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10 songs from AFFIANCE, Throw The Fight, The Paramedic (UNRELEASED!), Deception Of A Ghost (UNRELEASED!), Serianna, I, Omega, DEAD ICONS and more.
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Stone Says: Cool bands & Free Rock ‘N Roll. Is there anything better than that?
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LONG LIVE BULLET TOOTH.
Stone.
2012-07-27 – On the upcoming Wacken friday (August, 3rd), the new DORO 4 track EP Raise Your Fist In The Air will be released. DORO already performed the track on last years Wacken open air, while opening the biggest Metal party of the world, with the all-star band SKYLINE.
This year DORO will have another premiere: the new videoclip for Raise Your Fist In The Air – which will be shown on every 3 festival days.
You can watch the clip before VOLBEAT play on thursday, before HAMMERFALL on friday and right before the SCORPIONS enter the stage on saturday.
The video was shot at the Bronx in New York, far away from the American glitter world.
There will also be a signing session, on the Wacken saturday (August 4th) between 18.30 – 19.15 CET.
MCD + Vinylto be ordered here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/suche/doro
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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on DORO, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial
http://www.twitter.com/DoroOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial
LONG LIVE DORO.
Stone.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2012 — Incite, the Phoenix-based quartet featuring Richie Cavalera, have wrapped up recording of their sophomore album, All Out War, and set a Nov. 20 release date via Minus Head Records.
All Out War was recorded at Darth Mader Music in Hollywood, Calif. with producer Logan Mader (Gojira, Soulfly).
Incite has also added a new guitar player, Gene Macazan, to the fold with the band’s current line-up being: Richie Cavalera (vocals), Zak Sofaly (drums), Luis Marrufo (bass) and the aforementioned Macazan on guitar.
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Incite returns to the road next week, joining Soulfly for a three-week run. Tour dates are:
7/31 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
8/1 – Santa Ana, CA – Yost Theatre
8/2 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
8/3 – Las Vegas, NV – Cheyenne Saloon
8/4 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
8/6 – Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
8/7 – San Antonio, TX – Korova
8/8 – Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s
8/10 – Toledo, OH – Headliners
8/11 – Mt. Clemens, MI – Emerald Theatre
8/12 – Joliet, IL – Mojoes
8/13 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
8/14 – Springfield, VA – Empire
8/15 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
8/16 – Poughkeepsie, NY – the Chance Theater
8/17 – Amityville, NY – Revolution
Additional details about All Out War will be revealed soon.
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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)
* For more info on INCITE, click on the links below!
http://facebook.com/inciteband
LONG LIVE INCITE.
Stone.
MACBETH– The third studio album,Wiedergänger, from East German Meal Legends Macbeth, will be released on September 28th, 2012, via Massacre Records. Take a listen below to Gladiator, taken from Wiedergänger. This song is a lightning strike of Metal that must be cranked up to a maximum level! Metal be thy name.
Olli Hippauf – Vocals
Ralf Klein – Guitars
Alexander Kopp – Guitars
Hanjo Papst – Bass
Simon Mengs – Drums
01. Kamikaze
02. Fritz H.
03. Begraben
04. Fleisch
05. Stück für Stück
06. Gladiator
07. Wiedergänger
08. Stalingrad – Kanonenfutter
09. Stalingrad – Untergang
10. Stalingrad – Das Kreuz
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(Source: Massacre Records)
* For more info on MACBETH, click on the links below!
http://www.massacre-records.com
LONG LIVE MACBETH.
Stone.
(Photo Credit: Jimmy Hubbard)
July 25, 2012, Philadelphia – Yellow & Green, the third album from Baroness, has debuted at #30 on Billboard’s Top 200.
The album sold 12,660 copies in its first week of release, the highest debut in Relapse Record’s history.
Baroness spent the entirety of 2011 writing, demoing and recording Yellow & Green, marking the East Coast-based band’s first lengthy break from touring in eight years. John Congleton co-produced the 18-track release, which was recorded at Water Music in Hoboken, N.J. and Elmwood Studio in Dallas, Texas. The album was released on July 17 and is currently streaming at baroness.bandcamp.com.
A video for “Take My Bones Away” premiered yesterday via Rolling Stone’s website (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/premiere-baroness-take-my-bones-away-20120724). The live clip was filmed by Jimmy Hubbard during the band’s Spring tour with Meshuggah.
Baroness performs tomorrow in Basel, Switzerland at the Sommercasino. The band returns to the States with an Aug. 29 performance at House of Vans in Brooklyn.
TOUR DATES ARE:
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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)
* For more info on BARONESS, click on the links below!
http://twitter.com/YourBaroness
http://www.youtube.com/baronessmusic
LONG LIVE BARONESS.
Stone.
Legendary Queen of Metal, DORO PESCH, will release Under My Skin – A Fine Selection Of Doro Classics in North America via AFM Records next month. Set for release on August 14, 2012, the mammoth career-spanning retrospective — which already entered the German charts at #53 upon its first week of release overseas — includes more than 30 tracks spread across two CDs.
Compiled in close collaboration between AFM and DORO herself, the gorgeous package offers an abundance of DORO staples as well as rare B-side singles and hand-written liner notes. Under My Skin… is also available in a limited wooden fanbox edition (1000 copies; import only) which includes a two-CD digipak, flag, patch, bracelet, a postcard and a certificate of authenticity. For more info, point your browser HERE.
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Under My Skin – A Fine Selection Of Doro Classics Track Listing:
CD 1
01. All We Are (Version 2007)
02. You’re My Family
03. I Rule The Ruins
04. Celebrate
05. The Night Of The Warlock
06. Strangers Yesterday
07. Walking With The Angels
08. Metal Tango
09. Thunderspell
10. Herzblut
11. Warrior Soul
12. My Majesty
13. Für Immer
14. Love Me In Black
15. Always Live To Win
16. Running From The Devil
17. Above The Ashes
18. Let Love Rain On Me
CD 2
01. Celebrate (Full Metal Female Version)
02. Rescue Me
03. Rare Diamond (Acoustic Version)
04. Angel In The Dark
05. 1999
06. In Liebe Und Freundschaft
07. I Lay My Head Upon My Sword
08. Tausend Mal gelebt
09. Wildfire
10. Breaking The Law
11. She’s Like Thunder (Version 2005)
12. The Queen
13. You Won My Love
14. Lonely Wolf
In related news, DORO was recently added to the third annual 70000 Tons Of Metal lineup. The original Heavy Metal cruise takes place in January 2013 and features 40 Metal bands and 2,000 fans from all over the world seafaring the Caribbean on a luxury cruise ship for a 5-day/4-night ocean adventure. Sporting the biggest open air stage to sail the open seas, the world’s biggest floating Heavy Metal festival will include: Ensiferum, Lacuna Coil, Nile, In Flames, Immolation and more! For more info, go to THIS LOCATION.
DORO was recently featured in Decibel Magazine’s August 2012 special “Women In Metal” issue. In an interview conducted by J. Bennett, DORO discusses her new Raise Your Fist record, reminisces about quitting her job in 1986 to tour with Judas Priest, what her one-year stint in a hospital years ago taught her, and the nexus of attitude and being dignified. If you missed it, you can still secure your copy HERE.
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on DORO, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial
http://www.twitter.com/DoroOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial
http://www.myspace.com/DoroBand
http://de-de.facebook.com/afmrecords
LONG LIVE DORO, THE QUEEN OF HEAVY METAL.
Stone.
Pulverised Records are pleased to welcome American/Swedish Doom-Death befoulers SKELETAL SPECTRE to their ever-expanding roster of repugnance!
Fronted by Vanessa Nocera (Wooden Stake, Scaremaker, etc.), SKELETAL SPECTRE are a ghastly hybrid of demonacy influenced by the spirits of the undead and midnight graveyard sacrifices. The band released two full-length offerings under the Razorback Records banner and are set to unleash their third studio endeavor, Voodoo Dawn — a malicious riffscape of sonic extremity — upon unsuspecting ears later this year.
Comments Nocera of the signing: “We are proud and honored to be on Pulverised Records’ roster! Definitely a label that I find to be one of the coolest around! We put a great deal of hard work into this album so that it would stand out from anything we’ve ever done. I think it is a testament to the band’s future, and we are looking to play live, especially in Europe so watch out. We’re coming!
Adds Pulverised Records A&R Manager Calvin Chiang: “The moment we heard the beginning riff off the first track from Voodoo Dawn, it completely blew us away and somehow we already knew something filthy was brewing from within. There’s a perfect balance of those trademark Swede-eerie melodies and mammoth riffs that any sludge/doom maniac would approve of. It’s always very satisfying to discover a great hidden gem in this business, and we are definitely proud to say that SKELETAL SPECTRE is one of those gems. Keep your eyes and ears peeled; the voodoo curse shall rear its ugly head soon!”
Check out teaser track “Bone Dust” from Voodoo Dawn at THIS LOCATION. Further details, including art work and release date, will be revealed in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.
Vanessa Nocera – all vocals
Behold the Pentagram – guitar/bass
Haunting the Beyond – drums
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on SKELTAL SPECTRE, click on the links below!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeletal-Spectre/167747449913361
http://www.myspace.com/skeletalspectre
LONG LIVE SKELETAL SPECTRE.
Stone.
BLACK TORA – Okay. I get it. Black Tora is messing with Stone. Guitarist RazorDave is messing with Stone. They think they can just put out a new song, a new music video and psych my Heavy Rockin’ brains out. They think they can get my Heavy Metallin’ adrenaline to reach the psych-out boiling point. Well… they did. Metal be thy name they did. Okay… holy Heavy Rockin’ shit they did. Black Tora has all their talented, Hard Rockin’ and Metal glistening cylinders spinning hot on their new song Never Enough.
Never Enough is from the forthcoming EP, Raise Your Fists, from Black Tora. It’s never enough times for my ears to take in the Hard and Heavy vibes, from this good-time grooves saturated song! This song is the well deserved Heavy Rockin’ kick-in-the-ass that I needed today… and tomorrow too. Take several looks and listens below of Black Tora as they belt out… Never Enough. Don’t forget to turn up the F’n volume too! Metal be thy name, Black Tora has landed.
Alright… now that the Never Enough video has kicked your Metal and Heavy Rockin’ lovin’ ass… check out the teaser video for the forthcoming Raise Your Fists EP:
Chris Daniel – Vocals/Bass
RazorDave – Guitar
Nicky X – Drums
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* For more info on BLACK TORA, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/officialblacktora
http://www.twitter.com/blacktora
LONG LIVE BLACK TORA ROCK ‘N ROLL.
Stone.
An excerpt as stated on Steve Harris British Lion.com:
EMI Music are proud to announce the release of Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris’ debut solo/side project album. Entitled ‘British Lion’ and comprising ten songs that Steve and his collaborators have been working on for the past few years between Iron Maiden tours and releases, it is an album that will surprise and delight music fans the world over.
With a decidedly heavy rock-vibe this roaring debut paints with a full palette of sounds; brooding, melancholic, righteously indignant and exuberantly heavy. With Kevin Shirley at the mixing helm – whose credits include Iron Maiden as well as Led Zeppelin, Journey and Rush among many others – this is an album to sink your teeth into.
To read more, go here: www.steveharrisbritishlion.com
This Is My God
Lost Worlds
Karma Killer
Us Against The World
The Chosen Ones
A World Without Heaven
Judas
Eyes Of The Young
These Are The Hands
The Lesson
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Stone Says: I and Best Metal Buddy Scott Coverdale absolutely cannot wait to hear this album! Steve Harris is a Metal icon… ’nuff said. Whoa and Metal be thy name.
Special thanks to Scott Coverdale for researching this story.
* For more info on STEVE HARRIS BRITISH LION, click on the link below!
www.steveharrisbritishlion.com
LONG LIVE STEVE HARRIS.
Stone.
The cat’s out of the bag! 69 CHAMBERS are going to support Delain on their “We Are The Others Tour 2012”, which is kicking off in October!
This is the perfect chance to listen to songs from the band’s new album “Torque” live, which was released in late April 2012.
69 CHAMBERS recently played at Montreux’s Jazz Festival. Here are some impressions from the band’s gig and soundcheck:
Diabulus In Musica will join Delain and 69 CHAMBERS on tour.
Here are all confirmed tour dates:
We Are The Others Tour 2012 – Delain, 69 CHAMBERS, Diabulus In Musica
11.10.2012 FR Montpellier – Rockstore – www.facebook.com/events/135564739917114
12.10.2012 ES Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2 – www.facebook.com/events/248716195247236
13.10.2012 ES Madrid – Sala Caracol – www.facebook.com/events/186459498151662
14.10.2012 FR Bordeaux – Theatre Barbey (Rock School Barbey) – www.facebook.com/events/477117715650628
16.10.2012 DE Memmingen – Kaminwerk – www.facebook.com/events/481850715177463
17.10.2012 DE Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal – www.facebook.com/events/339031349509807
18.10.2012 DE Essen – Zeche Carl – www.facebook.com/events/161191174017149
19.10.2012 DE Osnabrück – Rosenhof – www.facebook.com/events/426153474090274
Besides playing with Delain, 69 CHAMBERS will play here too:
21.10.2012 BE Wieze – Metal Female Voices Fest – www.facebook.com/events/251758121591564
30.11.2012 CH Yverdon-Les-Bains – L’Amalgame – www.facebook.com/events/375275229206817
01.12.2012 CH Delemont – Forum St.Georges – www.facebook.com/events/418438608207330
29.12.2012 CH Winterthur – Eulachhalle (Eluveitie & Friends) – www.facebook.com/events/413987758639463
Listen to and get your copy of 69 CHAMBER’s “Torque” here:
http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/releases/14099?lang=en
* Stone Says: Torque is one of the very best albums I’ve listened to from 2012; that includes both Hard Rock and Metal genres. The key to 69 Chambers is their ability to weave so many styles together; to form a unified sound that ROCKS like there is no tomorrow! Metal be thy name.
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Nina Vetterli-Treml (Bass, Vocals)
Tommy Vetterli (Guitar)
Diego Rapacchietti (Drums)
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(Source: Massacre Records)
* For more info on 69 CHAMBERS, click on the links below!
http://www.twitter.com/69chambers
http://www.soundcloud.com/69-chambers
http://www.massacre-records.com
LONG LIVE 69 CHAMBERS.
Stone.
REBELLION are currently busy recording their upcoming album, which is going to be released later this year.
If you want to listen to new songs, you’ll get the chance on July 27th at Jackson’s Open-Air Metal-Night (www.facebook.com/events/406835316035481) in Oranienbaum, Germany!
Here are the titles of the 4 new songs they’re going to play: “Breeding Hate”, Prince Of The Cheruscer”, “The Seeres Tower” and “Ala Germanica”.
The band also offers (Free) the brand new song “Aptrgangr” on their website (www.rebellion-metal.de) as well as a “making of” video clip (http://youtu.be/GuGCFBeUWwY).
If you can’t attend the gig on July 27th, you can maybe attend one of REBELLION’s gigs in November:
01.11.2012 DE Köln – Blue Shell – www.facebook.com/events/505114496171021
03.11.2012 DE Oberhausen – Helvete Metal Club – www.facebook.com/events/262901390478147
10.11.2012 DE Hamburg – Ballroom – www.facebook.com/events/133073520157672
16.11.2012 NL Kerkrade – The Rock Temple – www.facebook.com/events/116451865166196
17.11.2012 DE Bremen – Meisenfrei – www.facebook.com/events/218378118284755
24.11.2012 DE Primasens – Zur Schwemme – www.facebook.com/events/415403818511554
Listen to and get your copy of REBELLION’s albums here: http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/search?lang=en&search=Rebellion
Stone Says: Take the Metal time to check out German Heavy Metal Legends Rebellion! Big guitars, a muscular, booming rhythm section and hard as steel vocals; all this wrapping together a melodic and heavy as all hell sound! Rebellion Rules! Metal be thy name.
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(Source: Massacre Records)
LONG LIVE REBELLION.
Stone.
JORN – Bring Heavy Rock To The Land is the new studio album from JORN and it’s a Heavy Rockin’ ride to catch onto. The seventh studio album from JORN, Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, features the bonus track Live And Let Fly; a song that showcases the premiere Heavy Rock vocals of Jorne Lande and his blazingly talented band that backs him.
Take a look and listen below at the official video for Live And Let Fly and turn up the volume with Heavy Rock pride! Metal be thy name.
* JORN – Bring Heavy Rock To The Land was released in Europe back on June 1st, 2012 and on June 5th in North America, via Frontiers Records.
* To read my album review for Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, (posted back on May 23rd, 2012), click on the link below!
JORN “Bring Heavy Rock To The Land” – Some Metal Thoughts On This Heavy Rock Keeper
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* For more info on JORN, click on the links below!
LONG LIVE JORN.
Stone.
Following up a triumphant stretch of West Coast dates earlier this Summer with Torche, Black Cobra and Gaza, this Wednesday, North Carolina crossover revolutionaries CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick off a four-date run with New York Metallers Prong. The short but epic run will commence in Huntington, West Virginiaand steamroll through Winston-Salem, Wilmington, and Savannah.The tour serves as a precursor to their Euro festival takeover this August (see full listing at THIS LOCATION)!
In addition, the band will appear on this year’s Hopscotch Music Fest. The three-day event is set to take place on September 6 – 8, 2012 on their home turf of Raleigh. The band will play alongside a throng of artists from all genres including Sunn O))), The Roots, Baroness, Yo La Tengo, The Jesus And Mary Chain and many more.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY were also added to the colossal Barge To Hell lineup where 40 of Metal’s finest acts along with 2,000 headbangers from around the world take over a luxury cruise ship for a five-day/four-night trip to the Caribbean. The Barge sets sail on December 3 from Miami, Florida. Others bands scheduled to appear include Behemoth, Six Feet Under, Enslaved, Rotting Christ, At The Gates, Possessed, Municipal Waste and more!
7/25/2012 V Club – Huntington, WV
7/26/2012 Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC
7/27/2012 Soapbox – Wilmington, NC
7/28/2012 Jinx – Savannah, GA
9/6-8/2012 Hopscotch Music Fest – Raleigh, NC
12/3-7/2012 Barge To Hell – Miami, FL
Founded by three teenagers in 1982, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY began as an underground band and went on to transform heavy music, challenging boundaries and serving as what Decibel Magazine called “a crucial stylistic lynchpin in the bridge between metal and punk” that “irrevocably reshaped crossover’s sonic possibilities.” Thirty years and many changes later, COC’s original trio is back with a self-titled release for London-based independent Candlelight Records.
Released Stateside this past March Corrosion Of Conformity was recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles, produced by the band in cooperation with long-time collaborator John Custer and mixed by John Lousteau (Foo Fighters). The 11-track offering features the esteemed Animosity lineup of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and closes a six-year recording gap for the band.
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on COC, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/corrosionofconformity
http://candlelightrecordsusa.com
LONG LIVE CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.
LONG LIVE PRONG.
Stone.
Legendary Metal manipulators FEAR FACTORY are pleased to announce a U.S. headlining tour next month. Set to commence on August 1 in Fresno, California, the next segment of the The World Industrialist Tour 2012 will pummel its way across the country and includes a stop at this year’s Juggalo Gathering in Cave In Rock, Illinois alongside Soulfly, Static X, DMX, Onyx, and George Clinton among others. Additional dates will be announced in the coming days. Comments guitarist Dino Cazares: “We are really looking forward to getting back on tour to play classic FEAR FACTORY songs and new songs from The Industrialist!”
This will mark the FEAR FACTORY’s first official trek in support of The Industrialist, unleashed to North American fans June 5 via Candlelight Records. The second album written by Cazares and vocalist Burton C. Bell since reuniting in 2009 after a seven-year split., The Industrialist debuted on Billboard’s Top 200 chart at position 38 and maintained the #1 spot on the CMJ charts for three consecutive weeks.
Commended by Revolver Magazine in a 4/5 review for offering up “the same pulsating, angry urgency of old…nicely counterbalanced by some incredibly deft melodies,” while Metal Underground opined: “Burton C. Bell’s vocal harmonies, the group’s dynamics, Dino’s guitar play and, of course, the tightness of the rhythm section — featuring newcomer Matt DeVries of Chimaira fame on bass — was created with such superb craftsmanship that the album is in constant rotation in my brain, leading to play after play in the physical world, ” The Industrialist continues to floor fans and critics internationally.
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8/01/2012 The Starline – Fresno, CA
8/02/2012 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
8/03/2012 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
8/05/2012 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
8/07/2012 Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
8/09/2012 Juggalo Gathering – Cave In Rock, IL
8/10/2012 Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
8/11/2012 WIIL Rock Fest – Twin Lakes, WI
8/12/2012 Emerald Theatre – Mt. Clemens, MI
8/14/2012 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
8/15/2012 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
8/16/2012 Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY
8/17/2012 Reverb – Reading, PA
8/18/2012 Coliseo Roberto Clelemente – San Juan, PR
8/19/2012 Revolution – Amityville, NY
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on FEAR FACTORY, click on the links below!
https://www.facebook.com/fearfactory
http://candlelightrecordsusa.com
LONG LIVE FEAR FACTORY.
Stone.
Swedish Doom Metal icons WITCHCRAFT have revealed the cover art of the band’s forthcoming album, Legend, which marks the bands first after a long 5 year hiatus.
Commented singer/mainman Magnus Pelander: “A friend of mine had an idea about a cover for Legend. I developed the idea and gave it back to my friend who then passed it on to another friend who happened to be a designer. The designer then pushed it in a new direction. The result is already legendary.“
Bass player Ola Henriksson adds: “The album cover is meant to reflect the music and I think it does that with its heavy, dark & clean design.“
Legend will be released September 21 (Europe) and September 25, 2012 (North America) via Nuclear Blast.
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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on WITCHCRAFT, click on the link below!
LONG LIVE WITCHCRAFT.
Stone.
Solar, the brand new EP from Blackened Metalsmiths WINDFAERER, is now available. Far from simply a “tide-you-over” release between albums, the self-released EP bears an immense 35 minutes of material through six epic tales, and the best material to be released yet from this talented and original New Jersey-based outfit. Elements of contemporary Black Metal go head-on into Folk Metal territory, injecting copious amounts of violin and folk songwriting into an epic, battlestrewn environment.
This week Stereokiller, who stated in a killer 4.95/5 review of Solar “…as long as a few albums of this caliber come out every few years, I will be satisfied…”, are hosting a stream of the entire EP now RIGHT HERE.
Translating to “one who travels with the wind,” as in a vessel at sea, WINDFAERER began as a means of self-expression for guitarist/bassist/vocalist Michael Gonçalves, inspired by his Hispanic/Iberian heritage and fueled by his passion for Extreme Music. With WINDFAERER he focused his energies on creating a melodic, blasting and emotional entity and eventually recruited like-minded musicians in violinist Benjamin Karas and drummer JP Andrade.
The self-released follow-up to the band’s critically-acclaimed Tribus debutwas recorded with Bobby Torres at Frightbox Recording in Clifton, New Jersey and offers up seven tracks of sadistic beauty laden with elements of Black and Melodic Death Metal while exuding a folkloric edge.
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“…as long as a few albums of this caliber come out every few years, I will be satisfied. This is absolutely spectacular. 4.95/5” – Stereokiller
“The swirling tremolo guitar melodies and soulful solo’s were as entrancing as the hammering drums and thrumming bass were galvanizing. The caustic vocals added an extra layer of bleeding passion to the mix. And the song has a brutal, bang-up, bass-heavy finish, too.” – No Clean Singing
“Featuring a sound reminiscent of the UK’s Forefather with a strong melodic black metal presence, the atmospheric intentions of Sear Bliss and folk metal’s best…” – Metaltome.com
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Stone Says: Windfaerer kicks absolute, 100% Metal ass. I’m not bullshitting around here. Windfaerer should be on every known and established Metal label’s want-list of must sign bands. If Extreme Metal is your craving, Windfaerer will appease. Metal be thy name.
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on WINDFAERER, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/windfaerer
LONG LIVE WINDFAERER.
Stone.
“Native Blood”, the new single by Bay Area Thrash gods TESTAMENT is available now as digital download as well as on limited 7“ vinyl in various colours!
The single exclusively contains the spanish sung version of the song as a B-Side.
Get “Native Blood” here:
Vinyl: http://bit.ly/OLKVIS
Digital (incl. digital booklet): http://bit.ly/natblood
The song comes off the bands highly anticipated new album “Dark Roots Of Earth” which will be released July 27, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
More Info on “Dark Roots Of Earth”:
In-studio video part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDEzxQ2uiM
In-studio video part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fjdhnWLwew
In-studio video part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT8OK4aQ2k
In-studio video part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUKdV_EErXM
Making of “Native Blood”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jGitAOIOqg
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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on TESTAMENT, click on the links below!
http://www.testamentlegions.com
http://www.facebook.com/testamentlegions
http://www.youtube.com/testamentofficial
http://www.twitter.com/testamentlegion
LONG LIVE TESTAMENT.
Stone.
Landskrona, Sweden-based THE FORSAKEN are preparing to drop their fourth full-length assault Beyond Redemption in North America.
Beyond Redemption surges with forty minutes of the band’s modern black/thrash-infused death metal culminating here into some of the most devastating sequences from THE FORSAKEN to date. The album was recorded by the band themselves, and the final product mixed and mastered at the renowned Fascination Street Studios (Bloodbath, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Soilwork).
THE FORSAKEN formed in 1997, initially under the moniker of Septic Breed. Following several demos, lineup changes and the name change, the band signed with Century Media for the release of their 2001 debut album Manifest Of Hate, their 2002 follow-up Arts Of Desolation and 2003’s Traces Of The Past. The band parted ways with the label in 2009, and following another personnel shift, began the construction of their now pending fourth album Beyond Redemption, through new label home Masssacre Records.
Following its successful release in Europe in recent weeks, Beyond Redemption will be available to North American metallers on August 14th. View the audio teaser and more AT THIS LOCATION.
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01. Beyond Redemption
02. Only Hell Remains
03. Foul Messianic Grace
04. No Dawn Awaits
05. There Is No God
06. As We Burn
07. Reap As We Have Sown
08. The Light Divine
09. Force Fed Repentance
10. Blessed With Wrath
Patrik Persson – guitars, backing vocals
Anders Sjöholm – vocals
Stefan Berg – bass guitar
Nicke Grabowski – drums
Calle Fäldt – guitars, backing vocals
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on THE FORSAKEN, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/theforsakensweden
http://www.myspace.com/theforsakensweden
http://www.massacre-records.com
LONG LIVE THE FORSAKEN.
Stone.
French Metal Virtuosos HYPNO5E has recently announced that they will be touring the US in September supporting Arsonists Get All The Girls and Exotic Animal Petting Zoo. The tour, dubbed the Zombies Ate My Neighbors Tour, is being sponsored by BlankTV, Hails And Horns Magazine, got-djent.com, and Obsessed Artist. The tour will kick off on Fri, Sept 7 in Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst. Expect to hear some new songs from the highly acclaimed Acid MistTomorrow, as well as a handful of songs off of the influential Des Deux L’une Est L’autre album.
HYPNO5E also have a new music video for “Story Of The Eye” – check out the cinematic experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLd3H0CqJMQ
Hails And Horns Magazine is also running a contest to giveaway a pair of tickets (two) to each tour date. They will also be handing out some free magazines at the shows. To enter the contest, go here: http://www.hailsandhorns.com/news/hails-and-horns-magazine-zombies-ate-my-neighbors-tour-ticket-giveaway-contest/
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Tour feat. Arsonists Get All The Girls, Hypno5e, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo
9/7 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst – BUY TIX: http://ticketf.ly/MrCvH8
9/8 – Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/LCrCCT
9/9 – Medford, OR @ Imperial Ballroom – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/LUgDY6
9/10 – Eugene, OR @ TBA
9/11 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/N2ZGIj
9/12 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/NHZxIM
9/13 – Spokane, WA @ The A Club – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/NJKjDf
9/14 – Boise, ID @ The Venue – BUY TIX: http://ticketf.ly/M9zlYi
9/15 – Ogden, UT @ Mojoes – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/Nc7LJk
9/17 – Fullerton, CA @ Slidebar (FREE Metal Monday)
9/18 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/L6Jnxc
9/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rocky Point Cantina – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/NUQgiW
9/20 – Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/MnpXWG
9/21 – Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne Saloon – BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/NJLCBZ
9/22 – Temecula, CA @ The Vault (NO EAPZ) – BUY TIX: http://tktwb.tw/NoRrbh
9/23 – Camarillo, CA @ Rock City Studios (NO EAPZ)
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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)
LONG LIVE HYPNO5E.
LONG LIVE THE POWER OF ROCK ‘N ROLL.
Stone.
From Massacre Records:
We’re happy to announce that SCORNAGE will release their new album “ReaFEARance” via Massacre Records!
The band was formed in 1998 and all they wanted was to play and present hand-made, hard music. After 3 European tours supporting the Japanese chaos-core legends Terror Squad and King’s Evil in 2001, 2004 and 2007, SCORNAGE released their third long-player “Born To Murder The World” via Remedy Records in March 2009.
SCORNAGE are well-known for their incredible live presence that they have proven in countless shows, such as Kaltenbach Open Air, Metal Bash Open Air or on one of their support shows for Acts like Sodom, Hatesphere, One Man Army And The Undead Quartet and Legion Of The Damned.
SCORNAGE’s upcoming, fourth album was produced by Andy Classen at the Stage One Studio.
“ReFEARance” will feature 10 pure and aggressive Thrash Metal songs!
Enjoy “We Bury Our Dead Alive” (http://youtu.be/uq-IqBYkgCc?hd=1) and “Face The Blade” (http://youtu.be/kOo8fWTDA_k?hd=1) on YouTube.
“ReaFEARence” will be released on August 24, 2012!
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Guido Grawe – Vocals
Volker Rahn – Guitar
Tom Bronneberg – Guitar
Markus Breuer – Bass Guitar
Tom Freyer – Drums
Six Minutes To Fear
At First I Hate
Frozen Throne
We Bury Our Dead Alive
Face The Vlade
Fury
In A Cage
Coming Back
The Holy Rape
Stabbed Again
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* SCORNAGE are from Aachen, Germany.
(Source: Massacre Records)
* For more info on SCORNAGE, click on the links below!
http://www.myspace.com/scornage666
http://www.massacre-records.com
LONG LIVE SCORNAGE.
Stone.
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