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DORO – ‘Raise Your Fist’ Releasing In North America On November 6th; Track List Revealed! European Tour Kicks Off On November 15th!

Posted in classic rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on September 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

DORO’s 17th studio album Raise Your Fist will be released in North America this November 6th. This album also contains the four songs that have already been released this past August on the EP Raise Your Fist In The Air.

DORO’s Raise Your Fist album was recorded and written in the U.S., Germany, and Scandinavia. “Most important to me are the power hymns ‘Raise Your Fist In The Air’ and ‘Victory,’” DORO has stated. “Both songs have been played live on our last tour and also made last year’s Wacken Open Air shake!”

Musical guests on Raise Your Fist include Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister and Ozzy/Firewind guitarist Gus G. Album artwork has once again been created by British artist and longtime collaborator Geoffrey Gillespie.

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Take a look and listen to Raise Your Fist In The Air below! Crank it up loud and Hail The Queen Of Heavy Metal! 

RAISE YOUR FIST – Track List:

Raise Your Fist In The Air

Coldhearted Lover

Rock Till Death

It Still Hurts – featuring Lemmy Kilmister

Take No Prisoner

Grab The Bull (Last Man Standing) – featuring Gus G.

Engel

Freiheit (Human Rights)

Little Headbanger (Nackenbrecher)

Revenge

Free My Heart

Victory

Hero

DORO – EUROPEAN TOUR 2012

15.11.2012 GER Kiel Max

16.11.2012 GER Bremen Aladin

17.11.2012 NED Tilburg O13

18.11.2012 BEL Antwerp Trix

20.11.2012 GBR London Garage

21.11.2012 FRA Paris Divan Du Monde

23.11.2012 ESP Pamplona Totem

24.11.2012 ESP Madrid Arena

25.11.2012 ESP Barcelona Razzmatazz 2

27.11.2012 SWI Pratteln Z7

28.11.2012 GER Stuttgart Longhorn/LKA

30.11.2012 GER Memmingen Kaminwerk

01.12.2012 AUT Wien Scene

02.12.2012 HUN Budapest Club 202

04.12.2012 TCH Prag Retro Music Hall

06.12.2012 GER Bochum Zeche

07.12.2012 GER Karlsruhe Substage

08.12.2012 GER Vacha Vachwerk

09.12.2012 GER Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt

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Stone Says: There’s never been a better time to be a DORO fan! A new EP this past August, a new full-length album this fall! Plus, if you live in Europe, you can catch DORO and her band live this November and December!

Accuse me of being a DORO loyalist, yet I consider the title track Raise Your Fist In The Air a classic Heavy Metal anthem already! Metal as my witness, that song gives me the Metal chills. Whoa!

2012 can easily be called: The Year Of DORO. Metal be thy name.

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(Sources: Earsplit PR, Nuclear Blast)

* For more info on DORO, click on the links below!

http://www.doro.de/

http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial

http://www.twitter.com/DoroOfficial

http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial

http://www.myspace.com/DoroBand

LONG LIVE DORO.

THE QUEEN OF HEAVY METAL.

Stone.

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ADORNED BROOD – Finish Recordings, Reveal Album Details For ‘Kuningaz’

Posted in Black Metal, folk metal, Heavy Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ADORNED BROOD have finished the recordings of their upcoming album!

“Kuningaz”, which is the Germanic term for king, is going to be available in late November and will also be available as limited digipak with an exclusive bonus track.

The album was recorded at the Kohlekeller Studio in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, with producer Kai Stahlenberg.

Mario Pontigo, Moritz “Mo” Stübing (All Will Know) and Florian “Blutaxt” Tamm (Black Unicorn) are featured as guest musicians on “Kuningaz”.

Rumor has it, that fans will hear more acoustic instruments, more blast beats, complex riffing and various sound effects on the album.

You can watch the first studio trailer below!

Further visual impressions from the studio are available on the band’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Adorned.Brood

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Source:

* For more info on ADORNED BROOD, click on the links below!

http://www.adornedbrood.de

http://www.youtube.com/AdornedBroodBand

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE ADORNED BROOD.

Stone.

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TRILLION RED – METAPHERE Cover Art & Track Listing; Debut Full Length Releases October 23rd via badGod Music

Posted in ambient music, avant-garde metal, dark metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on September 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

TRILLION RED – The debut full length, METAPHERE, from TRILLION RED will be released on October 23rd, 2012, via badGod Music. The dark and sinister music of TRILLION RED has summoned your Metal soul! You have been warned. Check out the track list below!

To purchase METAPHERE and listen to some tracks, click here: http://badgodmusic.com/

METAPHERE – Track Listing:

1          Blood Bravado

2          Trichroic Prelude : Mira Lore

3          Trichroic : Part I. In Ever Loving Shadows

4          Trichroic : Part II. In Darkness, We Cannot Be

5          Trichroic : Part III. Ephemeral Light

6          Cuts Come In 3’s

7          Bug – Id

8          Parables and Levitation

9          Sin Forecasting

10        For Pain

11        Dawn State

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TRILLION RED IS:

PATRICK – Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Keys, Drums

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* Past articles on TRILLION RED, as featured on Metal Odyssey:

TRILLION RED – two tongues ep: Take A Dark Descent Into An Ambient Metal Abyss

TRILLION RED – A Metal Odyssey Interview

TRILLION RED: Two Tongues EP Streaming At StereoKiller.com

TRILLION RED – Signs To badGod Music

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* For more info on TRILLION RED, click on the links below!

https://www.facebook.com/Trillionred

http://badgodmusic.com/

LONG LIVE TRILLION RED.

Stone.

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ILLDISPOSED – Special Offer & Track List For ‘Sense The Darkness’

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ILLDISPOSED are going to release their highly acclaimed new album “Sense The Darkness” on September 21st via Massacre Records.

The album, which will also be available as limited digipak with two bonus tracks, was produced and mixed by Tue Madsen. Mircea Gabriel Eftemie is responsible for the artwork.

Amazon.de is going to offer the album as MP3 download for 5€ only starting September 21st until September 23rd!
Don’t miss it and add the following link to your bookmarks: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B008YNU8GG

Sense The Darkness will feature the following tracks:

01. Sense The Darkness

02. Eyes Popping Out

03. Time To Dominate

04. Never Compromise

05. Stop Running

06. I Am Possessed

07. Too Blind To See

08. The Poison

09. Another Kingdom Dead

10. She’s Undressed

11. We Do This Alone

12. War (*)

13. Desire (*)

You can already listen to the album here: http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/releases/18610?lang=en

ILLDISPOSED:

Bo Summer – Vocals

Jakob Batten – Guitar

Ken Holst – Guitar

Jonas Kloge – Bass

Thomas Jensen – Drums

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on ILLDISPOSED, click on the links below!

http://www.illdisposed.com

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE ILLDISPOSED.

Stone.

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AMORPHIS – Studio Report Video Online! 11th Studio Album Targeted For Early Spring 2013 Release

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Finnish forerunners of melancholic dark metal, AMORPHIS, have posted their first studio report detailing the making or their as-of-yet-untitled 11th album, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLdUj7wm2PM.

The follow-up to 2011’s highly successful masterpiece The Beginning Of Times (Finnish charts: #1, German charts: #16) is being produced and mixed by no less than HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, IMMORTAL, DIMMU BORGIR).

“We had to face the fact that if we want to develop our music and sound we need a producer who has a vision and whom we can accept as an authority,” commented AMORPHIS guitarist and founding member Esa Holopainen. “I know that we’re not the most flexible guys when it comes to letting outsiders into our camp for telling us how to do things. We spent one evening at our management office, talking about the right producer and the recording sessions in general. As usual, the best decisions are not far to seek. We’ve been talking to Peter about him producing AMORPHIS for ages. I think the first time we spoke about this was when we met first at the Nuclear Blast festival tour in 1994, and it was in Helsinki around a year ago when we last speculated about the idea. We’ve been following Peter’s career – he’s developed as a musician and especially as a producer over the years. Plus he’s one of the true survivors from the 90’s death metal scene who is still around just like us, so we share kind of an old school mental level.”

The recordings are currently taking place in the famous premises of Petrax Studio in Hollola (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, KORPIKLAANI) and 5K Studios in Helsinki.

Esa explains:
“We’ve decided to record in Finland so that Peter can come here to escape to Petrax in the countryside with us, in order to record all the drums plus some additional lines. Later on, we’ll continue in Helsinki at 5K Studios to lay down the rest of the material. The mixing will be done with Peter in the Swedish Abyss Studios. We’ll keep you posted about how the sessions proceed!”

AMORPHIS’ 11th studio album is planned for a March/April 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

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(Source: Nuclear Blast)

* Above photo credit: Stefan De Batselier

* For more info on AMORPHIS, click on the links below!

http://www.amorphis.net

http://www.facebook.com/amorphis

http://www.youtube.com/amorphisofficial

LONG LIVE AMORPHIS.

Stone.

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TRUTH CORRODED – To Support FEAR FACTORY On Their Upcoming Australian Tour

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, industrial metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on September 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

TRUTH CORRODED is pleased to announce that the band will be supporting the mighty FEAR FACTORY on the band’s upcoming INDUSTRIALIST Australian Tour in late September.

“For us, the opportunity to perform alongside FEAR FACTORY has been a long time coming“, comments TRUTH CORRODED vocalist Jason North. ” Dino and Burton actually saw us play our third ever show at a VIP event they attended while the band were touring Australia over a decade ago. It’s awesome to have them invite us to play the whole Australian tour and to finally get the chance to share the stage together”.

It’s been a very active year for TRUTH CORRODED who toured Europe earlier this year with MALEVOLENT CREATION, KRISIUN and VITAL REMAINS, building on previous supports alongside bands such as LAMB OF GOD, ARCH ENEMY, BEHEMOTH, SEPULTURA, IN FLAMES and CHIMAIRA among many others both in Australia and abroad. The tour support will see the band round out an incredible year before TRUTH CORRODED turn their attention to writing and recording the follow-up toWorship The Bled.

INDUSTRIALIST AUSTRALIAN TOUR

SEPT 26 – Brisbane, AU @ Hi Fi
SEPT 27 –  Sydney, AU @ Hi Fi
SEPT 28 – Melbourne, AU @ Hi Fi
SEPT 29 – Adelaide, South Australia @ Adelaide Uni Bar

For more information on TRUTH CORRODED visit www.truthcorroded.com

The band’s latest album Worship The Bled is available now through Truth Inc. Records (www.truthincrecords.com) and at leading independent and JB Hifi music retailers.

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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)

LONG LIVE TRUTH CORRODED.

LONG LIVE FEAR FACTORY.

Stone.

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ALL THAT REMAINS – A War You Cannot Win Releases November 6th via Razor & Tie

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on September 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ALL THAT REMAINS – A new studio album, A War You Cannot Win, from Massachusetts Metal band All That Remains will see release on November 6th, via Razor & Tie. A War You Cannot Win was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz.

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“So we’re gonna release a new disc in the fall and it’s called ‘A War You Can Not Win’. We really busted our asses and tried to do some new stuff (like we always do) and we’re really happy about what came out of it. Some of it is pretty different and is REALLY gonna blow you guys away. Some of it is gonna sound just like what you expect from ATR. And I’m sure all of it is gonna make the internet have a conniption fit! Release is gonna be this fall and we’re already working on a co-headline tour to show some of it off! Get into it,” comments All That Remains front man Phil Labonte.

A War You Can Not Win will be All That Remains’ seventh studio album for Razor & Tie/Prosthetic, the bands label home for over eight years.  One of the leading rock/metal bands in music today, ATR has sold more than 890,000 albums and 1,290,000 tracks to date. The band’s last album, For We Are Many, debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in 2010 and sold over 174,000 albums to date.

The band has also had enormous Active Rock Radio success – their last single off the album, “The Waiting One,” went top 5 on the  Active Rock Radio chart making ATR’s first ever Top 5 single and also the band’s fifth consecutive hit single at Active Rock. For We Are Many also spawned 2 additional Top 10 tracks, “Hold On,” and “The Last Time” which spent a combined calendar year charting at the format. All That Remains has toured extensively including a headlining runs as well as tours with Asking Alexandria, Buckcherry, Black Label Society, Hollywood Undead, Five Finger Death Punch as well as a few major radio and international festivals.

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Check out below the Official Lyric Video for Stand Up, a song featured on A War You Cannot Win.

ALL THAT REMAINS:

Philip Labonte – vocals

Mike Martin – guitar

Oli Herbert – guitar

Jeanne Sagan – bass

Jason Costa – drums

Photo Credit: P.R. Brown

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Stone Says: ALL THAT REMAINS kicks METAL ass. They always have. They always will. That’s my METAL opinion and I’m sticking to it. METAL be thy name.

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Source:

* For more info on ALL THAT REMAINS, click on the links below!

http://allthatremainsonline.com

http://twitter.com/ATRhq

LONG LIVE ALL THAT REMAINS.

Stone.

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ARMORED SAINT – News On Where To Catch Them LIVE!

Posted in classic rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ARMORED SAINT – NEWS

Armored Saint will be playing an all ages show at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California, on November 30th. As part of  the Metal Blade Records 30th Anniversary Show, Armored Saint will be joined by Gypsyhawk.

As reported on Armored Saint facebook, regarding this House Of Blues show:

Working on some cool things for the show. We’re gonna have some special friends come up and jam with us. Not to be missed.

* For ticket info on this House Of Blues show, click here: http://houseofblues.com/LA

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It’s also been reported that Armored Saint will be co-headlining at ProgPower USA XIV. Bassist Joey Vera had sent this message out on September 15th, via twitter: “Armored Saint is playing next years Prog Power USA Sept 7, 2013. More info to come….”

ARMORED SAINT:

John Bush – vocals

Phil Sandoval – guitar

Jeff Duncan – guitar

Joey Vera – bass

Gonzo Sandoval – drums

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* For more info on ARMORED SAINT, click on the links below!

http://www.armoredsaint.com/

http://www.myspace.com/armoredsaint1

http://www.facebook.com/DavidPrichardFan…

LONG LIVE ARMORED SAINT.

Rest In Peace, David Prichard.

Stone.

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DESTRUCTION – ‘Spiritual Genocide’ Cover Trailer Is Here!

Posted in Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , on September 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

German Thrash titans, DESTRUCTION, have posted a video trailer for the cover artwork of the band’s album Spiritual Genocide. Spiritual Genocide marks the band’s 13th studio album, celebrating 30 years of DESTRUCTION and is set to be unleashed November 23, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

DESTRUCTION:

Schmier – Bass, Vocals & Hate

Mike – Guitar

Vaaver – Drums

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For related news on this forthcoming DESTRUCTION album, click on link below!

DESTRUCTION – 1st Studio Trailer Online; Band To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Album

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(Source: Nuclear Blast)

* For more info on DESTRUCTION, click on the links below!

http://www.destruction.de/

http://www.facebook.com/destruction

http://www.twitter.com/destruction

http://www.youtube.com/DestructionDE

LONG LIVE DESTRUCTION.

Stone.

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UNHERZ – ‘Seite An Seite’ Brand New (Official) Video Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

UNHERZ proudly present their brand new video clip for the song “Seite An Seite”!

The song is featured on the band’s latest album Die Wahrheit Liegt Dazwischen, which is available since August 24th.

The album received great reviews and entered the German Media Control Top 20 Newcomer Charts at #19.

Stone Says: Take a look and listen below to Seite An Seite from UNHERZ! Great vocals and grand musicianship sure do go a long way and UNHERZ has delivered!

WARNING: This melodic and heavy rocker of a song may stick to your brain like it has done to mine! Metal be thy name.

Listen to and get your copy of UNHERZ’s albums here: http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/search?lang=en&search=unherz

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* For more UNHERZ news during 2012, click on the links below!

UNHERZ – Releasing ‘Best Of’ (Digital Only) Album: ‘Therapie-die zehn besten Sitzungen’ – Track Listing, Release Info

UNHERZ – Reveal Album Artwork; 3rd Studio Album Releases August 24th, via Massacre Records!

UNHERZ – 3rd Studio Album ‘Die Wahrheit Liegt Dazwischen’ Releases Tomorrow! Track List Revealed…

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on UNHERZ, click on the link below!

http://www.unherz.de

official facebook: Unherz

LONG LIVE UNHERZ.

Stone.

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SUICIDE SILENCE – SIGN TO NUCLEAR BLAST! New Album Targeted For Summer 2013 Release!

Posted in Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 14, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

2012-09-12 – SUICIDE SILENCE are proud to announce that they have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast. As one of the leaders of the Extreme Modern Metal movement, it is only fitting that their new home be one of the biggest Metal labels on the planet. It’s a union that is sure to bring much success to both parties in the not so distant future.

“I’ve been following SUICIDE SILENCE since their debut album and immediately grew to love their music,“ commented Nuclear Blast CEO, Markus Staiger. “I knew we had to work with this amazing band and today is the day to finally welcome one of the most brutal bands on Earth to the Nuclear Blast family. The next SUICIDE SILENCE album will no doubt push boundaries once again.“

“I am thrilled to have such an innovative and unique band like SUICIDE SILENCE as the first signing to Nuclear Blast Entertainment,” added NB Entertainment (a newly formed division of Nuclear Blast) President Monte Conner. “Even though I was totally blown away by their last album, The Black Crown, I am certain the band’s best music is still ahead of them.”

Guitarist Mark Heylmun commented:
“I and all of SUICIDE SILENCE are proud to announce that we have signed a worldwide deal with the one and only Nuclear Blast. It wasn’t a tough decision, Nuclear Blast has been a huge part of Heavy Metal for decades and we couldn’t be happier. This is a new beginning for us and we’re ready as all hell! Let Chapter 2 begin now!”

“I am beyond stoked to be signing to the sickest of all Heavy Metal record labels,” continues bassist Dan Kenny. “It has been a dream of mine since I was a youngster with Nuclear Blast posters on my bedroom wall”

North American Label Manager Gerardo Martinez concluded: 
“It’s pretty amazing when you hear SUICIDE SILENCE talk about the Nuclear Blast bands they love. It puts all of us on the same level – we are all music fans here. Super stoked to be a part of history with this Californian bunch!”

SUICIDE SILENCE’s Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut is tentatively scheduled for a Summer 2013 release!

Music Video:
“You Only Live Once”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=312Sb-2PovA

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SUICIDE SILENCE:

Mitch Lucker – Vocals

Chris Garza – Guitar

Mark Heylmun – Guitar

Alex Lopez – Drums

Dan Kenny – Bass

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(Source: Nuclear Blast)

* For more info on SUICIDE SILENCE, click on the links below!

http://www.thirddegreemerch.com/SuicideS…

http://twitter.com/suicidesilence

http://www.myspace.com/suicidesilence

http://www.youtube.com/suicidesilence

LONG LIVE SUICIDE SILENCE.

LONG LIVE NUCLEAR BLAST.

Stone.

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ORANGE GOBLIN – To Perform At: FULL MOON DOG FESTIVAL 2012

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 14, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ORANGE GOBLIN – NEWS

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As reported on www.fullmoondog.com:

Here it is folks! Starjack Entertainment presents, the second annual FULL MOON DOG FESTIVAL at The Cockpit in Leeds. In memory of ASOMVEL founder member and front-man, JAY-JAY WINTER!

The 2011 festival was a huge success – and this one will surpass even that. Again, all proceeds will be used to grow the festival for the following year – ensuring that Jay’s name is never forgotten, and that we all have a kick-ass shin-dig in his honour!

As reported on the facebook page of Orange Goblin:

Orange Goblin will be appearing at the Full Moon Dog Festival at the The Cockpit in Leeds on Saturday 13th October, alongside heavyweights such as Solstice, Asomvel, Stuka Squadron, Dark Forest, Mercenary, Eliminator, Stiletto Farm and an as yet unconfirmed headliner. The festival is being held in honour of Jay Jay Winter. All this for just £15!!! Tickets for this are selling fast so get yours today.

For ticket/venue information & directions, click here: www.fullmoondog.com

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* For more info on ORANGE GOBLIN, click on the links below!

http://www.orange-goblin.com

http://www.facebook.com/orangegoblinoffi…

http://www.myspace.com/theorangegoblin

http://www.youtube.com/orangegoblinofficial

LONG LIVE ORANGE GOBLIN.

LONG LIVE FULL MOON DOG FESTIVAL.

Rest In Peace, Jay-Jay Winter.

Stone.

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OBELYSKKH – German Doom Unit Premiere New Track Via The Obelisk

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 14, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Elusive German Doom quartet OBELYSKKH have completed their second full-length, White Lightnin’,confirmed for release via the avant-garde-minded riffmongers at Exile On Mainstream Records in North America on October 16th.

Today the aficionados of thunderous riffage at The Obelisk have gladly premiered a brand new track from OBELYSKKH, and not simply because of the obvious name kinship… but because they were the right doomsters for the job. Deafen all in earshot with the fourth track from White Lightnin’, the six-and-a-half minute homage to their previous album, via “Mount Nysa” RIGHT HERE.

Amidst tours and live performances throughout Germany and abroad since their 2008 inception, White Lightnin’ follows-up OBELYSKKH’s long-time-comin’ debut Mount Nysa, which was released in 2011 via now defunct German label Droehnhaus, nearly four years after the band’s formation. Following the immediately incredible response from the Doom/Sludge scene it received, the band decided  against a massive gap until the next album, and over the turn of the year into 2011 set up camp with Billy Anderson (Sleep, Neurosis, Mr. Bungle, Eyehategod, High On Fire, Melvins, etc.) to capture, mix and master their new work.

The more than hour-long White Lightnin’ is a roaring tour de force of catchy, flowing Sludge/Doom with just the right amount of atmospheric properties to counter its skull-shattering low-end assault, drawing from pure filth through psychedelic soundscapes into postrock and back. The output of OBELYSKKH is crushing but it also breathes some kind of repetitive mantra-like ambition, which clears the air here and there and thus declines total negativity. Diehards of Sleep, Ufomammut, Electric Wizard and labelmates Black Shape of Nexus will unquestionably embrace this outfit’s offerings into their record collections.

White Lightnin’ Track Listing:

1. The Enochian Keys

2. Elegy

3. The White Lightning

4. Mount Nysa

5. Amphetamine Animal

6. Abysmal Desert Cavern

7. Invocation To The Old Ones

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on OBELYSKKH, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/TheObelyskkhRitual

http://www.mainstreamrecords.de

http://www.myspace.com/exileonmainstream

LONG LIVE OBELYSKKH.

Stone.

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NIDINGR – ‘Greatest Of Deceivers’ Details Revealed; Releasing In North America On November 20th

Posted in Black Metal, black metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on September 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Recent Indie Recordings signees, NIDINGR, will unleash their new full-length, Greatest Of Deceivers, in North America on November 20th. Starring present and past members of bands such as Mayhem, Gorgoroth, DHG (Dødheimsgard), 1349 and God Seed, among others, the Norwegian Black Metal magicians are known for their efficiently complex songwriting, ravagingly dissonant, yet infinitely catchy riffs and breakneck tempos. Their two previous offerings — 2005’s Sorrow Infinite And Darkness and 2010’sWolf Father — prove what this maniacal assault is capable of. 

NIDINGR recorded G.O.D. in Crystal Canyon Studios in Oslo, home to a host of prominent Norwegian acts including cult experimentalists Ulver, to accomplish a unique ‘70s, vintage style production. The sound they’ve created is a wholly organic, warm, unedited and un-triggered production that further emphasizes the great musicianship caught on tape. Greatest Of Deceivers was produced by guitarist Teloch, mixed by Anders Møller (Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O, Euroboys, 120 Days, Turbonegro, etc.) and  mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios. The cover was crafted by the renowned Metastazis (Morbid Angel, Nachtmystium, Paradise Lost, Watain, Blut Aus Nord, etc.).

Greatest Of Deceivers continues the theme from Sorrow Infinite And Darkness, based on Enochian texts. As on the previous album, ten Enochian Æthyrs are evoked through the course of the album.

Greatest Of Deceivers Track Listing:

01. Greatest Of Deceivers
02. All Crowns Fall
03. O Thou Empty God
04. The Balances
05. Vim Patior
06. Rags Upon A Beggar
07. The Worm Is Crowned
08. Pure Pale Gold
09. Mother Of Abominations
10. Dweller In The Abyss

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NIDINGR:

Teloch – Guitars and bass

Blargh – Guitars and bass

El.Cpt.Estrella Grasa – Vocals

Øyvind Myrvoll – Drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on NIDINGR, click on the links below!

http://www.nidingr.no

http://www.facebook.com/nidingr

http://www.indierecordings.net

https://www.facebook.com/indierecordings

LONG LIVE NIDINGR.

Stone.

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VALDUR – Alpine Black/Death Occultists Issue Recording Update; New Song Posted

Posted in Black Metal, black metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Alpine Black/Death occultists VALDUR recently completed composing their upcoming, as-yet, untitled new full-length. Official recording sessions will commence on November 12th at Earhammer Studios. Additionally, VALDUR recently unleashed an ultra limited two-song EP entitled The Hammer Pit containing a rough version of two new songs. Taste the blood of track one, “Conjuring The Fire Plagues,” at the band’s Official BandCamp Page. When asked to talk about the upcoming new material, the band said in a collective statement: “We wish not to elaborate too much and allow the music that we will be putting out in the near future to do the talking.”

In the meantime, check out VALDUR live in the studio at KDVS at THIS LOCATION.

Hailing from Mammoth Lakes, California, VALDUR released Raven God Amongst Us in 2010 via Blood Mountain Records. The record proved to be an infernal masterpiece among the underground masses. Noted The Metal Crypt in a review of the record: “USBM is so often by the numbers that I am wary of it right out of the gate, but this is a band that remembers what is good about black metal, and does it very well indeed. Not an album to overlook,”About.com called the band, “the best black metal band in the United States that you’ve probably never heard of,” while Thrash Pit opined, “…a shimmering brand of black metal which pierces hearts rather than suffocates lungs.”

VALDUR:

Samuel: Guitars/Vocals

William: Bass

Sxuperion: Drums

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* To read Stone’s album review for Raven God Amongst Us, click on the link below!

VALDUR “Raven God Amongst Us” – A Raw And Apocalyptic Black Metal Storm

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* For more info on VALUDR, click on the link below!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/valdur/54163319709

(Source: Earsplit PR)

LONG LIVE VALDUR.

Stone.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE – Announce Fall U.S. Headlining Tour; Misery Index and Hour Of Penance Support

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on September 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

CANNIBAL CORPSE will be embarking on their first U.S. tour since dominating the stage as headliners of the Summer Slaughter Tour 2012. This headlining tour is scheduled to begin on November 16th and wrap up on December 7th. Dates and venues are listed below and can be found on the band’s Facebook page. Support will be provided by Misery Index and Hour of Penance. Tickets for the tour will be on sale beginning September 14th online and at your local venue’s box office.

CANNIBAL CORPSE are touring in support of their critically lauded, impossibly brutal full-length,Torture, released through Metal Blade Records earlier this year. On the twelfth studio offering of their inspiring twenty-four year career, the Floridian quintet have never sounded so vital, the album building upon the wealth of powerful, dark, and memorable songs comprising 2006’s Kill and 2009’s Evisceration Plague and pointedly upping the ante at every turn.

The record landed the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart upon its first week of release, making it the highest debut in CANNIBAL CORPSE history!Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart. Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving Death Metal madness.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE
w/ Misery Index, Hour Of Penance

11/16/2012 Crossroads Music Hall – Huntsville, AL

11/17/2012 Juanitas – Little Rock, AR

11/18/2012 Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO

11/19/2012 The Castle Theater – Bloomington, IL

11/20/2012 House Of Rock – Eau Claire, WI

11/21/2012 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI

11/23/2012 The Machine Shop – Flint, MI

11/24/2012 Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA

11/25/2012 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY

11/27/2012 The Met – Providence, RI

11/28/2012 Boat Show *no Hour of Penance – New York, NY

11/29/2012 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA

11/30/2012 Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ

12/01/2012 Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington DC

12/03/2012 Headliners – Louisville, KY

12/04/2012 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC

12/06/2012 Grand Central – Miami, FL

12/07/2012 Brass Mug – Tampa, FL

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info, click on the links below!

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

http://www.myspace.com/cannibalcorpse

http://www.jsrdirect.com/bands/cannibalc…

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

LONG LIVE MISERY INDEX.

LONG LIVE HOUR OF PENANCE.

Stone.

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MORTOR – ‘SHOOT ‘EM UP’ Releases On September 18th; FREE Song Download Available Now!

Posted in Death Metal, death thrash, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on September 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

MORTOR – Ottawa, Ontario based Death Thrashers, MORTOR, will be unleashing their ferocious Metal upon the masses this Tuesday, September 18th with: SHOOT ‘EM UP. The follow-up to their 2010 debut Metal Ride, Shoot ‘Em Up is a Metal statement from MORTOR that they are to be reckoned with.

The album was recorded at Garage Studios by Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY, MYTHOSIS) and engineered by Mathieu Marcotte (AUGURY). Both also made guest guitar solo appearances on tracks Point Black (guitar solo by Donaldson) and For Glory (guitar solo by Marcotte).

Take a listen to Under The Flag below from MORTOR! This kick-ass, earth-shaking song will set you Metal straight! Under The Flag is also available as a FREE download! Just click this cool link here to get it: http://mortor.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-flag

SHOOT ‘EM UP – Track Listing:

01. Intro (00:44)

02. Under The Flag (03:00)

03. Eat Lead (03:37)

04. Shoot ‘Em Up (03:00)

05. Clusterfuck (03:24)

06. Trigger Happy (02:41)

07. Locked And Loaded (03:35)

08. Infidels (03:51)

09. Whiskey Surgery (03:59)

10. For Glory (03:42)

11. Days of Our Knives (03:55)

12. Point Blank (03:29)

13. The Bonesaw (04:20)

14. Let’s Deflagrate (04:05)

(Photo Credit – Michele Larose)

From left to right – Jay Cross – Drums | Antonin Perras-Foisy – Lead Guitar |  Yolin Lafrenière – Lead Vocals | Dave Paquette – Rythm Guitar | Jonathan Boulay – Bass

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* If you wanna listen to MORTOR’s 2010 release Metal Ride, click on the link below!

http://soundcloud.com/mortor_metal/sets/metal-ride-1/

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(Source: Asher Media Relations)

MORTOR Official Website – www.mortor.net

LONG LIVE MORTOR.

Stone.

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SIX FEET UNDER – Announce Tour With Cattle Decapitation And Wretched

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 11, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Death Metal legends SIX FEET UNDER will be embarking on a headlining tour this Fall. The Chris-Barnes-named Autumn Apocalypse Tour will include label mates CATTLE DECAPITATION as well as Death Metal newcomers, Wretched. The journey will commence on October 30 and run through the first half of November, with the full routing available below.

Chris Barnes

Led by the inimitable Chris Barnes, possessor of one of the most dominant and instantly recognizable voices of the Death Metal genre, SIX FEET UNDER now features new guitarist Ola Englund, longtime guitarist Steve Swanson, new bassist Jeff Hughell, and drummer Kevin Talley, whose history blasting for Dying Fetus, Misery Index, and Chimaira speaks for itself. SIX FEET UNDER 2012 finds the band reinvigorated and churning out some of the most visceral, in-your-face, and downright horrifying tunes in their renowned discography of brutality both lyrically and musically.

Said Decibel Magazine off the band’s recently-unleashed Undead full-length: “This is the best thing SFU have recorded since Maximum Violence… [Chris Barnes] hasn’t sounded this focused or committed in years.” Listen and order at:

http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

CATTLE DECAPITATION‘s 11-track album, Monolith Of Inhumanity, is an achievement that stands out as one of the most volatile, ambitious, and impossible-to-pigeonhole records of 2012. Commended by Stereokiller for being “their most focused and intelligent album yet… this is another solid CATTLE DECAP release that proves again that they are not to be fucked with,” and noted for being “arguably the quartet’s strongest effort to date,” by Blistering, the record was produced by Dave Otero of Denver’s Flatline Audio and finds the progressive grind conjurers exploring innovative new techniques in song writing without abandoning their signature formula of confrontational audio wreckage. Be sure to check out the band’s latest video for “Kingdom Of Tyrants” HERE.

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SIX FEET UNDER: Autumn Apocalypse Tour 2012
w/ Cattle Decapitation, Wretched

10/30/2012 Crowbar – Tampa, FL * w/ Abiotic

11/01/2012 Tremont Music Hall  – Charlotte, NC *

11/02/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA

11/03/2012 Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD

11/04/2012 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ

11/05/2012 Middle East – Boston, MA

11/06/2012 The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY

11/07/2012 Club Infinity – Buffalo, NY

11/08/2012 Reverb – Reading, PA

11/09/2012 Revolution – Amityville, NY

11/10/2012 McGuffy’s – Dayton, OH

11/11/2012 TBA

11/12/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

11/13/2012 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL

11/14/2012 Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI

11/15/2012 The Brass Rail – Peoria, IL

11/16/2012 Phoenix – Louisville, KY

11/18/2012 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

* SIX FEET UNDER Only

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/sixfeetunder

http://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation

LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

LONG LIVE CATTLE DECAPITATION.

LONG LIVE WRETCHED.

Stone.

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EnChanTya – Reveal Debut Album Artwork and Track List

Posted in gothic metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on September 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

EnChanTya’s debut album Dark Rising is going to be released on September 28th! The album was mixed and mastered by Fernando Matias at The Pentagon Audio Manufacturers. Dark Rising, which will be available for a special newcomer price, will feature the following songs:

01. Unwavering Faith

02. No Stars In The Sky (Pre-listening: http://youtu.be/xing5ndytm4)

03. Night In Whisper

04. Clad In Black

05. Longing For You

06. Your Tattoo

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7. She Devil

08. Ocean Drops

09. Dark Rising

10. Winter Dreams

11. Fear Me When You Fall

12. Interlude / Become Of Me

13. Moonlighting The Dreamer

Don’t miss them live at Portugal’s Cameraman Metal Fest next month!(http://www.facebook.com/events/356356774446762)

EnChanTya:

Rute Fevereiro – Vocals

Nuno Seven – Guitar

MP – Bass

João Paulo Monteiro – Drums

Bruno Prates – Guitar

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on EnChanTya, click on the links below!

www.enchantya.com

www.facebook.com/EnChanTya

www.youtube.com/user/enchantyaband

http://www.massacre-records.com

Long Live EnChanTya.

Stone.

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GRAVE DIGGER ‘Clash Of The Gods’ – German Metal Legend’s 16th Studio Album Releases September 11th In U.S.

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on September 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

GRAVE DIGGER – The 16th studio album, Clash Of The Gods, from Germany’s Metal Legends Grave Digger, will be released in the U.S. on September 11th, via Napalm Records. The reviews for Clash Of The Gods have been very positive, across the Metal media landscape. The album cover artwork is, as always with Grave Digger, incredible stuff! Metal be thy name.

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CLASH OF THE GODS – Track Listing:

Charon

God Of Terror

Hell Dog

Medusa

Clash Of The Gods

Death Angel And The Grave Digger

Walls Of Sorrow

Call Of The Sirens

Warriors Revenge

With The Wind

Home At Last

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GRAVE DIGGER:

Chris “Reaper” Boltendahl – Vocals

Stefan Arnold – Drums

Jens Becker – Bass

HP Katzenburg – Keyboards

Axel “Ironfinger” Ritt – Guitars

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* For more info on GRAVE DIGGER, click on the link below!

http://www.grave-digger-clan.com

LONG LIVE GRAVE DIGGER.

Stone.

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