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BLACK CROSS HOTEL (Feat. Members Of The Atlas Moth & Stabbing Westward) Announce Songs For Switches, Out October 31st, Via Someoddpilot Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, industrial metal, industrial rock, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on September 13, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Songs for Switches album cover

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “THE HOUSE GOD DOESN’T VISIT” NOW

“The House God Doesn’t Visit” video directed by John Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-nl-4pn480

CHICAGO – Black Cross Hotel, the Chicago-based industrial post-punk outfit featuring members of The Atlas Moth and Stabbing Westward, release Songs for Switches on Oct. 31 via Someoddpilot Records.

Album pre-orders, including a limited edition blood red swirl vinyl variant, are available now: https://someoddpilotrecords.bandcamp.com/.

A preview of Songs for Switches have arrived with the release of “The House God Doesn’t Visit” and its accompanying video. The track recalls Wax Trax-era industrial music; growling bass and gnarled guitars collide with icy synths and a pounding chorus, serving as the perfect introduction to the album’s dark, exhilarating sound.

“This record is not all salacious fantasy; there’s a practical side to maintaining any well-run subculture,” explains vocalist Dee DeEmme. “The album is a collection of lessons learned, from the joy of finding someone who truly gets you to the importance of asking for what you want and preserving a part of yourself in the process.”

“Some of us are horror junkies and our favorite movies often serve as the backdrop and inspiration for our songs,” Andrew Ragin (also of The Atlas Moth) shares. “Most songs start as a sort of alternate movie score and then we let all of our various influences and interests take hold without gearing towards any specific genre. With a foot planted firmly in the dark and spooky, everyone gets to play with these themes and styles, which makes for an eclectic blend of metal, dark wave, punk, ’90s alternative and even hair metal.”

Songs for Switches track-listing:

1.    Eyes From Nowhere

2.    Rot Together

3.    The House God Doesn’t Visit

4.    Song for Switches

5.    Typo

6.    Blood Dance

7.    Church Basement

8.    Teeth

9.    How To Be Unburdened

10. 2AFPT

Initially conceived during the pandemic as a horror-inspired industrial-metal side project from synth alchemist Andrew Ragin (The Atlas Moth) and guitarist Marcus Eliopulos (Stabbing Westward), the project quickly evolved into a full band with Mike Miczek (Earthburner, Broken Hope, The Atlas Moth) on drums, producer/engineer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Corrections House) on bass, and DeEmme (Whipped) on vocals.

Photo credit: Chris Eichenseer

Songs for Switches was recorded at Electrical Audio studio (once owned and operated by the late Steve Albini) and completed at Parker’s own Hypercube studio, both in Chicago. The album arrives via Someoddpilot Records, an offshoot of the acclaimed Chicago branding studio responsible for creative campaigns and logos for Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, Empty Bottle, and other cornerstones of the city’s music culture.

Black Cross Hotel tour dates:

October 29 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle

October 30 Indianapolis, IN Healer

October 31 Tolono, IL Loose Cobra

November 1 Athens, OH The Union

November 2 Pittsburgh, PA Spirit

November 3 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 dates are with Blood Lemon. Tickets for all shows are available now.

The Chicago based quintet released HEX, a DIY-debut, in 2022, with the Chicago Reader describing the eight-song release as “a shivery delight.”

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MINUS HEAD RECORDS SIGN SACRAMENTO ELECTRO-INDUSTRIAL OUTFIT KILL THE PRECEDENT

Posted in Hard Rock, industrial metal, industrial rock, Music, Punk rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on May 31, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Kill The Precedent - large logo - B&WDIALOGUES FROM THE DEAD SET FOR AUG. 27 RELEASE

May 31, 2013, San Francisco – Minus Head Records, home of Pasadena Napalm Division, Incite and Death Valley High, have added Sacramento’s Kill The Precedent to their burgeoning roster.

The band, lauded by local alt-weekly the Sacramento News and Review for their “abrasive, aggressive Rock synchronized to visually transfixing slide shows,” self-produced the album at Pus Cavern with Joseph Johston (Cake,Deftones) mixing and Logan Mader (Gojira, Fear Factory) mastering.

Kill The Precedent have a handful of local dates confirmed throughout the summer including a Sunday show with Fear Factory at Ace of Spades.

TOUR DATES:

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

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

facebook: Kill The Precedent

http://www.minusHEAD.com

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LONG LIVE KILL THE PRECEDENT.

Stone.

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DEVICE – Debut S/T Album Releases Tomorrow; April & May Tour Dates Posted!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, industrial metal, industrial rock, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on April 8, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Device - Promo Album Cover - debut

DEVICE – The debut and S/T album from DEVICE will be released tomorrow, April 9th, via Warner Bros. Records. Led by the legendary David Draiman (Disturbed) on vocals, this is an Industrial album that is highly anticipated throughout the Heavy Rock world. Check out the track listing for DEVICE below, as well as the band’s April/May tour dates!

Also, check out below the special guests on this DEVICE debut! Whoa!! I’m buying this CD tomorrow! Metal be thy name!

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DEVICE – TRACK LISTING:

01. You Think You Know

02. Penance

03. Vilify

04. Close My Eyes Forever (Ozzy Osbourne & Lita Ford cover) (feat. Lzzy Hale)

05. Out Of Line (feat. Serj Tankian, Geezer Butler)

06. Hunted

07. Opinion (feat. Tom Morello)

08. War Of Lies

09. Haze (feat. M. Shadows)

10. Through It All (feat. Glenn Hughes)

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APRIL/MAY 2013 TOUR DATES:

10-Apr – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen*

12-Apr – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room*

13-Apr -Orlando, FL – Tinker Field – WJRR Earth Day Birth Day

14-Apr – Ft. Myers, FL – Fort Rock Festival

16-Apr – Destin, FL – Club LA**

17-Apr -Huntsville, AL -Sammy T’s**

20-Apr – Tyler, TX – Click’s**

21-Apr – Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheatre – KFMX Show

23-Apr – Dallas, TX – Trees**

25-Apr – Houston, TX – Scout Bar**

26-Apr – Beaumont, TX – The Gig**

28-Apr – Jacksonville, FL – Welcome to Rockville Festival

30-Apr – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues**

01-May – Little Rock, AR – Juanitas**

03-May – Atlanta, GA –Centerstage*

04-May – Rockingham, NC -Carolina Rebellion Festival

10-May – Boone, IA – Lazerfest 2013

11- May – Kansas City, MO – Rockfest

18-May – Camden, NJ – MMRBQ Festival

19-May – Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range

24-May – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma

*with Gemini Syndrome

**with Gemini Syndrome and Nonpoint

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

facebook: Device

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LONG LIVE DEVICE.

Stone.

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FEAR FACTORY – Announce American Tour Dates For 2012

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 24, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

FEAR FACTORY today confirms their first tour dates for 2012. Set to begin in San Antonio on May 1, the tour’s initial dates include stops in Dallas, Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Denver among others. Joining FEAR FACTORY for the tour is Boston’s Shadows Fall, Kansas City-based The Browning, Riverside, California’s The Devastated, and Legacy Of Disorder from New Zealand. The tour will precede the release of FEAR FACTORY’s new album titled The Industrialist.

FEAR FACTORY recently announced the addition of bass player Matt DeVries. The Ohio native previously noted, “I have been asked to join one of my favorite bands. I have been a fan of FEAR FACTORY since 1992 and I could not be more excited to be part of this incredible band.” Guitarist Dino Cazares and vocalist Burton C. Bell noted, “we are very excited to have Matt playing bass for FEAR FACTORY. We feel he is a great addition to our touring line-up. He has been a friend for a very long time and he is a great musician who will be a perfect instrument in the FF machine.”

With rehearsals for the tour expected to start soon, the members of FEAR FACTORY are finishing details on their forthcoming new album expected for release early summer. Greg Reely has now completed the album’s mix. All that remains is final artwork and packaging. Regarding the new material, Cazares and Bell affirm, “this album perfectly captures the true nature of FEAR FACTORY. The industrial/metal blend is a strong return to our original concept for FEAR FACTORY.”

The Industrialist follows 2010’s critically acclaimed Mechanize. Blabbermouth said, “this is the album fans have been waiting for…a fiery and evolved rebirth of the band that changed metal in the ’90s.” Revolver Magazine called Mechanize, “one of the best albums of the band’s career. Its combination of new-wave melody, rapid-fire aggression, and electronic ambiance sounds as fresh today as FEAR FACTORY did nearly 20 years ago. Call it the soul of their new machine.” Decibel Magazine noted, “FEAR FACTORY are back and beyond intact.”

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Confirmed dates as of press time are:

5/01/2012 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX

5/02/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX

5/03/2012 Scout Bar – Houston, TX

5/05/2012 State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL

5/06/2012 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

5/09/2012 Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC

5/10/2012 Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

5/11/2012 Wally’s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH

5/12/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY

5/13/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD

5/16/2012 The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI

5/20/2012 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on FEAR FACTORY, click on the links below:

http://www.facebook.com/fearfactory

http://candlelightrecordsusa.com

LONG LIVE FEAR FACTORY.

Stone.

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MINISTRY – Signs Worldwide Deal With AFM Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 21, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

AFM Records is proud to announce the worldwide signing of Industrial veterans MINISTRY, one of the most innovative and legendary bands of our time. AFM will release MINISTRY‘s highly anticipated comeback album Relapse in March. Prior to the album, MINISTRY will release a digital single, entitled “99%” on December 23rd, 2011 via the band’s iTunes store.

Currently, MINISTRY mastermind Al Jourgensen is finalizing the last mixes on the new material. Commented Jourgensen on the signing: “Our 13th Planet Record releases have been distributed in Europe via AFM through our partner Soulfood Music in Germany for several years now, and we have established a solid business relationship, so it made perfect sense to take the next step and have AFM Records come on board and be involved with the new Ministry release for worldwide and digital distribution. I’m pretty psyched about the collaboration, based on the response and enthusiasm I’ve received from AFM so far…”

Stay tuned for further info on the upcoming album, tour updates and more on MINISTRY heavily throughout 2012.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.thirteenthplanet.com/ministry

http://www.myspace.com/ministrymusic

http://www.afm-records.de

LONG LIVE MINISTRY.

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BRUCE LAMONT “Feral Songs For The Epic Decline” – Transcends Rock Music’s Complacency

Posted in ambient music, avant-garde music, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, industrial rock, metal music, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 28, 2010 by Metal Odyssey

BRUCE LAMONT – Upon my very first listen to Feral Songs For The Epic Decline,  I realized quickly that Bruce Lamont has created music that is a soundtrack to the inner Metal mind. What is the inner Metal mind you query? Why, it is all of the thoughts, sounds and sensory subtleties that just magically make their unexpected visit, (within my own inner Metal mind), during the course of a day… or two. You see, what Bruce Lamont has created here, is Experimental meets Industrial, coalescing with the progressive and tribal, while colliding with drifting atmospherics… the end result being Bruce’s honest and credible interpretation of what’s likely his real music ideal.

If there is a defining constant I hear throughout Feral Songs For The Epic Decline, it is Bruce’s interpretation of combining so many musical elements and styles together and making them come to a boil with an almost late 70’s progressive trip, while adhering to relevance. I do sense a keen sense of hard versus heavy balance, in regards to what Bruce Lamont has created here, due to my feeling and hearing some conscious restraint of venturing too far into the absolute heavy realm. Refraining from total heaviness comes across smoothly within his music, a more progressive approach provides the balance of musical sounds Bruce so convincingly conveys.

What Bruce Lamont seems to thrive on, is pulling music from across the spectrum, then he takes musical matters into his own imaginative hands and creates unique songs that tantalize with their modernistic genius. Throughout this eclectically put together album of avant-garde amassment, Bruce Lamont stays true to his varied style of putting a song together… the listener should expect the unexpected. Just when there are dreamy moments of Pink Floydian progressive space circulating in The Book Of The Law, don’t be surprised to hear next, a futuristic Wild West sound which connects to an extreme psychosis encounter on Deconstructing Self Destruction.

One Who Stands On The Earth is this album’s epic, at 11:44 long. Bruce’s baritone voice along with his acoustic guitar and background Industrial fuzz combines for a continuum of building this song from it’s foundation. Bruce lends some mysterious chanting, which lends way to his saxophone building a melancholic passage with the assistance of tribal background chants. These background tribal chants give way to and combine with rhythmic tribal drum beats, bringing One Who Stands On The Earth to it’s finish, with a synthetic whirling sound being the final exclamation point. The presence of these sounds, brings about an open atmosphere of near exhilaration.

It is the all encompassing manner of disorder by intention, that makes Bruce Lamont’s songs enthrall me to such a high level of admiration. Where else can one hear or who else can make a saxophone coexist so brilliantly, amidst a flurry of Industrial sounds and an extra-terrestrial musical climate as Bruce accomplishes on Disgruntled Employer? Extraordinary is this song with the inclusion of foggy tribal chants, generating a feeling of what an out of body experience might just feel like.

If you have an open-mindedness of listening to a broad based musical puzzle being put together, with a legion of nuances on steroids, then Feral Songs For The Epic Decline is unquestionably an album for you to absorb. Bruce Lamont created each song, sings and plays all the instruments heard on this album, being his first full length. What more could I appreciate from a solo artist, with such intense vision, than Bruce Lamont?

I’m heralding Bruce Lamont and his album Feral Songs For The Epic Decline, especially during an era when the Rock Music Industry is stagnating from complacency. Bruce Lamont’s musical style is inconsistent with the mainstream norm, obliterating a false mindset that artistic music ingenuity is no longer in vogue. This is my reasoning for admiring what Bruce Lamont has achieved here, which invigorates me to recommend Feral Songs For The Epic Decline to any and all open minded fans of Rock, Progressive and Ambient Music.

* Bruce Lamont’s associated bands are: Yakuza, Circle of Animals and Led Zeppelin 2.

* Feral Songs For The Epic Decline will be released on January 25, 2011, on At A Loss Recordings.

* For more info on Bruce Lamont, click on the link below:

BRUCE LAMONT – myspace music

Track Listing For Feral Songs For The Epic Decline:

One Who Stands On The Earth

The Epic Decline

Year Without Summer

The Book Of The Law

Disgruntled Employer

Deconstructing Self Destruction

2 Then The 3

LONG LIVE BRUCE LAMONT.

Stone.

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