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DRUNK DAD “Morbid Reality” – Noise/Experimental Release Is Turn-Key Brain Consumption

Posted in avant garde music, Metal, metal music, Music, noise rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , on June 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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DRUNK DAD – Okay all of you Noise and Experimental Metal loyalists; there’s a new band for y’all to add to your extended list of must buys for 2013: DRUNK DAD‘s 4 song EP release titled: Morbid Reality. Avant garde Metalheads and those that follow the Melvins will surely get their brains gleefully sculpted with the Noise party that DRUNK DAD plays so freaking well.

With the absolute heavy album opener Guts, the musical melee has begun. Guts is nearly 8 minutes of maddening vocals and mind assaulting beats and guitar parts that make more sense than our current climate change controversy. In other words, you must go with the eclectic flow with this band’s representation of extreme and join the party; otherwise you’ll be a wallflower waiting for the next easy listening bus to arrive.

With songs Seizure, Ritual and Scum Fee rounding out this EP, DRUNK DAD has no problem exploring the atmospherics of sound, providing both calm and violent intervals that weave themselves together in an unexpected package of fascinating ear candy. This is Noise you want to shake loose to while running aimlessly with a cold beer in each hand; while not giving a shit about anything that could possibly spoil your day. Metal be thy name.

Eolian Empire released the four-song Morbid Reality via 12” vinyl and digital download on June 11th, 2013. Click RIGHT HERE to purchase the digital download!

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Photo Credit: Kate Cridlebaugh

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DRUNK DAD:

Jose De Lara

Adam Garcia

Joseph Naylor

Dane Herrin

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* For more info on DRUNK DAD, click on the link below! Whoa!

Facebook: Drunk Dad

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LONG LIVE DRUNK DAD.

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DEHUMAN REIGN “Destructive Intent” – A Morbid And Menacing Must!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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DEHUMAN REIGN – Releasing on July 26th, 2013, via FDA Rekotz is the menacing debut album, Destructive Intent, from Berlin’s Death Metal squad: Dehuman Reign. With (about) 20 minutes of face-melting Death Metal to be devoured on Destructive Intent, the keep it short, fast and deadly approach in which Dehuman Reign ventures into is not a bad idea at all. The shortened album approach in Metal has succeeded in the past, with Slayer’s Reign In Blood being the untouchable template for generations of bands and fans to savor.

Here we have Dehuman Reign and not Slayer, so the comparisons can stop with lengths of albums. With that said, Dehuman Reign rages along with a Gore Metal meets Death Metal sound; a blanket of sound that’s terrifying enough to put some of your worst nightmares to their knees. Morbid vocals and extreme speed musically, the two marry into each other with a perfection that only we Death and Gore Metal fans can wholly appreciate.

With killer album art and equally killer songs, what more can any savvy Death/Gore/Extreme Metal fan want? I’ll tell you this much, with this album playing and the lights turned off, Dehuman Reign easily can scare the shit out of me; especially the evil provoking spoken word tracks of: Invocation I Black Seed and Invocation II Scorched Earth. Whatever the deadly case may be, the melancholic vibes and darkness that lurks behind these spoken words are what keeps me up late at night and I’ll never learn my lesson; cause this is the underground Metal I crave for. Metal be thy name.

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DESTRUCTIVE INTENT – Track Listing:

Prelude To Perdition

Extinction Machine

Invocation I Black Seed

Irreversible Soul Consumption

Staring Beyond The Edge Of Time

Invocation II Scorched Earth

Veil Of Ignorance

Masks Of Sorrow

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Destructive Intent was mastered by Matias Ahonen at Finnish Audiamond Studio (Solstafir, Hour Of 13). The album’s cover art was masterfully drawn by Dedy of Badic Art (Demonical, Goregast, Skeletal Remains).

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* For more info on DEHUMAN REIGN, click below!

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FDA Rekotz: http://www.fda-rekotz.com

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LONG LIVE DEHUMAN REIGN.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

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SINISTER REALM “World Of Evil” METAL Video Is: Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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SINISTER REALM – Releasing on August 6th, 2013, World Of Evil will be the 3rd studio album from Allentown Pennsylvania’s SINISTER REALM. Shadow Kingdom Records will be releasing this new SINISTER REALM album once again.

SINISTER REALM is among the elite True Metal battalion of bands; where Heavy Metal is safely protected as traditional with no bullshit additives to pacify the flavor-of-the-month crowd of plastic clowns. Following their successful 2009 s/t debut and 2011 release The Crystal Eye (both via Shadow Kingdom Records), SINISTER REALM has amassed an impressive loyal following by continuously playing live and staying in touch through social media.

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A band like SINISTER REALM isn’t made overnight, this Metal troupe from the Keystone State have paid their Metal dues and have earned worldwide recognition as one of Metal’s finest from any independent or major record label. Any true fan of Metal knows what quality and integrity that exists in the Metal underground… and SINISTER REALM via Shadow Kingdom Records is living proof of this.

Recently, SINISTER REALM have released a new music video for their forthcoming album’s title song. Sung with chilling True Metal passion by Alex Kristof, with True Metal musicianship of equal heights behind him, this title song World Of Evil is a pronounced indictment on the societies that surround us. Listen to, watch and crank-the-hell-up this World Of Evil music video below; and pledge your Metal allegiance to…

The Realm… SINISTER REALM.

* Director & script writer: Stacy Feit

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Alex Kristof – vocals

John Gaffney – bass, guitar, background vocals

John Kantner – rhythm & lead guitar

John Risko – lead guitar

Chris Metzger – drums

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* For a related post on World Of Evil from SINISTER REALM, as featured on Metal Odyssey, click on the link below!

SINISTER REALM – Reveal Artwork And Track Listing For “World of Evil”

The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on April 7, 2013.

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* To read the exclusive Metal Odyssey interview with SINISTER REALM’s bassist John Gaffney (from 2011), click on that amazing link below!

SINISTER REALM – A Metal Odyssey Exclusive Interview!

The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on September 3, 2011.

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* For more info on SINISTER REALM, click on the links below!

Facebook: Sinister Realm

www.sinisterrealm.net

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You can order SINISTER REALM World Of Evil by clicking that link below! Whoa!

http://shadowkingdomrecords.com/

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LONG LIVE SINISTER REALM.

Stone.

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EXTINCTION PROTOCOL – Erie Sci-Fi Death Metal Outfit’s Debut Album Out Now

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on June 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Aeonic Obliteration, the debut full-length from Erie, Pennsylvania-based death metal henchmen EXTINCTION PROTOCOL, is out now via NYC-based D.I.Y. label P2.

Merging modern tactics with primal, classic death metal vitality, EXTINCTION PROTOCOL bridges schizophrenic old-school riffage with overpowering breakdowns. Their debut album Aeonic Obliteration lyrically scrutinizes the greed and corruption of mankind thus concluding humanity’s eventual downfall due to genetic testing and world altering events. With nine devastating songs packed into a nearly thirty-three minute event horizon, Aeonic Obliteration features stellar production values courtesy of Ivan at Anthropocide Studios (Abominable Putridity) and full-color cosmic destruction ala JoeJesus of DeviantArt.

Aeonic Obliteration can now be streamed in its entirety and purchased at the P2 Bandcamp RIGHT HERE, and the ultra-affordable CD version ordered HERE.

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METAL PRAISE:

“Each song is just a journey of its own and will really get you banging your head and just turning up the volume and just listening to the sound of why death metal will never die. This record is one bad mother fucker, brutal and intense from start to end. 9/10” – Wicked Channel

“Anyone looking for a new up-and-comer from Pennsylvania who holds true to the old ways ov brutal death metal while still keeping things interesting should definitely keep their eyes on Extinction Protocol! 92%” – Absolute Hell

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TJ: drums Erik: vocals AJ: bass Drew: guitars

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on EXTINCTION PROTOCOL:

http://p2omerta.blogspot.com/

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LONG LIVE EXTINCTION PROTOCOL.

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WARTORN “Iconic Nightmare” – Brutality Has Knocked… It’s Time To Listen.

Posted in crust/punk, Extreme Metal, extreme music, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on June 16, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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WARTORN – Rage. Resentment. Darkness falls upon the happy days of small town. The doors have been blown apart at their hinges and a swirling black cloud of hostility is in your face and commanding your Metal senses. This is all part of the cataclysmic eruption of Crust extremity, that awaits you, with this new WARTORN release: Iconic Nightmare.

The Extreme Metal crossover appeal is so enriched with WARTORN’s violent sound that it boggles my Metal mind. Wether it’s Death, Punk, Grind, Hardcore, Crust, Thrash or Black Metal that’s your obsession, the skull crushing totality of relentless and brutal sound that WARTORN administers on Iconic Nightmare is overwhelmingly grand.

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There’s something to be said about the strength of merciless and Extreme Music. This is the stuff I listen to for strength to look my deceivers in the eyes and laugh at their tormented souls. WARTORN is as unsophisticated as anything you’ll ever hear in your Metal life and that’s a damn inspiring good thing too.

Extreme Music isn’t about plastic bells and red carpet whistles for me. No blatant way. Extreme Music, for me, is about the IMPACT and total disregard for our societal norms and WARTORN have torn the fuck apart any images of  humanity’s status quo in my Metal mind. Metal be thy name.

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WARTORN: Bitty (Vocals), Ryan (Guitar), Toban (Guitar) Derek (Guitar), Ela (Bass) and Hart (Drums).

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ICONIC NIGHTMARE – Track Listing:

Iconic Nightmare

Unfinished Blueprint

Permanent Blackout

No Sanctuary No Salvation

Six Feet Under

Knee Deep In Blood

All Flags Still Burn

Betrayal

Burial Ground

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PRIOR PRESS RELEASE:

Southern Lord has unleashed hell with the new full-length from Midwestern death squad WARTORN.

Since 2004 this Appleton, Wisconsin-based brigade has protested political tyranny and societal injustices with a devastating brew of metallic crustpunk. WARTORN has assaulted live audiences across thirteen countries across North America and Europe in support of releases on renowned crust/punk labels including Profane Existence and Crimes Against Humanity, while its members also take part in other active and notable acts like Dresden, Remission, and Words That Burn.

Taking their attack to the next level, the energy and production of their newest full-length Iconic Nightmare elevates WARTORN’s powerful songwriting and execution to new levels, surging with nine crushing anthems in barely twenty-five minutes. Diehards of Wolfbrigade, From Ashes Rise, Tragedy and the like should not pass this one by.

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(prior press release: Earsplit PR)

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

Facebook: Wartorn

Southern Lord: http://www.southernlord.com

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BLACK SABBATH “13” – Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day! New Music Videos Streaming Online!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, Metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 16, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Photo Credit: Black Sabbath Facebook

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13 Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day… And…

Receives 4.5 Out Of 5 METAL FISTS!!

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In case you’ve just gotten back from a trip to Neptune or have been lost in the remote northern woods of Pennsylvania, the iconic Black Sabbath have NEW music videos streaming online! Both songs are taken from their NEW studio album 13. See the links below! Whoa!

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This critically acclaimed album, 13, was released on June 11th, 2013 in the U.S. and is an incredible offering of Metal from the founders of our beloved genre. Black Sabbath may be minus the legendary Bill Ward for 13, still, I am overly impressed by the total Sabbathian package of darkness and old school Doom vibes that blanket my senses each time I listen to 13.

As for the production of 13, regardless of any slight fuzz looming about, (which I find old school anyways), the powerful vocals of Ozzy Osbourne coupled with the unparalleled Doom riffage from Tony Iommi transcends any flaws that “some” critics believe to exist. Geezer Butler shines once again as well, proving to me he truly is among the kings of Heavy Metal bassists of both past and present.

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Brad Wilk (Photo Credit: Black Sabbath Facebook)

I give Brad Wilk so much credit for accepting a challenge to fill the shoes of the legendary Bill Ward. A world-class drummer in his own right, Brad Wilk excels on 13! It’s damn right heroic of Brad’s ability to transform his musicianship to sound so amazingly Sabbath-like. (If any other drummers sat in for the 13 sessions, than I’m not aware of it and please excuse my not being informed).

How much input did Rick Rubin have in mixing and mastering 13 I do not know. I’ll say this much, Rick Rubin surpassed my expectations on 13; due to my anxious thoughts he would turn this album into an overly pasted-together and satin-polished Death Magnetic. 13 sounds much more organic than that, thank God.

Doom Metal was forged and pioneered by Black Sabbath. Stoner Metal spun-off from this iconic band’s Metal atmosphere of sound. 13 is a resounding reminder of just that. This is one Black Sabbath album I never thought would happen and it’s here. Go out and get it and be thankful we still have this band around to make our Metal world that much more prolific.

God isn’t dead; nor is Black Sabbath.

Metal be thy name.

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Listen to and watch the music video for God Is Dead by clicking here: http://po.st/GodIsDead

Listen to and watch End Of The Beginning by clicking here: http://bitly.com/EOTBVideo

Get the CD here: http://smarturl.it/Sabbath13DxAMZP

Get the super deluxe box set by clicking here:

US: http://bitly.com/US13Deluxe
UK: http://bitly.com/UK13DeluxeBox

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BLACK SABBATH:

Ozzy Osbourne – vocals & harmonica

Tony Iommi – guitars

Geezer Butler – bass

Brad Wilk – drums & percussion

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* For more info on BLACK SABBATH, click on the links below!

Facebook: Black Sabbath

http://www.blacksabbath.com

http://www.twitter.com/officialsabbath

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LONG LIVE BLACK SABBATH.

STAY STRONG, TONY IOMMI.

Stone.

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Moss Of Moonlight – Announce New Album ‘Winterwheel’

Posted in folk metal, Metal, metal albums, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on June 16, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Formed in the summer of 2010 in the heart of Cascadia, Winterwheel is the second offering from Blackened Folk Metal duo Moss of Moonlight and will be released this summer solstice on June 21st, 2013.

Described as “a true rarity in the black metal genre” by Pure Gain Audio, ‘Winterwheel’ follows the highly acclaimed debut ‘Seed’, a concept album about a band of Pacific North Western rebels that rise up and create the Republic of Cascadia. ‘Winterwheel’ digs deeper into the earth; a 45 minute trance into the otherworld’s. Using Anglo-Saxon chanting, haunting female vocals, visceral growls, and a giant atmosphere, Moss of Moonlight has put ancient Pagan ritual into song. It’s an album of Anglo-Saxon gods and primal Paganism and as the band says, “it reaches far beyond ‘Seed’, into colder and darker territories.”

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Jenn Grunigen of the band recently discussed the upcoming album in more detail and touched on the actual writing process:

“Winterwheel is a ritual put to song. It embraces the turning of the seasons, and the necessary, vicious loop of birth and death. Each song delves into the nature of a different Anglo-Saxon god or goddess, and is steeped in the old, cyclic roads of our Pagan ancestors, as well as the very language of the Anglo Saxons. With this wisdom and craft, we made new rites–in other words, Winterwheel, this sacrifice to the gods, the cosmos. With each play, the ritual is brought to life once more, and anyone willing to listen is a participant in the offering.”

“The writing was natural, but is still a momentary step away from our Cascadian heart. Our first album, Seed, was created with the majestic, deep, damp forests of Cascadia in mind; a viscera that the music, of course, reflected. Winterwheel is rooted and broad in its own way, but is more grounded in our Pagan past. We extricated it from the typical tropes of folk metal; the usual woodwind riffs and such. Instead, this is an album of long, epic swells, swollen with meditative chants and percussion, cold chunky guitars with a tale to tell.”

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Winterwheel – Track Listing:

01) Gaet

02) Eole

03) Catte

04) Hraefne

Cavan Wagner of the band took the cover image himself though the artwork throughout the digipack’s booklet is photography by both band members, Cavan and Jenn. “The artwork represents a photographic microcosm of Cascadia’s seasons. The cover image itself is simply another form of the wheel: the rose hip, an insomniac bud of life across the still sleep of winter.”

More info: www.mossofmoonlight.com

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(Source: Future PR)

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LONG LIVE MOSS OF MOONLIGHT.

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THE DOORS – 10 Things You Never Knew About Them

Posted in classic rock, classic rock albums, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock news, rock albums, rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 16, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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THE DOORS – Here at Metal Odyssey, we TOTALLY dig the Roots Of Rock ‘N Roll and are never bashful about blabbing about it! Recently, The Doors released a very cool & new app for iPad with factual information on their Rockin’ history. Read on below for more information found on this iPad app!

For 10 Things You Never Knew About The Doors, click on that very cool link below! It will take you to BuzzFeed Community; a whiz-bang website that will get you hooked!

BuzzFeed Community: http://bit.ly/11ckLui

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Jim Morrison – vocals

Ray Manzarek – organ, keyboards

Robby Krieger – guitar

John Densmore – drums

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(Sources: The Doors Facebook, BuzzFeed Community)

Above album cover: Waiting For The Sun (1968/Elektra).

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

www.thedoors.com

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LONG LIVE THE ROCK & ROLL LEGACY OF THE DOORS.

Rest In Peace, Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek.

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BLACK STAR RIDERS – RELEASE THEIR NEW VIDEO ‘HEY JUDAS’

Posted in classic rock, classic rock albums, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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BLACK STAR RIDERS have revealed the official video for Hey Judas, taken form the band’s new album All Hell Breaks Loose. The video was filmed on May 27th with Northern Irish photographer, music video director and typographical designer Mark Hylands at The Marshall Theatre in Milton Keynes.

Fans can watch the video over on the homepage of Classic Rock (UK) now:
http://smarturl.it/HeyJudas

A video message from Hylands about the ‘Hey Judas’ clip can be seen here:

http://youtu.be/x3PYG2h1me4

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ORDER ONLINE AT:

Nuclear Blast: http://smarturl.it/BSRAHBLCD

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BSR-AHBL-iTUNES

Amazon: http://smarturl.it/BSR-AHBL-AMZN

SUBSCRIBE TO YOUTUBE CHANNELS:

Black Star Riders: http://bit.ly/subs-bsr-yt

Nuclear Blast: http://bit.ly/subs-nb-yt

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BLACK STAR RIDERS:

Ricky Warwick – Vocals & Guitar

Scott Gorham – Guitars

Damon Johnson – Guitars

Marco Mendoza – Bass

Jimmy DeGrasso – Drums

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(Source: Nuclear Blast)

* For more info on BLACK STAR RIDERS, click on links below!

http://www.blackstarriders.com

Facebook: Black Star Riders

http://www.twitter.com/BlackStarRiders

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HORLET – Readying For June 22nd CD Release Show At McGuffys In Dayton, Ohio!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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WARNING: HORLET – CD RELEASE SHOW FOR: THE KEYS OF LIFE AND DEATH

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Set times for the CD release show June 22 at McGuffys have been etched in stone! Devium 9:30-10:15, Chambers of Chaos 10:30-11:15, Horlet 11:30-12:45!

Check out the show flyer below for more Metal details!

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Jason Lyons – vocals

Keith Byerman – guitar

Seth Mullins – guitar

Eric Barnes – drums

Allen D. McCowan – bass

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* For a related post on HORLET, as featured on Metal Odyssey, click on that cool link below! Whoa!

HORLET – Ohio Metal Horde To Release New Full-Length Album “The Keys Of Life And Death”

The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on April 17, 2013.

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

Facebook: Horlet

http://www.reverbnation.com/horlet

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McGuffys: http://www.mcguffys.net

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MISFITS – NY AREA SIGNING AT CLOCKWORK RECORDS – SAT JUNE 22nd!

Posted in horror, horror punk, horror rock, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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The Misfits – Jerry Only, Dez Cadena and Eric “Chupacabra” Arce will hold a (Westchester) NY area instore signing on Sat. June 22nd, from 4 to 6pm, at the newly opened Clockwork Records NY, (6 SPRING STREET, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, (914) 478-0241). Note the store is in Westchester County NY, NOT New York City.

Fiends can purchase their choice of the band’s latest live album “DEA.D. ALIVE” on vinyl—OR—the Misfits “Twilight of the Dead” 12-inch (available on Misfits Records) at Clockwork Records to be admitted to the signing, meet the Misfits AND automatically be entered to WIN!

In celebration of their first instore signing, Clockwork Records (who specialize in vinyl releases), will randomly select one lucky fiend (via raffle) to win a highly collectible, signed, original pink cover vinyl pressing of the Misfits 1982 classic “Walk Among Us”! Everyone will be given a number upon purchase, and at the end of the signing, the winning number will be announced—be there on Saturday, June 22nd Fiends!!

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(Source: MISFITS Facebook)

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

Facebook: Misfits

http://misfits.com/

http://twitter.com/themisfits

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MISFITS Fiend POP! Vinyl Figure From Funko – Available Now!

Posted in horror, horror punk, horror rock, Music, Punk rock, punk rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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The new Misfits “Fiend” POP! Vinyl figure by Funko stands approximately 4 inches tall and is ready for horror business… Order Online: now shipping @ the Misfits Online Fiend Store for only $9.99!

Order yours by clicking the link below!

http://misfits.cinderblock.com/misfits-fiend-pop-vinyl-figure-from-funko.html

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Jerry Only – bass guitar & vocals

Dez Cadena – guitars

Eric “Chupacabra” Arce – drums

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

Facebook: Misfits

http://misfits.com/

http://misfitsrecords.com/

http://twitter.com/themisfits

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LONG LIVE MISFITS.

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KALMAH: Full Album “Seventh Swamphony” Streaming At Revolvermag.com

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Celebrate your Friday with a hearty dose of Seventh Swamphony, the impending new full-length from Finnish Death Metal instigators, KALMAH, currently streaming in its entirety via Revolver Magazine.

Recorded at Tico-Tico Studios in Kemi, Finland, the follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed 12 Gauge release was mixed and mastered at Sweden’s Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Soilwork, Paradise Lost, et al) and showcases the Oulu outfit’s signature brand of frantic, yet melodic death metal tempered here by a new-found epic mournfulness.

Reaping critical accolades both domestically and abroad, Metal Reviews crowned KALMAH’s Seventh Swamphony “Album Of The Year,” calling the band “one of, if not the finest, melodic death metal bands.” Said Metal Temple is an 8/10 review: “From their blistering opener of Seventh Swamphony, to the windmill inducing finale The Trapper, this album keeps the energy flowing nonstop. Pekka Kokko’s vocal work is solid with vicious growls and soul squirming screams that give an unearthly feel to the album.”

Adds New Noise Magazine: “Seventh Swamphony features quality over quantity and you will be aware of that on the first listen. Never have I heard the band so supercharged and ready to slaughter as they are featured here. Even the slower paced ‘Windlake Tale’ correctly utilizes a death growl vocal approach to its melodic folk and works well as a blueprint to show Amorphis what they’ve been doing wrong all of these years. Quite simply put, Seventh Swamphony might very well be one of the heaviest folk metal albums that I’ve heard in years and should go down in the band’s history as one of their most memorable releases.”

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Hear for yourself, courtesy of Revolver Magazine at:

 THIS LOCATION. 

Seventh Swamphony will be released in North America via Spinefarm Records digitally onJune 18, 2013 and on CD June 25, 2013. For preorders, point your browser HERE. Additionally, if you missed it, check out the band’s “Seventh Swamphony” video courtesy of Metal Injection HERE.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on KALMAH, click below!

http://www.kalmah.com

Facebook: Kalmah (Official)

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* SPINEFARM RECORDS:

http://www.spinefarmrecords.com/usa

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LONG LIVE KALMAH.

Stone.

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RICK NIELSEN Of CHEAP TRICK – Is Cover Feature For July Issue Of Guitar Player Magazine!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Guitar, guitarists, Hard Rock, hard rock news, Music, rock guitarists, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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The July 2013 issue of Guitar Player is on the newsstands now!

Cheap Trick’s legendary Rick Nielsen is the featured cover story! Metal be thy name!

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* For more info on CHEAP TRICK, click on the links below!

Facebook: Cheap Trick

http://www.cheaptrick.com

Cheap Trick - Classic logo - promo block - B&W* For more info on GUITAR PLAYER, click on the links below!

Facebook: Guitar Player Magazine

http://www.guitarplayer.com

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LONG LIVE RICK NIELSEN.

LONG LIVE CHEAP TRICK.

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Can Anyone Explain To Me, Why After ALL These Years, CHEAP TRICK Are NOT Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? Shameful, Shocking And Embarrassing, It Truly Is. It’s an INSULT to Cheap Trick and ALL Knowledgeable Rock Music Fans Worldwide.

So Let It Be Metal Written, So Let It Be Metal Told: This Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ‘Good Old Boys Politically Bias Club’ Has Gotten Very Old.

Stone.

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SQUASH BOWELS – “Grindcoholism” Confirmed For Release Via Selfmadegod

Posted in grind, grindcore, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Album cover art by Rafal Wechterowicz.

Grindcoholism – the sixth studio full-length from Polish grind butchers SQUASH BOWELS – is completed and awaiting disbursement in the near weeks ahead via Selfmadegod Records.

Since the early ‘90s the trio known as SQUASH BOWELS — bassist Artur “Paluch” Grassmann, guitarist, Andrzej “Andy” Pakos and drummer Mariusz “Melon” Miernik have infected the planet with their battering tunes, their massive catalog of releases including countless demos, singles, EPs, five previous LPs under the banners of Obscene Productions, Lifestage Productions, Willowtip and more, as well as split releases with grind scene notables Malignant Tumor, Catasexual Urge Motivation, Birdflesh, Disgorge, Cock and Ball Torture, Sewn Shut, Neuropathia, Flesh Grinder and many others.

Grindcoholism is SQUASH BOWELS’ first full-length since 2009’s Willowtip-released Grindvirus album. Like an avalanche of activated jackhammers and downed power lines, the awaited new LP from the notorious assassins unapologetically overwhelms the listener with the band’s expected old-school style and their unavoidable gore persuasion. Harnessed and mixed at world-famous Hertz Studio (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, Dead Infection) in Bialystok, Poland by the Wieslawscy brothers.

Packing as much leveling, blastbeatdown, guttural punishment as possible into fourteen new hyper-fast, unrelenting tracks in under thirty-two minutes, Grindcoholism is easily one of 2013’s highlights of the grind scene. Those with a heart condition or apt to frequent low-potency pseudo blasting need not apply; this is true, primal, groove-strewn grind of the highest caliber.

Go unload the raging track “The Second…” from Grindcoholism below!

Grindcoholism will see North American release on July 2nd, but preorders made via Selfmadegod directly will ship ahead of the street date

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Grindcoholism Track Listing:

01. Tastelessness

02. Trap

03. The Theater

04. Surrender?

05. The Second…

06. Inclinations To…

07. Grindcoholism

08. Steering

09. Naked Positive Act

10. La Mienta

11. Compassions

12. Litany Of Hungry

13. Foreign Will

14. Stigmatizing

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SQUASH BOWELS, click on the link below!

Facebook: Squash Bowels

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LONG LIVE SQUASH BOWELS.

Stone.

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KISS – LIVE ON AXS TV JUNE 20th!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock news, Heavy Metal, Music, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the KISS Facebook page ( June 13, 2013):

Ready to Rock and Roll All Night? KISS is coming! One of the best LIVE bands of all time is LIVE on AXS TV, June 20th at 3pE with an encore presentation at 11pE!

You don’t have to wait for your chance to win a signed guitar. Sign up here, http://bit.ly/13I9IqG and share with your friends to increase your chances of winning! Now go ahead and party every day!

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

Facebook: KISS

http://www.kissonline.com

AXS TV:

Facebook: AXS TV

http://www.axs.tv

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LONG LIVE KISS.

Stone.

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LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR “GODSLAYER” EP – Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – If you crave your Metal brutal, grinding, extreme and so intensely serrated that it can carve out the souls of the damned and make them cry for centuries, then this 2 song Metal offering from Lair Of The Minotaur is for you. Just these 2 songs alone on Godslayer are so viciously potent, that after each listen, I feel I’ve been taught an Extreme Metal lesson by this Metal trio from the badass city of Chicago.

Steve Rathbone on guitar and vocals excels at fronting these songs; supplying the anger charged pulse that could frighten away a swarm of Spider Wasps. Lethal drumming from Chris Wozniak, coupled with the tremor inducing bass playing of Nate Olp, makes me realize that underground Metal bestows some of the finest musicians within our Metal universe. Lair Of The Minotaur have captured an extreme formula of Metal that they can valiantly call their own.

It’s not the big name record label we buy, my Metal brethren; it’s the Metal artists that we support and buy into. Lair Of The Minotaur is worth every Metal cent and Metal second of your valuable Metal time. Metal be thy name.

* Lair Of The Minotaur – Godslayer was released back on April 20th, 2013, via The Grind-House.

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GODSLAYER EP – Track Listing:

Godslayer

The Black Heart of the Stygian Drakonas

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* For more info on LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, click links below!

Facebook: Lair of the Minotaur

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LONG LIVE LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR.

Stone.

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BANGLADEAFY – Explosive Tech/Spazz NYC Duo To Release New EP

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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NYC-based duo BANGLADEAFY are prepared to release their new EP, a capsule of musical mayhem containing a burst of the most bewilderingly fun metallic fusion out there.

With rabid rolls and pummeling percussion fueled with nutbar fingertapping, cerebellum-convulsing time change-ups, sporadic keyboard-interloping and the vocalizations and a general disregard for rulebooks, off-the-chain twosome BANGLADEAFY fiercely perpetuates an original style of technical extreme music defying genre classifications and merging in a melee that’ll have jazz aficionados fighting prog critics while the tech metal fans bang their own faces off in their own anomalous sequences.

While dropping riffery and percussion that is jagged and technical yet at once cohesive and succinct, this duo bears more than just a whack style and catchy name. BANGLADEAFY basically breaks down the band to the core, fusing the Bangladeshi origins of blazing drummer Atif Haq with the actual physical impairment of bassist/pianist/vocalist Jon Ehlers, the multi-instrumentalist having been born with sensio-neural hearing loss, alongside his two sisters. Disability aside, the intensely technical and somehow still laid-back basslines this musical assassin drops will floor critics and fans alike paired with is cohort’s jacked-up percussive attack.

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Following their self-released full-length This Is Your Brain On Bugs amidst other random recordings since their full-on inception in 2009, BANGLADEAFY has completed their newest display of jam-band-gone-homicidal musical intensity, now preparing it for disbursement as The Briefcase; a magnificent six-song EP that lays out more face-melting proficiency in under fifteen minutes than most so-called “tech” bands could ever visualize. The band will self-release the tracks through a direct cooperation with their cohorts at the oddball/prog-tech outlet Nefarious Industries on July 9th.

As more info on The Briefcase nears disclosure, BANGLADEAFY will hit the locals with a wave of live dates, playing shows in Jersey, Long Island and Brooklyn this week with Resolution 15, Torrential Downpour and headliners Car Bomb.

Stay tuned for full info on what’s in The Briefcase, new shows and much more on these zany BANGLADEAFY dudes in the coming days. For now sink into some live footage of the band engaging the public including a live portrayal of  Show Me The Gold and Dumpster Fire from the new EP and more RIGHT HERE.

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BANGLADEAFY w/ Car Bomb, Resolution 15, Torrential Downpour:

6/21/2013 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ [info]

6/22/2013 Katie’s – Smithtown, NY [info]

6/23/2013 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY [info]

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

Facebook: BANGLADEAFY!

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ISIS REISSUE “CELESTIAL” ON JULY 9th Via Ipecac Recordings

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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RE-MASTERED RELEASE FEATURES NEW ARTWORK

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San Francisco – ISIS reissue their landmark full-length debut, Celestial, on July 9th via Ipecac Recordings.

The hard to find and long out-of-print release will be reissued with new artwork from Aaron Turner as well as the audio having been recently remastered by James Plotkin.

Celestial was originally released in 2000 and was cited as one of the decade’s top Metal albums by Decibel Magazine.

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Celestial – Track Listing:

1.     SGNL>01

2.     Celestial (The Tower)

3.     Glisten

4.     Swarm Reigns (Down)

5.     SGNL>02

6.     Deconstructing Towers

7.     SGNL>03

8.     Collapse and Crush

9.     C.F.T. (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution)

10.  Gentle Time

11.  SGNL>04 (End Transmission)

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

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

Facebook: ISIS

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Ipecac Recordings: http://www.ipecac.com

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KISS – Reports Of Paul Stanley Getting Hurt Onstage Are False!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock news, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the KISS Facebook page (June 12, 2013):

Hey everybody!

The reports of me getting hurt in Copenhagen are total fabrication. I read it and it was news to me and I was there and would know!

Paul

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Stone Says: Phew! A Metal Hallelujah to that! I read those same reports on Wednesday too… can’t know the truth unless it’s from the horses mouth. Metal be thy name.

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(KISS Army photo: Facebook KISS)

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

http://www.kissonline.com

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LONG LIVE PAUL STANLEY.

LONG LIVE KISS.

Stone.

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