Archive for the Thrash Metal Category

NECRONOMICON – Signs With Massacre Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , on November 13, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Thrash Metal veterans NECRONOMICON signs with Massacre Records!

Since 28 years the band members are dedicating their lives to Thrash Metal. Everything began in 1984 when four young men, Freddy, Lars Honeck, Jürgen Weltin (Jogi) and Axel, decided to form NECRONOMICON.

Recognising the urban character and Punk roots that made the band so original, fans and media alike responded enthusiastically to the debut album “Necronomicon”. NECRONOMICON’S  second album, “Apocalyptic Nightmare” was released in 1987 and interest in the band continued to grow significantly worldwide.

The legendary album “Escalation” followed, climbing to the Top 30 in the Rock Charts in Greece. Unfortunately, co-founders Jogi, Lala and Axel were unable to continue with the band, leaving Freddy as the only original member, and he made NECRONOMICON his life’s purpose and passion.

During the following years, NECRONOMICON released further albums and demos. Even the toughest critics would have to agree that a band which has a fan base that has not only remained loyal, but constantly pulls in new young fans, must be endowed with a character and identity all of its own that makes it stand out from the masses.

Since December 2010, Freddy had been busy writing new songs for the highly anticipated new album, “Invictus” which will be produced at the Arsen Music Studios in Breisach and Berlin. Sound guru Achim Köhler will once again handle the mix and mastering. The guest musicians are none other than Randy Black (Ex-Annihilator) and Ben Krahl (Final Kings).

Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind – NECRONOMICON has never been stronger!

Beware the beast!

NECRONOMICON:

Freddy – Vocals, Guitar

Andi – Guitar, Backing Vocals

Klaus – Drums

Andi – Bass, Backing Vocals

(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on NECRONOMICON, click on the links below:

www.necronomicon.eu

www.facebook.com/necronomiconofficial

www.youtube.com/user/possessedbythrash

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE NECRONOMICON.

Stone.

IRDORATH – Signs With Massacre Records

Posted in Black Metal, black metal albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on November 12, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

IRDORATH signs with Massacre Records:

The history of the Thrash/Black Metal band started in 2005, when Markus (guitar) and three other musicians formed the band IRDORATH. The first demo “Erwachen” and the first album “Goetterdaemmerung” were recorded and the first gigs were played.
During the work on the second album some lineup changes happened. Since then, Thomas is playing the drums and Esche is playing the rhythm guitar.

The second album “Dekonstrukteur Des Fleisches” was recorded at the “Soundtempel – Studio” and was produced by Stefan Traunmueller. After finishing the record the singer and the bassist left the band.

Markus took over the singing part in addition to the lead guitar and Mario joined the band as the new bassist. Now the lineup is complete again and stronger than ever.

“Dekonstrunkteur Des Fleisches” is going to be released in late January 2012!

IRDORATH:

Markus – Guitar, Vocals
Esche – Guitar
Mario – Bass
Thomas – Drums

(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on IRDORATH, click on the links below:

MASSACRE RECORDS

http://www.myspace.com/irdorathofficial

http://www.facebook.com/Irdorath

LONG LIVE IRDORATH.

Stone.

ELM STREET – Raises Some Impressive Hell With Their Debut METAL Assault: Barbed Wired Metal

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, melodic metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, traditional metal with tags , , , , , , , on November 8, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

ELM STREET – Releasing on November 18th, via Massacre Records, is the debut album from Elm Street. Melbourne, Australia is where Elm Street calls home, while Traditional Metal with impressive melodic and speed guitar leanings is their calling card. Forming back in 2003, Elm Street have paid their Metal dues, now it’s time the entire world gets to hear their Metal. Elm Street dishes out an impressive listen into speed, crunch and wallop with their Metal and the barrage of their Metal brand doesn’t cease from the opening track Barbed Wire Metal to the closer Metal Is The way.

With gang vocals and melodic guitar leads and solos abounding, Elm Street reveals they have more Metal goodies hidden inside their Metal bag O’ tricks than I first suspected. It’s difficult to not get dazed and simultaneously enthused by the fret work of Aaron Adie on lead guitar, coinciding with the iron-lined vocals of Ben Batres. Whoa, can Elm Street take Traditional Metal elements and swirl them into a batch of notable songs, with marked originality, making for a bona fide Metal album.

Tomislav Perkovic is key on drums, (impressive) Tomislav keeps the beat in an amazingly solid way, while adding horns to the sky fills where it necessitates. King Of Kings and Merciless Soldier may best be the songs that defines everything about Elm Street, from their speed and heaviness to the thundery rhythm section, this band is tight. Throw in my Metal notion that Elm Street sounds like a band that’s been making albums for a couple of decades and my Metal awe-meter alarm has sounded.

If I had to pick a favorite song from Barbed Wire Metal, it would be Merciless Solider. Then again, with this album, picking a favorite song is not an easy Metal task. Merciless Soldier just booms with that “take it to the hills and defeat thy enemy” victory vibe. Elm Street closes out this ultra-fine debut album of their Metal with the appropriate Metal Is The Way. An outstanding song to finish off Barbed Wire Metal and I consummately agree with Elm Street: Metal Is The Way! It’s A Way Of Life! 

Metal be thy name, this Elm Street band is real good.

ELM STREET:

Ben Batres – vocals & rhythm guitar

Aaron Adie – lead guitar

Brendan Farrugia – bass guitar

Tomislav Perkovic – drums

Barbed Wire Metal – Track List:

Barbed Wire Metal

The Devil’s Servants

Elm St’s Children

Heavy Metal Power

King Of Kings

Leatherface

Merciless Soldier

Metal Is The Way

* Album artwork by the legendary Ed Repka (Megadeth, Municipal Waste, Death)

* For more info on ELM STREET, click on the links below:

ELM STREET – facebook

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE ELM STREET.

Stone.

VECTOR – “OUTER ISOLATION” – Releases November 22nd, 2011 on Heavy Artillery Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , on November 8, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

VECTOR – Releasing on November 22nd, 2011, via Heavy Artillery Records, is the new sophomore album Outer Isolation from the Arizona Thrash Metal unit known as: VECTOR. Outer Isolation contains five new songs and three re-recorded songs from their (2006) first and self-released CD (Demolition): Tetrastructural Minds, Venus Project and Fast Paced Society.

* VECTOR released their debut album Black Future, back in November of 2009, via Heavy Artillery Records.

VECTOR:

David Disanto – guitar & vocals

Erik Nelson – guitar

Blake Anderson – drums

Frank Chin – bass

Outer Isolation – Track List:

Cosmic Cortex

Echoless Chamber

Dying World

Tetrastructural Minds

Venus Project

Dark Creations, Dead Creators

Fast Paced Society

Outer Isolation

* For more info on VECTOR, click on the link below:

VECTOR – myspace

LONG LIVE VECTOR.

Stone.

METALLICA – Where Did They Go? Does Anyone Know?

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , on November 4, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Has anyone seen or heard where Metallica has been hiding lately? They used to create kick ass Thrash Metal like this album shown above. Please, someone, does anybody know?

METALLICA – Once upon a time, there was a Thrash Metal band that could tear the skin off your face with their blistering brand of speed and heaviness. Once upon a time this same Thrash Metal band put out three incredible Thrash Metal Classics in a row: Kill ‘Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets. Then, this Thrash Metal band took their inevitable legendary status and decided to make a song called… One. That song should have been titled: Ouch. That’s when it all started to get weird for me as a Metallica fan.

I did get a “hint” that Metallica returned with the commercially accepted and turtle neck applauding: Black Album. Just wasn’t the same though. Back in 1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge came out and I longed for it. I couldn’t afford this pricey Metallica live box set for many years. I eventually won the VHS version at a silent auction, go figure. From 1994 to 2007, Metallica disappeared, yet they wound up being seen sharing high fives and smiles at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, apparently becoming inducted into that political clique. Weird.

2008 came around and look out! Metallica was back! Rumors were being thrown around that Metallica was returning to their “roots” and actually “cared” about the “old school fans” that made them Thrash Metal legends in the first place. Death Magnetic sounded damn cool to me. Death Magnetic sounded a “tad” vintage. Death Magnetic was super-duper produced. Still not the same though.

It is now nearing the end of 2011 and I’m still searching for the legendary Metallica. The Metallica that truly changed my Metal lovin’ life, being one of the select bands that made me the rabid Metal fan I am today. I, like so many others, was there at the very beginning. I went crazy in the pit as Metallica played a small club, with the mighty Metal Church opening. No one can ever accuse me of being a “band wagon” fan salivating over the release of …And Justice For All. Yes, The Big 4 sightings have been documented, still, a return to form in the studio and creating Thrash albums that fans really yearn for is lacking.

Just the other day, I overheard a Metal buddy say to someone: “If you’re looking for Metallica, a dude named Lou Reed knows where they’re at”. Whoa. Lou Reed? Why, why him? That same Metal buddy looked confused and weary when he turned to me and said, “Lulu”. I thought to myself, Lulu? Who is Lulu? What’s a Lulu? A Dr. Seuss character? A Saturday morning cartoon? This distraught Metal buddy of mine just kept mumbling, as he walked away… he kept mumbling… “Lulu”… “Lulu”. Lou Reed. Lulu. These code names do not help me in my quest to find out where Metallica has gone. I shall not give up though, Metallica has to return again someday. They just have to. I hope.

LONG LIVE OLD SCHOOL METALLICA.

Rest In Peace, Cliff Burton.

Stone.

MASTERY – Featuring Billy Milano Are Set To Unleash New Record

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal albums with tags , , , , , , , on November 3, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

This past June, Toronto Metal troupe MASTERY entered Studio 57 at Music Lab in Austin, Texas with producer Tim Gerron and recorded their as-yet-untitled full-length. The album was mixed by Tim Gerron and Dan Korneff at House of Loud Studios in Elmwood Park, New Jersey last month. MASTERY fuses the blazing aggression of Hardcore Thrash with the technical prowess of Progressive Metal, leaving fans with a balls-out assault that relives the majesty of old school Metal with a sense of originality.

MASTERY was founded by guitarist Markus Armellini in Toronto. With no luck finding a vocalist that could compliment the intensity and aggression of the music, the band’s debut, Lethal Legacy, was unleashed as an instrumental in North America in 2006 and in Europe one year later. Following the release, MASTERY toured the States extensively. It was at a show in Austin where the band met legendary vocalist Billy Milano of M.O.D./S.O.D. Combined with Armellini, drummer Mike Harshaw, bassist Tim “Tank” Casterline, and lead guitarist Kelly Fitzsimmons, MASTERY is finally ready to scorch the ears of unsuspecting Metallers globally.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on MASTERY, click on the links below:

MASTERY on Facebook

http://www.reverbnation.com/masterymetal

LONG LIVE MASTERY.

Stone.

HEMOPTYSIS – Release Video For: M.O.D.

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on October 25, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Arizona Thrashers HEMOPTYSIS have released a music video for the track “M.O.D.,” taken from their latest album Misanthropic Slaughter. The video was shot earlier this month in an abandoned warehouse in Vail, AZ. Production and direction came courtesy of Sean Sinerius and Robert Jaime at Big Shot Studios. To check out the video for “M.O.D.” visit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRy7sW7cxlU.

HEMOPTYSIS guitarist/vocalist Masaki Murashita made this statement about the video, “We are very excited to release the video for “M.O.D.” We shot the video in Vail, Arizona with Big Shot Studios, the same company that filmed “Shadow of Death.” We had a blast shooting this video and we hope our fans enjoy it.”

In other HEMOPTYSIS news, the band has announced the following live dates:

Saturday, November 5th @ Chasers in Scottsdale, AZ

Saturday, November 12th at Boomers in Las Vegas, NV

For details, visit www.hemoptysismetal.com.

(Source: Hemoptysis)

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.

UNTIMELY DEMISE: Full Album Streaming At Metal Underground, Band Confirms Ontario & Quebec Shows

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal albums with tags , , , , , , , on October 21, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Just in time for your weekend, today the headbangers at Metal Underground are hosting a stream of City Of Steel, the debut full-length from Saskatoon Thrash Metal trio, UNTIMELY DEMISE, recently released worldwide via Sonic Unyon Metal. Grab a cold one and crank up the face-melting thirty-two minute scorcher HERE.

In support of the release of City of Steel, UNTIMELY DEMISE have confirmed a string of tour dates through Ontario and Quebec commencing late this month.

UNTIMELY DEMISE Canadian Assault:

10/27/2011 This Ain’t Hollywood – Hamilton, ON w/ Fatality


10/29/2011 Bloodbucket Metalfest VIII – Toronto, ON w/ Piledriver, Spewgore

10/30/2011 Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, ON w/ Fatality

11/03/2011 Bar Le Trash – Ste-Hyacinthe, QC

11/04/2011 Scanner Bistro – Quebec City, QC

11/05/2011 Cafe Chaos – Montreal, QC

11/06/2011 Bar Le Magog – Sherbrooke, QC

Stay tuned for plenty more Canadian and American live appearances from the band to be announced throughout 2012.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

LONG LIVE UNTIMELY DEMISE.

Stone.

UNEARTH: New iTunes App Unveiled!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, metalcore, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Massachusetts molten Metal troupe UNEARTH are excited to unveil a new iTunes app! Created by Rebel Monster Inc., the app will keep fans up to date on everything UNEARTH including news, tour info, bios, new merch and more! Additionally, push notifications from the band will let you know what’s going on before anyone else! Check out the free app at THIS LOCATION.

Commented frontman Trevor Phipps: “We wanted to design a free app for our fans that is useful and informative. The one that our friends at Rebel Monster put together gives you breaking news, tour dates, sound clips from all of our albums, full streaming songs in our ‘radio’ icon, photos, webstore access, Twitter and Facebook feeds, YouTube channel, bio info and more! We didn’t want to half ass it and put out a useless app. This one is everything you need from UNEARTH besides seeing the band live! It’s simple to use and it is FREE, so why not check it out?”

UNEARTH will kick off their co-headlining trek with Chimaira next month. The band will be touring in support of their fifth full-length, Darkness in the Light, released this past summer via Metal Blade Records.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* Check out the tour dates for UNEARTH with CHIMAIRA by clicking on the header link below:

Jägermeister Presents 2011 Tour With Co-Headliners UNEARTH & CHIMAIRA

LONG LIVE UNEARTH.

Stone.

Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 – Featuring: Megadeth, Overkill, Fear Factory, Moonspell and Many More!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on October 19, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 – On November 19th, 2011, the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 will be held in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. The tour poster above says it all, about the incredible lineup of Metal bands that are scheduled to perform. Megadeth. Overkill. Fear Factory. MoonspellKataklysm.Destruction. Whoa and Metal be thy name.

* For more info click here: Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011

Check out the trailer for Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2011 below!

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CANNIBAL CORPSE and WHITECHAPEL confirmed for Extreme Fest 2012

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , on October 18, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Both CANNIBAL CORPSE and WHITECHAPEL have been confirmed for the brand new festival series Extreme Fest 2012!

Besides CANNIBAL CORPSE and WHITECHAPEL bands like Exodus, Arkona, Eisregen, Origin, Hellish Crossfire, Eis, Inquisition and Rompeprop have been confirmed. All in all 70 bands will be playing on 2 stages.

Tickets and further info at  www.extremefest.eu

Ticket price: € 49,00 (Festivalpass)

CANNIBAL CORPSE has begun recording their twelfth studio album at Sonic Ranch studios in Texas with producer Erik Rutan. The band has spent months writing the album and has recorded at Sonic Ranch in the past, but never with Rutan at the helm. More details on the album, including art, songs, title and more will be revealed in the months to follow. For now, the band is hard at work forging their next Death Metal offering!

(Source: Metal Blade Records News Update)

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

LONG LIVE WHITECHAPEL.

LONG LIVE EXODUS.

LONG LIVE EXTREME FEST.

Stone.

ABOMINATION – Album Trailer Online Plus Free Track!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , , on October 15, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Iconic old school Thrash/Death Metal outfit ABOMINATION has unveiled the trailer for the upcoming collection of their early works. Watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6DV4i2YrY

Over 20 years after the release of their self-titled debut, U.S. based ABOMINATION (feat. Paul Speckmann) will re-release the legendary material from their early days. 



The album includes the records “Abomination” (1990) & “Tragedy Strikes” (1991) as well as multiple rare demo recordings plus the “The Final War” EP.



This double feature of a true underground legend is a must-have for all old school metalheads!
Make sure to get yourselves a copy of this unique Metal testimonial once it’s out on November 4th: http://bit.ly/olBA3O



Now, you can download the song “Face In The Crowd”, take from the Final War (EP) for free: http://bit.ly/abominationmp3

(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

LONG LIVE ABOMINATION.

Stone.

Jägermeister Presents 2011 Tour With Co-Headliners UNEARTH & CHIMAIRA

Posted in concerts, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on October 2, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Since the band’s genre defining release The Oncoming Storm, UNEARTH has continuously crisscrossed the globe, becoming one of the hardest – and most consistent – touring bands in all of Hard Rock. With Darkness in the Light, their fifth full-length, the quintet have delivered their most honest, powerful, and compelling statement to date, driving a fist into the collective gut of every image-obsessed Metal band currently cluttering up the landscape, and setting a new standard when it comes to marrying precision brute force and exhilarating melody.

Earning themselves Top 200 Billboard Chart entries for all four of the band’s Metal Blade releases (The Oncoming Storm, III: In the Eyes of Fire, The March, and Darkness in the Light), UNEARTH is once again prepared to take the world by storm when they hit the road this fall with Cleveland, Ohio’s Chimaira. The tour will be joined by Athens, Ohio’s Skeletonwitch and Las Vegas, Nevada’s Molotov Solution.

Jägermeister, the brand that’s synonymous with music, has a long history of supporting bands, both from a local and basement level to national amphitheater acts. The brand has spent almost two decades developing artists and has seen many go from obscurity to the top of their fields. “Both bands symbolize the attitude that Jägermeister shares with Hard Rock and Metal music,” says Bill Henderson, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising at Sidney Frank Importing Company, Inc. “Chimaira and UNEARTH have both worked with our brand for several years and it’s great that we can continue the relationship with this tour.”

“We are incredibly pleased to announce this fall’s Jägermeister tour in North America,” says Trevor Phipps of UNEARTH.  “We will be supporting our new album Darkness In the Light and are anxious to play more tracks from that album. Hitting the road with us will be our old friends in Chimaira, Skeletonwitch and soon to be new friends in Molotov Solution.  We would like to thank Jägermeister for supporting this tour and we look forward to seeing you all on the road! Let’s make this a fall tour to remember!!! Cheers!!!”

Tickets will be on sale to the general public starting September 23 through each venue’s ticketing outlet.  Please check local listings or UNEARTH’s website HERE for more details.

Above: CHIMAIRA – The Age Of Hell

Jägermeister presents UNEARTH/CHIMAIRA tour  with Skeletonwitch & Molotov Solution:

11/16/2011 Webster Theatre – Hartford, CT

11/17/2011 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY

11/18/2011 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ

11/19/2011 Wally’s Pub – Hampton Beach, NH

11/20/2011 JAXX – Springfield, VA

11/21/2011 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC

11/22/2011 Lincoln Theater – Raleigh, NC

11/23/2011 House Of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC

11/25/2011 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

11/26/2011 State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL

11/27/2011 Freebird Live – Jacksonville, FL

11/29/2011 Emo’s – Austin, TX

11/30/2011 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK

12/01/2011 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM*

12/02/2011 Mesa Theater & Club – Grand Junction, CO

12/03/2011 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO*

12/04/2011 Top Deck – Farmington, NM

12/05/2011 The Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ*

12/07/2011 Glass House – Pomona, CA*

12/08/2011 Knitting Factory – Reno, NV

12/09/2011 Knitting Factory – Boise, ID

12/10/2011 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA*

12/16/2011 Wheelhouse – Cedar Falls, IA

12/17/2011 The Barrymore Theater – Madison, WI

12/18/2011 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI

* Skeletonwitch will  not be appearing on these dates

UPDATE: CANADA SHOWS ADDED!!

Not wanting to leave out their Canadian fans on the upcoming fall tour, UNEARTH and Chimaira have added five additional shows to the existing U.S. tour.  Check out the dates below:

11/13/2011 The Opera House – Toronto, ON

11/14/2011 Club Soda – Montreal, QC

12/11/2011 The Republik – Calgary, AB

12/12/2011 Starlite – Edmonton, AB

12/14/2011 Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB

Joining the package on all shows will be Skeletonwitch and Molotov Solution. Tickets are currently on sale to the general public through each venue’s ticketing outlet.  Please check local listings or UNEARTH‘s website HERE for more details.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

LONG LIVE UNEARTH & CHIMAIRA.

LONG LIVE SKELETONWITCH.

LONG LIVE MOLOTOV SOLUTION.

Stone.

MEGADETH – TH1RT3EN: Releases November 1st, 2011 On RoadRunner Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , on September 27, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

MEGADETH – Founding member, guitarist and vocalist Dave Mustaine is once again leading his legendary Thrash Metal juggernaut known by all as MEGADETH, with TH1RT3EN. Releasing on November 1st, 2011 on RoadRunner Records, this will be studio album #13 for this pioneering Thrash band. TH1RT3EN marks the return of bassist and founding member: Dave Ellefson. The last MEGADETH studio album Dave Ellefson played on was The World Needs A Hero (2001).

TH1RT3EN has 13 songs (see track listing below). As part of The Big 4, (along with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax), MEGADETH has become synonymous with not only the history of Thrash and Heavy Metal, MEGADETH is also synonymous with quality, consistency and perseverance.

TH1RT3EN – Track Listing:

Sudden Death

Public Enemy No. 1

Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)

We The People

Guns, Drugs & Money

Never Dead

New World Order

Fast Lane

Black Swan

Wrecker

Millennium Of The Blind

Deadly Nightshade

13

* For more info on MEGADETH, click on the links below:

MEGADETH

ROADRUNNER RECORDS

LONG LIVE MEGADETH.

Stone.

RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER – Signs To Candlelight Records

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on September 26, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Candlelight Records today confirms the worldwide signing of Thrashers RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER. The Philadelphia-based band is already working on their new album, titled Ghostmaker, expected for release early Spring 2012. The four-piece tested some of their new material via a string of regional shows this past weekend and expect to tour in support of the album once released.

Guitarist Ryan Moll comments, “we are psyched to be on Candlelight.” Sharing details about the ongoing recording he notes, “Right now we are in the studio working on our third and most intense release to date. This album promises to be the fastest, darkest, most relentless and insane album yet. It will contain some of the most bone-crushing, graveyard stomping, Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman hate-fuck riffage written thus far.”

Guitarist Matt Moore adds, “Our wretched new masterpiece will be finished soon enough. Each song has its own distinct and strange aura of speed, darkness, brute strength, violence, cunning, and power. Like any respectable band, we have raised the bar and taken on musical and lyrical concepts that would drive commoners insane. Faster. Louder. Darker. Crazier.”

Formed in 2002, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER dropped several underground releases, including a split 7″ inch and a live album, before signing with Relapse for their studio debut, Buried In the Front Yard, released October 2005. Blabbermouth called the record “a dynamic thrash album with roots in crossover, a musically talented cast, and loads of tongue-in-cheek cleverness.” The band would keep busy with additional split recordings, Speed N Spikes Vol. II (2008) and Urine Trouble / Nothing Defeats the Skull (2008) before getting back in to the studio for their second full length, Living for Death; Destroying the Rest also released by Relapse January 2009. The band supported Absu for a 22-date US/Canadian tour in April 2009, a tour with Deceased in 2010, and have been performing regionally since.

Living For Death, Destroying The Rest (2009)

RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER currently features guitarist/vocalist Matt Moore, bassist/vocalist Shawn Riley, drummer Pat Battaglia, and guitarist Ryan Moll.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER, click on the links below:

http://www.rumpelstiltskingrinder.com

http://www.facebook.com/RumpelstiltskinGrinder

http:/www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

LONG LIVE RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER.

Stone.

SKELETONWITCH – Forever Abomination: Releases In North America October 11th, 2011!

Posted in Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , on September 25, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

SKELETONWITCH – The North American release date for the fourth studio album from SKELETONWITCH is October 11th, 2011. Forever Abomination will be released on Prosthetic Records. The Blackened Thrash Metal that SKELETONWITCH have created to date is nothing short of Earth shifting, hellfire burning and Extreme Metal excellence. Metal be thy name.

* Other release dates for FOREVER ABOMINATION:

EU – October 7 * UK – October 10 * Japan – October 19

FOREVER ABOMINATION – Track Listing:

This Horrifying Force (The Desire To Kill)

Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer

Of Ash And Torment

Choke Upon Betrayal

Erased And Forgotten

The Infernal Resurrection

Rejoice In Misery

Cleaver Of Souls

Shredding Sacred Flesh

Sink Beneath Insanity

My Skin Of Deceit

* For more info on SKELETONWITCH, click on the link below:

SKELETONWITCH – FOREVER ABOMINATION

LONG LIVE SKELETONWITCH.

Stone.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST – 2011 European Winter Tour Dates Listed

Posted in Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on September 24, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

TOXIC HOLOCAUST heads to Europe for a five-week winter tour alongside Kvelertak, Trap Them and Wolves Like Us. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST – w/ Kvelertak, Trap Them, Wolves Like Us:

11/08/2011 Ole Bull Scene – Bergen, Norway

11/09/2011 Stavanger – Folken, Norway

11/10/2011 Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway

11/11/2011 Samfundet – Trondheim, Norway

11/12/2011 Strand – Stockholm, Sweden

11/14/2011 Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland

11/15/2011 Pakkahuone – Tampere, Finland

11/17/2011 Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden

11/18/2011 Logo – Hamburg, Germany

11/19/2011 Underground – Koln, Germany

11/20/2011 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Holland

11/21/2011 02 Academy 2 – Oxford, UK

11/22/2011 02 Academy 3 – Birmingham, UK

11/23/2011 The Speakeasy at Queens – Belfast, Ireland

11/24/2011 ABC – Glasgow, UK

11/25/2011 Roadhouse – Manchester, UK

11/26/2011 Underworld – London, UK

11/27/2011 Muziekodroom – Hasselt, Belgium

11/28/2011 Le Ferraileur – Nantes, France

11/29/2011 Le Nouveau Casino – Paris, France

11/30/2011 Substage – Karlsruhe, Germany

12/01/2011 Abart – Zurich, Switzerland

12/02/2011 New Age Club – Roncade, Italy

12/03/2011 Szene – Wien, Austria

12/04/2011 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany

12/05/2011 Exit Chmelnice – Prague, Czech Rep.

12/06/2011 Festsaal Xberg – Berlin, Germany

12/07/2011 Colos Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany

12/08/2011 Backstage – Munchen, Germany

12/09/2011 Hirsch – Nurnberg, Germany

12/10/2011 Sputnikhalle – Munster, Germany

12/11/2011 Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark

12/12/2011 Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark

12/13/2011 Kulturbolaget – Malmo, Sweden

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on TOXIC HOLOCAUST, click on the links below:

http://www.facebook.com/ToxicHolocaust

http://www.myspace.com/toxicholocaust

http://www.relapse.com

LONG LIVE TOXIC HOLOCAUST.

Stone.

Charlie Benante – Legendary Drummer Of Anthrax: Check Out His New Website!

Posted in Drums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal drummers, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on September 21, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

CHARLIE BENANTE – Hey all you Anthrax fans. Charlie Benante wants you to check out his new website http://www.charliebenante.com/Home/. Also, check out his facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/CharlieBenanteFanPage.

LONG LIVE CHARLIE BENANTE.

LONG LIVE ANTHRAX.

Stone.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST – To Release Benefit Split 7” With Midnight

Posted in Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , on September 21, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Portland, Oregon’s Metal-Punk warriors TOXIC HOLOCAUST have teamed up with Cleveland, Ohio’s Midnight for a split 7” to benefit the victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster.

The 7” is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag colored heavy-weight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands (“A.T.O.M.I.C.” by TOXIC HOLOCAUST, “Destroy Tsunami’s Power” by Midnight) exclusive to this release. The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel “Sawblade” Shaw (TOXIC HOLOCAUST, Insect Warfare, Coffins). All proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster. The 7” can be ordered HERE.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST recently released the first video from their brand new album, Conjure And Command. The video, for the track “Judgment Awaits You,” can be viewed at THIS LOCATION.

(Source: Earsplit PR)

LONG LIVE TOXIC HOLOCAUST.

LONG LIVE MIDNIGHT.

LONG LIVE JAPAN.

Stone.

HEMOPTYSIS – M.O.D. Music Video Trailer Released!

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on September 19, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Arizona thrashers HEMOPTYSIS have made a trailer for their newest video available online at this location. The video, for the track “M.O.D.”, taken from their album Misanthropic Slaughter was shot earlier this month in an abandon warehouse in Vail, AZ. Production and direction came courtesy of Sean Sinerius and Robert Jaime at Big Shot Studios, who previously worked with HEMOPTYSIS on the “Shadow of Death” video. The band plans to release the video this fall.

In other HEMOPTYSIS news, the band has announced the following live dates:

Wednesday, October 5th at Chasers in Scottsdale, AZ. Tickets are available at this location.
Saturday, November 12th at Boomers in Las Vegas, NV.

For details, visit:

HEMOPTYSIS – Official Website

HEMOPTYSIS – REVERBNATION

Hemoptysis – M.O.D. Music Video Official Trailer

(Source: Hemoptysis)

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.