merry Metal X-Mas” will be released December 9, 2011 and will be available as digital download and limited 7” vinyl single (Christmas tree green).
Also don’t miss DORO live:
08.12.2011 GER – Saarbrücken @ Garage
09.12.2011 GER – Aschaffenburg @ Colos-Saal
10.12.2011 GER – München @ Backstage Werk
11.12.2011 GER – Hannover @ Capitol
13.12.2011 GER – Fulda @ Kreuz
14.12.2011 GER – Nürnberg @ Hirsch
16.12.2011 GER – Osnabrück @ Rosenhof
17.12.2011 GER – Herxheim @ Festhalle
18.12.2011 GER – Hamburg @ Docks
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on DORO, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE DORO, THE METAL QUEEN.
LONG LIVE ONKEL TOM ANGELRIPPER & SODOM.
Stone.
The other worldly Metal band A BAND OF ORCS has been spotted recording their new concept album about killing giants. The Orcs are working with a human known as Juan Urteaga whose most recent credit is Unto The Locust by MACHINE HEAD. The artwork is being created by Chuck Lukacs. These monsters have just released their first Studio Update for their new album which features Oog smashing his drums!
Since most earthly establishments do not accept human blood as monetary payment, the Orcs are having humans help out with the process by means of their new KickStarter Campaign. The Orcs will reward the generosity of their human fans by including their names in the albums liner notes, giving away free album downloads, autographed albums, T-shirts, Orc Miniatures, and more!
(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)
* For more info on A BAND OF ORCS, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE A BAND OF ORCS.
Stone.
North Carolina power trio BLACK SKIES have been ravaging the North American masses since November 14 on their 2011 Fall tour excursion in support of the recently unleashed On The Wings Of Time full-length.
The band checks in from the van:
“The tour is going great! We’ve played some of our favorite venues. hit some new ones and had a great first time playing Canada! The crowd, promoters and venues in Montreal and Toronto were very welcoming and we look forward to going back! We’ve been playing songs off our new record for the most part including a tune we hadn’t really played out live before and a May Blitz cover on some nights. It’s been a blast being back out. Our friends Make from Chapel Hill were on the first half of the tour with us. It’s been great to share the stage with these guys every night. They’re an excellent band, and good, fun people to hang with. We joined up with Vaz in Montreal for a string of dates. It’s time to take over Easthampton, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Annandale!”
BLACK SKIES – Fall Tour 2011 [remaining dates]:
11/27/2011 St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY**
11/28/2011 JRs – Philadelphia, PA**
11/29/2011 Cellar Door – Annandale, VA
** w/ Vaz http://www.vazmusic.bandcamp.com
On The Wings Of Time is currently available at all shows on digital download cards included with the purchase of a limited edition, silk-screened poster. A CD version with alternate cover art is also available. To hear On The Wings Of Time in its entirety, visit the band’s official BandCamp page. In addition, you can check out a live recording from the band’s first show of the tour at the Get Down in Asheville, North Carolina. HERE.
(Source: Earsplit PR)
LONG LIVE BLACK SKIES.
Stone.
Legendary NYHC veterans BIOHAZARD just revealed the cover art for the bands highly anticipated new album “Reborn In Defiance“ which is set to be unleashed January 20, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
Danny Schuler says, “Being a huge fan of vinyl records and the amazing sleeve artwork that used to come with them, I really wanted our artwork to be unique. In the spirit of being REBORN IN DEFIANCE, the album cover represents to me an interesting paradox: an embryo, not yet spoiled by the world, but already possessing the heart of a rebel.”
Billy Graziadei explains, “The innocence of youth has always been a strong subject for us, with the children playing over a crime scene on the Urban Discipline album cover to the child running with a biological gas mask on the State of the World Address cover. For REBORN IN DEFIANCE, an unborn child waits to be thrown into a world that will steal the untainted purity of infancy we all start out with.”
Danny sums up the cover art’s significance quite simply: “It all begins in the womb”.
To get some first sonic impressions, surf to http://www.facebook.com/biohazarddfl and check “Come Alive“ and “Vengeance Is Mine“.
Also don’t miss BIOHAZARD live on stage near you.
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
LONG LIVE BIOHAZARD.
Stone.
Landsberg am Lech back in 2007 – FAREWELL TO ARMS were born. Melodic, uncompromising, technically ambitious, versatile and curious – that’s how you could characterize the band.
Their goal is to define themselves without following any trends: FAREWELL TO ARMS are not one of those typical Metal bands and they won’t play the music you’ve heard a thousand times before! They have a unique style, which combines a lot of Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive and Hardcore elements.
Their first 4-track EP “Exhalation”, which was produced by Corni Bartels (Hackneyed, End of Green), was released in late 2010.
After numerous live gigs, also at various festivals, FAREWELL TO ARMS were also finalists of this year’s New Blood Awards. So they also played at the Summer Breeze Open Air with Davidian, who are now their label mates.
In spring 2012 FAREWELL TO ARMS are going to enter the Weltraumstudios in Munich to record their debut album with Corni Bartels.
Welcome on board, guys!
Lineup:
Manuel Lotter – Drums
Dominik Martin – Vocals
Johannes Denk – Guitar
Gordian Golder – Guitar
Roland Gallus – Bass
(Source: Massacre Records)
* For more info, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE FAREWELL TO ARMS.
Stone.
GODSIC – At the end of 2010, former Construcdead members Peter Tuthill, Rickard Dahlberg, Chris Barkensjö and Thomas Wallander decided to join forces once again and founded GODSIC. Since their formation in 2010, the Metal/Melodic Death Metal band GODSIC have been hard at work writing new songs for their upcoming debut album “As the Heavens Burn”, due out in spring 2012. Vocalist Peter Tuthill and drummer Chris Barkensjö are also current members of Sweden’s Carnal Forge. (Recent developments have Carnal Forge disbanded indefinitely).
Check out the METAL of GODSIC by clicking on their SoundCloud link below!
Peter Tuthill – Vocals
Rickard Dahlberg – Guitar
Jari Kuusisto – Guitar
Thomas Wallander – Bass
Chris Barkensjö – Drums
* For more info on GODSIC, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE GODSIC.
Stone.
As reported on RoadRunner Records.com:
MACHINE HEAD – have announced the dates for the North American leg of their tour in support of Unto the Locust. Support will come from Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour and Rise To Remain. The tour kicks off on January 15 in Denver, CO and will rampage through the U.S. and Canada for the remainder of the month, coming to a close on February 18 in the band’s hometown area of San Francisco, CA.
1/15, Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
1/17, Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
1/19, St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
1/20, Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom
1/21, Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
1/22, Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
1/24, Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
1/26, Portland, ME @ State Theatre
1/27, Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
1/28, Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
1/29, Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
1/31, Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
2/01, Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
2/02, Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
2/03, New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre
2/04, Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
2/06, Norfolk, VA @ NorVA Theatre
2/07, Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
2/08, Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
2/10, New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
2/11, Houston, TX @ House of Blues
2/12, San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
2/13, Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
2/15, Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
2/16, Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
2/17, Hollywood, CA @ Avalon
2/18, San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
* For more info on MACHINE HEAD, click the link below:
LONG LIVE MACHINE HEAD.
Stone.
The fast rising Italian Folk Metal band KRAMPUS has just entered BlackMirror Studios in Udine, Italy to record their latest as of yet unnamed album.
KRAMPUS were recently crowned winners of the “Rock the Nation Award 2011” along side NEXUS INFERUS.
The band just released their first Studio Diary documenting the recording process for their much-anticipated new album.
“Everything is label-ready and world-class. Good production, pro-performances and excellent song-writing make Krampus an obvious choice for the next step.”Metal-Rules.com
“The Krampus Kronos’ Heritage EP is a must listen for fans of both Folk and Death Metal.” Metal Recusants
“This is a band that is playing some very real and extraordinary Metal. Krampus embellishes their songs with amazing balance, with their skillful musical respect towards both melody and extremity.”
Metal Odyssey
…”Krampus will be huge before you know it…” Heavy Metal Time Machine
(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)
* For more info on KRAMPUS, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE KRAMPUS.
Stone.
BLACK ROBOT – Debut S/T (June 8th, 2010)
BLACK ROBOT – It’s Black Friday across America. That’s when material excess overrules proper judgement. It’s when a popular upscale department store can most likely sell rusted and bent barbed wire for a profit, by utilizing smart marketing on the masses. Black Friday for me is another day to crank up some more Metal and Hard Rock into my ears. A day no different from any other in my Metal lovin’ life. Metal be thy name.
A couple of days ago, with Black Friday looming larger than ever, I was thinking about the bands who have the word “black” in their (band) names. One of the bands I immediately thought of was BLACK ROBOT. (Yes, the ultra-legendary BLACK SABBATH was the first band I did think of). Classic Rock and Classic Hard Rock influences, colliding with today’s Hard Rock edge, is what overflows in the sound of BLACK ROBOT. You can hear a cool sliver of AC/DC thump and stump gleaming in this band’s Rockin’ thunder, fused with their own original style. Calling California home, BLACK ROBOT has created quite a heavy Rockin’ buzz for themselves the past few years, both stateside and across all shores.
BLACK ROBOT is a Hard Rock band you should be checking out, in the event you haven’t already. Trust me, their brand of Hard Rock is smokin’ with fired-up attitude and a crunchy, fist-to-the-air, blue-collar vibe. The guitar licks and riffs are aplenty, while if you’re looking for some b-b-b-baddass, head knockin’, rhythm stompin’, Hard Rock songs you’ll get ’em with BLACK ROBOT. Metal as my witness, you shall.
BLACK ROBOT was formed back in 2008 by bassist Jonathan “JB” Brightman. He is also a founding and former member of the Grammy nominated Hard Rock band: Buckcherry. Jonathan cowrote and played on the Buckcherry debut S/T from 1999 and their sophomore release from 2001: Time Bomb.
* Check out the BLACK ROBOT music video below, covering the JJ Cale original and Eric Clapton’s cover classic: Cocaine.
* The BLACK ROBOT debut album was released on June 8, 2010, on Formosa Records/Rocket Science Ventures.
* Keep your eyes and ears open for a brand new BLACK ROBOT album in early 2012!
* Track Listing For BLACK ROBOT (Debut S/T): Baddass * Cocaine * Momma Don’t Cry * Girls Kissing Girls * Money * I’m In Love * In My Car * Black Robot * Love On A .45 * Dissatisfaction * 23 Days Of Night * Stop The World * Nervous Breakdown
Open up a case or two of Hard Rock whoop-ass and click on the links to BLACK ROBOT below!
* You can download a FREE song from BLACK ROBOT here: BLACK ROBOT – facebook
LONG LIVE BLACK ROBOT.
Stone.
As reported by Massacre Records, November 24th, 2011:
DAVIDIAN join our roster.
We’re proud to announce the signing of DAVIDIAN!
Those of you who attended the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany this year may already know DAVIDIAN. They were one of the New Blood Award finalists who have opened the festival in the party tent.
The band from the Stuttgart area has played a lot of shows in the past years, some of them with bands such as Heaven Shall Burn, Whitechapel, Milking The Goatmachine or Hatebreed.
They have already released 2 albums: “Abuse Of Power” (2003, self-produced) and “Hear Their Cries” (2008, Limited Access Records), which was produced by Andy Classen.
In 2010 their new shouter Tobias Brasch joined DAVIDIAN and in May they have entered the Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark, to produce their upcoming third album with Tue Madsen.
Welcome to the Massacre Records family, guys!
* For more info on DAVIDIAN, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/DAVIDIANofficial
LONG LIVE DAVIDIAN.
Stone.
Massacre Records are happy to announce the signing of NIGHTQUEEN from Genk, Belgium!
NIGHTQUEEN’s history began in late 2004 when guitarist and songwriter Rex Zeco decided to compose a kind of metal for everyone. The formula was simple: strong guitar riffs, upgraded with the Modern Metal beats and a melodic melody with catchy tunes that stay stuck in the head for a long time.
The band reformed a few times before the right line-up was found: Keely Larreina (Lead vocals), Daniel Kells (Keyboards), Rex Zeco (Guitar), Alan Rawson (Guitar), Steven Steele (Bass) and William Blodyn (Drums).
Only a couple of weeks to go until Christmas, that’s why NIGHTQUEEN present the ultimate Christmas metal song: “X-Mas Wonderland”.
The song was recorded at the Full Moon Studio in Genk, Tony De Block mixed the song at the Midas Recording Studios in Lokeren, where “X-Mas Wonderland” was also mastered.
You can watch the “X-Mas Wonderland” video clip here: http://youtu.be/Z8uBvdg1214
The band is also offering a free wallpaper on their website http://www.nightqueen.be/ in the media section.
(Source: Massacre Records)
LONG LIVE NIGHTQUEEN.
Stone.
2012 TWEAKER RECORD ON DECK
Los Angeles, Nov. 22 – Chris Vrenna, the Grammy-award winning musician and producer who was most recently the drummer/keyboardist for Marilyn Manson, has left the band to focus on his growing film and video game scoring, production career and DJ outings as well as work on the forthcoming 2012 Tweaker release.
“I’m incredibly proud of the work I did with Manson and look forward to the release of Born Villain. I wish my brothers well but with the recording largely completed I felt it was time to return to other facets of my career which involves production work, film scoring, and future musical collaborations,” explained Vrenna.
Vrenna rose to prominence in the early ’90s as a full-time member of Nine Inch Nails, having been a permanent member of Trent Reznor’s band since Nine Inch Nails’ inception and for the following eight years. His production and programming credits include the aforementioned Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Guns’n’Roses and most recently work on Evanescence’s self-titled 2011 album. Vrenna is also a sought after remixer working on tracks by U2, Nelly Furtado, Rammstein, and Slipknot.
(Source: Speakeasy PR)
* For more info, click on the links below:
http://facebook.com/chrisvrennaofficial
http://www.facebook.com/tweakermusic
LONG LIVE CHRIS VRENNA.
LONG LIVE MARILYN MANSON.
Stone.
Infamous Philly Avant/Agro Rock trio STINKING LIZAVETA have proudly joined forces with Germany’s Exile On Mainstream Records for the release of their forthcoming seventh full-length album. STINKING LIZAVETA’s near legendary cult status and blend of improvisational and otherworldly post-jazz/rock/freakout style now hitching to the exceptionally diverse purveyance of all forms of Rock that Exile On Mainstream’s roster already bears, is an ideal alliance and both sides are extremely excited about the signing.
Stated Exile On Mainstream owner Andreas Kohl on the signing: “I am thrilled and very enthusiastic about the Stinking ship steering into our harbor! This band has always been one of my all-time favorites since I started working for and with them for the first time approximately 100 years ago as PR dude when III came out. Now they are signed to this label and I’m one step closer to personal heaven. There isn’t many more on this stairway. I am happy. Just über-fucking happy. Welcome STINKING LIZAVETA!”
The new album from STINKING LIZAVETA will be released in the fall of 2012. More information on the album will be released over the coming weeks. This week the band launched a Kickstarter page to raise funds to help get this album off the ground. The page will remain active until mid-December; check it out now RIGHT HERE.
Since 1994 the name STINKING LIZAVETA has made its way well beyond the crusty punk and indie clubs in the band’s West Philadelphia stomping grounds where they first tore into the music scene. The trio’s instrumental, organic fusion of post-jazz, progressive rock, punk, world music, sludge and whatever else you might care to attach to their plainly distinctive resonance has become a cult phenomenon to fans of all forms of interesting heavy music the world over. Having released six full-lengths albums to date — several self-released and the others released by Tolotta, At A Loss — in addition to a plethora of EP’s, demos, compilation appearances.
While STINKING LIZAVETA’s recordings are fascinating on their own, the band is even well known for their brilliant, energetic live shows. The trio’s explosive energy is guaranteed to hit you like an electrified avalanche every time, in front of an audience of 12 or 1200, propelled through a modest setup, comprised of a drum kit, electric guitar and upright electric bass. They have toured relentlessly throughout North America, Europe and beyond over the past seventeen years alongside eclectic rock acts of all kinds along with some of the biggest and most respected names in the rock, stoner and sludge scenes including Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, The Rollins Band, Fugazi, Zeni Geva, Today Is The Day, Weedeater, The Hidden Hand, Don Vito, The Antikaroshi, End of Level Boss, Beehoover and more. Watch for them to take to the road again throughout the coming year as they create their forthcoming seventh opus.
Cheshire Agusta – drums
Yanni Papadopoulos – guitar
Alexi Papadopoulos – upright electric bass
(Source: Earsplit PR)
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LONG LIVE STINKING LIZAVETA.
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First music video off of debut album, “Sympathetic Resonance”, now live!
Directed by David Brodsky of MyGoodEye (The Devin Townsend Project, Amon Amarth, Kylesa, Helmet, etc.) “Midnight Serenade” marks the first music video off of the Arch / Matheos release Sympathetic Resonance, which was just released on September 13th via Metal Blade Records. Check the video premiere out exclusively on Ultimate-Guitar.com HERE.
Arch / Matheos is the new progressive rock band featuring the talents of Jim Matheos (current member of the progressive rock powerhouse Fates Warning and OSI) and John Arch (former vocalist of Fates Warning) along with renowned drummer Bobby Jarzombek (Halford, Fates Warning, Sebastian Bach, Riot), bassist Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Anthrax, Fates Warning, Seven Witches), and additional lead guitarist Frank Aresti (Fates Warning).
Arch / Matheos’ Sympathetic Resonance debuted at #13 on the Billboard New Artist Chart and at #36 on the Billboard Hard Music Chart while also hitting the international charts at #27 in Germany, #67 in Austria, and #78 in Switzerland.
(Source: Metal Blade Records News Update)
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