Metal From the Mountains of Columbia! HeadCrusher signs to Spora Recordz. Spora will be releasing HeadCrusher’s new album titled, “Black Burning Skies” on 12″ coke bottle green 150gm vinyl, along with their previous release, “Let The Blood Run” as a double LP, double album release.
Check out below, a music video from the upcoming album, “Black Burning Skies” titled, “Swimming in a Sea of Death.” Release dates and pre-order info will be announced soon.
Quotes as reported on KISSONLINE.com, on December 17th, 2013:
(KISS Paul Stanley – Solo Album – Casablanca – 1978)
The spirit of rock and roll for me has always meant following the paths I choose regardless of what my critics or my peers think. For 40 years KISS has built an army that apologizes to no one and I’m honored to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame knowing we have remained true to ourselves and our fans. ~~ Paul Stanley
(Gene Simmons – Solo Album – Casablanca – 1978)
To the KISS Army, Ace, Peter, Eric Carr, Vinnie, Mark, Bruce, Tommy and Eric Singer, Bill Aucoin, Doc McGhee and to my partner of 40 years, the ever youthful Paul Stanley…and all the members of the KISS Family. This honor is for you. 40 years of Rockin’ and still going strong. ~~ Gene Simmons
It looks like the January 3rd show just got a little bit bigger and better!! Pamela Moore and her band will be opening up the night for us at the Snoqualmie Casino and will also be joined on stage by Metal Church singer Ronny Munroe!! It’s going to be a great night….so don’t miss out!!!
IRON MAIDEN will headline the opening night of the Arras Main Square Festival in France on July 3rd, 2014. The four-day Festival takes place between July 3rd – 6th.
Metal Blade Records would like to congratulate Volbeat and King Diamond for being nominated for Best Metal Performance for the track “Room 24” in the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
The Heavy Metal icon King Diamond had this to say: “Thank you to everyone involved with voting. This is a great way to come back from the dead…literally.”
Also nominated this year are Black Sabbath, Anthrax, DreamTheater, and Killswitch Engage. The GRAMMY’s will be taking place on Sunday, January 26 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif. at The Staples Center and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8–11:30pm (ET/PT).
BARISHI – Vermont’s BARISHI have just released a self-titled Progressive Metal tour de force that belies conventional thought for a debut album. Heaviness, eclecticism, and inventive melody are just a few of the descriptors one could use to begin dissecting this dynamic package of passion and creativity. The saxophone heard on “Sky Burial” and “Holy Mountain” is but one of the pleasant surprises in an album full of them.
Barishiwas recorded, mixed, and co-produced by the band and BrianWestbrook at PDP Recording, with mastering done by Nick Dragoni at M-Works Mastering Studio. This is one album you simply must experience.
BARISHI is making their mark in the New England Metal scene and beyond. Formed in 2010 as an instrumental three-piece know as Atlatl, they began writing songs influenced by fusion and progressive music. Their style quickly started getting heavier and darker while retaining some progressive influence, thus forging their own style of Heavy Psychedelic Metal. In 2012 they found a wayward vocalist wandering the streets of Keene New Hampshire. Bringing him into the fold they found that his sound melded excellently with theirs. Thus, Barishi was born!
Earth shattering grooves combined with savage vocals completed the sound that could only be born in the verdant mountains of Southern Vermont. With their debut self-titled album on the way, Barishi is truly a force to be reckoned with. Prepare yourself to be pummeled and thunderstruck with ecstatic Metal from the ancient hills of New England.
As reported by Alessandro Del Vecchio, Via Frontiers Records:
I’m proud to say that I’m working with these amazing musicians. We’ve written some great stuff that fans of Blue Murder and Rainbow will love. Ladies & Gentlemen please welcome Legacy X! I’ll be producing and playing keyboards. See you on the road 🙂
Dutch Symphonic Death Metallers MaYaN have a new album coming out in February called ANTAGONISE! Worldwide pre-orders are now available from the Nuclear Blast webshop at: http://smarturl.it/MAYAN-Antagonise
Below, Listen To The Epic And Official Lyric Video For Faceless Spies From MaYaN… And Feed Your Hungry Metal brain!!
ICED EARTH – [SONG PREMIERE] Iced Earth have just launched another brand-new track from their upcoming album “Plagues Of Babylon”!
Get ready for a serious dose of METAL by following the links below!
Check out “Among The Living Dead” over at Metal Hammer (http://bit.ly/ITPJjY) or at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (http://bit.ly/1bBnGNk) and bang that head that doesn’t bang!!!
“Rise From the Grave” is the first album from the Italian Horror Metal band Deathless Legacy. 10 creepy powerful songs adorned with industrial synth and a taste of hammond, to evoke the inner wishes and fears of all the human-beings walking on this world. Their music is plenty of horror, as their presence on stage: all dressed up and made up like evil immortal spirits, they drip horror aspects from every point of view, including music and atmospheres. “Rise from the grave” mixes heavy, speed and Gothic Metal sounds, giving birth to a new experience of Horror Music: you’ll be scared and exalted, believe the monsters!
Stryper has been nominated for “Best Album Art” at HM Magazine’s The HM Awards! Spread the word and encourage fans to vote! Online voting runs through Dec. 31.
Hooded Hellions To Take Denver Black Sky This Weekend
Today, the gatekeepers at the Loudwire lair offer up a new carol from the hooded thrash phantoms in GHOUL. The demandingly titled “Spill Your Guts” comes by way of the band’s forthcoming split with weedian death metal ogres, Cannabis Corpse:Splatterhash. An unrepentant exercise in fast fuckall crushingness, Splatterhash boasts four tracks of audio mayhem. For their portion, GHOUL returned to Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California where they recorded both Transmission Zero and Splatterthrash.
Says vocalist/guitarist Digestor from his Creepsylvanian penthouse, “Numbskulls and future Numbskulls! Once again, GHOUL returns to help you rot your eardrums, soil your pantaloons, and disappoint your parents. This time we brought our pals in Cannabis Corpse, though we regretfully had to murder them after hearing how good their side of the split is. We’d like to take this time to apologize to their fans, friends, and families. Such a waste…”
“Spill Your Guts” is now playing at Loudwire. Get sloppy at THIS LOCATION.
The cloaked deviants in GHOUL – Cremator, Fermentor, Digestor, and Dissector – are mutants from Creepsylvania specializing in the refined execution of bone-snapping splatterthrash, grave robbing, flesh consumption, barn burnings and general night time debauchery. This Saturday, GHOUL will emerge from their den of iniquity to co-headline the first annual Black Sky gala. Founded by Skinless’ Sherwood Webber, Denver Black Sky will be held at The Gothic Theatre in Denver and features an absurdly sick lineup of: Dying Fetus, Exhumed, Speedwolf, Power Trip, Mammoth Grinder, Call Of The Void, Reproacher, Weekend Nachos, Iron Reagan, Axeslasher, Primitive Man, Vimana, Of Feather And Bone, Native Daughters, Black Sleep Of Kali, Dead Temple and Flight Of Sleipnir. Bring a tarp.
GHOUL Live Actions:
12/14/2013 Denver Black Sky @ The Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO [tickets]
The Splatterhash 12″split will be made available via Tankcrimes on January 7, 2014 and comes available on wax, CD and digitally. Preorders and more can be obtained HERE.
Gene Simmons will mentor and jam with campers along with fellow rock star friends at Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp, offering an opportunity of a lifetime at its Las Vegas studios. The camp will also feature Tommy Thayer (KISS), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL), David Ellefson (MEGADETH).
Together alongside Simmons, they will help musicians of all levels form bands, learn or perfect their knowledge of an instrument, write and record a song. The four-day camp will culminate with a live performance at House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas March 27-30, 2014. This March marks Simmons’ return to Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp for the first time since October 2012.
“Mentoring adult and young rockers at the Fantasy Camp has always been an amazingly rewarding experience for me,” said Simmons. “I enjoy teaching and handing over lessons I’ve learned from the business to musicians and upcoming talent.”
Space for Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp is extremely limited.
To sign up or for more information, call (888) Roc-Band.
Legendary Metal maven, DORO PESCH, has joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Motörhead, and Slayer in the bottled liquid category and proudly presents two very special rock ‘n’ roll drinks: DOROHero Cava Brut Reserva Champagne and Herzblut [Lifeblood] Vino Tinto Red Wine.
“It was my wish for my 30-year stage anniversary – which I will be celebrating on May 2nd and 3rd, 2014 in my hometown of Düsseldorf [Germany] – to present unique drinks to the fans that represent my own taste and quality standard,” comments DORO. “We went to a great old wine region in Spain to pick the right product for me and I discovered a very fine red wine there.”
View Metal & Wine’s eight-minute “making-of” video of these two very special and commemorative drinks at THIS LOCATION.
“Hero” is a track off of DORO’s 2012 album, Raise Your Fist, which was dedicated to one of the all-time greatest vocalists in rock and metal, Ronnie James Dio. “Herzblut [Lifeblood]” was released as a single in 2009. The Herzblut EP contains German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese versions of the song.
DORO’s 30 Years Strong And Proud Tour launches next year. Her career in music spans three decades, sixteen studio albums, eleven EPs, countless tours, a worldwide fanbase, and even includes various movie roles. This year, she was the recipient of the Metal Hammer Award in Berlin and the Golden Gods Award in London – both in the “Legend” category.
The two-night live concert party in May 2014 celebrating DORO‘s multi-decade career already includes the participation of Blind Guardian, Mille Petrozza of Kreator, and Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O./ex-Accept. “I have the most awesome friends and colleagues,” DORO shares with a wide smile.
Raise Your Fist– which features musical guests Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Ozzy/Firewind guitarist Gus G. – debuted at #65 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart in November of last year and can be purchased from the Nuclear Blast Webshop.
Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce another prestigious addition to its roster, occult metal unit VESTAL CLARET!
One of the most mysterious and intriguing bands to appear from the American underground in the last few years, VESTAL CLARET is the creation of Simon Tuozzoli and Phil Swanson (SEAMOUNT / HOUR OF 13 fame), and play a killer mixture of Doom and Heavy Metal riffage with a definite penchant for the morbid and sick atmospheres. Are you ready for the ritual to begin? You better go sharpen your krises!
The band’s first release with Cruz Del Sur Music, The Cult of the Vestal Claret, is the follow-up to their 2011 debut, Bloodbathand will see the light of day in April 2014. The album will be available on CD, digital and vinyl formats.
INAUGURAL RELEASE THIS JANUARY FROM CANADIAN TRIO SIERRA
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Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.
“The idea behind Retro Futurist Records is to provide an artist-friendly home to bands we like and bands we feel are relevant in aesthetic, sound, concept and/or ethics,” explained Pleasants.Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January, with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.
The first release to come from the Savannah-based label is a vinyl release of Sierra’s debut album Pslip. The Kitchener prog trio will join Kylesa for a leg of the band’s European tour (Jan. 19 to Feb. 2). Pslip was produced by Cope and recently described by Caught in the Carousel as “so wrought with high-octane power, crunching riffs, catchy melodies, and good old-fashioned rock and roll that you’ll want to hear it over and over again.”
Retro Futurist is offering music lovers a six-month vinyl subscription series, which includes Sierra’s aforementioned release as well as original albums from Jagged Vision, Darkentries,Wet Socks as well as subscriber only collectibles including a Kylesa 7” (hand-printed and numbered), a Retro Futurist t-shirt by Santos as well as a mystery 7”. More information is available here:
On July 2nd, 2013, Herman Rarebell & Friends – Acoustic Fever was released via MFP Music Production. This legendary and (ex) Scorpions drummer, Herman Rarebell, will always be placed high atop a tier of excellence, for me! It’s a nifty lineup of legendary Heavy Rock vocalists that join Herman Rarebell on this fantastic album too! With Gary Barden (MSG), Tony Martin (Black Sabbath), Don Dokken, Paul Shortino (King Kobra, Rough Cutt), Doogie White (Rainbow) and more joining Herman Rarebell for some acoustic ear candy.
One legendary vocalist I’m happy to see make an appearance on this album is Jack Russell. The legendary founding member and (former) frontman of Great White excels vocally on this acoustic track: Don’t Make No Promises. With his Jack Russell’s Great White steadfastly marching on, Jack Russell has proven he’s never left the building!
Take a listen below for yourself… and know that… Don’t Take No Promises with Jack Russell, Robby Lochner and Herman Rarebell is:
Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!
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