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TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION – Joins LYNYRD SKYNYRD On Four Dates This September!

Posted in Hard Rock, Music, rock music, rock music news, southern hard rock, southern rock with tags , , , , , , , on August 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on http://www.thcoutlaw.com

We are pleased to announce we’ll be hitting the road with the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd for four dates in September! Catch us in one of the cities below!

9/26/12 – Wanatchee, WA Town Toyota Center

9/27/12 – Kent, WA ShoWare Center

9/28/12 – Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater

9/29/12 – Reno, NV Reno Event Center

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Stone Says: If you haven’t bought the new studio album, PEACEMAKER, from TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, you best get it in your ears as soon as possible… cause it’s a keg O’ Heavy Rock ‘N Roll whoop ass that’s guaranteed to set you straight! Metal be thy name… THC F’N ROCKS.

* PEACEMAKER was released on August 14th, 2012, via Carved Records.

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TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION:

Big Dad Ritch – Vocals

John Exall – Bass Guitar

Wes Wallace – Guitar

Timmy Braun – Drums

* For more info on TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, click on the links below!

http://www.thcoutlaw.com

http://www.twitter.com/thcofficial

http://www.youtube.com/thcofficial

* For more info on LYNYRD SKYNYRD, click on the link below!

http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com

LONG LIVE TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION.

LONG LIVE LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

Stone.

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BARONESS – Updated Conditions Of Band Members

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on August 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

The band members of Baroness and their crew are recovering from injuries sustained after their tour bus crashed outside of Bath, England early on Wednesday morning.

John Baizley has broken his left arm and left leg. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae. All three remain in the hospital as of this writing. Pete Adams has been treated and released from the hospital.

Three of the five crew members who were on the bus have also been treated and released. One member is still undergoing testing. The driver of the bus remains in critical condition.

Please stay tuned for further updates. Thank you for all the support during this extremely difficult time.

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Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this accident. – Stone

(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

(Photo Credit: Jimmy Hubbard)

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HULL – Brooklyn Sludge Rockers Announce New Tour Dates

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal, sludge rock with tags , , , , , , on August 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Band To Appear On Mutants Of The Monster II Fest

Brooklyn Sludge Rock instigators, HULL, today announce a short run of tour dates to close out the Summer. Set to commence on August 25 in Annandale, Virginia, the band will wage their sonic crush upon seven cities including an appearance on the Mutants Of The Monster Fest II this coming Labor Day Weekend. This will mark HULL’s first tour without longtime guitarist Drew Mack.

Comments the band in a collective statement: “We are honored to perform at Mutants Of The Monster II Festival in Little Rock organized by, none other than, CT of Rwake, Slow Southern Steel, Iron Tongue, et al. We are very excited to get back on the road and pay homage to the land, in this next chapter of HULL. Baptized in blood, ye hath forge thine surrender to the night.”

The tour poster features artwork by Jorden Haley, creator of the band’s epic Viking Funeral imagery:

HULL Summer Tour 2012:

8/25/2012 The Cellar Door – Annandale, VA w/ Auroboros

8/26/2012 BP House – Richmond, VA

8/27/2012 Chapel Hill Underground – Chapel Hill, NC w/ Caltrop, Systems

8/28/2012 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Stallone, Hawks

8/29/2012 Spring Street Fire House – Birmingham, AV w/ Black Hole Kids, Central Fires

8/31/2012 Mutants Of The Monster II Fest – Little Rock, AR w/ Rwake, The Ascent Of Everest, Broken Teeth, Dahkma, Beneath Oblivion, Sound Of the Mountain, God City Destroyers, Chronic Ritual

9/01/2012 Springwater – Nashville, TN w/ Hellbender

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HULL continues to tour in support of their monolithic Beyond The Lightless Sky full-length released via The End Records last Fall. Called “…a concept album for the ages, ” by Metal Army America Beyond The Lightless Sky features guest appearances by vocalist Jarboe, keys/ambiance by Fade Kainer (Batillus/Jarboe/Inswarm) and continues to reap critical acclaim internationally for its delicate balance of staggering heaviness and poetic grace.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.hullorhighwater.com

LONG LIVE HULL.

Stone.

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LOVE.MIGHT.KILL “XTC” (Official Video) – Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal videos, melodic metal, metal music, Music, music videos, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL – 2 Big 2 Fail, the sophomore album from LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, will be released this October 19th, via Massacre Records. The first music video for this album is XTC. Melodic Metal is played and celebrated in a very big way by LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, with big guitars, a big rhythm section, big keys and melodic vocals.

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL taps into a Melodic Metal atmosphere of sound; one that surrounds my senses and pumps up my Metal adrenaline! A power-packed song is XTC and it’s… Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day! Metal be thy name.

You can hear it all for yourself by listening to and watching XTC below!

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL:

Jan Manenti – Vocals

Stefan Ellerhorst – Guitar

Christian Stöver – Guitar

Jogi Sweers – Bass

Michael Ehré – Drums

Sascha Onnen – Keyboards

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* For more info on LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, click on the links below!

http://www.lovemightkill.com

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE LOVE.MIGHT.KILL

Stone.

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – Announce Japanese, Australian And New Zealand Tour Dates

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo credit: Justin Reich)

CURRENTLY ON SUMMER SLAUGHTER, BAND PREP FOR OCT. 9 RELEASE OF THE PARALLAX II: FUTURE SEQUENCE

Aug. 15, 2012, LOS ANGELES — Between The Buried And Me have confirmed a fall tour spanning Japan, Australia and New Zealand with the kick-off date on Nov. 8 in Osaka, Japan.

The announcement comes as the Charlotte, North Carolina band are in the midst of a North American tour, co-headlining Summer Slaughter with a handful of headlining dates later this month.  Between The Buried And Me follow the U.S. dates with an extensive European tour, which begins on Oct. 1 in Reading.

The Parallax II: Future Sequence marks the quintet’s most ambitious release to date and their first-full length release on Metal Blade arrives on Oct. 9.   The 12-track, conceptual release was described by Tommy Rogers (vocals, keyboards) as: “A conceptual journey that takes the listener to worlds that seem familiar and worlds that make you scratch your head. From start to finish this is music we want to create, not music we think people want us to create. We create songs that keep us (and hopefully you) excited about heavy music.”   The first single from the release, “Telos,” can be streamed at www.metalblade.com/btbam.

Between The Buried And Me have sold in excess of 400,000 records since their 2002 self-titled debut.   “The group’s ability to layer long, melodic arcs over squibs of dissonance has never been more surgical and soulful,” said Alternative Press of the band’s prequel to The Parallax II (2011 EP The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues).  Revolver described the set as “a cohesive piece of art” and added “Between The Buried And Me are on a level of songwriting skill that few bands hope to reach…”

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

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

www.facebook.com/BTBAMofficial

http://www.youtube.com/btbamofficial

http://www.twitter.com/btbamofficial

http://www.indiemerch.com/BTBAM

http://www.metalblade.com

LONG LIVE BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME.

Stone.

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BARONESS – Involved In Serious Bus Accident

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on August 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Baroness were in a serious bus accident last night near Bath, England. The band members and crew are recovering at local hospitals. All tour dates are postponed until further notice.

More updates to come.

(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

(Photo Credit: Jimmy Hubbard)

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Thoughts and prayers are with each member of Baroness and their crew.  – Stone

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RUNNING THE RISK – A Rock Band From L.A. Teeming With A Modern, Edgy Sound & Contagious Vibes

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, modern rock, Music, rock bands, rock music, rock music news, rock music videos with tags , , , , , , on August 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

RUNNING THE RISK – Founded in 2011, L.A.’s edgy and vibrant Running The Risk is a Rock band that’s brimming with musical talent and praiseworthy songs to match. Signed to In Flight Music Group; a record label & publishing company based in Los Angeles, California. There’s no doubt in my mind that Running The Risk will very soon (if not immediately) be on many (if not all) a Rock journalist’s list of “bands to get in touch with and write about.”

Regardless of this years departure of bassist Curtis Corwin, Running The Risk is moving forward writing new music, conducting bass auditions; while promoting themselves on social networks. With vocalist Nicki Taylor, guitarist Nick Bell and drummer Aaron Cohan, the future of this band appears from all angles to be 100% solid.

What’s any better for a Rock band than having your own edgy sound, obvious credibility and super memorable songs? What could be any better than having a proficient lead vocalist that also gives such band a heaping dosage of stylish identity? This is Running The Risk and the Rock Music world will take notice. After I’ve listened to their The Monster and Because We Can EP’s, I’ve become a fan. Because I can.

Nicki Taylor

Nicki Taylor’s vocals conjures memories of my lifelong appreciation towards the voice of Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles coupled with Debbie Harry’s mystique; all the while Nicki stands-up as a true original. The all-inclusive sound of Running The Risk is Hard Modern, only they have apparently captured a retrospective slice of Rock history as well; one that reminds me of those days when mainstream Rock didn’t all sound the same.

The newly released, Because We Can (2 song EP) bestows the cover versions of: Black Sabbath’s War Pigs and Talk Talk’s Talk Talk. When a band messes with an ultra classic from the sacred past of Heavy Metal history, I can get a bit uneasy; this is not the case with Running The Risk covering War Pigs. Instead, this is Running The Risk celebrating (admirably) a Heavy Metal treasure of a song and band.

I very much dig the way Running The Risk covered War Pigs. This band breathed a young, fresh and still heavy life into a timeless Sabbath song. I also appreciate hearing Nicki’s vocals pouring over the lyrics to War Pigs. No… this is not Ozzy. This is Nicki. This is Running The Risk and they’re Metal on War Pigs. Take a listen for yourself:

The Monster EP is a collection of 4 demo songs. If these 4 songs are demos then I’m the next editor for Quilting and Knitting magazine. Monster, Mayday, Good Kind Of Evil and Backfire are a delicious listen into the future Rockin’ success of Running The Risk. There really is no risk at listening to The Monster EP at all! All you have to do is download this EP for FREE right here: http://www.RunningTheRisk.com

You can purchase “Because We Can” which includes the cover songs War Pigs and Talk Talk on iTunes: http://tiny.cc/iTunesRTR

Closing out my Rockin’ recommendation of Running The Risk, I’d like to share some live footage of them! Check out below, Running The Risk “Live At Starline” in Fresno, California! Metal be thy name.

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* For more info on RUNNING THE RISK, click on links below!

http://www.RunningTheRisk.com

http://www.InFlightMusicGroup.com

LONG LIVE RUNNING THE RISK.

Stone.

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BANE – Releases Promo Video For “The Truth Unleashed”

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal music videos, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Serbian Black/Death Metal act BANE have released a promo video for the song The Truth Unleashed, taken from their upcoming album, The Acausal Fire. The video features live pictures of the band taken from performances at Exit Festival 2012 and Sarajevo Metal Festival III.

The Acausal Fire will be released by Abyss Records in September.

BANE’s full-length debut, Chaos, Emptiness & Darkness, as well as other BANE merchandise is currently available through the Abyss Records Webstore: www.officialabyssrecords.com

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

http://baneband.com/

Stone Says: BANE receives Metal Odyssey’s Extreme Metal Seal Of Approval. Metal be thy name.

LONG LIVE BANE.

Stone.

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KRAMPUS – Stream New Song “Unspoken”

Posted in Extreme Metal, folk metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 14, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

KRAMPUS continue to make waves leading up to the release of their debut album Survival of the Fittest with their latest stream of the song “Unspoken”.  Singer Filippo comments:

“‘Unspoken’ is about frustration. Frustration of being a young guy who lives in this global crisis period, with the will to do something, to be realized and to prove his worth, and that is instead entangled in a world that negates him this chance.

There’s no work, global economy is falling, corruption and injustice are everywhere, there’s not enough space for those who would just like to act and build. It’s not fair that fathers feels like losers even if they work hard because the cannot look after those whom they care.”

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“The best Folk Metal Newcomer there is, with a hell of a strong album! Melodic, catchy, heavy, diverse!” – Merlin/ELUVEITIE

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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)

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

www.facebook.com/krampusfolk

www.twitter.com/krampusfolk

www.youtube.com/krampusfolk

www.soundcloud.com/krampusfolk

LONG LIVE KRAMPUS.

Stone.

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haarp – New Orleans Metal Misanthropes Announce New Studio Offering “Husks”

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal with tags , , , , , , on August 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Artwork And Track Listing Revealed

New Orleans Metal misanthropes, haarp, announce the release of their new studio offering, entitled Husks. Set for release on September 18, 2012 through Housecore Records, the follow-up to 2010’s The Filth offers up three tracks of crushing, post-apocalyptic dirge. Husks was recorded at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center, Fountainbleau Room 7011, and Nodferatu’s Lair by Philip H. Anselmo, engineered by Steve Berrigan and Nathan Weidenhaft and mastered at Visceral Sounds by Scott Hull.

Comments the band in a collective statement: “With Husks, we’ve maintained the sound we developed over our last few releases while adding some new elements and showing some additional influences.”

For pre-order info, point your browser HERE.

Husks Track Listing:

1. deadman/rabbit

2. bear

3. fox 

Due to unforeseen events which occurred late in the summer of 2005, members of various disbanded projects came together to forge haarp. Featuring a collective of New Orleans Grindcore, Punk, and Metal scene alumni, haarp embody the murk, decay, and oppression associated with their home city. haarp’s music is a visceral wall of low-end sound; its lyrics a journey through despair, hatred, self loathing, and aggression. haarp will be decimating a city near you. Further details to be announced in the coming days.

“…world-class sludge…” – Exclaim

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.facebook.com/haarpnola

http://www.facebook.com/housecorerecords

Long Live haarp.

Stone.

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NEUROSIS – Title Of Eleventh Full-Length From Musical Pioneers Revealed

Posted in experimental music, experimental rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on August 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

It is said that great art has the power to take us outside of ourselves and bring us closer to ourselves simultaneously. Few bands have accomplished this rare feat on a more profound and consistent basis than NEUROSIS. For nearly three decades, their music has touched the hearts and minds of young men and women seeking contact with something beyond the physical world, something intangible, something that expresses the inner tumult of the human condition in a way that transcends time and space. Something that not only provokes questions but maybe even hints at answers.

Since 1985 this matchless force has surpassed the boundaries of any genre, never-ceasing to mutate and progress their songwriting and sonic delivery, and never-failing to mesmerize audiences both in the studio and onstage. And as the anticipation from their diehard fanbase reaches a boiling point, this week NEUROSIS unveil the title of their eleventh full-length studio creation, which will manifest itself as Honor Found In Decay.

The follow-up to their acclaimed 2007-released Given To The Rising album, the music on Honor Found In Decay is both torturous and transcendent. It is the ongoing exposition of a vast internal dialogue that seems to carry the weight of eons. With the right kind of ears and eyes, it can seem like the trials and tribulations of mankind are being channeled through five individuals: Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, Noah Landis, Jason Roeder and Dave Edwardson. And yet? They will be the first ones to tell you that they are just regular people trying to make sense of the world around them.

Aided by Josh Graham, their resident visual guru, they transmit their interpretations through multiple sensory planes. The degree to which Neurosis allows them to step out of their everyday lives is the distance between one and zero, the distance between thinking and doing, the distance between this minute and the one that may or may not follow. Which is to say: NEUROSIS takes them outside of themselves and brings them closer to themselves. Simultaneously.

This next chapter in the evolution of NEUROSIS will see worldwide release through the band’s own Neurot Recordings this Autumn, in Germany October 26th, in the UK October 29th, and in North America on October 30th.

Further details on Honor Found In Decay will be made available over the coming weeks.

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NEUROSIS:

Scott Kelly – vocals/guitars

Steve Von Till – vocals/guitars

Dave Edwardson – bass

Jason Roeder – drums

Noah Landis – keyboards

Josh Graham – visual effects, art

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.neurosis.com

http://www.facebook.com/officialneurosis

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

http://www.facebook.com/neurotrecordings

LONG LIVE NEUROSIS.

Stone.

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DISASTROID – Upcoming Live Gig Info For August 29th In Oakland!

Posted in grunge, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, rock and roll, rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

DISASTROID – Hey! If you haven’t heard by now, DISASTROID is a very, very cool Rock band from San Francisco, California. DISASTROID has a gig coming up on August 29th, at 6:30 pm, at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland, California. If you live anywhere near Oakland, get on out there and catch some live DISASTROID!

These guys can play some Heavy Rock ‘N Roll and will most likely be world-famous someday too. How does Stone know all this? Cause I listen to their stuff and believe in this band. Call ’em Stoner, Psychedelic, Grunge and/or Hard Rock… I just call ’em one hell of a Rock band and ’nuff said about that.

You’ll become a believer of DISASTROID too by checking ’em out and clicking on those cool links below! Metal be thy name.

DISASTROID – Links To Click:

DISASTROID – facebook

http://disastroid-music.blogspot.com/

DISASTROID – Bay Area Band To Check Out; Cause They Flat-Out ROCK!

Listen to Money And Guilt below! HEY… play it LOUD!

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LONG LIVE DISASTROID.

Stone.

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Wanna See My CHRISTOPHER CROSS Debut S/T Album I Recently Bought? It’s Really Cool…

Posted in adult contemporary rock, classic rock, Hard Rock, Music, rock albums, rock music, rock music news, soft rock with tags , , , , , , , on August 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

That’s it above! I bought this Christopher Cross album for a whopping 50 cents (U.S.) at a thrift store, at the beginning of this Summer. There is only minimal (normal) wear to the right-hand corners of the album jacket. The vinyl itself looks and sounds like it was never played!

The debut and self-titled album from the legendary Christopher Cross was released on Warner Bros., back in December of 1979. This album has become a beacon, within the pages of Rock Music history. Christopher Cross boasted three Billboard Top 40 songs: Ride Like The Wind, Never Be The Same and Sailing. (Sailing reached #1 status as a single).

Christopher Cross also had won a Grammy Award for Album Of The Year, back in 1981. Here is a Rock history shocker for you: Christopher Cross beat out Pink Floyd’s The Wall for Album Of The Year. Whoa. A Soft Rock performer was chosen over an already proven and justifiably iconic Rock band such as Pink Floyd for that prestigious Grammy, back in ’81. Regardless, I’ve never been a fan of how the Grammy Awards are structured anyways.

If I had to choose one album over the other, I’m choosing The Wall; only this post is about my celebrating Christopher Cross. I like this Christopher Cross album a great deal. This album not only exhibits extremely memorable songs since I first heard them so many years ago; these songs are also timeless for me.

Here is what the back cover of the album jacket looks like:

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Take a listen below to Ride Like The Wind, as performed by Christopher Cross; while you listen, keep an ear out for the backing vocals of the legendary Michael McDonald.

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Take a listen below to the Hard & Heavy cover version of Ride Like The Wind, performed by the  legendary Jorn. This song is from Jorn’s 2012 studio album, Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, released on Frontiers Records.

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If you have listened to both of these versions of Ride Like The Wind, which one do you prefer? I’ll always embrace the original from Christopher Cross, yet, Jorn’s version does psyche the living hell out of me! Metal be thy name, it does.

Here is what the inner sleeve for this Christopher Cross debut S/T album looks like (below). Notice the liner notes and lyrics are printed on it… that’s old school.

Thanks for checking out my Christopher Cross album that I scooped-up on a recent Rock ‘N Metal hunting trip. As always, I’ll continue to post more Rockin’ treasures that I stumble upon!

Rock Steady out there this coming week and remember: “leave a penny, take a penny” at your neighborhood convenience stores.

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LONG LIVE CHRISTOPHER CROSS.

Stone.

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THEORY OF A DEADMAN – Watch Their Gig From The Knit Reno, via Livestream on August 11th!

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Music, rock bands, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 11, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – Watch their LIVE gig at The Knitting Factory in Reno, Nevada, August 11th (tonight) at 11pm EST! To view and hear the Hard Rockin’ good-times, click here: http://livestream.com

* Follow Livestream on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/livestream

Theory Of A Deadman – The Truth Is… was released on July 12, 2011, via Roadrunner Records.

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* For more info on THEORY OF A DEADMAN, click on the links below!

http://www.theoryofadeadman.com

http://store.theoryofadeadman.com/music.html

LONG LIVE THEORY OF A DEADMAN.

Stone.

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SORROWS PATH “Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts” (Official Video) – Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 11, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

SORROWS PATH – The Rough Path Of Nihilism, is the debut album from Doom Metal juggernaut Sorrows Path; which was released back in late 2011 via Rock It Up Records. Sorrows Path originates from Athens, Greece and are currently in the studio (Fragile Studios) recording their sophomore album.

The Rough Path Of Nihilism has received worldwide critical praise. The track Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts shall give you every reason as to why the Metal praise keeps pouring in for Sorrows Path and their Doom debut. Melodic and billowing with a Classic Metal atmosphere; the end result from Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts is a totally contagious vibe, feel, sound and aura of Doom from Sorrows Path.

Doom Metal this grand needs to be heard. Doom Metal this grand needs to be recommended to my Metal brethren. A Doom Metal song and video this grand needs to be declared: Stone’s METAL pick of the day!  Metal be thy name.

SORROWS PATH:

Stavros Giannakos – bass

Angelos Ioannidis – vocals

Fotis Mountouris – drums

Kostas Salomidis – guitar

Giannis Tziligkakis – guitar

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* For more info on SORROWS PATH, click on the links below!

http://www.sorrowspath.net

http://www.myspace.com/sorrowspathmusic

LONG LIVE SORROWS PATH.

“DOOM RULES ETERNALLY…” – SORROWS PATH

Stone.

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PAGAN ALTAR – Decibel Magazine Debuts Title Track From PAGAN ALTAR’s “The Time Lord” EP

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Decibel Magazine has posted an exclusive stream of the title track from PAGAN ALTAR’s The Time Lord EP. Consisting of remastered material from as far back as 1978, The Time Lord will be released on September 11th, 2012 by Shadow Kingdom Records. Visit the Deciblog (www.DecibelMagazine.com) now to check out “The Time Lord.” The EP and other PAGAN ALTAR releases can be ordered from the Shadow Kingdom store at this location: http://shadowkingdomrecords.com

In other news, PAGAN LORD has recently been confirmed for Maryland Death Fest XI, which will take place May 23rd – 26th, 2013 in Baltimore, MD. For for information and updates visit http://www.marylanddeathfest.com

Stone Says: You absolutely MUST check out PAGAN ALTAR! This is tried and true N.W.O.B.H.M. and it’s Classic Metal; this is the stuff that helped build the foundation for the Metal we all love and follow today! Just amazing Metal from a pioneering Metal band. I’ve become an instant fan of PAGAN ALTAR after my very first listen to The Time Lord. I have been Metal schooled once again by a legendary Metal band and it’s PAGAN ALTAR. Metal be thy name.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

LONG LIVE PAGAN ALTAR.

Stone.

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Frank Zappa’s Guitarist and Vocalist Ike Willis to Release Biography

Posted in Guitar, Hard Rock, Music, rock and roll, rock guitarists, rock music, rock music books, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 9, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Ike Willis works with friends and fans to bring his story to life

Los Angeles, CA – The Ike Willis Book, an upcoming literary release from The Project Scrutinizer, will be published later this year. The Ike Willis Book will chronicle the life and times of Ike Willis, who played guitar and sang with Frank Zappa for fifteen years.

Ike Willis is featured on a number of classic albums including Joe’s Garage, Tinseltown Rebellion, You Are What You Is, Them or Us and Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar. Mr. Willis has lived a long, star-studded, Rock and Roll version of “the American dream” before, during and after his time with Frank Zappa. Since Zappa’s death in 1993, Willis has continued paying tribute to the incredibly detailed and academic arrangements of Zappa’s original music while performing in Europe and South America with a variety of tribute bands including Project/Object at the Zappanale festival in Germany for the last three years.

The book is derived from highlights of weeks of interviews with Ike, his family and friends, plus key contributions from prominent Frank Zappa alumni such as Bobby Martin, Don Preston, Denny Walley, Ray White, Ed Mann and many others. This is the story of Ike Willis, the son, the father, the musician, the singer, the intellectual and kid from St. Louis, MO who made it big. Many of these exclusive, personal stories about Mr. Willis’ life and his career with Frank Zappa have never been told before. Ike’s story includes people from all walks of life and is a truly fantastic piece of Rock and Roll history.

Mr. Willis commented on the book; “Now that I am so far into the process of telling my story, all I can say is that I never expected to do something quite like this. The experience has been so powerful and I really feel fortunate to get this unique opportunity. This book will have something interesting for every type of fan – even the ones who have known me forever. I have a large number of Frank Zappa alumni who have contributed to the interviews and we spend plenty of time talking about how many of the most famous songs originated, as well as what life inside the Zappa Universe was really like. We were all so lucky to have had the opportunity to perform the music he wrote and get to spend countless hours with him in the studio, on the road and basically in his world. This book is as important to any piece of music I played with Frank because it really explains how we did it!”

The book is slated to be available in late December to coincide with the holidays and Frank Zappa’s birthday. Mr. Willis is booked for an extensive touring schedule with a number of his tribute projects beginning later this year and has a new solo album heading to the studio with several special guest appearances planned.

The Project Scrutinizer, the international group of Ike Willis’ friends and fans heading the project, has branches in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Portland (Oregon) and Europe. A Kickstarter funding effort is currently underway and contributing fans will be recognized within the book.

* For more info, click on the links below!

Website: www.TheProjectScrutinizer.com
Ike’s site: www.IkeWillis.com (soon to be revamped)
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/IkeWillis

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(Source: Glass Onyon PR)

LONG LIVE IKE WILLIS.

REST IN PEACE, FRANK ZAPPA.

Stone.

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UNHERZ – Reveal Album Artwork; 3rd Studio Album Releases August 24th, via Massacre Records!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 9, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

UNHERZ are going to release their third studio album Die Wahrheit Liegt Dazwischen on August 24th via Massacre Records!

The album was produced by Gerhard Magin (Crematory, Totenmond, Catamenia et al.) and will contain 11 songs.

UNHERZ about their upcoming album:

“We wanted to create a varied album with songs that sound different. And I think we did a pretty good job!

The album offers everything we like! It has heavy guitar riffs as well as a lot of emotion. That’s why we named the album ‘Die Wahrheit Liegt Dazwischen’ (‘The Truth Lies Somewhere In Between’)! We think it’s not necessary that every song features heavy guitars, the focus should be on other instruments too.”

Take a listen below to Schmerz Neu Definiert off the upcoming album here:

Also don’t forget to mark your calendar on August 15th, where the band will present the new album exclusively on the German AGF-Radio (http://www.agf-radio.com) starting 5pm CET!

Listen to and get previous UNHERZ albums here: http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/search?lang=en&search=Unherz

* Stone Says: When it comes to portraying the “fanny theme” on an album cover… UNHERZ takes the Metal prize! Metal be thy name! As a bonus, this band ROCKS!

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on UNHERZ, click on/use the links below!

http://www.unherz.de

http://facebook.com/unherz

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE UNHERZ.

Stone.

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HATEBREED – LONG LIVE HATEBREED! And… BOYCOTT CNN

Posted in hardcore, hardcore metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 9, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

HATEBREED – As the world turns, over at CNN, they see the world as they want to. They report the news as they like, regardless of knowing the facts. Truth? Forget about it over at CNN. CNN likes to tell us all how to live, what to eat, how much to eat, where to go and of course… here’s the BIG one… who to vote for. The news giant known as CNN has finally tripped up BIG TIME my Metal brethren. CNN has messed with Hardcore/Metal legends HATEBREED in a very disturbing way. CNN has insulted HATEBREED and it’s sickening.

What CNN has done: their enormous news platform was used to accuse HATEBREED of being a “white power” band in a CNN Opinion piece, which was written by a highly misinformed Lonnie Nasatir. This unethical, immoral and flat-out WRONG “listing” of HATEBREED in a list of white power bands is more than mind-boggling… it’s defamation of character and a law has been broken. No, this isn’t about an innocent situation of a band being mislabeled. That’s a certified falsity right there. Yes, CNN, your news platform was used to slander HATEBREED and that can’t be denied.

* Here’s a shocker within this shocking story: Lonnie Nasatir is the Anti-Defamation League’s Chicago/Upper Midwest Director.

Placing HATEBREED on a “list” of white power bands is an outrage! A false label! HATEBREED has been a unifying band for all of us fellow Hardcore, Metalcore and Metal fans, regardless of race, religion or sex. The lyrics of HATEBREED have never divided nor spread hate within our Hardcore and Metal families; if anything, HATEBREED has reached out to all fans through their music, concerts and social networks on a continuous level that is stunningly admirable.

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I urge every visitor to Metal Odyssey to boycott CNN and never watch, read or follow their news or programming ever again. CNN and Lonnie Nasatir owe HATEBREED more than a widespread public apology and should be ashamed for their grade school level of journalism.

I write about and communicate with musicians and bands, just about every day of my life. I cannot even comprehend the stupidity level that has taken place here within the CNN world of (laugh) joke journalism. CNN is now: NCNN. What is NCNN you ask? It’s the: NON CREDIBLE NEWS NETWORK.

I predicted within my circles, that a major news network would eventually try to take down Metal Music due to the horrific shooting massacre at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin this past weekend. Connecting this massacre to Heavy Metal white supremacist bands spiraled out-of-control here… and HATEBREED deserves much better than this.

God bless the souls of the shooting victims at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin. God bless the families and friends of these innocent victims.

METAL. BE. THY. NAME.

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

http://WWW.HATEBREED.COM

LONG LIVE HATEBREED.

BOYCOTT CNN. 

Stone.

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INFERION – Opens The Vault and Unleashes “Aborted By The Sun”

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, melodic death metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

You may already know of INFERION’s The Desolate, the Black Metal whirlwind from Mr. Everything Nick Reyes. But in 2003 Reyes’ recorded an EP of blast-beaten, aggressive Melodic Death Metal called Aborted by the Sun that was recorded under the name Farewell My Angel. The original plan to release the EP was halted after the hard drive with the original mixes/master was damaged in a fire. A recent discovery of those original files led Iraq War veteran Reyes to re-record much of the EP when time permitted during Army Special Forces and Selection Training at Fort Bragg, GA. The EP has now been released under the INFERION banner.

Aborted By The Sun – Track Listing:

Kill the Angel

Aborted by the Sun

Burn Away the Memory

Imagine Me Geometry

The God Machine

My Hydrogen Bomb 

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The Story Of “Aborted By The Sun” As Told By Nick Reyes:

Aborted by the Sun was originally recorded in 2003 under the band name Farewell my Angel. At the time INFERION had put out the album Firewar that was getting some attention, and since this release was more Death Metal, I was going to release it next, but I was never able to do so because the original mixes and masters were damaged on a hard drive that caught fire. Last year, I was going through my storage unit looking for Army gear to pack for SFAS and I came upon some old CDs and DVDs in the same tough box and among them was a DVD simply titled “ABTSMBU.” I put it in the computer and found all the original mixes and masters for the album.

I re-recorded the bass, drums, and some vocals while I was trying out for the Special Forces, so this album is about determination, and the aggressive pursuit of goals. Since this album was semi structured, I just had to redo it in the way that I had envisioned it in my head during the selection course. So I based it around the guitars that were already there and tracked everything as soon as I got home a month later.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

http://www.myspace.com/inferion

LONG LIVE NICK REYES.

LONG LIVE INFERION.

Stone.

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