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Black Space Riders – To Release “D:REI” On January 24th

German extraterrestrial heavy rockers BLACK SPACE RIDERS are proud to announce the January 24 release of their third album, D:REI, on the band’s own BSR label with distribution through Cargo.

On the new opus BLACK SPACE RIDERS are even more colorful, louder, softer, harder, atmospheric, gripping, and above all exalted! D:REI is an exciting journey through rock, metal and psychedelia; the soundtrack to your very own sci-fi epic. The riffs are heavy, inspiring and enduring. The songwriting is classic, the arrangements full of devotion. The two lead vocalists play off each other without seam, interlocking and assuring that the music will lodge in your memory. D:REI is groovy! Sometimes slowly dooming, sometimes oppressively rocking, then irresistibly funky…and suddenly you are dancing around the warp core. And it is all wrapped up in a sound that is natural, transparent, open, yet powerful, and elegant, as it timelessly circumnavigates the retro-trap.

Is D:REI a concept album? Form your own opinion! Read more about this story of retreat, outbreak, total destruction, escape, transformation and new beginnings at www.blackspaceriders.com/drei.

BLACK SPACE RIDERS have traveled farther than ever before and want you to join the trip! Check out the lyric video below for album track The GOD-Survivor:

Critical Praise:

“Black Space Riders always play a mixture of sounds of the 70s, 80s and 90s, but with a view towards the future. A really good album.” – Nachtaktiv

“Psychedelic space Witches Kitchen: The doomy heaviness of Black Sabbath covers rocking riffs and swirling structures. Like it very much!” – LIFT Magazine

“The Münster space, psychedelic, doom and stoner rockers Black Space Riders …in top form, the quintet delivers a philosophically flavored, wonderfully heavy concept album.” – EMP

BLACK SPACE RIDERS are:

JE: Lead vocals, guitars, melodies, riffs, words

SEB: Lead vocals, melodies, words

CRIP: Drums, vocals, additional songwriting

SLI: Guitars, additional songwriting

SAQ: Bass guitar, additional songwriting

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

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You can order BLACK SPACE RIDERS´ new album D:REI now in the band’s new webshop:

http://www.blackspaceriders.com/component/shop/products

* For more info on BLACK SPACE RIDERS:

Website: www.blackspaceriders.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlackSpaceRiders

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/blackspaceriders

LONG LIVE BLACK SPACE RIDERS.

Stone.

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SKELETONWITCH – To Release Limited Edition “Serpents Unleashed” LP – Proceeds To Aid Animal Shelters In Band’s Home State Of Ohio; Tour With Amon Amarth Begins Friday

Posted in animal charities, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags animal charities, metal albums 2013, Metal News, metal odyssey, skeletonwitch, skeletonwitch serpents unleashed on January 16, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

SKELETONWITCH will release a hand-screened, 180-gram limited vinyl edition of their acclaimed, Billboard-charting 2013 release, Serpents Unleashed, of which 100% of the proceeds will be donated to two animal shelters in the band’s home state of Ohio – The Athens County Humane Society and Columbus’ Pets Without Parents.

The members of Ohio’s most-loved heavy metal group have always been proud pet owners and are excited to raise awareness and support for two no-kill organizations in their region.Limited to a one-time-only pressing of 100 copies, the black LP includes a hand-screened, hand-numbered jacket with exclusive artwork and a hand-screened dust sleeve. It comes with a color poster and a sticker showcasing the album’s original masterful artwork by John Baizley (Baroness, Kylesa, Kvelertak), as well as a download card. Mark your calendars, as the limited-edition LPs will go on sale on a first-come, first-serve basis exclusively via http://www.skeletonwitch.com on Monday, January 20th at 1:00pm EST.

Praised for being their most potent album to date, Serpents Unleashed appeared on countless year-end “best-of” lists (Decibel, Metal Injection, etc.) due to its “relentlessly intense, in-your-face brutality” (Metal Assault). After touring North America extensively in the fall with The Black Dahlia Murder in addition to performing a select number of shows alongside Ghost B.C., SKELETONWITCH will continue to support the release, joining Amon Amarth and Enslaved on an U.S. run that starts this Friday in Las Vegas. Soon after, the group will make their way to Australia for the first time to tour alongside Toxic Holocaust. The band’s complete tour schedule can be found below.

SKELETONWITCH

w/ Amon Amarth, Enslaved

1/17/2014 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
1/18/2014 – Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
1/20/2014 – Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
1/21/2014 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
1/22/2014 – House of Blues – Houston, TX

1/23/2014 – Siberia – New Orleans, LA *
1/24/2014 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
1/25/2014 – The Ritz – Tampa, FL
1/26/2014 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1/27/2014 – Atticus Bar – Jacksonville, FL *
1/28/2014 – The Jinx – Savannah, GA *
1/29/2014 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
1/30/2014 – NorVA – Norfolk, VA
1/31/2014 – The Fillmore – Silver Springs, MD
2/01/2014 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
2/03/2014 – TLA – Philadelphia, PA
2/04/2014 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY

2/05/2014 – The Paramount – Huntington, NY
2/07/2014 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
2/08/2014 – Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
2/09/2014 – Grenada Theatre – Lawrence, KS
2/11/2014 – Summit Theatre – Denver, CO
2/12/2014 – Murray Theater – Salt Lake City, UT
2/14/2014 – The Regency – San Francisco, CA
2/15/2014 – Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA

w/ Amon Amarth

2/16/2014 House of Blues – San Diego, CA

w/ Toxic Holocaust

4/16/2014 – The Kings Arms – Auckland, NZ
4/17/2014 – Bodega Bar – Wellington, NZ
4/18/2014 – The Rosemont Hotel – Perth, AU
4/19/2014 – Fowlers Live – Adelaide, AU
4/20/2014 – Espy Gershwin Room – Melbourne, AU
4/21/2014 – TBD – Byron Bay, AU
4/22/2014 – The Basement – Canberra, AU
4/24/2014 – The Hi Fi – Brisbane, AU
4/25/2014 – Cambridge Hotel – Newcastle, AU
4/26/2014 – The Hi Fi – Sydney, AU
4/27/2014 The Hi Fi – Melbourne, AU

*SKELETONWITCH only

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SKELETONWITCH:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skeletonwitchmetal

Website: http://www.skeletonwitch.com

Website: http://www.prostheticrecords.com

LONG LIVE SKELETONWITCH.

LONG LIVE ANIMAL CHARITIES.

LONG LIVE OHIO METAL.

Stone.

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED – “Ravenous Plague” Enters German Charts At Position Number…

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags blackened thrash metal, legion of the damned, metal albums 2014, Metal News, metal odyssey, ravenous plague, Thrash Metal on January 16, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on the Napalm Records Facebook page:

Ravenous Plague by LEGION OF THE DAMNED entered the official German media control album charts at position #21! Congrats, guys!

If you don’t have this killer record yet – what are you waiting for?
http://shop.napalmrecords.com/legionofthedamned

* For more info on LEGION OF THE DAMNED:

Facebook: Legion of the Damned

Website: http://www.legionofthedamned.net

Website: http://www.napalmrecords.com

LONG LIVE LEGION OF THE DAMNED.

LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

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THUNDERWAR – RELEASE DIGITAL VERSION OF “THE BIRTH OF THUNDER”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags Death Metal, death metal bands, metal albums 2014, Metal News, metal odyssey, the birth of thunder, thunderwar on January 15, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Polish Death Metal titans Thunderwar are proud to announce the digital release of their EP The Birth of Thunder. Previously only available on limited edition CD, the EP can now be ordered for $3 from their Bandcamp page here: https://thunderwar1.bandcamp.com/

Band Bio

Cold as ice, angry as a horde of Viking warriors and determined like an army fighting for freedom of their homeland: THUNDERWAR! The band was born in 2013, when four young Metal maniacs decided to join their forces to not only pay tribute to such Metal heroes as BATHORY, UNLEASHED, DISSECTION and AMON AMARTH, but to prove that Poland has again something to say to the metal world.

The debut EP “THE BIRTH OF THUNDER” was mixed and produced by Wieslawscy Bros from HERTZ STUDIO (BEHEMOTH, VADER, DECAPITATED). The band’s logo was designed by Christophe Szpajdel (EMPEROR, MOONSPELL, DESASTER) and the cover artwork of “The Birth of Thunder” EP was done by Mario Lopez.

Currently the band is promoting their self-released EP and in the middle of 2014 will enter the HERTZ STUDIO to work on their first full album. THUNDERWAR – Better remember this name, as they are here to stay!