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CHICKENFOOT: eOne Inks Distro Deal With Supergroup Chickenfoot – New Album To Be Released This Fall

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo Credit: LeAnn Mueller)

(New York, NY) — eOne Music has completed a new, exclusive deal with Hard Rock supergroup CHICKENFOOT for North America. The group – Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith – will release its sophomore album, titled “Chickenfoot III”, in late September 2011.

CHICKENFOOT’s 2009 Gold-certified, self-titled album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Charts and included the hit “Oh Yeah”.

Alan Grunblatt, President of eOne Music, says, “Chickenfoot is one of the top-selling hard rock groups in the country. Everyone at eOne is thrilled to be working with them”.

CHICKENFOOT lead singer Sammy Hagar adds, “I am very happy to join forces with eOne. The Foot has landed!”

(Source: eOne Music)

Go to: eOne Music – facebook for more info!

LONG LIVE CHICKENFOOT.

Stone.

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IRON CLAW “A Different Game” – Long Awaiting and New Studio Album From Heavy Rock Pioneers: Releases October 4th, 2011!

Posted in blues rock, classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo courtesy of Iron Claw)

IRON CLAW – Scotland’s pioneers of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, IRON CLAW, are gearing up for the long awaiting release of their new studio album: A Different Game. This is the studio album of new material that fans have waited nearly forty years for and… IRON CLAW is BACK! This legendary band shall have no difficulties recruiting  new legions of Hard Rock, Classic Rock and Old School Heavy Metal fans with A Different Game, which releases on October 4th, 2011, on Ripple Music. What Love Left, Southern Skies, Love Is Blind and The Traveler are among 13 new songs on A Different Game.

Physical and digital copies of A Different Game will be available for purchase at: The Ripple Music Store – Ripple Music, CDBaby, Amazon and Ebay. MP3 sales will be available through iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc..

Recently, I asked IRON CLAW guitarist and co-founding member  Jimmy Ronnie: “How excited are you about this new comeback album A Different Game and what can the fans of yesteryear and today expect?”

Jimmy responded: “We couldn’t be more excited about the album release. Everyone involved in the project is buzzing about this now. If current Iron Claw fans are expecting Hard, Heavy Rock then they will not be disappointed. We have stayed absolutely faithful to the original spirit of the band. The decision was taken right at the start of the recording process not to over produce the work. Capturing a really live feel was the intension and I’m pleased to say that we’ve done that. There’s enough highly polished, squeaky clean Rock Music out there already and we have no desire to add to it. This is the best studio work ever done by the band and our new singer, Gordon Brown is sure to impress. Can’t wait to get it out there and to start playing live again”.

* To download your free copy of the new single from IRON CLAW, What Love Left, just click on the cool link below:

Ripple Music – IRON CLAW – What Love Left/Free Download

* Pre-order’s for A Different Game will begin around September 1st, 2011, at Ripple Music.

IRON CLAW:

Gordon Brown – vocals

Jimmy Ronnie – guitars

Alex Wilson – bass

Ian McDougall – drums

* For more related and recent coverage on IRON CLAW posted on Metal Odyssey, click on the big header link below:

IRON CLAW – “What Love Left”: Free Download From Ripple Music! This Song Is On Hard Rockin’ Fire!

* Fo more information on IRON CLAW, click on the links below:

IRON CLAW – facebook

IRON CLAW – twitter

Ripple Music

LONG LIVE IRON CLAW.

Stone.

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VALDUR: California Black Metal Squadron To Annihilate Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest; Band To Perform Live On KDVS/Raise The Dead This Week

Posted in Black Metal, black metal music, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 5, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

California Kult Black Metallers, VALDUR, will ravage unsuspecting ears at this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The band was recently added to the July 10th show at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco, California where they will systematically level the Jagermeister Stage and all those in attendance. Said the band in a collective statement: “We will be more than pleased to take this opportunity to play our Extreme Metal to unsuspecting people who otherwise may not be familiar with the underground.  We got asked to play, we said yes, and we very much appreciate Jagemeister for the invite. Expect a brutalizing set.”

Check out video footage from the band’s performance at the Oakland Black/Death Fest in March HERE:

In related news, VALDUR will perform LIVE on KDVS’s popular Raise The Dead radio show on KDVS July 9 at 12:00am PST/3:00am EST at http://www.kdvs.org. You can also catch the archive at http://kdvs.org/show-info/.
 

VALDUR are currently working on the follow-up to 2010’s unsympathetic Raven God Amongst Us full-length . Said the band of the four new tracks completed: “They will beckon a new and more intense era musically for VALDUR.”
 
(Source: Earsplit PR)
 
* For more info on VALDUR, click on the links below:
 
 
 
 
 
LONG LIVE VALDUR.
 
Stone.

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COLD – A Tour Of The American Dream: Live Photos and Overview From The Crocodile Rock Cafe, Allentown, Pennsylvania, March 19th, 2011

Posted in alternative metal, alternative rock, concerts, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on July 4, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(All Live Photo Credits: Tom Coderre)

COLD – Back on March 19th, 2011, Alt/Modern Metal Legends COLD brought A Tour Of The American Dream to The Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Myself and Metal Odyssey’s staff photographer Tom Coderre were there to take in this night of Hard and Heavy hittin’ bliss, which featured four fabulous supporting bands that are on the rise: KOPEK, Oceans Divide and Egypt Central. Eastern Pennsylvania’s very own Maddam Ink. closed out the night after the headliners COLD.

COLD presented themselves onstage like the tried and true Rock legends they are, playing a tight set of songs that spanned their career. Wherever I turned, fans were in a psyched-out mode, realizing they were watching the continued comeback of a band that has been highly influential to a generation of Hard Rock, Modern Metal and Alternative Heavy Music bands. Speaking of which, the members of KOPEK and Oceans Divide spoke reverently of COLD. This all added further proof, that COLD has without question left its mark on Rock Music history and an impressionable influence on many young, current and successful bands.

With COLD, it is not the amount of albums that is important, it is the quality of these albums in their discography that impresses me. COLD has sold well over a million albums for good reason. Their music’s originality blended with plenty of heaviness and fortified with an alternative vibe, feel and personality, have all been key with their successful bridge to strengthening the Alternative and Modern Metal genres over their career. From their newest single Wicked World to The Day Seattle Died, COLD performed their songs at The Crocodile Rock Cafe with a conviction of a band that has been around the block and Rocked it to kingdom come as well… many times over.

For a band of any stature to take a short or long hiatus from the scene, then only come back to Rock out the brains of a throng of adoring fans says quite a lot. The age group of these fans at The Crocodile Rock to see COLD on this evening, in late March, told another astounding story, with young and middle-aged Heavy Music fans alike seeming to be there for one purpose: COLD solidarity. With their forthcoming studio album Superfiction (Eleven Seven Music) being released on July 19th, 2011, the feeling in the air is that COLD is no longer on a comeback… COLD is back.

All the live photos you see here were taken by Tom Coderre. I’ll speak for Tom… he was quite psyched-out to be documenting this live set from COLD with his camera lens, documenting A Tour Of The American Dream… a tour and band that shall forever be an important part of Rock Music history. I know I was psyched-out to be there.

Scooter Ward – vocalist

Scooter Ward – vocalist

Sam McCandless – drums

Jeremy Marshall – bass

Jeremy Marshall – bass

Zach Gilbert – guitar

Drew Molleur – guitar

* For more information on COLD, click on the links below:

COLD ARMY.com

COLD – myspace music

LONG LIVE COLD.

Stone.

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LAZARUS A.D. – Headlining: No Prisoners No Mercy 2011 Tour

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

Wisconsin Thrash Metallers LAZARUS A.D. are set to hit the road on the band’s first headlining tour with the band taking on local support at each stop. The No Prisoners No Mercy Tour takes the band through NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and more on this 14 date run kicking off in Rochester, NY on July 22. The band’s July 24th stop in Montreal at the HEAVY MTL FESTIVAL 2011 sees the band playing with the likes of KISS, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Children Of Bodom just to name a few.

Vocalist Jeff Paulick comments; “Heading back out on the road, finally we are headlining. Are we big enough to headline who knows and who the fuck cares. We finally get a chance to play all the songs we have wanted to play for a long time. This isn’t going to be some shit ass 20 minute set you can count on it. See you all at the show we can’t wait to party with everyone on the road.”

Lazarus A.D.’s latest album, Black Rivers Flow, is available everywhere now. The album debuted at #35 on the Billboard Top New Artist Albums chart and #86 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart. Black Rivers Flow also charted at #90 in Canada on the Hard Music charts. Their latest video, The Ultimate Sacrifice, can be seen now HERE.

Lazarus A.D. is:

Jeff Paulick – Bass/Lead Vocals
Dan Gapen – Lead Guitar / Vocals
Alex Lackner – Guitar
Ryan Shutler – Drums

No Prisoners No Mercy 2011 Tour:

July 23 – Auburn, ME @ Velvet Underground
July 24 – Montreal, Canada @ Parc-Jean Drapeau – Heavy MTL Festival
July 25 – Toronto, Canada @ Hard Luck
July 26 – Buffalo, NY @ Broadway Joe’s
July 27 – Kingston, NY @ The Basement
July 28 – Albany, NY @ Bogies
July 29 – Trenton, NJ @ Championship Bar and Grill
July 30 – New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
July 31 – Frederick, MD @ Krug’s Place
Aug 01 – Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head
Aug 02 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
Aug 03 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie Rock club
Aug 06 – Thornville, OH @ Woodshock Festival

(Source: Metal Blade Records)

* For more information on LAZARUS A.D., click on the links below:

LAZARUS A.D. – Official Website

LAZARUS A.D. – myspace music

METAL BLADE RECORDS

LONG LIVE LAZARUS A.D.

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Hemoptysis – Request Hemoptysis Now On SiriusXM Liquid Metal!

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

Hemoptysis song M.O.D. Is now available on SiriusXM “Liquid Metal”. We’re all hoping that you, our friends and fans will help to support us by calling 877-87-HEAVY and requesting M.O.D. (even if you don’t listen to SiruisXM it will get us heard by thousands of new prospective fans, and supporters around the world).

The more requests generated, the greater the chances are of more airplay, and in turn more exposure that may help land Hemoptysis a recording deal, that allows us not only to put out more cd’s, and video’s, but to begin seriously touring, and bringing our live show to you. We appreciate everyone of you who takes the time to call this in, and don’t be afraid to make it a daily habit. Help Hemoptysis take Liquid Metal by storm!

(Source: Hemoptysis)

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

Official Site: http://www.hemoptysismetal.com/

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

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

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

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BENEDICTUM – Guitarist Pete Wells Takes Over Metal Express Radio This Friday, July 1st, 2011!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock guitarists, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

METAL EXPRESS RADIO is pleased to announce that this week’s Guest DJ is guitarist Pete Well’s from U.S. Heavy Metal powerhouse BENEDICTUM. Pete heard how much fun his vocalist, Veronica Freeman, had doing the show that he wanted to take command of the DJ chair for himself! He’ll also take a call or two on air! After Pete’s setlist, which is essentially a homage to some classic Metal guitarists, we’ll play some cuts off Benedictum’s latest album entitled Dominion, which is currently available through Frontiers Records.

Tune in to METAL EXPRESS RADIO on Friday, July 1st at 9:00 AM & 3:00 PM EST to listen! 

(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

BENEDICTUM – Official Website

BENEDICTUM – facebook

LONG LIVE BENEDICTUM.

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BEER CORPSE – “Keg Nuts” 7″: Roll Out Them Kegs O’ Beer, Cause It’s A Grindcore & Thrashcore Blitz!

Posted in Extreme Metal, grindcore, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrashcore with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

BEER CORPSE – Released back on April 27th, 2011, on Give Praise Records, is the 7″ from the Grindcore/Thrashcore outfit that is known across the planet as: Beer Corpse. This grind’em and thrash’em band is from down under. Um, that’s Australia, for those of you who live in that remote cave in the god forsaken woods of Maine. Whoever said “Beer Corpse is Australian for Extreme Metal” should have a 50 foot statue made of them in Metal. Oh, I said that. Cool.

Beer Corpse don’t hold back on serving out the aggressively punishing riffs, beats and monstrously brutal vocals. On a rather serious Metal note here, if you are a fan of Grindcore and Thrashcore, then you are in for an all-out blitz of grinding, growling, gurgling, chugging, riffing and blast beatin’ swell o’ time with what Beer Corpse plays on Keg Nuts. Beer Corpse should also be embraced by hardcore Death Metal and Thrash Metal fans alike, with their unapologetic and quite impressive cross-over sound appeal.

To put Keg Nuts in a Metal nutshell, this is the 7″ you want to pull out and play F’n extremely loud when your prissy neighbors are having their annual family reunion in their backyard. Beer Corpse is THE Extreme Metal band to agitate and confuse the mainstream masses, while us fellow Metal minions of the damned shall raise this band upon our shoulders, as we march to F’n Metal victory… towards our glorious field of beer kegs.

KEG NUTS – Track Listing:

Side A:

Hanging Brain

Chunder Chops

Blood Brew

King Brown

Piss Head

Side B:

Rot Gut

Scruff

Maggot

Malt Shovel

Any Old How

* For more info on BEER CORPSE, click on the links below:

http://www.myspace.com/beercorpse

http://www.givepraiserecords.com

LONG LIVE BEER CORPSE.

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The Power Of The Riff Adds EYEHATEGOD, BLACK COBRA And More To Main Festival; Second TPOTR Event In Seattle Confirmed

Posted in concerts, Heavy Metal, heavy metal concerts, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

As previously announced, Southern Lord and The Power Of The Riff have announced a series of events scheduled to attack the West Coast this August. The lineup for the second annual all-day TPOTR festival kicking off the four-show venture in Los Angeles on August 13 was just expanded, adding Eyehategod, Black Cobra, Baptists, Seven Sisters Of Sleep and others to the phenomenal list of bands already scheduled to play, also including Pentagram, Winter, Pelican, Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix and more! An additional The Power Of The Riff event will be scheduled in Los Angeles, this same week, so stay tuned for the details to be announced shortly.

Following the festival in L.A., the TPOTR hits San Francisco for two full nights of mayhem. The first night will see Winter, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix and more hitting the stage at Elbo Room, and the following night will see Pentagram, Pelican, Alpinist, Masakari, Early Graves, Baptists, Aeges and more storming The Mezzanine.

Moving further north, on August 18, Seattle’s infamous Neumo’s will showcase Winter, Pelican, Noothgrush, All Pigs Must Die, Alpinist, Masakari and Aeges hitting the stage together. AND, a SECOND Seattle-based TPOTR event has also just been announced, with a d-beat lineup set to bring down the roof of The Highline on August 20, with From Ashes Rise, Black Breath, Trap Them and Baptists hitting the stage, and with more bands to be announced soon!

(Source: Earsplit PR)

8/13/2011 Echo/Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
Pentagram, Eyehategod, Winter, Pelican, Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix, Black Cobra, Skin Like Iron, Baptists, Masakari, Alpinist, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Aeges, Early Graves, Slave
Doors @ Noon
[TICKETS]
8/15/2011 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA
Winter, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix
Doors @ 7:00pm
8/16/2011 The Mezzanine – San Francisco, CA
Pentagram, Pelican, Alpinist , Masakari, Early Graves, Baptists, Aeges
Doors @ 6:30pm
8/18/2011 Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
Winter, Pelican, Noothgrush, All Pigs Must Die, Alpinist, Masakari, Aeges
Doors @ 6:00pm
8/20/2011 The Highline – Seattle, WA
From Ashes Rise, Black Breath, Trap Them, Baptists + more TBA
Doors @ 9:30
* For more info on TPOTR, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE THE POWER OF THE RIFF.
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IRON CLAW – “What Love Left”: Free Download From Ripple Music! This Song Is On Hard Rockin’ Fire!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

IRON CLAW – Are you in dire need of hearing a heavy hittin’ and hard drivin’ song that will guarantee to make you: call it a day and shift into party mode? Well, uncle Stone has just that Heavy Rock song for you, courtesy of Scotland’s Heavy Rock legends IRON CLAW and it’s titled: What Love Left. Oh, trust me… this song will have you flying on a Hard Rockin’ high… quicker than you can say: Metal be thy name.

What Love Left is available right now as a FREE download, courtesy of Ripple Music and IRON CLAW! What Love Left is on the 1st Anniversary Ripple Music Sampler album. This new song is also on their forthcoming studio album A Different Game. Just click the link below to get your own copy of this thunderific Hard Rock gem:

Ripple Music – IRON CLAW – What Love Left/Free Download

Originally founded in 1969, IRON CLAW is a band that truly was a part of pioneering a genre of music that we all know, cherish and love today… which is Heavy Metal. IRON CLAW are back in 2011… welcomed with open Metal arms by Metal Odyssey. The Hard Rock and “Classic Rockin’ feel” that IRON CLAW administers on What Love Left is a solid reminder that Classic Hard Rock lives and thrives!

* Look for a September 2011 release of the new studio album: IRON CLAW – A Different Game, via Ripple Music.

IRON CLAW:

Ian McDougall – drums

Gordon Brown – vocals

Alex Wilson – bass

Jimmy Ronnie – guitars

* For more info on IRON CLAW, click on the links below:

IRON CLAW – twitter

IRON CLAW – facebook

Ripple Music

LONG LIVE IRON CLAW.

Stone.

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TESLA – Scarlet Records To Release: ‘Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions…’

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on June 28, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on the Scarlet Records website, June 28th, 2011:

TESLA – Scarlet Records is proud to announce that it will be releasing Californian rock legends’ Tesla new album Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions… on July 25th in Europe. The album will feature 6 tracks that were recorded back in 2005 at bassist Brian Wheat’s J Street Recorders studio (which are the last recordings with original member Tommy Skeoch) and 6 newly recorded tracks which include acoustic remakes of songs from their entire catalog and two brand new songs called 2nd Street and Better Off Without You. Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions… is the follow up to 2008’s Forever More.

2011 also marks the 25th anniversary of the band! To stay updated on everything Tesla visit their Official Site (www.teslatheband.com), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/teslatheband) and Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/teslatheband).

(Source: SCARLET RECORDS)

LONG LIVE TESLA.

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FAIR TO MIDLAND – Explain Record Cover In New Video, Also: Dates Listed For INKED MAGAZINE MUSIC TOUR!

Posted in alternative metal, alternative rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 28, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

FAIR TO MIDLAND have released a behind the scenes video breaking down what it took to create the cover of their upcoming record“Arrows & Anchors.” Artist Isaac “Eye-Sack” Flores takes you behind the scenes on the long and grueling process he put into creating the band’s logo over such a large piece of land.

Watch it HERE

FAIR TO MIDLAND will be supporting THE DAMNED THINGS andMAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER on the INKED MAGAZINE MUSIC TOUR this summer. “We’re very excited about being a part of this tour, says bassist Jon Dicken. “We’re fans of all the bands involved and are looking forward to hitting the road with them for what looks like should be a fun summer. It’s a great way to kick off the release of our new record. Also, since it’s called the Inked Magazine Music Tour we may need to make a few tattoo shop stops before the tour starts!”

The band has also been confirmed to support DREDG in July along side THE TROPHY FIRE. Those dates in addition to the cluster of CD Release shows they announced earlier last month officially makes this one of the busiest summers in their career.

FAIR TO MIDLAND will release their brand new full length entitled Arrows and Anchors on July 12th, 2011. This is the band’s follow-up to the highly acclaimed record “Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True” released in 2007. One of their new tracks,“Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow” is still being given away for FREEdownload HERE. The iTunes pre-order is also available HERE

The band recently shot a video for the lead single “Musical Chairs, heard HERE and purchased HERE.

FAIR TO MIDLAND is Darroh Sudderth (vocals), Cliff Campbell (guitar), Brett Stowers (drums), Matt Langley (keyboards) and Jon Dicken (Bass).

Headline CD Release Shows:

7/12 – Dallas, TX – Curtain Club
7/13 – Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
7/15 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
7/16 – St Paul, MN – Station 4
7/17 – Madison, WI – TBA
7/18 – Cedar Falls, IA – The Wheelhouse

Supporting DREDG:

7/22 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
7/23 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
7/24 – Boise, ID – The Venue
7/26 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
7/27 – Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad
7/28 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock (FTM only)
7/29 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre
7/30 – Las Vegas, NV – Palms Hotel
7/31 – San Diego, CA – Soma Side Stage
8/3 – San Luis Obispo, CA – SLO Brewing Co
8/5 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades

Opening the INKED Magazine Music Tour:

8/13 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
8/14 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
8/14 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
8/16 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
8/17 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
8/19 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
8/20 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
8/21 – Detroit, MI – St Andrew’s Hall
8/23 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
8/24 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
8/25 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights
8/26 – New York, NY – Grammercy
8/27 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA
8/29 – Charlotte, NC – Fillmore
8/30 – Ft Lauderdale, FL – Revolution

(Source: eOne Music)

* For more info on FAIR TO MIDLAND, click on the links below:

Fair To Midland – myspace music

eOne Metal

LONG LIVE FAIR TO MIDLAND.

Stone.

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AMON AMARTH – “Destroyer Of The Universe”: Video Premiere On Blank TV

Posted in concerts, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, melodic death metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo Credit: Steve Brown)

AMON AMARTH – Starting today, fans can check out the new AMON AMARTH music video for the song Destroyer of the Universe off the band’s latest release, Surtur Rising. The live video, which is premiering exclusively on BlankTV , was shot on the band’s May 6th stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Theatre Of Living Arts by director David Brodsky of MyGoodEye (The Black Dahlia Murder, The Devin Townsend Project, Suicide Silence, Municipal Waste, Whitechapel, etc).

Comments guitarist Olavi Mikkonen: “This time around we wanted to catch the energy and atmosphere of a live show, so we simply went for a live video. We look forward to get back to North America in August to continue and fulfill the ‘Evening with’ tour, meanwhile enjoy the video.”

* Check out the video by clicking here: YouTube – Blank TV’s Channel and be sure to leave a comment.

In a recap of the band’s last tour in the US, Concertconfessions.com opined: “What is most beautiful about AMON AMARTH‘s triumph of America is that it’s as pure as the music itself… Friends sharing with friends the magic of the music, that is a true token of success and judging on the reaction from Southern California on Easter Sunday 2011 – AMON AMARTH will have success for a very long time.” The Washington Times applauded the band for leaving, “the sold-out crowd awestruck by [their] mastery of melodic death metal,” About.com boasted, “I was highly impressed by AMON AMARTH’s stage presentation, which easily rivals that of bands that normally fill arenas,” while Skullsnbones.com put it simply: “One band came and conquered Atlanta and their name is AMON AMARTH!”

Don’t forget to catch AMON AMARTH live when the band returns to North America for the second leg of the “An Evening with AMON AMARTH” tour.

Scheduled to kick off in Vancouver on August 4, the trek will pillage its way through 21 cities, including several Canadian venues, and come to a close in Boise, Idaho on September 3. The first set will again feature the band performing the Surtur Rising album in its entirety while the second will offer up mixed bag of tunes from their extensive catalog of Norse-inspired awesomeness.

An Evening with AMON AMARTH
8/04/2011 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
8/06/2011 MacEwen Hall – Calgary, AB
8/07/2011 Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB
8/08/2011 Odeon – Saskatoon, SK
8/09/2011 The Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
8/12/2011 The Phoenix Theatre – Toronto, ON
8/13/2011 Metropolis – Montreal, QC
8/14/2011 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC
8/16/2011 Mr. Small’s – Millvale, PA
8/17/2011 St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
8/19/2011 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
8/20/2011 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
8/21/2011 Water Street Music Hall – Rochester, NY
8/23/2011 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
8/24/2011 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
8/26/2011 House of Blues – Houston, TX
8/27/2011 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
8/29/2011 Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
8/31/2011 House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
9/01/2011 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
9/02/2011 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
9/03/2011 The Knitting Factory – Boise, ID

The eighth studio offering from one of Sweden’s finest Death Metal exports, Surtur Rising was released in North America on March 29, 2011 via Metal Blade Records and continues to reap praise from fans and critics alike. AMON AMARTH nailed a cover spot of the April 2011 issue of Decibel Magazine and earned a 9/10 rating from Outburn who commended the band for delivering “a collection that is brimming with beefy riffs, insidious melodies, and a truly epic sense of scale.”

Fearnet.com agreed saying AMON AMARTH is now “at the head of the class,” Metal Review gave it a 9.2/10 score calling it “one of the band’s very best releases,” while Metal Army America offered up a grade “A” review noting, “from the Stockholm-bred riff style to frontman Johan Hegg’s Cimmerian-esque performance as growler du jour, AMON AMARTH’s Surtur Rising proves to be an essential and defining listen for band and fans alike.”

(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on AMON AMARTH, click on the links below:

AMON AMARTH – Official Website

http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAmonAmarth

http://twitter.com/amonamarthband

http://www.myspace.com/amonamarth

LONG LIVE AMON AMARTH.

Stone.

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BENEDICTUM – To Headline Day 2 of Expo Rock Tijuana 2011

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, Power Metal, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

BENEDICTUM – U.S. Heavy Metal powerhouse BENEDICTUM continues to kick the shit out of the North American festival circuit as the band travels down to Tijuana for EXPO ROCK TIJUANA 2011, which runs from July 1st to July 3rd. BENEDICTUM will serve as headliners for day two (Saturday, July 2nd) of the festival.

A video advertisement for the event (in Spanish) is below:

(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

BENEDICTUM – Official Website

BENEDICTUM – facebook

LONG LIVE BENEDICTUM.

Stone.

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ANTHRAX – Fight’em ’til You Can’t: New Song As A Free Download! It Shreds and It Generates Thrash Metal Euphoria!

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

ANTHRAX – Yes, I like so many other countless Anthrax, Metal and Thrash Metal fans am extremely psyched-out from hearing the NEW Anthrax song: Fight’em ’til You Can’t. Plus… in case you haven’t heard yet and you live in a remote cave in the Maine woods… this new Anthrax song is available as a FREE download! That’s what I wrote: FREE! You can click here ANTHRAX – Official Website to get your free download of this blazingly Thrashin’ mad song now!

I will readily admit, that once I learned about this new Anthrax song being available for a free download (on twitter yesterday), I was happier than a Metal pig in mud. (Fight’em till’ You Can’t was made available on Friday, June 24th). I’ll say this, it was all the Metal buzz on twitter yesterday, once the press and all of us fellow Metalheads had this new Thrash dosage of Anthrax fueling our brains! Metal be thy name and ring that Thrash Metal bell… cause Anthrax has some new material!

This free download was made available by Anthrax as a “thank you” to all of their loyal fans. The new Anthrax album (tenth overall) Worship Music is slated for a September 13th, 2011 release! This release date is the day before Anthrax takes the stage at Yankee Stadium as members of The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth. Hallelujah, Thrash Metal reigns supreme!

With legendary vocalist Joey Belladonna back at the mic on Fight’em till You Can’t, the Thrashin’ situation couldn’t get any better than this! Hard to believe, it’s been over twenty years since the last Joey Belladonna fronted Anthrax album (1990’s Persistence Of Time) and the time is now that Anthrax has delivered! Worship Music will be the first studio album from Anthrax since 2003’s (John Bush fronted) We’ve Come For You All. Um, Stone is quite elated.

In all Metal honesty, Fight’em till You Can’t is a tremendous Thrash Metal song. From the lyrics and insanely memorable guitar riffs and solo, this is vintage Anthrax at their Thrashin’ finest. Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano tear it up. Charlie Benante on drums sounds terrific as usual, along with Frank Bello on bass. Old School.

Joey sounds excellent on vocals and he brings back that real Old School vibe that this legendary band is so known for and glistens with. I’m guilty of whining for any new material from Anthrax for a long, long time now. My Metal whining is over. Thank you Anthrax for getting it all together and making it real for the fans… both young and Old School!

ANTHRAX:

Joey Belladonna – vocals

Scott Ian – guitar

Rob Caggiano – guitar

Frank Bello – bass

Charlie Benante – drums

* For more info on ANTRHAX and the free download, click the link below:

ANTHRAX – Official Website

LONG LIVE ANTHRAX.

LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.

Stone.

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Children Of Bodom – Jaska Raatikainen Doing a Live Video Chat on Yowie: June 24th, 7pm PT/10pm ET!

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, melodic death metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 24, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

CHILDREN OF BODOM – Drummer Jaska Raatikainen of COB is doing a live video chat on Yowie.com tonight (June 24th, 2011) at 7pm PT / 10pm ET from The House of Blues in Hollywood. Tune in and ask him your questions!

Also: If you haven’t picked up the NEW Children Of Bodom album Relentless Reckless Forever, it is a METAL MUST! Their newest Metal offering Rips, Tears and Burns with Metal authority… and is melodic too. Relentless Reckless Forever is without a doubt, one of the best Metal albums to blister my Metal eardrums in 2011. Metal be thy name.

Relentless Reckless Forever was released on Spinefarm Records, March 8th, 2011 (U.S.).

* For more info on CHILDREN OF BODOM, click on the link below:

Children Of Bodom – Hate Crew Official Website

LONG LIVE CHILDREN OF BODOM.

Stone.

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Leslie West and Mountain – Roots of Heavy Music, Legends of Rock!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock albums, guitar legends, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 24, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

LESLIE WEST and MOUNTAIN – The news this week about Leslie West having to undergo a leg amputation is absolutely sad to hear. Complications from diabetes has caused this unfortunate trial for Leslie. I wish Leslie West a victorious recovery and shall keep him and his family in my prayers. I’m very happy to hear he is recovering. I read excerpts of Leslie’s call-in to Howard Stern’s satellite radio show (on Wednesday, June 22nd) where he explained the scary chain of events.

Leslie West is both a pioneer and legend of Rock music. Leslie pioneered heavy guitar playing, I shudder to think where Hard Rock and Heavy Metal would be without his signature guitar and vocal styles. I’m just an Old Schooler when it comes to Rock and Roll’s roots. I’ll continue to thank the guys and gals of Rock and Roll’s yesteryear for founding and shaping the music I so much love. Thank you Leslie West.

Throughout my life, I’ve read countless interviews of Rock musicians and Leslie’s name consistently turns up when the topic of “influence” is brought up. The same has held true when I’ve done interviews for either Hard Rock Hideout or Metal Odyssey, his influence is brought up consistently. Leslie West is not just another musician in Rock history, Leslie West is a key figure who helped build Hard Rock and Heavy Metal to where it is in 2011.

This past week I went digging around to see what Mountain albums I’ve reviewed and there are a couple. (See below). Check out these two Mountain albums (if you haven’t already), they quite simply… ROCK.

(Mountain – Masters Of War – 2007/Big Rack Records)

On April 28, 2010, I wrote about Masters Of War, a cover song album that pays tribute to Bob Dylan’s classics. Click the big header link below to check it out:

MOUNTAIN – Masters Of War: A Cover Song Album Of Bob Dylan Classics

(Mountain– The Best Of Mountain Live – 2006/St. Clair)

On January 30th, 2010, I wrote about The Best Of Mountain Live. This is a really cool and live Mountain CD to listen to. You can read all about it by clicking the big header link below:

MOUNTAIN – The Best Of Live: A Listen In Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Roots

* LESLIE WEST, CORKY LAING and MOUNTAIN SHOULD BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME… METAL BE THY NAME.

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

MOUNTAIN – Official Web-Site

LONG LIVE LESLIE WEST.

LONG LIVE MOUNTAIN.

Stone.

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Hemoptysis – To Be Interviewed On Metalhead Radio by DJ Buz: Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

HEMOPTYSIS – Arizona thrashers Hemoptysis will be interviewed on Metalhead Radio by DJ Buz this Saturday June 25, 2011 at 10:00 P.M. EST. DJ Buz will discuss all things Hemoptysis with Masaki, Travis, and Sanao, as well as a full broadcast of the debut album Misanthropic Slaughter. To listen to this broadcast, tune in to Metalhead Radio HERE.

Hemoptysis full length debut Misanthropic Slaughter is now available in stores throughout Europe via Rock It Up Records, the European version includes the music video for Shadow of Death as a bonus feature. Digital copies of Misanthropic Slaughter are available through iTunes, physical copies can be purchased worldwide at this location.

(Source: Hemoptysis)

For updated news on Hemoptysis:

HEMOPTYSIS – Official Website

HEMOPTYSIS – myspace music

HEMOPTYSIS – Facebook

http://masakimurashita.com

Masaki Murashita – Official facebook

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.

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LIZZY BORDEN – Summer Of Blood Tour Makes A Stop At The Can! Appointment With Death: Album Review Revisited…

Posted in concerts, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal concerts, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

LIZZY BORDEN – Just as the concert flyer above reads, LIZZY BORDEN will be administering their Metal edict upon the masses on their Summer Of Blood Tour. One particular lucky venue on this tour is The Can, located in Garden Grove, California. The date is July 23rd, 2011… so mark it down if you are a fan of LIZZY BORDEN and/or loyalist to tried and true Metal and live anywhere near Garden Grove!

LIZZY BORDEN:

Lizzy Borden – vocals

Joey Scott – drums

Marten Andersson – bass

Dario Lorina – guitars

AC Alexander – guitars

* A long time ago, in a Metal world far, far away, I wrote a concise review and/or some Metal ramblings (take your pick) on the most recent LIZZY BORDEN album, which was released back in 2007 on Metal Blade Records: Appointment With Death. Actually I wrote about this album a few years ago. You can read it by clicking the link below:

LIZZY BORDEN – APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH

* For more info on LIZZY BORDEN, click on the links below:

LIZZY BORDEN – Official Website

LIZZY BORDEN – Official facebook

METAL BLADE RECORDS

LONG LIVE LIZZY BORDEN.

Stone.

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ELIMINATOR: Release Cover of “Angel of Death” by Slayer – New Album “The One They Were Waiting For” Released

Posted in Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, speed metal, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2011 by Metal Odyssey

ELIMINATOR – Edison New Jersey’s ELIMINATOR have just released their cover of “Angel of Death” by SLAYER.  The song can be heard/viewed HERE.  The band is a two piece of “Black Speed” Metal as singer/guitarist Warchild has described. Along with drummer Samus (Decrepit Birth, ex-Mutiny Within, ex-Abigail Williams, ex-Suspyre), the two have just released their second full length album The One They Were Waiting For.

The band released their highly popular and sold out debut album Breaking the Wheel which was quickly followed by their latest, The One They Were Waiting For. The band is already hard at work on the next album and are in the process of recording another jaw dropping SLAYER cover.

(Source: Devin Walsh)

ELIMINATOR – Breaking The Wheel  (debut album)

ELIMINATOR – The One They Were Waiting For

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

ELIMINATOR – REVERBNATION

LONG LIVE ELIMINATOR.

Stone.

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