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MANRAZE – FEATURING PHIL COLLEN (DEF LEPPARD), PAUL COOK (THE SEX PISTOLS) & SIMON LAFFY (GIRL) RELEASE NEW EP – “I SURRENDER” – TODAY

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Music, rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags hard rock albums 2013, manraze, manraze i surrender ep, metal odyssey, phil collen def leppard, rock albums 2013, rock music news on November 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Will Be Featured Guest On Rockline – November 18, 2013

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(Los Angeles) MANRAZE, the London-based rock band formed by iconic Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen, along with punk rock forerunner Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) on drums and Simon Laffy, rockin’ bass player of Collen’s former glam-band, Girl, release their new EP, I Surrender available on iTunes today – November 12th. On November 18th MANRAZE will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show, ROCKLINE with host Bob Coburn. Fans can tune in at 8:30 pm PT/11:30 pm ET. Check rocklineradio.com for more details.

When not rocking together, the MANRAZE trio continues to keep busy. Collen holds down his ‘day-job’ as lead guitarist with Def Leppard, heading with the band into a Dublin studio in February to write and record new music. Collen is also working on his own blues album Delta Deep featuring soulstress Debbi Blackwell-Cook and is currently writing his auto-biography (Simon & Shuster/Atria) due out late 2014. Cook has been working with Edwyn Collins first on his 2013 album release Understated, and then touring with Collins playing live shows. Currently, Cook is also playing in Subway Sect with Vic Goddard, touring and recording a new album.

Laffy has taken his talents into another creative lane having authored two novels in his ‘off-time’, Red Sunrise and Seed of Satan. Both are historical fictions set around epic events of the 20th century and are in the process of being published.

It all started in 2004 when Phil Collen, after 20+ years as lead guitarist for Def Leppard, decided to express himself via another creative outlet. After a fateful conversation with Simon Laffy and a next day chance meeting with Paul Cook MANRAZE was formed and finally released their debut album SURREAL through Universal Records in the summer of 2008 to rave reviews.

In August 2011 the trio re-enetered the studio and released punkfunkrootsrock which featured the single, “Over My Dead Body.” In the spring of 2011 the MANRAZE single “I, Superbiker” was the theme song for the feature documentary of the same name. Directed by Mark Sloper, and released solely in the UK, the documentary is an in-depth expose’ into the merciless world of competitive speed bike racing and a look at the men who have dedicated their entire existence to this incredibly dangerous, adrenaline-fueled sport. MANRAZE’s single “Take On The World” featuring Debbi Blackwell-Cook was subsequently released in 2012 as a part of the soundtrack to Sloper’s sequel film “I, Superbiker: The Showdown” which chronicled the rise of 2011 British superbike racing champion Tommy Hill.

Watch the lyric video “I Surrender” – here:

Listen to an exclusive stream of the EP on Rollingstone.com:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/def-leppard-sex-pistols-members-team-for-manraze-ep-premiere-20131107

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Source: MAD Ink PR

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Website: http://www.manraze.com

LONG LIVE MANRAZE.

Stone.

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LORD MANTIS – Chicago Deviants Recording Profound Lore Debut

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags lord mantis, lord mantis new album 2014, Metal, metal albums 2014, metal odyssey on November 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

The deviant sect known to their cult fanbase as LORD MANTIS is currently decimating the innards of hometown Chicago-based Electrical Audio and Soma Studios, harnessing the astonishing madness that is to be the group’s third full-length release.

LORD MANTIS is working in conjunction with Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Samothrace), the engineer also responsible for recording the band’s previous two albums. While the newest composition has yet to bear a title, the third installment of the band’s torrid lineage will be their first release for the eclectic Profound Lore Records — following their 2009 Seventh Rule Recordings debut, Spawning The Nephilim, and subsequent 2012 full-length, Pervertor, released by Candlelight Records — and promises to be their most disturbing works yet, crawling forth from some of the darkest recesses of the human psyche.

Having revamped their lineup since their previous releases, LORD MANTIS has inducted Ken Sorceron into its ranks on guitar on this outing, the lineup rounded out by the three founding members, bassist/vocalist Charlie Fell, guitarist/vocalist Andrew Markuszewski and drummer Bill Bumgardner. Additionally, Indian guitarist/vocalist Dylan O’Toole will contribute additional vocals on several of the tracks.

Stated Fell this week in a brief recess between the punishing sessions on these new works: “This record is more serious and dark than our other stuff. We have all been through a lot of really fucked-up shit in recent years, and that’s all showing through in these sessions. We left behind anything slightly sci-fi, nightmarish or casually antagonistic, musically and visually; this time it’s all brutally realistic and ultimately much, much darker.”

More on the pending album will be available in the coming weeks as the sessions conclude, and LORD MANTIS prepares to pillage the populous with their new odes of torment with a Spring 2014 release date being confirmed.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on LORD MANTIS:

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Website: http://www.profoundlorerecords.com

LONG LIVE LORD MANTIS.

LONG LIVE CHICAGO.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

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THE BANG GANG “Pedal To The Metal” Is: Scott Coverdale’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags bang gang, bang gang love sells, Hair Metal, hair metal bands, metal odyssey, the bang gang, the bang gang pedal to the metal on November 11, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

THE BANG GANG – As with any Metal genre, the Hair Metal scene had many a talented band that were never signed to a major label and become a household name. The Bang Gang from the USA is one such band and their 1990 studio album, Love Sells (Sinclair Records), is a genuine need for any Hair or Sleaze Metal aficionado!

This first album from The Bang Gang is now realistically rare. Very rare! How rare? Try the $50.00 to $69.00 (U.S.) range for both new and used CD’s of Love Sells, currently listed on Amazon.com! That’s rare.

The opening track on Love Sells, Pedal To The Metal, is, in my opinion, the greatest (if not) one of the greatest Hair Metal songs of all-time! Listen to Pedal To The Metal for yourself below and decide for yourself… cause…

THE BANG GANG “PEDAL TO THE METAL” IS SCOTT COVERDALE’S METAL PICK OF THE DAY!

LOVE SELLS – Track Listing:

1. Pedal To The Metal

2. 20th Century Boy

3. The Neon Fairytale

4. Young And The Restless

5. You Make The Beat Go On

6. Be A Model (Or Just Look Like One)

7. Dangerous

8. Thrill After Thrill

9. B.M.G. (Be My Girl)

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THE BANG GANG:

Jet Silver – vocals

Scott Stevens – guitar

KJ Kristoffersen – guitar

Scott Earl – bass

Achon Inc – drums

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LONG LIVE THE HAIR METAL LEGACY OF THE BANG GANG.

Scott Coverdale.

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WARFATHER – Death Metal Horde Fronted By Ex-Morbid Angel Frontman Steve Tucker, Confirms Debut Full-Length Details

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags Death Metal, death metal bands, metal albums 2014, metal odyssey, steve tucker, warfather on November 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

After months of secrecy spent in the crypts finalizing the details on their debut recordings, today Death Metal horde, WARFATHER, finally declares their battle plans.

The new full-time project fronted by ex-Morbid Angel bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, WARFATHER was initially announced in mid-2012, but has remained otherwise virtually a mystery until now. As the finishing touches are currently being handled on their debut album, now confirmed to bear the title, Orchestrating The Apocalypse, this band sees Tucker back to fronting a Death Metal outfit after over a decade since his departure from Morbid Angel and over two years since his participation as a vocalist and writer in the well-received Nader Sadek project.

On the impending attack, Tucker states, “I am stoked about WARFATHER and our first album! WARFATHER is more than just a metal band; it is a belief system and a meeting of the minds, the ones that can see what is truly happening in the times we are living in. Orchestrating The Apocalypse is a warning to the eyes that choose to be blind, and a call to arms to the minds that do feel the coming changes. It is pure blackened, apocalyptic Death Metal. Fuck religion, fuck the government! This is their apocalypse. Our time is NOW!”

Orchestrating The Apocalypse brutalizes in a relentless style that builds on the work laid on the three Tucker-fronted Morbid Angel albums – Formulas Fatal To The Flesh, Gateways To Annihilation and Heretic – resounding with over forty minutes of pure American Death Metal. WARFATHER delivers an intense, debilitating performance that should no doubt please fans of Morbid Angel, Nile, and Behemoth, while also sporadically infusing unique, even bizarre atmospheric elements, elevating the album to a cutting-edge status.

The album was recorded and mixed at Cincinnati-based TME studios by Steve Tucker and mastered by Maor Applebaum at Maor Applebaum Mastering and is now confirmed for release via Greyhaze Records on January 21, 2014 in North America, with a European release date to be announced in the coming weeks.

Be on the lookout for new music from Orchestrating The Apocalypse and more on WARFATHER in the coming days. For now take in the track listing and cover artwork by Ken Coleman below:

WARFATHER Lineup:

Steve Tucker – guitar, vocals

Avgvstvs: bass

Armatura: guitars

Deimos: drums

Orchestrating The Apocalypse – Track Listing:

1. XII

2. Legions

3. My Queen Shall Not Be Mourned

4. Taunting The Deity

5. The Shifting Poles

6. Waltz Of The Solstice

7. Summoning The Warfathers

8. Ageless Merciless

9. The Chaos Of

10. Gods And Machines

11. Ashes and Runes

12. We Are The Wolves

* For more info on WARFATHER:

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Website: http://www.greyhazerecords.com

LONG LIVE WARFATHER.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

METAL BE THY NAME.

Stone.

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IMMORTAL BIRD – Chicago Blackened Death Thrash Troupe Announce Debut EP “Akrasia”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags death thrash, immortal bird, immortal bird akrasia, metal albums 2013, metal odyssey, rae amitay, Thrash Metal on November 9, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Immortal Bird - Akrasia - promo cover pic - 2013

Chicago Blackened Death Thrash troupe, IMMORTAL BIRD, are pleased to announce the release of their debut EP. Titled Akrasia, the abrasive manifestation of audio filth was recorded at Lo-Tech Laboratories this past summer by unsung Windy City sound sorcerer Jeff Ziolo, mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Isis, High On Fire, Skeletonwitch) at Godcity Studio, mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, From Ashes Rise, Nails, All Pigs Must Die) at Audiosiege and delivers four scathingly visceral tracks of torment. Led by the diseased vocal oscillations of drummer/front woman Rae Amitay, IMMORTAL BIRD is at once celestial and deadly.

Comments Amitay of the offering:“‘Akrasia’ is the state of acting against one’s better judgment, or weakness of will. The EP is centered around this concept, and the tracks serve to explore feelings of rage, resentment, and anguish that have resulted from ‘akratic’ behavior — mostly my own. The riffs, lyrics, and overall tone are meant to reflect both intensely caustic anger and moments of poignant self-realization. Writing and recording this EP was initially intended to be a cathartic and one-time experience, signifying the beginning and the end of IMMORTAL BIRD, but after collaborating with my bandmates and performing live, I’ve realized that this is a project that will press onward both in the studio and on the road. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to work with Kurt Ballou and Brad Boatright, as they’re complete commanders of their craft. This music could not have been placed in better hands, and that is an amazing feeling.”

Akrasia – Track Listing:

1. Spitting Teeth
2. Ashen Scabland
3. Akratic Seminar
4. The Pseudoscientist

IMMORTAL BIRD took its perverted form when drummer Rae Amitay (Thrawsunblat) yearned to step out from behind the confines of her drum kit, write some riffs and scream. With those dreams in tow, she enlisted the help of longtime friend/guitarist Evan Berry (Wilderun, Replacire) and bassist John Picillo. With Amitay opting to handle the mic onstage (while tackling drums and vocals on their albums), Garry Naples (Novembers Doom, Kastasyde, Without Waves) was recruited to take on all live drumming duties.

Photo and editing credit: Meg Dolan – Facebook: Meg Dolan

IMMORTAL BIRD Personnel:

Rae Amitay – Drums, Vocals, Lyrics
Evan Berry – Guitars, Backing Vocals
John Picillo – Bass

Akrasia is set for release via Closed Casket Recordings on December 3rd. Teaser tracks and live rituals to be announced in the days to come. Stay tuned.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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