The artist list keeps growing for Bass Player LIVE! in Los Angeles on November 7 & 8, with newly added performers, presenters and clinicians including Robert Trujillo, Mike Watt, Mike Inez, Rex Brown, Steve Bailey and more!
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo will be presenting a Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award to Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister at the Bass Player LIVE! Concert at Musicians Institute on the evening of November 7.
Progressive Sludge three-piece Flummox are set to release their latest album Selcouth in early 2016. After the genre-defying Phlummoxygen (2015), Selcouth is sure to be another memorable release. The band defy traditions even within a genre as obscure and exciting as sludge metal. The band’s ability to merge technicality with the absolutely outrageous has left eager, excited and perplexed ears waiting for this next release.
The Tennessee outfit merge a traditionally Southern sound with an avant-garde sludge infused with Zappa-esque tendencies. This is not just flummoxing for the fun of it; the band are infectious, technically gifted and full of rhythm. Flummox is a well-selected band name and in listening to Selcouth you can expect disharmony, you can expect to be confused and you should expect a pronounced Tennessee drawl.
Flummox officially tell the music world to expect the unexpected with this next release and will continue to surprise, shock and weird people out. Not afraid to show some personality with vocal outbursts and heavy riffing, the trio have the ability to pull in lovers of all genres ranging from sludge to experimental, jazz and funk.
Each song on Selcouth is a sure-fire attempt to defy tradition and pull in inspiration from their eclectic set of influences including Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Opeth and King Crimson. Being fearlessly weird is a foolproof way of getting attention, and Flummox are sure to have everybody listening.
Band Bio:
The birth of Flummox came from an insatiable need to create music without restraints and limits. Blake Dellinger and Drew Jones came together after feeling unsatisfied with bands that limited their musical endeavors. Their first three track EP The MindrapE.P. was released in 2012 with drummer Matt Rose and solidified the band’s status as a force to be reckoned with within the Tennessean music scene. By the end of 2012, they had played nearly 20 shows and cemented the band’s playful energy with various incarnations and stage antics.
In late 2013, Flummox recorded their first album, Phlummoxygen, with engineer Dave Summers in his Tullahoma, Tennessee home studio. In early 2014 after the album was finished, Flummox signed on with Tridroid records who gave the album a March 2015 CD/Cassette release.
Currently, the Flummox trio consists of Dellinger, Jones, & Jody Lester as the singing drummer. The band’s new album is due in winter of 2016.
Standing Ovation. That melting pot of musical styles, the shimmering red blast furnace, the catalyst of the industrial revolution, the seismologist’s worst nightmare. Once again will the tectonic plates rip apart and the Earth’s magnetic poles will switch places when the band releases their next album which is titled “Gravity Beats Nuclear”.
The album title refers to the creation of all life – Gravity. Without this, no stars would have ever been born and hence no life either. Although the album deals with powerful themes of life, the familiar trademark of twisted humor is once again included with a pinch of science fiction.
The musical extremes are widened further and once more, it’s a roller-coaster ride which you hop on blindfolded not knowing what surprises there will be around the corner. And last but not least, has the coating been decorated by much richer melody frosting.
Gravity Beats Nuclear – Track List:
1. 23+23
2. Permafrost
3. Killer, Iron
4. Hellbillies
5. Fool’s Parade
6. Lifeline
7. The Great Attractor
8. Run Little Mouse Run
9. I Am
On October 14th, 1977 – KISS ALIVE II was released. Metal be thy name. Without KISS, this world would super-duper suck to the highest level of sucky.
On October 14th, 1985 – The iconic IRON MAIDEN released their double-live album: Live After Death. Metal be thy name, once again.
On October 14th, 1989 – MÖTLEY CRÜE had their fabulous studio album, Dr. Feelgood, ranked at #1, on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Dr. Feelgood was the fifth studio album from MÖTLEY CRÜE, boasting the timeless songs: Kickstart My Heart, Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away), Same ‘Ol Situation (S.O.S.), Dr. Feelgood and the power ballad: Without You. If you don’t own this MÖTLEY CRÜE album, you obviously eat dried prunes with stale milk crackers.
On October 14th, 2015 – The forthcoming studio album from STRYPER, Fallen, is ranked at #12 on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. This album will be released on Friday, October 16th. Amen!
On October 14th, 2015 – The fourteenth studio album from W.A.S.P., Babylon, is ranked at #60, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Babylon was released back in 2009. This is a freaking great album, my Metal brothers and sisters.
North Carolina Death Merchants NECROCOSM have just released one Hell of a savage, penetrating debut album called Damnation Doctrine. Purchase and/or stream the album in its entirety at http://necrocosm666.bandcamp.com/ or below:
NECROCOSM was born of fire in chaos during the bleakest period of the year 2011. Three remaining members from a deceased project decided to embrace their dark inspiration and craft music in a new sinister direction. Formation of the circle was complete in 2012. Many beers were had, copious heads were banged and much blood was spilled, as the dark assembly forged this new sonic beast in the crucible of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
NECROCOSM is your shadow in the darkness, your cruel reminder that your time is short and death always prevails. Positivism never being our strong-suit, the growled, grunted, and shrieked lyrical themes are the darkened horizon obliterating all hope, devastating guitar riffs and solos melt more faces than the ark of the covenant, the inhuman drumming annihilates your empty fractured skull and the grinding bass is guaranteed to evacuate your bowels. We are gaining ground slowly but surely, promising to infect the ears and minds of our audience and remind them of the haunting darkness that awaits us all in the end. There is no eternal life in paradise or damnation in hell. Only the dreadful quiet of the eternal void.
NECROCOSM:
Zach Senicola – Vocals Kevin Spivey – Guitar Brent Overton – Guitar Matt Brocking – Bass Adam Walker – Drums
Damnation Doctrine – Track Listing:
1. Damnation
2. Sworn Hatred
3. Architects of Death
4. Disavow
5. Octopian Eclipse
6. Necrocosm
7. Hypnagogic Gait
8. Force Fed Progeny
9. W.B.S.
10. Plains of Inexistence
“‘Damnation Doctrine’ is 2015’s first essential melodeath record.”
– The Killchain
Revolted Masses were formed in 2008. Their music approaches the area of modern Death/Thrash Metal, with a unique touch of oriental elements. Their lyrics are mainly of a radical political nature.
“Age Of Descent” is their second full-length album, consisted of 11 powerful tracks, It is self-produced, while the artwork is done by Manster Design (Tardive Dyskinesia). The music video for the track “Waltz For The Fallen” is directed by Jim Evgenidis (Head Cleaner). Numerous guests have participated in the album, like Fotis Benardo (ex- Septic Flesh). The album is released under Inverse Records November 13th and it is available all over Europe.
Track List:
01.Slave to the Media
02.Waltz for the Fallen
03.Bloodshed in Eden
04.DiscrimiNation
05.Bite the Hand that Feeds Them
06.Panopticon
07.Severed Aphrodite
08.Matricide
09.Flesh Inc.
10.Ruled by Rats
11.Murder ex Machina (ft. Fotis Benardo ex-Septicflesh)
George Stefanis – Vocals Vaggelis Theodorakis – Guitars Kostas Karvounis – Guitars George Stathopoulos – Bass Guitar George Anamouroglou – Drums
On October 11th, 2012 – W.A.S.P. performed at Arena Älvhögsborg in Trollhättan, Sweden. Hail W.A.S.P.!
On October 11th, 2015 – The newly released studio album from W.A.S.P., Golgotha, is climbing on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart, sitting at #3. Whoa.
On October 11th, 2015 – The thirteenth studio album from W.A.S.P., Dominator, is ranked at #75, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Dominator was released back in 2007, via Demolition Records.
On October 11th, 2015 – W.A.S.P. are to perform at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland.
On October 11th, 2015 – W.A.S.P. Golgothais ranked at #3, on the Amazon Best Sellers In Metal Chart. This Amazon chart is updated hourly, based on sales. This #3 ranking was taken at 2:30 A.M. EST.
MANTICORE’s history has been paved with blasphemous abominations since its inception 15 years ago. While still & always faithfully holding their distinctive vicious ferocity, MANTICORE’s 7+ minute track on this 7″ EP is also heavily doom-ridden.
At the other end of the spectrum, RITUAL SLAUGHTER are debuting with severe and virulent venom that will rapidly establish these heretics as a brute force to be reckoned with. This 7″ EP is limited to 300 hand-numbered copies and comes with a 2-panel-foldout-cover & 14″x14″ poster. Depraved cover artwork by Daniel Desecrator. The split is due to be released on November 6 2015.
The band is working on a medium-length film version of the album. Synopsys will enter the recording studio in mid-December.
Synopsys has launched a fundraising campaign to help in financing the pressing of CDs and Vinyls. A pre-ordering system allows you to reserve the album and help the band.
On October 9th, 1974 – RUSH had their American television debut on the popular Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. RUSH didn’t perform on American television again until 2008 on The Colbert Report.
On October 9th, 1992 – A meteorite that weighed 28 pounds and shaped like a bowling ball crashed into the back-end of a 1980 Chevy Malibu, in Peekskill, New York, USA. This meteorite also smelled of rotten eggs. Ew. No one was hurt or killed by this alien missile. The good news: This 1980 Chevy Malibu was sold to Lang’s Fossils And Meteorites for a whopping $10,000; which was well above the Kelley Blue Book value at that time. Mama Mia!!
Read more on this eye-popping story by clicking the link below! Metal be thy name!
On October 9th, 2006 – The phenomenal IRON MAIDEN performed at Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, QC, Canada. IRON MAIDEN were on tour supporting their fourteenth studio album: A Matter Of Life And Death.
On October 9th, 2015 – The newly released studio album from W.A.S.P., Golgotha, is ranked at #5, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Welcome back, Blackie Lawless! Whoa.
On October 9th, 2015 – CRYSTAL LAKE are from Tokyo, Japan and their newly released studio album, The Sign, is ranked at #22, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. If you count the number of naked fannies on the album cover above, there are four.
We were really stoked on a comic about violent, motorcycle-riding monkeys. They throw their poo, just like us!” – Cremator, GHOUL
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GHOUL has released a new song for the ongoing soundtrack to Image Comics’ The Humans graphic novel series. The song is available online from The Humans Soundcloud page RIGHT HERE.
The Humans comic, by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely, is set in the ’70s and follows a motorcycle gang’s exploits, but with a twist; in this world, the gangs are all apes and actual humans are primitive beasts kept around for sport. Each issue of The Humans is accompanied by two original songs released online from bands such as Goblin Cock and Witches Of God. GHOUL‘s song, “Humans Till Deth,” is an octane-fueled surf-thrash tune attached to the release of issue #8, out now.
To celebrate the release, GHOUL has also released a promotional video for the song, available for viewing on their Facebook page.
Says Ghoul bassist Cremator: “We were really stoked on a comic about violent, motorcycle-riding monkeys. They throw their poo, just like us!” Ghoul front-man Digestor added, “GHOUL has been busy writing new material, so the timing was just right. We recorded for the first time at Antisleep Studios and their wax cylinders are of the highest quality. The next album will actually and literally murder you.”
GHOUL will be recording a follow-up to their 2011 LP, Transmission Zero, for Tankcrimes Records in December of this year.
European Death Metal warriors, SINISTER, have released their new studio album of cover songs, Dark Memorials, this past Summer via Massacre Records. Man, this offering of Death Metal from SINISTER is a dandy! In all Metal honesty, I already have Dark Memorials reserved for a spot in Metal Odyssey’s Top Ten Metal Albums Of 2015 list. Dark Memorials destroys! There are tons of Thrash(ness) on this album to satisfy fans of the old-school style, while the raging Death Metal is nothing short of stunning. Seriously, my Metal brethren!
The cover of the Carcass classic Exhume To Consume is breathtaking, even with some flashy keyboards making a brief appearance. Yes, keyboards. From Bolt Thrower to Autopsy, with Kreator and Death in-between, this is a cover song album to hunger for! SINISTER have given these Metal classics all the Metal respect they so importantly deserve. Hell, there’s no better way to give thanks and praise to such legends of Metal, as SINISTER has done on Dark Memorials.
Adrie Kloosterwaard on vocals is a Death Metal monster! Shit, what more can be said. The entire band gets my seal of Death Metal approval for their ear blistering performance on this Dark Memorials album. I have listened to Dark Memorials constantly since September and I’m never gonna stop recommending this album. Dark Memorials is one of the best cover song albums I’ve ever enjoyed in my Metal life! My favorite song on this album? All. Okay, it’s the cover of Autopsy’s Ridden With Disease. Metal be thy name. – Stone
On October 7th, 1978 – The legendary BOSTON were ranked at #7, on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their hit: Don’t Look Back. This song is featured on BOSTON’s second studio album from 1978: Don’t Look Back. Everything about this band = timeless Classic Rock. ‘Nuff said.
On October 7th, 2006 – The super-duper IRON MAIDEN performed at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey. IRON MAIDEN were on their A Matter Of Life And DeathTour.
On October 7th, 2014 – The great ORANGE GOBLIN released their studio album: Back From The Abyss. By the way, in case you didn’t know, ORANGE GOBLIN are a bona-fide, amazing and kick-to-the-ass band. Dig it.
On October 7th, 2014 – The terrific HELLION released their EP: Karma’s A Bitch. Without Ann Boleyn and her band HELLION, well, life would pretty much suck.
On October 7th, 2015 – DEVIL YOU KNOW have their forthcoming studio album, They Bleed Red, ranked at #16, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Their second studio album, They Bleed Red releases on November 6th, 2015, via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
On October 7th, 2015 – Savannah, Georgia’s KYLESA have their newly released studio album, Exhausting Fire, ranked at #30, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Whoa! Shown above: the red vinyl version of this album. Whoa, again!
Guitarist, songwriter, producer and engineer Masaki Murashita has assembled his own solo band: MURASHITA.The founder and Metal mastermind behind Hemoptysis, Masaki Murashita has proven to me, that he once again, can bring a band of musicians together and create another incredible album of explosive Metal. This five song EP, Inescapable Damnation, will be self-released on October 16th. Masaki brings his lead guitar and scorching vocals back to the forefront with his solo debut and I am left completely jubilant at what I’ve been listening to.
MURASHITAInescapable Damnation features Metal heavyweights: David Ellefson (Megadeth), Kevin Talley (Suffocation, Six Feet Under, Chimaira), Kelly Conlon (Death, Monstrosity) and Rodney McGlothlin (Voice of Dissent). Mixing was done by award-winning producer, Ryan Greene (Megadeth, NOFX). With a powerhouse lineup like this, MURASHITA delivers on all counts on this EP. I love how the guitar playing transitions from brutal to melodic on these songs, along with Masaki’s unique vocals playing such a tremendous role in this EP’s overall persona and intensity. Only those who have not a clue will find even a minuscule fault in Inescapable Damnation.
Masaki Murashita
With the overall stellar musicianship being nailed down, the songwriting and lyrics are also top-tier on Inescapable Damnation. Conquer The Foe and The Show Must Go On are two examples of perseverance and self-confidence bursting out lyrically; two attributes of Masaki that have made him the underground Metal warrior I have greatly admired since day one. Masaki Murashita and his star-studded band should rightfully be proud of Inescapable Damnation. Metal be thy name. – Stone
Fans of Melodic Death Metal to Thrash will surely want to add this EP to their Metal stash.
On October 5th, 1991 – FIREHOUSE had their hit power ballad, Love Of A Lifetime, ranked at #5 on the Weekly Top 40. This song is featured on the debut and self-titled album from FIREHOUSE, released back in 1990.
On October 5th, 1991 – METALLICA‘s monster song, Enter Sandman, was ranked at #21, on the Weekly Top 40. This great song is featured on Metallica’s fifth and self-titled studio album (aka The Black Album), released back in 1991.
On October 5th, 1995 – The iconic IRON MAIDEN performed at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was a concert on The X Factour. Blaze Bayley was the lead vocalist for IRON MAIDEN, during this period of time. Whoa.
On October 5th, 2015 – The newly released TRIVIUM studio album, Silence In The Snow (Deluxe Edition), is ranked at #1, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Whoa.
On October 5th, 2015 – The newly released QUEENSRŸCHE studio album, Condition Hüman, is ranked at #2, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. QUEENSRŸCHE kicks absolute Metal ass, my Metal brethren.
On October 5th, 2015 – California’s DEAFHEAVEN have their newly released studio album, New Berumuda, ranked at #4, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Yup. In case you didn’t know, DEAFHEAVEN receives the Metal Odyssey Seal Of Metal Approval.
Underground Black Metal label Acephale Winter Productions is proud to announce that it has now released Shadows of Ancestors by Twilight Fauna. The album contains 8 tracks and is available on compact disc or as a digital download. You can stream the album in full and order a copy direct from the label at this location: https://acephalewinter.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-of-ancestors
About Twilight Fauna:
Twilight Fauna is a one-person Atmospheric Metal project from Appalachia. Constantly pushing the boundaries between genres, multi-instrumentalist Paul Ravenwood uses a variety of traditional folk instruments alongside more conventional Black Metal guitar work and primitive drumming to create a unique blend of blackened folk music.
Since forming in 2011, Twilight Fauna has released multiple full lengths, EPs and splits, including the much acclaimed Hymns of a ForgottenHomeland LP. With songs steeped in atmosphere, Twilight Fauna is one man’s deeply personal vision into the history of himself and of the mountains of his birthplace.
Praise for Shadows of Ancestors:
“Ambient, cinematic, hypnotic and still wonderfully savage. ‘Shadows Of Ancestors’ is an introspective and genuinely moving album that transcends its Black Metal roots and builds on the foundations of its predecessor. Twilight Fauna continues to improve as a project and is crafting some very interesting music that is begging to be explored. ” – Intravenous Magazine
“Ravenwood’s tireless work ethic and prolific output have helped Twilight Fauna grow at a pretty rapid pace. “Shadows of Ancestors” is proof of that artistic development, as this sometimes strange, often moving project keeps getting richer and more defined. It’ll never be everyone’s cup of tea, but those who do relish these sounds will find themselves immersed in a haunting place with rogue spirits showing you the way.” – Meat Mead Metal
The Finnish Pagan Metal band VORNA will release their second full length album ”Ei valo minua seuraa” (transl. ”No Light Follows Me”) on 4th December 2015. The album will be released through Inverse Records.
The album has been mixed by Tuomas Kokko from Electric Fox Studios (e.g. Swallow the Sun, Ghost Brigade) and mastered by Jaakko Viitalähde from Virtalähde Mastering (e.g. Black Crucifixion, Alghazanth, Ghost Brigade). The album cover artworks have been designed by Jarno Lahti from Kaamos Illustration & Design (e.g. Pain, Hypocrisy, Before the Dawn).
The lead-vocalist Vesa Salovaara shared a few words about the album recordings and about the actual album:
”This year has most certainly been Vorna’s busiest one to date and the whole album making process was quite intensive experience as well. The song material was constantly evolving from the earliest demo sessions in April all the way to the mixing which took place in July. As a result we think we’re holding our most mature, diverse and also, in a way, darkest album yet. Still, neither risks nor untamed intuitive ideas were avoided and we believe that one might find even somewhat surprising shades from it’s depths. Lyrically ”Ei valo minua seuraa” is dealing with quite universal and timeless themes. The story is fundamentally about a journey towards mental or spiritual equilibrium which is being torned by contradictive identities and generally estranged world.
”Jälkemme” represents the more straightforward approach of the album and that’s one of the reasons we chose it to be the first single. It’s quite a beast of a song and we believe it has a lot to offer in live environment. Come to our show and witness it yourself!”
Tracklist:
1. Harmaudesta (Away from Grey)
2. Jälkemme (Heritage)
3. Itsetön (Soul Shriven)
4. Sieluni varjossa (In the Nightside of Self)
5. Vaipunut (Of Life Descended)
6. Yksin (Alone)
7. Hiljaiset rauniot (Silent Ruins)
VORNA will head out for a European tour in October. The shows in October are co-headlined with the German Black Metal titans Thyrgrim and the two shows in Sweden in November with the Swedish Folk/Viking Metal band Grimner. Below you may find all tour dates:
IRON MAIDEN will open The Book Of Souls World Tour in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 24 February 2016, playing nine shows in total, finishing up at The Forum, LA on April 15th.
The dates are:
FEB 24 – Ft Lauderdale, FLA – BB&T Center
FEB 26 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
FEB 28 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center
MAR 30 – New York – Madison Square Garden
APR 05 – Detroit, MI – Palace Of Auburn Hills
APR 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center
APR 11 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
APR 13 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
APR 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
Tickets are on sale Oct 10th with fanclub presale on Oct 6th – see ironmaiden.com for details.
French Occult Doom-rockers Akasava have announced new shows in their homeland, two in their local Le Havre and one in Rouen.
The band give an especial shout-out to Belgian doom lot Bathsheba, with whom they are playing in Le Havre. “We are honoured that we get to play with such an excellent band,” enthuses frontman Louis Hauguel.
He goes on to drop some further excellent news from the Akasava camp: the band are currently demoing new material that they are planning to record “beginning next year.” The songs follow an extremely well-received EP this year entitled Strange Aeons, which you can check out on Bandcamp here:
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