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ANA KEFR – Announce U.S. National Tour For October – November 2011!

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

California-based extreme Prog-Metal band ANA KEFR have released the tour dates for their upcoming month-long U.S. tour in October-November, all in support of their recently released, critically acclaimed second full-length album “The Burial Tree (II)” (Muse Sick Records), the follow-up to 2009’s debut “Volume 1” (Muse Sick).

Regarding the tour, ANA KEFR frontman and keyboardist Rhiis D. Lopez commented: “Ana Kefr is a D.I.Y. band to the core, and this tour is an in-house job down to the smallest of details. There are plenty of bands constantly on the road, but the majority of the longer tours are backed by labels and booking agents. Our tour was organized by myself and Fonzie (Alphonso Jimenez, bass), and as such you’ll see we’re playing everything from larger stages to sweaty underground Metal bars. We’ve even organized the line-up on half of these shows and are seriously impressed by the enthusiasm and generosity of Metal-loving strangers. We can’t wait to meet everyone, share some beers and bang some heads!”

CHECK OUT THE TOUR DATES ON THE POSTER BELOW!

The tour is sponsored by Kosher Metal and RH Merch.

* For more info on ANA KEFR & their sponsors, click on the links below:

www.anakefr.com

www.koshermetal.com

www.facebook.com/rhmerch

LONG LIVE ANA KEFR.

Stone.

KRAMPUS – Releases “Kronos’ Heritage”: 3 Song EP

Posted in folk metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Italy’s fast rising Melodic Death Folk Metal band KRAMPUS have just released their highly anticipated follow-up to Shadows of Our Time in the form of a killer three song EP titled Kronos’ Heritage.

The band is coming off a Summer full of European Festivals and are looking to make waves again with this new release. KRAMPUS is at the forefront of the fast emerging Folk Metal scene and are a force to be reckoned with.

As with all of KRAMPUS‘s music, the band has a powerful message behind the lyrics as they deal with the ever-changing state of humanity, nature, and social issues.  As clearly seen in the lyrics, the band is adamant about making their fans aware of the current state of the world and bringing to light the need for change and for humanity to take responsibility for itself as the world heads into darker times.

In addition, the band will film a music video with director Andrea Guarascio (Elvenking, Caparezza) at the helm for the album’s title track, “Kronos’ Heritage”.

(Source: Team All About The Music)

* For more info on KRAMPUS, click on the links below:

www.myspace.com/krampusfolk

www.krampusfolk.com

LONG LIVE KRAMPUS.

Stone.

Queensrÿche RULES! ‘Nuff Said.

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo Credit: Tom Coderre)

Queensrÿche – Back on August 2nd, 2011, I and staff photographer Tom Coderre went to cover the Queensrÿche concert at Allentown Pennsylvania’s Crocodile Rock Cafe for the ultra cool  HARD ROCK HIDEOUT. When HRH’s Rob Rockitt gave us the assignment we were overjoyed! Why not head over to Hard Rock Hideout and read for yourself, the concert review I wrote while checking out some very cool photos of “live” Queensrÿche… courtesy of Tom Coderre. Just click on that big header link below to take you there! Metal be thy name!

Top photo: To the right is the legendary vocalist, Geoff Tate, of the also legendary Queensrÿche. Geoff and each member of Queensrÿche are class acts. The dude to the left, well, you’re looking at a happy Stone.

Click that link below!

Queensrÿche – Concert Review: Live At The Crocodile Rock Cafe, August 2nd, 2011

Long Live Queensrÿche.

The words “overjoyed” and “happy” were used in this post.

Stone.

GORGOROTH: Norwegian Black Metal Kings Announce The Sign Of Hell Tour 2011

Posted in Black Metal, black metal albums, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

This Fall, Norwegian Black Metal overlords GORGOROTH will embark on their longest trek yet. Set to level over 30 cities throughout Europe, the unholy march, appropriately dubbed the Sign Of Hell Tour 2011, will coincide with the band’s upcoming re-release of Under The Sign Of Hell. Initially unleashed to unsuspecting ears in 1997, Under The Sign Of Hell was re-recorded last year at Tomas Asklund’s Monolith Studio with financial support by Bergen Kommune, and is scheduled for release on August 29, 2011 via Regain Records. Pest and Infernus repeat their roles as vocalist and guitarist/bassist, respectively, while Asklund takes a seat on the drum stool. Details of a newGORGOROTH offering to be announced in the coming weeks… Stay tuned.

GORGOROTH: The Sign Of Hell Tour 2011
w/ Vader, Valkyrja

11/03/2011 The Rock – Copenhagen, Denmark

11/04/2011 Aalborg Metal Festival, Stadthalle – Aalborg, Denmark

11/05/2011 Musikens Hus – Gothenburg, Sweden

11/06/2011 Klubben – Stockholm, Sweden

11/09/2011 Moho Live – Manchester, England

11/10/2011 The Masque – Liverpool, England

11/11/2011 Spring & Airbrake – Belfast, Northern Ireland

11/12/2011 Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland

11/13/2011 Classic Grand – Glasgow, Scotland

11/14/2011 Camden Underworld – London, England

11/15/2011 The Fleece – Bristol, England

11/17/2011 De Kelder – Amersfoort, Holland

11/18/2011 Baroeg – Rotterdam, Holland

11/19/2011 Mass Deathtruction Festival, La Ferme du Biéreau – Louvain-la-Neuvem, Belgium

11/20/2011 Turock – Essen, Germany

11/24/2011 L’Empreinte – Savigny-le-Temple, France

11/25/2011 Sounddock – Dietikon, Switzerland

11/26/2011 Christmas Metal Festival, Stadthalle – Lichtenfels, Germany

11/29/2011 Szene – Vienna, Austria

11/30/2011 TBC – Budapest, Hungary

12/01/2011 Euphoria Music Hall – Cluj-Napoca, Romania

12/02/2011 Yubileina Hall – Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia

12/03/2011 Eightball Club – Thessaloniki, Greece

12/04/2011 Gargarin 205 – Athens, Greece

12/07/2011 TBC – Zagreb, Croatia

12/08/2011 Menza Pri Koritu – Ljubljana, Slovenia

12/09/2011 Init Club – Rome, Italy, Rome

12/10/2011 Rockplanet – Pinarella di Cervia, Italy

12/11/2011 Secret Place – Montpellier, France

12/13/2011 Hard Club – Porto, Portugal

12/14/2011 Cine-Teatro de Corroios – Lisbon, Portugal

12/15/2011 Sala Custom – Seville, Spain

12/16/2011 Durango – Valencia, Spain

12/17/2011 Mephisto – Barcelona, Spain

12/18/2011 TBC – Grenoble, France

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on GORGOROTH, click on the links below:

http://www.gorgoroth.info

http://www.regainrecords.com

LONG LIVE GORGOROTH.

Stone.

MISFITS – 2011 Tour With JUICEHEAD: Dates, Cities and Venues Listed!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, horror metal, horror punk, metal odyssey, Music, Punk rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

MISFITS 2011 TOUR DATES:

09/16/11 – Rome, Italy @ Piper Club

09/17/11 – Harelbeke, Belgium @ Rat Rock Festival

09/23/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar

09/24/11 – Lancaster, PA @ Chamelion Club

MISFITS & JUICEHEAD ON TOUR NATIONWIDE THIS FALL:

09/29/11 – Santa Clara, CA @ The Avalon

09/30/11 – Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theater

10/02/11 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues

10/03/11 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues

10/04/11 – W. Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues

10/05/11 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre

10/06/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues

10/07/11 – Scottsdale, AZ @ The Canyon

10/08/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theater

10/09/11 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

10/12/11 – Murfreesboro, TN @ Gilligan’s

10/14/11 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance

10/15/11 – Auburn, ME @ Club Texas

10/16/11 – Danvers, MA @ The Palace Ballroom

10/20/11 – Newport, KY @ The Historic Southgate House

10/21/11 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s

10/22/11 – Detroit, MI @ Harpos

10/26/11 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

10/28/11 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

10/29/11 – Toledo, OH @ The Omni

10/31/11 – New York, NY @ B.B. Kings

11/03/11 – Rosedale, MD @ Recher Theatre

11/04/11 – Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock

11/05/11 – Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

11/06/11 – Springfield, VA @ JAXX

11/09/11 – Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen Music Hall

11/10/11 – Houston, TX @ Stereo Live

11/11/11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Samurai’s

11/12/11 – San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live

11/14/11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees

11/17/11 – Orlando, FL @ Firestone Live

11/18/11 – FT. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room

11/19/11 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Sickboys

11/20/11 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall

(Source: Official Misfits Records Newsletter: August, 2011)

MISFITS:

Jerry Only – bass & vocals

Dez Cadena – guitar

Eric “Goat” Arce – drums

* For more info on the Misfits, click on the links below:

MISFITS – Official Website

MISFITS – MySpace Music Page

MISFITS – facebook

LONG LIVE THE MISFITS.

Stone.

HATEBREED – Confirm Dates With Five Finger Death Punch and All That Remains: October & November 2011

Posted in hardcore, hardcore metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(New York, NY) — HATEBREED have confirmed a handful of 2011 tour dates on the “SHARE THE WELT TOUR” supporting FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and ALL THAT REMAINS.

10/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

10/17 Medford, OR @ Medford Armory

10/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Slat Air

10/22 Denver, CO @ First Bank Center

10/25 Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena

10/26 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory

10/28 El Paso, TX @ Speaking Rock Entertainment Center (not SHARE THE WELT)

10/29 San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Garden

11/1 Little Rock, AR @ Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center

11/2 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

11/4 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom

11/5 Grand Rapids, MI @ Deltaplex Arena & Conference Center

11/6 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room At Old National Centre

12/4 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis

HATEBREED released their self titled record in 2009 to plenty of critical accolades. Most notably, Revolver Magazine declared the band“The Biggest Band in Hardcore” in their cover story on the band.HATEBREED released a few music videos supporting this album, most notably for their single “In Ashes They Shall Reap” which can be seen HERE.

HATEBREED “S/T” can be purchased on iTunes HERE.

(Source: eOne Music)

* For more info on HATEBREED, click on the links below:

HATEBREED – Official Website

HATEBREED – myspace music

eOne Metal

LONG LIVE HATEBREED.

LONG LIVE FFDP & ALL THAT REMAINS.

Stone.

HEMOPTYSIS – To Share The Stage With ANA KEFR: October 5th, 2011, At Chasers In Scottsdale, Arizona!

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal concerts, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 15, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Just announced: Hemoptysis will share the stage with Ana Kefr (Riverside Ca.), Death Perception, and Cthulhu on Wednesday, October 5th @ Chasers in Scottsdale, AZ. All ages, $8 pre sale $10 at the door.

Tickets available at www.misanthropicproductions.com

(Source: Hemoptysis)

Hemoptysis Vocalist/Guitarist, Masaki Murashita, has joined the debate on the somewhat controversial new music streaming service Spotify. You can read Murashita’s thoughts on what this service will mean for labels, bands, and fans alike at this link http://thatdevilmusic.net/2011/08/15/spotify-evolution-music-industry-time-change/

* For more info on Hemoptysis, click the links below:

HEMOPTYSIS – Official Website

HEMOPTYSIS – Facebook

HEMOPTYSIS – myspace music

Masaki Murashita – Official facebook

* For more info on Ana Kefr, click the link below:

www.anakefr.com

* For more current Hemoptysis tour dates, click on the big header link below:

Hemoptysis – Tour Details + Promotional Video Streaming Now!

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

LONG LIVE ANA KEFR.

Stone.

Knights Of The Abyss Members Launch New Project: Apparitions

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on August 15, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Arizona based Death Metal band, APPARITIONS, is a new project consisting of bassist Griffin Kolinski and guitarist Brian Mcnulty from KNIGHTS OF THE ABYSS (Ferret Music). “When KNIGHTS OF THE ABYSS finished our last tour with CATTLE DECAPITATION, Brian and I were toying with this side project with some friends back home. As we went along it really just manifested itself into something that we wanted to pursue in a more serious direction” states Kolinski about the formation of the band.

APPARITIONS will be performing their first show on August 26th at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe, AZ. They are currently working on booking dates for a West Coast regional tour to support their EP titled “The Human Collapse” due out this fall. ” We are real excited to see what people think of the material as it is a departure from what we were doing with KOTA” adds Kolinski.

APPARITIONS has just launched a new Facebook page and premiers their debut song entitled “Sky Splitter” featuring guest vocalist Tim Goergen of WITHIN THE RUINS (Victory Records).

APPARITIONS Facebook Page: APPARITIONS – Official facebook

(Source: Steve Seabury)

LONG LIVE APPARITIONS.

LONG LIVE KNIGHTS OF THE ABYSS.

Stone.

MISFITS – “The Devil’s Rain”: New Studio Album Releases October 4th, 2011!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, horror punk, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, Punk rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

ATTENTION ALL FIENDS:

THE NEWS HAS BROKE.

GATHER AROUND AND BE TOLD:

A NEW MISFITS STUDIO ALBUM IS UPON US…

THE DEVIL’S RAIN.

RELEASING OCTOBER 4, 2011.

METAL BE THY NAME.

MISFITS:

Jerry Only – bass & vocals

Dez Cadena – guitar

Eric “Chupacabra” Arce – drums

* The Devil’s Rain was produced by Ed Stasium

* The Devil’s Rain is the first MISFITS studio album of original songs since 1999’s Famous Monsters.

* The last studio album the MISFITS released, was Project 1950, back in 2003. Project 1950 is a collection of cover songs celebrating ten Classic Rock n’ Roll hits.

Stay tuned for more Fiendish details as they are set loose…

* For more info on the MISFITS, click on the links below:

MISFITS – Official Website

MISFITS – facebook

MISFITS – MySpace Music Page

LONG LIVE THE MISFITS.

LONG LIVE ALL FIENDS WORLDWIDE.

Stone.

TRILLION RED – Signs To badGod Music

Posted in atmospheric music, Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

 
Eclectic and Atmospheric Dark Metal duo TRILLION RED has become the first act to sign with upstart label badGod Music. The band’s  DIY debut EP, Two Tongues, (released earlier this year) will see distribution through the label in September and plans are in place for a full-length to see the light of day in 2012. Two Tongues is currently streaming in its entirety at www.stereokiller.com/trillionred
 
“Two Tongues EP combines all the dark ambience, progressiveness and flirtations with Extreme Metal…I kept envisioning a trek to the center of the Earth, just a few blocks from the gates of Hell itself…”Metal Odyssey

“Doomy, dark, creepy, ambient… different. If that description interests you in the slightest then check out what this San Francisco outfit has to offer.” – MetalSucks.net

Two Tongues EP – Track Listing:

No Visible Help (Hold Tight!)  

Forging Two Tongues – A Reckoning  

Right Over to the Helm  

Lullaby

TRILLION RED is:

Patrick Brown – Vocals, keys, guitar, bass

Max – drums

BIO :

TRILLION RED is a new band in the Metal scene, but its unique style screams out as something new and refreshing amongst the plethora of redundant acts today. The band’s musical background diverges from past garage rock and dark metal bands.  The musical guts and themes to Two Tongues from written from 2007 through 2009 in San Francisco. The EP songs were completed, recorded, mixed and mastered in 2010.

(Source: ClawHammer PR)

LONG LIVE TRILLION RED.

Stone.

THIN LIZZY – ICON Greatest Hits: 11 Songs Of Timeless, Classic Hard Rock

Posted in classic rock, classic rock songs, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

THIN LIZZY – Released on June 21st, 2011, via Mercury Records is the Icon series of greatest hits installment of the ultra-legendary: Thin Lizzy. There are 11 songs on this Thin Lizzy compilation. Timeless, Revered, Classic Rock songs all. This past week, I bought this CD for two reasons: 1. I really dig Thin Lizzy and 2. I do not have every Thin Lizzy album on CD. Stone still swims among his vinyl and cassettes, therefore, Metal be thy name and ring that Old School F’n bell.

This Thin Lizzy CD set me back $7 (U.S.) and I’m happier than a pig in murky, stink ridden mud now that I own it. How can any of these Thin Lizzy classics ever grow stale? Impossible I say! These Thin Lizzy songs are the reason why the word “Classic” was put in front of the word “Rock”.

It is a difficult task in choosing which is my favorite Thin Lizzy song on this CD. I’ll go with Cowboy Song for now, then an hour later it is Jailbreak. Tomorrow it’s The Boys Are Back In Town as my top choice. You get the Metal picture.

Thin Lizzy – Icon Track Listing:

Whiskey In The Jar

The Rocker

Still In Love With You

Rosalie

The Boys Are Back In Town

Jailbreak

Cowboy Song

Borderline

Don’t Believe A Word

Bad Reputation

Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In It’s Spotlight)

* For more info on THIN LIZZY, click on the link below:

THIN LIZZY

LONG LIVE THE ROCKIN’ LEGACY OF THIN LIZZY.

Rest In Peace, Phil Lynott and Gary Moore.

Stone.

Jani Lane – May He Rest In Peace

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Metal Odyssey extends heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, band mates and fans of Jani Lane. The former lead singer of Warrant and Saints Of The Underground passed away on August 11, 2011. Jani Lane was only 47.

As a lead vocalist, songwriter and lyricist for Warrant, Jani Lane’s Hair Metal and Rockin’  identity could never be denied, especially on such Warrant album classics as 1989’s Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and 1990’s Cherry Pie. Jani Lane’s music will live on for generations to enjoy. God Bless Jani Lane and may he rest in peace.

Stone.

SOURVEIN: Original Bass Player To Rejoin Lineup

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on August 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Cape Fear Doom kings, SOURVEIN, are excited to announce the return of original bassist, Joshua ”JC Fari” Crapo, who played with the band from 1993 – 2001 and again from 2003 – 2006. Fari held down the low-end duties on both SOURVEIN‘s self-titled full-length and the He’s No Good To Me Dead compilation (featuring SOURVEIN alongside Grief, Bongzilla, Negative Reaction and Subsanity) among other compilations as well as the Will To Mangle demos. Fari also played guitar on the band’s split with Buzzov*en in 1995.

Fari relocated to Austin after Hurricane Katrina flooded his New Orleans apartment and studio in 2005 and left the band in 2006, following a successful tour of the UK with Remesses, to focus on his family. Since then, he’s been raising his son and working as a recording engineer. As of this summer, Fari is finally able to commit to touring and recording with SOURVEIN full-time.

Fari will join vocalist T-Roy and co. for the band’s West Coast leg of the Black Fangs world tour in October.

Black Fangs was released via Candlelight Records on June 21st, 2011.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SOURVEIN, click on the links below:

SOURVEIN on Facebook

http://www.myspace.com/sourvein13

http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

LONG LIVE SOURVEIN.

Stone.

EYEHATEGOD – To Traumatize California This Weekend! European Live Footage Posted!

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal with tags , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

EYEHATEGOD – Last month, New Orleans’ own existential Hardcore Blues oddballs, EYEHATEGOD, successfully completed their near-month long Retox And Nihilism Over Europe Tour alongside Japanese doomers, Church Of Misery. The trek saw Louisiana’s favorite miscreants level over 20 cities, which included stops at Hellfest in France, Kriston Festin Spain, GSM Fest in Portugal, the Roskilde Fest in Denmark and the Stoned From The Underground Festival in Germany.
Commented Mike Williams of the experience: “We returned in mental puzzle pieces from a destructive, albeit highly functional European/Scandinavian tour with Church of Misery, bringing them to the usual EU haunts such as Paris, London, and Berlin etc… plus a few previously unvisited locales such as Helsinki and the former Soviet Bloc country Estonia. One highlight amongst many was playing in the middle of the people’s revolution in Athens, Greece and playing the almighty fests such as Stoned From The Underground and Hellfest. EYEHATEGOD performed new material on this educational insanity tour.”
Check out killer footage [filmed by mathiasnielsen666] of the band playing new song, “N’awlins Is The New Vietnam” at the Roskilde Festival HERE.
Closing out their summer of sonic devastation, EYEHATEGOD will spread their filth to the West Coast this weekend for two rare and special shows: The first will take place at the Oakland Metro Operahouse on Friday, August 12 with Impaled, Brainoil, Laudanum and others while the second will mark the kick-off of the long-anticipated and much talked-about Power The Riff Fest on Saturday, August 13 at the
Echo/Echoplex which will feature EYEHATEGOD, Pentagram,Winter, Pelican and more! California will never be the same….
EYEHATEGOD: California Weekend Invasion: 
8/12/2011 Oakland Metro Operahouse – Oakland, CA w/ Impaled, Brainoil Laudanum, Badr Vogu, Hazzard’s Cure, The Burial Tide Doors @ 7:00pm [Info]
8/13/2011 Echo/Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA w/ Pentagram,  Winter, Pelican, Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix, Black Cobra, Skin Like Iron, Baptists, Masakari, Alpinist, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Aeges, Early Graves, Slave Doors @ Noon [TICKETS]
The band will play additional shows this Fall. Details to be announced soon… and if their lies are to be believed, 2012 will see the release of EYEHATEGOD‘s long-awaited new album. (Source: Earsplit PR)

LONG LIVE EYEHATEGOD.

Stone.

SALTY DOG – Every Dog Has Its Day: This Hard Rockin’ Album From 1990 Has Its Day On Metal Odyssey

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal odyssey, Music, rock albums, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

SALTY DOG – Going back to 1990, here is a band that I Rocked out to and was reminded about while rummaging through my “vintage” cassette collection late last night: Salty Dog. I remember buying the cassette for Every Dog Has Its Day instead of the CD due to my not having a CD player in my car. Cassette players in cars ruled the day back then. Heck, back in 1990, who did have a CD player in their car? No one in my crowd!

Holding onto the cassettes of my past enables me to go back in time and listen to albums that I never upgraded to CD. Many of my cassettes are not even available on CD either due to the “out-of-print” syndrome that seems to affect so many cool bands and albums of decades past. My apologies for often times overstating this annoying music industry fact.

Salty Dog may have been ahead of their time or time was just standing still for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal in 1990. Take your pick. The Rockin’ tenure for Salty Dog was 1986 to 1991, with Every Dog Has Its Day being their album of note. Looking back, 1990 was not a generous time for up and coming bands of Heavy Music. With that said, there were and always will be an audience of fans and supporters for the kind of hard-edged Rock and Roll Salty Dog created and played. I’m living proof and I know I’m not alone.

Every Dog Has Its Day was originally released on Geffen Records in 1990. That was a tough year and time period for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands, with so many record labels looking for the next Nirvana. I wonder out loud, just how popular this Salty Dog album would be if it were “newly” released today? Gambling with my guess, I’m leaning towards Every Dog Has Its Day as being a hit. Why not? The Bluesy, Hard Rockin’ sound of Salty Dog should be appealing to the Hard Rock, Arena Rock and Classic Rock fans of 2011.

This is an old school, party till it’s four in the morning album… that comes with a spinning back kick of Hard Rockin’ relevance. (To my ears anyways). I remember the song Come Along like it was yesterday and it’s easily my favorite on this album. I looked up the availability of Every Dog Has Its Day on Amazon.com and used copies are available for around $13 (U.S.). Trust me, these “used” CD prices for this title go even higher! However, new or unopened copies of this original CD fetch a far bigger price: upwards to around $100 (U.S.). A 2010 reissue on a label called Bad Reputation has the new price floating at the $30 level (U.S.).

For a one album band, Salty Dog is surely remembered as delivering some memorable Rockin’ goods. Check ’em out by picking up this CD. Only get it at a decent price!

BELOW: Is a very cool & rare promo bio picture sheet that was distributed by Geffen Records back in 1989. This Salty Dog promo is courtesy of Metal Buddy Kinger over at Demolish Fanzine – 1980’s Heavy Metal Revival. Thanks Kinger!

SALTY DOG:

Jimmi Bleacher – vocals

Pete Reveen – guitar

Michael Hannon – bass

Khurt Maier – drums

Every Dog Has Its Day – Track Listing:

Come Along

Cat’s Got Nine

Ring My Bell

Where The Sun Don’t Shine

Spoonful

Just Like A Woman

Sim Sala Bim

Keep Me Down

Heave Hard (She Comes Easy)

Lonesome Fool

Slow Daze

Sacrifice Me

Nothin’ But A Dream

(CD Back Cover)

LONG LIVE SALTY DOG – EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.

Stone.

GARAGEDAYS – “I’m Your Hate” Video: Shredding and Raging! This Is METAL!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, heavy metal videos, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

GARAGEDAYS – ATTENTION PLEASE… quiet back there… are you listening? Austria’s very own GARAGEDAYS wants to kick your Metal lovin’ ass right now! There is no where to run. No where to seek emotional comfort. Just take this heaping dose of potent Metal that GARAGEDAYS is dishin’ out with I’m Your Hate by clicking on that cool video below… and remember to say: thank you sirs, may I please have more. Metal be thy name.

(Source: GarageDays Official and Massacre Records)

GARAGEDAYS:

Marco Kern – rhythm guitar & vocals

Dominik Eder – bass guitar

Rene Auer – lead guitar

Matthias Mai – drums

I’m Your Hate is on the Metal ass kickin’ GARAGEDAYS album: DARK AND COLD (Massacre Records) which was released upon the world on May 27th, 2011.

(Front Cover)

(Back Cover)

* For more info on GARAGEDAYS, click on the links below:

GARAGEDAYS – myspace music

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE GARAGEDAYS.

Stone.

Hemoptysis – Tour Details + Promotional Video Streaming Now!

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 9, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Hemoptysis have announced a weekend tour that features 3 dates from Arizona, to Wyoming. A promotional video including live clips of the band can be viewed here. Hemoptysis are touring in support of their debut album Misanthropic Slaughter available now on iTunes, Amazon and in stores throughout Europe via Rock It Up Records.

Upcoming tour dates:

Friday, August 19th @ El Rey Theatre in Albuquerque, NM, All ages, $10

Saturday, August 20th @ The Bananza in Cheyenne, WY, All Ages, $15 Presale, $20 at the door (Wolves of Apocalypse Fest) Tickets

Sunday, August 21st @ The Juggernaut in Gallup, NM, All Ages, $8 presale $10 at the door.

Hemoptysis also appears on Heavy Metal Presents: Gates Volume 1 “The Ascention”. This is the first soundtrack to Gates the comic, and will be available via iTunes, and Amazon on Tuesday, August 9th. All proceeds will be donated to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. For more information please visit this location.

For the latest Hemoptysis news visit:

Official Site

Myspace

Facebook

Masaki Murashita Facebook

Reverbnation


LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.

MASS “Voices In The Night” – Revisiting A Hard Rockin’ and Feel Good Album From 1989

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 8, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

MASS – Among the 80’s resurgence of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands these last several years, there is one band from that era that cannot be overlooked. This band is from Boston, Massachusetts and their world known as MASS.

This band’s strong and memorable contributions to 80’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal are forever forged on their 1984 debut & self-titled EP, along with three other albums from that loud, proud and colorful 80’s decade. One such album from MASS that I’ve been listening to (non-stop it seems) since this past Winter is 1989’s Voices In The Night.

Released on Enigma Records and produced by the legendary Michael Sweet, of the also legendary Stryper, Voices In The Night is a triple threat of: Hard Rockin’, feel good and elevated vibes. Yes, I do feel good listening to this album and it only seems to become elevated with each passing song. For those unfamiliar, MASS plays hard and heavy in the vein of Stryper, Steelheart, Slaughter and Nelson. MASS sold their share of records back in the 80’s and even made it on the rotation of a music network that used to be cool, known as MTV.

The vocals of Louis St. August are tailor-made for Arenas on this album… and still are in 2011. Where Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe has a pissed-off flair vocally and Tom Keifer of Cinderella always bestows a bluesy vibe with his voice, Louis St. August displays that assured, energetic and commanding vocal style. Louis gives the songs on Voices In The Night that elevated atmosphere; it’s his tones, range and notes he hits that dictates the highs you can obviously hear and actually feel.

As with every band, the debate will surface as to which album is their finest in their discography. I’m not aiming for Voices In The Night to be declared their best work, what I am pointing out however, is Voices In The Night is an album that should be remembered for its overall late 80’s hard and heavy luster, coupled with its melodic appeal and strength of songs. Metal be thy name, if this album was newly released today, it would be noticed for its old school glow and Classic Rock relevance. Well, in my Metal opinion, of course.

The ballad Chance For Love is realistically one of the finest of its kind, spanning Hard Rock to Hair Metal, from the mid to late 80’s. I’m no ballad freak, still Chance For Love makes me realize that when done with an acute awareness of not going overboard on the sappy meter; a band can achieve excellence with some Rockin’ tenderness. Uh, oh… Stone is in trouble now, I’m revealing my softer side. On songs such as the title track and Nine Tonight, the tempo is high, the rhythm section grooves, while the guitar of Gene D’Itria crunches out melodic licks and head banging’ riffs. In essence, that can easily sum up this entire album. One song that Gene flat-out shreds on is Staying Alive. Metal as my witness, it’s a cool song.

The chorus in these songs are not just harmonious, they are undeniably sing-along. Reach For The Sky is one song that never fails to have me pumping my fist into the air while (trying) to sing along to. Louis makes it sound so easy as he sings Carry Your Heart, he more than likely was born with that confidence factor. Carry Your Heart is an edgier song, with a psyche-you-out guitar solo that beckons me to play some vintage air guitar. Miles Away can be pointed out as an anthem on this album, one that can supercharge the Metal senses into indestructible mode, with its music alone.

Overall, Voices In The Night has an old school echo happening within its wall of sound and I’m not whining about it. The semi-rawness that this album radiates only makes the songs sound more real and fortified with a Hard Rockin’ punch. With a Christian Metal approach to positive reinforcement, I can’t see how this album couldn’t make anyone’s mood better. Then again, not everyone will like what Stone digs. Seasoned MASS fans already know this, yet new recruits to this band should be informed the following: Voices In The Night is an album to be revisited, enjoyed, Rocked out by and recommended to fellow Rockaholics.

* Voices In The Night was reissued by Retrospect Records in 2008, with the bonus track: Stevie.

MASS: Lineup on Voices In The Night:

Louis St. August – vocals

Gene D’Itria – guitar

Kevin Varrio – bass

Joey “Vee” Vadala – drums

Voices In The Night – Track Listing:

Voices In The Night

Nine Tonight

Reach For The Sky

Chance To Love

Turn It All Around

Carry Your Heart

Miles Away

Follow Me

Call Out Your Name

Staying Alive

Still Of The Night

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* For more info on MASS, click on the link below:

MASS – MASS ROCKS.COM

LONG LIVE MASS.

The word “tenderness” was used in this post. Whoa.

Stone.

Opeth – Heritage: New Studio Album Releases September 20, 2011, via RoadRunner Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

OPETH – On September 20th, 2011, Heritage, the new studio album from Swedish Progressive Metal icons Opeth will be released via RoadRunner Records. Heritage will be the tenth album overall from Opeth, their third release with RoadRunner Records. Check out the album artwork (above) and the track listing below. You will also find the exclusive Heritage box set information below too.

Heritage – Track Listing:

Heritage

The Devil’s Orchard

I Feel the Dark

Slither

Nepenthe

Haxprocess

Famine

The Lines in My Hand

Folklore

Marrow of the Earth

Mail order exclusive version of Deluxe Edition Collector’s Box Set Includes:

* Double LP Set of Heritage with exclusive Lenticular Artwork (180-Gram Vinyl in gatefold jacket)

* Custom gatefold jacket that houses the Heritage Special Edition CD/DVD set (Includes 2 bonus tracks, 5.1 audio mix of album and making of Heritage documentary)

* Exclusive 7″ of 2 bonus tracks – Side A: Pyre, Side B: Face In The Snow

* Litho print of album cover

* Oversized 16 page booklet with exclusive photos and artwork

* All content housed in custom slipcase

* Receive a digital download of Heritage the day BEFORE release and an instant grat of lead track: The Devil’s Orchard

(Source: RoadRunner Records)

* For more info on OPETH and to order Heritage and/or the exclusive box set, click on the links below:

OPETH – Official Website

ROADRUNNER RECORDS

LONG LIVE OPETH.

Stone.

DESALMADO – Hereditas: This Is Grindcore, This Is Extreme Metal… That Decimates The Senses

Posted in extreme music, grindcore, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

DESALMADO – On August 16h, 2011, via Greyhaze Records, Brazilian Grindcore band DESALMADO will have their Hereditas EP released as a 10″ vinyl and digital download. DESALMADO are from São Paulo, Brazil, being well known around South America over recent years under the name El Fuego. This Hereditas EP is the precursor to their forthcoming debut full-length, being produced by Jean Dolabella of Sepultura and is set for release via Greyhaze Records later in 2011.

The total running time for the six songs digested on Hereditas is fifteen minutes… and it’s fifteen minutes of 200% Grindcore savagery in all of it’s ruthless enormity. Metal be thy name, if you are looking to get your eardrums scoured by fifteen minutes of grinding extremity, Hereditas is the solution. DESALMADO puts a clamorous stamp on why Grindcore is a credible and growing, international Metal sub-genre.

The blast beats, riffs and excessively fast and unrestrained sound from Hereditas that penetrates my senses is without question, extremely intoxicating. Vocally monstrous, bordering on maniacal… and that’s exactly how it should sound and feel like. Listening to DESALMADO is accepting willingly, a grinding Metal assailment which decimates the senses and there is no clinical way to explain it any further than that. Forget power or psyche-out vibes, this is bombardment, a voluntary acceptance of an Extreme Metal invasion upon my ears and brain.

Lyrically speaking out against abuse of power and not conforming to idiotic idealism, DESALMADO have something to say. If you’re looking to get obliterated from fifteen minutes of Grindcore and Extreme Metal demolishment, then take my sound Metal advice and pick up Hereditas from DESALMADO… it will kick your ass and serve you right simultaneously.

Hereditas Track Listing:

Condenados Pelo Odio [Condemned By Hatred]

Em Sua Honra [In Your Honor]

Miseria Escravatura [Misery and Slavery]

Chagas Abertas [Open Wounds]

Manto De Sangue [Cloak of Blood]

Hereditas

* For more info on DESALMADO, click on the links below:

http://www.desalmado.com.br

http://pt-br.facebook.com/desalmadogrind

http://www.greyhazerecords.com

LONG LIVE DESALMADO.

Stone.