Chase Manhattan and Matt Price of Los Angeles-based Stoner/Doom outfit BEHOLD!THE MONOLITH have issued the following statement on the tragic loss of singer/bassist Kevin McDade:
“We are deeply saddened to report the loss of our band member, friend and brother Kevin McDade in a car accident early Friday evening. Needless to say we are absolutely devastated by this. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his parents, family and girlfriend. Thanks for the time we had and the music we made together. We will, and already do, miss you terribly. -Chase and Matt”
Kevin McDade died as a result of an auto accident on Friday, June 21st. He was 29 years old.
R.I.P. Kevin.
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Stone Says: The Metal Odyssey family expresses condolences to the family, girlfriend, bandmates, friends and fans of Kevin McDade.
Relapse Records Have Announced Today – June 24, 2013:
We are proud to announce that we have officially re-signed Death Metal legends Dying Fetus! The band will be on tour all year long in Europe, Canada and the US so be sure to catch them on the road!
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* For DYING FETUS tour dates, click on the links below!
Sweden’s AEON have launched a brand new performance demonstration video for StillThey Pray from their latest album, Aeons Black. Watch Daniel Dlimi, Emil Wiksten, Zeb Nilsson, and Tony Östman perform their parts now, below!
As previously announced, AEON will be touring the US for the first time this year as part of The Summer Slaughter Tour. Presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP and GuitarWorld, the seventh annual event is now officially slated to run from July 19th through August 20th and features The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Rings of Saturn and Thy Art is Murder.
Comments Daniel Dlimi: “We are finally going to tour the US and we are really fucking stoked about it to say the least. And there couldn’t possibly be any better way to do so than to be a part of the Summer Slaughter Tour. And with today’s lineup and our latest release Aeons Black, we stand stronger than ever and will treat you with some real Death Metal. See you on the road.”
The Summer Slaughter Tour w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder:
7/19/2013 Regency Ballrom – San Francisco, CA
7/20/2013 House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA
7/21/2013 The Observatory/Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
7/24/2013 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
7/26/2013 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
7/27/2013 House of Blues – Houston, TX
7/29/2013 House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
7/30/2013 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
7/31/2013 Old City Courtyard – Knoxville, TN
8/01/2013 House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC
8/02/2013 The Filmore Silver Springs – Silver Springs, MD
Vip tickets will include:
-One General Admission Ticket
-Exclusive Dying Fetus Herbal Grinder
-Meet and Greet with band/Early entry/Front of the Line access to the show
-Limited Edition DYING FETUS “20 YEARS OF BRUTALITY” poster
-VIP Souvenir Laminate
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Dates:
Oct 04 – Wilmington, DE @ Mojo 13
Oct 05 – Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox
Oct 06 – Orlando, FL @ Back Booth
Oct 07 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Oct 09 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
Oct 10 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
Oct 11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
Oct 12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chameleon Room
Oct 13 – Santa Fe, NM @ Warehouse 21
Oct 14 – Tempe, AZ @ Rocky Point
Oct 15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
Oct 16 – W. Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
Oct 17 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
Oct 18 – Portland, OR @ Branx
Oct 19 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Oct 20 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
Oct 22 – Calgary, AB @ Republik
Oct 23 – Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop
Oct 24 – Regina, SK @ Riddell Centre
Oct 25 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theater
Oct 26 – St Paul, MN @ Station-4
Oct 27 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
Oct 29 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys
Oct 30 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater
Oct 31 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Nov 1 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
Nov 2 – Springfield, VA @ Empire
Adrenaline Mob is proud to announce that we’ve been added as the opening act for Avenged Sevenfold at the LaCrosse Center Arena on July 16th in LaCrosse,Wisconsin! Also on the bill is Fight or Flight featuring Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren of Disturbed fame. We would like to thank everyone in the A7X Camp for this incredible opportunity & we’re extremely excited to perform alongside these awesome bands!!
After coming off an amazing run in South America w/Halestorm, we have unfortunately parted ways with drummer Mike Portnoy due to scheduling conflicts as you all know. We had an incredible run with Mike & made 2 great albums together as well as many great shows & tours since we’ve launched Adrenaline Mob. It was a pleasure to share the stage with such a great talent but as a band we need to be able to move forward & work as hard as we can to take Adrenaline Mob to the next level. We wish Mike all the best in everything he does!
Mike Portnoy
As far as filling the drum position… we will not be announcing a permanent replacement just yet. We are currently seeking out the right person to fill the spot at this time & will use a fill in for the A7X Show on July 16th.
We’d also like to announce that Mike Orlando & Russell Allen have been hard at work writing the next Adrenaline Mob album & will enter the studio late summer, early fall to begin tracking the new release! Russell, Mike & John would like to send out a huge special thanx to all the amazing Adrenaline Mob fans worldwide for their incredible support at this time! We’re extremely excited to unveil the next phase of Adrenaline Mob real soon!!
Original DIO Drummer Vinny Appice will be performing with Dio Disciples at the following shows:
7/18 Toronto, Canada, The Rockpile
7/19 London, Canada, Eastside Bar & Grill
7/20 Silver Creek, NY, Willow Creek Winery
7/21 Poughkeepsie, NY, The Chance
7/22 Teaneck, NJ, Mexicali Live!
Vinny Appice
Come celebrate Ronnie James Dio with Dio Disciples featuring Ronnie’s Band Mates and Friends! Be sure to get your tickets now at the venue box office or wherever tickets are sold!
In just another week (June 29) the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival begins it’s journey across the USA! Below is a bounty of information you NEED about this amazing touring festival of Heavy Music!
Tickets ON SALE NOW for the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Complete details, bands, info and more can be found on the Mayhem site: http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/
Las Vegas-based Doom Metallers DEMON LUNG will venture west in the coming weeks to perform selections from their recently released full-length debut, The HundredthName. Joining the quintet on select dates will be friends Wounded Giant and Castle. Dates are set to begin June 29th in Salt Lake City and wrap with a hometown show on August 18th.
The Hundredth Name was released June 4th via Candlelight Records. Since its release, the The Hundredth Name has found a solid support network among media and college radio programmers nationwide, peaking on CMJ’s Loud Rock report at position 14 with Full Metal Jacket/DMX programming the album in its syndication networks plus specialty and college play from the likes of WAQX (Syracuse NY), WZGM (Asheville NC), WHMH (St. Cloud MN), WSOU (S. Orange NJ), WCSB (Cleveland OH), KFSR (Fresno CA), and WIXQ (Millersville PA), among many others.
Las Vegas Weekly says, “everything about DEMON LUNG’s debut screams epic.” Metal Review confirms, “vocalist Shanda Fredrick’s measured delivery is bleak and monotone… a grimly deliberate wail that works magic.” Pitchfork.com boasts, “Fredrick emerges like a high empress,“ while Vegas Seven adds, “literate and lacerating, the ‘LUNG breathes real fire.” The album was recently selected as “Album Of The Day” by Roadburn.com where they crowned DEMON LUNG “a band with promise.”
Formed in 2011, DEMON LUNG self-released their EP Pareidolia in early 2012. The band entered the studio to record The Hundredth Name with producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, The Melvins, Sleep) in late December. The Hundredth Name was completed in early 2013 with final artwork provided by rising English illustrator Tom Gates (Vision of Disorder, Amorphis).
DEMON LUNG Summer Tour 2013:
6/29/2013 Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City UT w/Odium Totus
6/30/2013 Red Room – Boise ID w/Mariana
7/01/2013 Duffy’s Hangar – Salem OR w/Wounded Giant
7/02/2013 Tiger Bar – Portland OR w/Wounded Giant
7/03/2013 The Mercury – Seattle WA w/Wounded Giant
7/05/2013 Red Room PDX – Portland OR w/Wounded Giant
7/07/2013 Please for Peace – Stockton CA w/Tales of the Grotesque
7/08/2013 Billy O’s – Ventura CA w/Castle
7/09/2013 Industry Theater – Lancaster CA w/Castle
7/11/2013 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas NV w/Spellcaster
8/16/2013 The Shakedown – San Diego CA w/Wounded Giant
8/17/2013 Icehouse Tavern – Phoenix AZ w/Wounded Giant
8/18/2013 The Dive – Las Vegas NV w/Wounded Giant
8/19/2013 Burt’s Tiki Lounge – Salt Lake City UT w/Wounded Giant
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DEMON LUNG is: vocalist Shanda Fredrick, guitarist Phil Burns, bassist PatrickWarren, and drummer Jeremy Brenton.
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on DEMON LUNG, click on the links below!
Masaki Murashita – Lead Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Lyricist And Founder Of Hemoptysis
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UGLY KID JOE – A long time ago, I learned many valuable Metal lessons from a wise old Metal hermit; one who lived in the remote and heavily wooded expanse within the Northwest Hills of Litchfield County, Connecticut. This scholarly Metal hermit once told me: “Stone, grand Metal things happen to those who are patient.” Whoa. That Metal advice is so F’n true, especially when it comes to my waiting for this new (album) EP release, Stairway To Hell, from Ugly Kid Joe.
Back on September 22nd, 2009, I wrote (a rather cool and lengthy) post about my wanting Ugly Kid Joe to come back: (Where Have You Gone, UGLY KID JOE? Come Back!). Well, Ugly Kid Joe did just that with their (2012) Stairway To Hell EP and it’s been reissued this past April (UKJ Records) with 3 acoustic bonus tracks, an electronic press kit and the video for the whiz-bang song: I’m Alright. Ugly Kid Joe is certainly back on the live stage as well, with their first U.S. performance happening back on June 8th at the Badger Band Festival in Madison, Wisconsin; plus prominent Summer festival dates in Europe and an October/November 2013 tour of the UK and Europe with SKID ROW has been solidly confirmed!
This EP from California’s Ugly Kid Joe is a 100% solid reminder that they BELONG back ROCKIN’ with the best of ’em! My favorite songs on this grand EP are I’m Alright and Another Beer; both songs lyrically hitting home at my Metal soul! Devil’s Paradise, You Make Me Sick and No One Survives are hard, heavy, memorable and melodic as hell. Just tremendous songs all, courtesy of Ugly Kid Joe. You Make Me Sick and Love Ain’t True! revisit that Funk and Groove heaviness that Ugly Kid Joe have been so famously remembered for and it’s all a severely contagious listen for me.
The 3 acoustic songs are nothing short of fabulous and the cover of (the late/legendary) HarryChapin’s Cat’s in the Cradle is simply sensational. Ugly Kid Joe made this iconic #1 hit from Harry Chapin their own and I’m not screwing around by saying just that. WhitCrane sounds fantastic on vocals and the band kicks ass on every song. A perfect comeback EP from Ugly Kid Joe? Yes. There’s no doubt in my Metal mind that Ugly Kid Joe have re-entered the building and they’ve kicked my ass with their new songs. I deserved this Rockin’ ass whooping from Ugly Kid Joe, cause I freaking asked for it in the first place. Metal be thy name!
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Stairway To Hell – Track Listing:
Devil’s Paradise
You Make Me Sick
No One Survives
I’m Alright
Love Ain’t True! (featuring Angelo Moore & Dirty Walt of FISHBONE)
Another Beer
Cat’s in the Cradle
Would You Like To Be There
Whit Crane – vocals
Klaus Eichstadt – guitar
Dave Fortman – guitar
Cordell Crockett – bass
Shannon Larkin – drums
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* For more info on UGLY KID JOE, click on the links below! Whoa!
On August 6th, Shadow Kingdom Records will release the self-titled four-song EP from NWOBHM-inspired upstarts NIGHT DEMON.
This California trio, featuring members of THE FUCKING WRATH, first started making noise in 2011. It didn’t take long for the band to make a name for themselves with Trad-Metal maniacs from across the globe. In fact, shortly after establishing an online presence via Bandcamp, the organizers of Germany’s Keep It True Festival offered NIGHT DEMON a place on the fest’s 2014 line-up.
British metallic stylings reminiscent of Angel Witch, Raven and Iron Maiden are kicked into overdrive with an edgier and grittier dose of American Venom. Consider NIGHT DEMON mandatory listening for any NWOBHM fan. The Shadow Kingdom Records CD release is remastered from the digital version and offers an undeniably superior sound.
MAMMOTH SALMON – Sludge, Doom, & Keeping it Real. Those exact words are found on the about page of MAMMOTH SALMON’s Facebook. Metal truth be told, that sums up this 3 song Internet EP 2 from this Portland, Oregon Metal band quite adequately. There is an Internet EPreleased prior from these guys, back in December of 2012. I’ll blab about that one too in the near future; working my way backwards, I guess!
This Internet EP 2 has recently been released this past March and it’s HEAVY as freaking homemade molasses and an all-out riff fest. Raw and damn cool are these 3 songs I’ve listened to on this EP. MAMMOTH SALMON aren’t following the leader with their sound either. The Sludge and Doom that this Metal pack from the Great Northwest is tapping into has an electric vibe happening; that’s where the realcomes into play.
I just cannot control myself digging the way MAMMOTH SALMON have pieced these songs together, from a super thumping doom march to a crawling drone interval and back again; this band has caught my Metal attention. Paul Dudziak (vocals, guitar & bass) and MitchMeidinger on drums are the Dynamic Sludge Doom Duo that makes up MAMMOTH SALMON and it’s my Metal recommendation that you give them a listen.
I can honestly see MAMMOTH SALMON gaining some potent label attention (if the right person hears their Metal) in the near future, with such a strong mindset to keeping their songs both super heavy and fantastically interesting. Metal be thy name.
Portland, Oregon Funeral Doom ensemble EPHEMEROS is pleased to announce their unholy union with Seventh Rule Recordings for the impending unleashing of their debut full-length, All Hail Corrosion.
Formed in 2010, EPHEMEROS features members of Nux Vomica, Graves At Sea, Elitist, and Bastard Feast. Their All Hail Corrosion offering was tracked and mixed by Fester (Atriarch, Stoneburner) at Haywire Studios, mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, From Ashes Rise, Nails) at Audiosiege Engineering and offers up three diseased tracks in forty dismal minutes. Slow, depressive harmonies are punctuated by growled and chanted vocal tirades centered around the decay of humanity. Both physically and emotionally traumatic, EPHEMEROS will appeal to the black-souled fans ofMournful Congregation, Loss, and Asunder.
All Hail Corrosion – Track-Listing:
1. All Hail Corrosion
2. Stillborn Workhorse
3. Soilbringer
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All Hail Corrosion will be released on CD and digitally via Seventh Rule on August 20, 2013 and on vinyl by Parasitic Records. In the meantime, West Coast gloom enthusiasts can experience the band’s sonic decay live next month, with more dates moving Eastward in the Fall.
EPHEMEROS Live Rituals:
7/05/2013 Highline – Seattle,WA w/ Bell Witch, Anhedonist
7/06/2013 Branx – Portland, OR w/ Hail, Shadow of the Torturer, Druden
7/18/2013 1078 Gallery – Chico, CA w/ Amarok
7/19/2013 Metro – Oakland w/ Larvae
7/20/2013 Hemlock – San Francisco, CA w/ Wild Hunt, Ionophore, Thoabath
7/21/2013 The Ink Annex – Eureka, CA w/ This Is Not Earth
7/25/2013 Megaton Haus – Portland, OR w/ Lycus, Usnea, Megaton Leviathan
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The morose souls of EPHEMEROS:
Garrett Bagniefski – Bass
Chuck Watkins – Drums
Joshua Greene – Vocals
Jesse Aspy – Guitar
Chris Trumpower – Guitar
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(Source: Earsplit PR)
* For more info on EPHEMEROS, click on links below!
Black Death Metal Thrash demons ACHERON have completed the recording process for their upcoming Listenable Records release, Kult Des Hasses.The album is now set to enter the mixing and mastering phase.
ACHERON will be doing a mini-tour with INCANTATION in late July. The band has enlisted DISMEMBERMENT guitarist Jacob Shively to fill the slot of second guitarist. When asked if Shively would be their new permanent second guitarist, ACHERON founder Vincent Crowley stated:
“Jacob is a talented guitarist and fan of the band. His group DISMEMBERMENT opened for ACHERON a few times and I really liked them. That is why I asked him about filling in. But we are taking baby steps. We’ve learned from past experiences not to just hire someone right away. For now he is playing with us for all upcoming live shows. We’ll just have to see if it progresses into something more. But we are indeed open to the idea if the dedication and chemistry is there.”
Vincent Crowley – bass, vocals
Kyle Severn – drums
Art Taylor – Guitar
Jacob Shively
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ACHERON will also head to Germany to headline the Death Doomed the Age Fest in September and return in October for the Under the Banner of the Black Light Fest.
SIOUX – From the fine city of Portland, Oregon comes a really, really cool Metal/Heavy Rock band that recently caught my Metal attention and their named SIOUX. This Metal trio have just released their S/T EP on May 10th, 2013. I have become so impressed with this band’s sound and songs on this EP that I hereby make this Metal declaration:
SIOUX – S/T EP Is:
Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!
A (hopeful) majority of Sludge, Stoner, Doom and underground Metal fans will take an immediate liking to SIOUX and their muscular, badass heavy songs. There are 4 songs on their S/T EP and ALL 4 are legitimate listens that need to be heard and passed along throughout the Metal (world) community. Fans of Mastodon, WINO, Saint Vitus, Crowbar and Motörhead should all hear some influence within the song structures, vocals and musicianship of SIOUX.
Kirk Evans (vocals, guitar, bass) sounds like a giant atop the mountain peek, looking down upon his Metal followers who are chanting: SIOUX! SIOUX! SIOUX! In our grand Metal world there are those underground bands that turn up and kick your ass into Metal shape; SIOUX is one of those underground Metal bands. Get your ears into SIOUX and be glad you did; cause this band will serve you Metal right. Metal be thy name.
* To hear and purchase the digital download of SIOUX S/T EP and other SIOUX merch, click on this link: siouxtheband.bandcamp.com
* SIOUX Recorded & Mixed by Fester at Haywire Studios and Mastered by Nate Abner at Sola Sounds Studios.
SIOUX:
Kirk Evans – Guitar/Bass/Vocals
Ryan McPhaill – Drums
Juan Carlos Caceres – Guitar
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SIOUX S/T EP – Track Listing:
Bezoar
Rheap
Aegeless
In Tongues
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* For more info on SIOUX, click on the links below!
GYPSYHAWK recently completed a brand new video for Silver Queen from their most recent album, Revelry & Resilience. That video was directed by Farron Loathing for Mortichrome Films with producer Brian Sowell, and editor/visual FX artist Josh Ethier. The complete list of the crew is below as it took many talented people to complete this project! Fans can view the video now and exclusively at RevolverMag.com.
Vocalist and bassist Eric Harris summarizes the “Silver Queen” video shoot experience: “One bottle of fireball, a fifth of Jim, some Kessler, some more beers, a couple of joints, sandwiches, one ditch, zero acting classes, 6 titties and a LARPers wet dream. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you… ‘Silver Queen.’”
“Silver Queen” crew:
Farron Loathing – Director / Producer
Brian Sowell – Director of Photography / Producer
Josh Ethier – Editor / visual FX
Rachel P Hsuing – Wardrobe / Props / Set Decorator
Erika Clum – Wardrobe / Props / set decorator
Michael Hsuing – Art Department
Chris Veliz – Art Department
Cliff Düyn – Visual FX
April Edwards – Still Photographer
John Paul Altamirano – Location Scout
Jennifer Ziliotto – hair and makeup
GYPSYHAWK recently hit the road with Valient Thorr and Ramming Speed. Fans can see the bands on tour until July 12th. The list of dates are below, as well as at http://www.facebook.com/gypsyhawkusa.
Indianapolis-based Sludge/Rock riff-mongers DEVIL TO PAY have announced a string of live dates in support of their recently released fourth album, Fate is Your Muse. The dates will see DEVIL TO PAY sharing stages with the likes of LO-PAN, VENOMOUS MAXIMOUS, EARTHEN GRAVE, SOULFLY and ZZ TOP.
7/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Rock House w/ Phoenix on the Fault Line, Dell Zell
8/10 – Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage w/ Earthen Grave
8/11 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue w/ Soulfly
8/25 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center w/ ZZ Top, Kid Rock
9/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Center w/ Indy Metal Fest
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Fate is Your Muse was released earlier this year on Ripple Music. The album is currently available on CD, digital and vinyl formats at http://www.ripple-music.com.
Ripple Music still has a handful of the Limited Edition Splatter Vinyl packages on hand. Limited to a run of 100 units, this clear splatter vinyl comes with a signed poster, digital download card and tarot card lyric sheet insert. Order the package at this location.
Fate is Your Muse is an introspective lyrical journey that careens from the metaphysical, to the absurd, to the pragmatic (and back again), all set to bone crushing heaviness wrapped in elaborate vocal melodies and elegant guitar phrases. Exploring topics such as reincarnation, the end of days, and the thin veil between reality and fantasy, the Indianapolis foursome create a rare musical experience; one that will have heavy rock fans returning for the primal emotional riffs, as well as the complex and heady lyrical content.
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(Source: ClawHammer PR)
* For more info on DEVIL TO PAY, click on the links below!
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