Limp Bizkit Announce New Tour Plans

Limp Bizkit have added dates to their upcoming spring tour, details are listed below.

The band will release their new album ?Stampede of the Disco Elephants? later in the year.

April 25th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
April 27th in Jacksonville, FL @ Welcome To Rockville
April 29th in Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
April 30th in Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
May 1st in Philadelphia, PA @ Theater Of Living Arts
May 3rd in Baltimore, MD @ Ram?s Head Live
May 4th in Concord, NC @ Carolina Rebellion
May 5th in Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart?s
May 7th in Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
May 8th in Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
May 10th in Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
May 11th in Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew?s Hall
May 13th in Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
May 14th in Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
May 15th in Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
May 17th in Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
May 18th in Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
May 19th in Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
May 21st in Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
May 22nd in Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
May 25th in Anaheim, CA @ The Observatory
May 26th in Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
May 31st in Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
June 1st in Sauget, IL @ Pops
June 2nd in Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre

THE OCEAN: Spin Magazine Streams Instrumental Version of Pelagial In Its Entirety

- April 8th, 2013 ?

Band To Return To North America On The 7th Annual Summer Slaughter Tour

In celebration of its forthcoming release, just three weeks away, Spin Magazine is currently streaming the instrumental version of THE OCEAN?s Pelagial in its entirety!

Written, recorded, and intended to-be-performed-live as one single 53-minute piece of music, Pelagial is a multifaceted conceptual musical voyage that begins at the surface of the ocean and plunges through all five pelagic depth zones: epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathyalpelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic. In synch with diminishing light and increasing pressure as one dives or sinks deeper into the ocean, the album begins rather light and progressively gets heavier and slows as the band reaches the unfathomable depths of the hadopelagic zone, characterized by complete darkness and a thousandfold increased pressure as compared to surface level. The tracks, or episodes, are connected by interludes of underwater sounds and samples taken from old submarine movies, which give the album a claustrophobic ?Das Boot?-kind of atmosphere. ?There are track marks, and there are actual songs built into this larger structure, but the whole album is a journey rather than a number of loose tracks? some riffs appear in the first two minutes of the album and then reappear 30 minutes later,? comments guitarist Robin Staps. It?s an experience that will reward repeated listens.

Delve into the sonic depths of Pelagial, courtesy of Spin Magazine, HERE.

Pelagial was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Witchcraft) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebrö, Sweden, and firmly stands as THE OCEAN?s deepest, most challenging entry to their winding catalog of sound exploration. Pelagial will be released as a double CD, which includes both vocal and instrumental versions of the album, on April 26th/29th (Europe) and April 30th (North America/world) through Metal Blade Records. For preorder info, studio footage and more, visit the band?s Official Metal Blade Page.

Additionally, preorders are currently available for the vinyl edition of the album, released through Pelagic Records. The vinyl edition features two separate gatefolds with related artwork (by Seldon Hunt), holding four  10? vinyl records in different colors! Order yours now at: http//www.pelagic-records.com/vinyl.

In related news, THE OCEAN will return to North America this summer as part of the 7th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP and Guitar World. Set  to run from July 19th through August 24th, the band will appear alongside The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Aeon and more. Official tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

http://www.theoceancollective.com/pelagial

http://www.facebook.com/theoceancollective

http://www.metalblade.com/theocean

Introducing New Book: KISS WHAT? Exposing What God And Satan Think About Your Music And Worship By Former Rock Star Challenging Teenage Music Listening Habits

“Christians, they’re the most Satanic of all! Each age has to have at least one brave individual to bring an end to Christianity, which no one has managed to succeed at yet, but maybe through music, we can finally do it.” This statement comes from the lips of shock rocker Marilyn Manson interviewed all the way back in the July 1996 issue of Metal Magazine. Can music really bring an end to Christianity?

Former rock star Nick Costello reveals, “In 20 years speaking to youth, I have personally had conversations with teenagers who no longer listen to Christian music. Their music listening includes ungodly, unwholesome, secular music which can negatively influences their attitudes, behaviors, beliefs and lifestyles. Their music has become their evangelist or preacher, teaching them values completely contradictory to what they read in their Bibles.”

Music is a powerful communication tool. What it’s communicating to our teenagers and how to teach them to make wise and godly music listening choices is a very relevant concern facing parents and youth leaders today!

KISS WHAT? provides much needed help for any parent, youth leader, educator who wants to help their Christian teenager make music listening choices that please God and nourish their spirit and soul.

Christianity has survived all through history. Can music bring an end to it? Nick states, “Music will never bring an end to Christianity, but music with evil and ungodly messages that teenagers buy into can lure them away from the godly values they’ve learned and ultimately distract them away from following God. Their Christianity becomes lifeless.”

Nick speaks from personal experience having spent over 25 years in the rock music industry. he attained his dream of becoming a rock star. On a crash course with death, he surrendered his life to Christ and received a new start in life. He now ministers as an evangelist and youth communicator throughout North America, telling his life story and helping teenagers follow Christ.

STONE SOUR’s JOSH RAND Interviewed By MUSIK UNIVERSE (Video) – Apr. 8…

STONE SOUR’s JOSH RAND Interviewed By MUSIK UNIVERSE (Video) – Apr. 8 …
“House Of Gold & Bones – Part 2″, the second part of STONE SOUR’s two-album series, “House of Gold & Bones”, will be released on April 9 via Roadrunner Records. The albums were recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside of the band’s native Des …
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Stone Sour House Of Gold & Bones Part 2
It certainly helps that Stone Sour’s second album in six months bulges at the seams with towering melodies and moments of radio-friendly majesty, the band’s trademark straddling of the divide between metal and commercial rock sounding increasingly adroit.
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Stone Sour Turn Boston’s House of Blues Into the ‘House of Gold & Bones …
Stone Sour kicked off their set with the double single from Part 1 of ‘House of Gold & Bones’ – ‘Gone Sovereign’ and ‘Absolute Zero.’ They didn’t dig too deeply into ‘Part 2? but did offer up the lead off single ‘Do Me a Favor’ as part of their set …
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Enabler Announces New U.S. And Australian Tour Dates

Milwaukee’s Enabler has locked down several new bouts of Spring tour dates in support of the brand new “Shift Of Redemption” EP, out this week via Think Fast! Records. Hear the full “Shift Of Redemption” EP right now via Invisible Oranges.

The new North American tour dates include a week-long trek through the Midwest later this month, as well as another three-date Midwestern assault in mid-May. These sessions include shows with Weekend Nachos, Early Graves, Rotten Sound, Dead in the Dirt and more, as well as a stop at the two-day D.I.Y. punk/hardcore gathering Forward Ohio Fest in late April with the likes of Wartorn, Raw Power, Masakari and more joining the skirmish.

In addition Enabler has also confirmed their first tour of Australia, with a destructive ten-date expedition alongside Urns now set to go down in July.

4/19/2013 Negative Space – Winnipeg, MB
4/20/2013 Medusa – Minneapolis MN w/ Weekend Nachos
4/21/2013 The Borg Ward – Milwaukee, WI w/ Weekend Nachos
4/23/2013 Error Records – Champaign, IL w/ Recreant
4/24/2013 Czar Bar – Kansas City, MO w/ Early Graves
4/25/2013 Fubar – St. Louis, MO w/ Everything Went Black
4/26/2013 Ace of Cups – Columbus, OH @ Forward Ohio Fest
5/15/2013 Quarters – Milwaukee, WI w/ Dead in the Dirt
5/16/2013 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL w/ Rotten Sound, Dead in the Dirt
5/17/2013 The Crimson Lounge – Riverview, MI w/ Rotten Sound

Australian Tour w/ Urns:
7/03/2013 TBA – Byron Bay
7/04/2013 Crowbar – Brisbane
7/05/2013 Hermann’s Bar – Sydney
7/06/2013 Black Wire Records – Sydney
7/07/2013 Yours & Owls – Wollongong
7/09/2013 Croatian Wickham Bowls Club – Newcastle
7/10/2013 The Pot Belly Bar – Canberra
7/11/2013 The Bendigo Hotel – Melbourne
7/12/2013 Black Goat Warehouse – Melbourne
7/13/2013 Enigma Bar – Adelaide

Latest Children Of Bodom News

Amon Amarth, Children Of Bodom Team Up For Mayhem Off-Dates
Anyways, Amon Amarth and Children Of Bodom & Amon Amarth will team up for a number of off-date gigs. A list of them follows at the end of this post. Some of the shows even feature other bands from the bill, like Behemoth?the only other reason I would …
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Children Of Bodom Announce October UK Tour
Children Of Bodom recorded ‘Halo Of Blood’ at Finland’s Danger Johnny Studios (in a top secret, undisclosed location in Helsinki) with recording engineer Mikko Karmila, who worked on the ‘Hatebreeder’ (1999), ‘Follow the Reaper’ (2000), and ‘Hate Crew …
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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Second ‘Halo Of Blood’ Trailer Released – Apr. 4, 2013
For the recording of the LP, CHILDREN OF BODOM has teamed up with recording engineer Mikko Karmila, who worked with the band on their fan-favorite albums “Hatebreeder”, “Follow The Reaper” and “Hate Crew Deathroll”, as well as Swedish producer …
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Swedish Doom Metallers MEMORY GARDEN releases third and final single

- April 8th, 2013 ?

?Daughters Of The Sea? of new album  ?Doomain? exclusively via website of metal.de! ?Doomain? out April 12th!

Swedish epic Doom Metallers MEMORY GARDEN has launched the third and final single taken off their upcoming new album Doomain exclusively via the website of Germany?s leading online mag, metal.de! Click HERE to check out Daughters Of The Sea!

Make sure to also surf to www.metalblade.com/memorygarden to check out the front art and the first single The Evangelist! At the same address you can pre-order your copy of the album, be it a CD or LP, there?s also a T-Shirt available! Doomain will be released April 12th/15th via Metal Blade Records in Europe and on April 16th in North America.

Doomain was recorded at Annoying Sound Factory & SolnaSound Recording by the band with a little assistance engineering from Mike Wead (KING DIAMOND) during the lead guitar sessions. The mix was done by Dan Swanö at Unisound.

Comments the band: ?The recording of Doomain must be the most relaxed album session we?ve ever done. We recorded most of the album ourselves in our own studio and took the time we wanted and needed to get it done. Dan Swanö helped us getting the rig together and he provided us with the tools to do it and from there we did it ourselves. The lead guitar sessions were done at SolnaSound Recording by Simon & Mike Wead. When it all was done it was sent to Dan Swanö and Unisound for mix and mastering. The final album is amazing and we are so thrilled to get it out to all of you.?

Doomain will be released the 12th/15th of April via Metal Blade Records in Europe on vinyl, as a standard jewelcase-CD and as a limited Digi-CD with bonus-CD! In North America, fans will be able to purchase Doomain through their favorite digital music providers.

The bonus-disc features unreleased and rare tracks and pre-production recordings for the album Verdict Of Posterity.

Doomain track listing:
1. The Evangelist
2. Latent Lunacy
3, Daughters of the Sea
4. Barren Lands
5. Violate & Create
6. Doomain
7. The King of the Dead
8. A Diabolical Mind
9. Misfortune

CD 2 (LTD ED):
?Covers recorded in 1998/1999 (unreleased / rare)?:
1. The Needle Lies (QUEENSRYCHE)
2. Nightmare Be Thy Name (MERCYFUL FATE)
3. Country Girl (BLACK SABBATH)
?Original Recording 1 (1998)?:
4. Carved in Stone
5. Outward Passage
6. The Sum of all Fear
?Original Recording 2 (1998)?:
7. Awkward Tale
8. Tragic Kingdom
9. Shadow Season

MEMORY GARDEN will be playing a release show on the 20th of April in Örebro, Sweden!

MEMORY GARDEN was found in 1992 in Sweden and have since then released four albums, two of them under the flag of Metal Blade Records (Verdict Of Posterity in 1998 and Mirage in 2000).

Excellent guitar harmonies and the classic clean vocals of Stefan Berglund are the outstanding trademarks of this highly talented outfit.

MEMORY GARDEN:
Stefan Berglund ? Vocals
Simon Johansson ? Lead Guitars
Andreas Mäkelä ? Guitars
Johan Fredrikson ? Bass Guitar
Tom Björn ? Drums

http://www.memorygarden.se

https://www.facebook.com/memorygardenofficial

New Korn Tour Dates With Brian Welch

New Korn tour dates have been announced which will include guitarist Brian ?Head? Welch. Dates are:

May 15th in Belle Vernon, PA @ Rostraver Ice Garden
May 17th in Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range
May 18th in Big Flats, NY @ The Summer Stage at Tag?s
May 21st in Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore
May 22nd in Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theatre
May 23rd in Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center
May 24th-26th in Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma
May 25th in St. Louis, MO @ Peabody
July 19th in Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest

Masterplan Posts “Nova Initium” Album Trailer

Masterplan has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming new album “Nova Initium,” due out May 17th via AFM Records. The track listing for “Nova Initium” is:

1. Per Aspera Ad Astra
2. The Game
3. Keep Your Dream Alive
4. Black Night Of Magic
5. Betrayal
6. No Escape
7. Pray On My Soul
8. Earth Is Going Down
9. Return From Avalon
10. Through Your Eyes
11. Novum Initium
12. 1492 (Bonus Track) (Digipak Only)
13. Fear The Silence (Bonus track) (Digipak Only)

We Came As Romans Debut ‘The King of Silence’ Lyric Video

We Came As Romans have released a lyric video for their track “The King of Silence.”

SHAI HULUD to play European headline tour right after the PROPAGANDHI support tour!

- April 8th, 2013 ?

American Hardcore veterans SHAI HULUD have announced a dozen of headline shows in support of their latest album Reach Beyond The Sun that has been released in February. Support comes from DEPARTURES.

SHAI HULUD
+ DEPARTURES
28/04/13 AT ? Dornbirn ? Schlachthaus
29/04/13 CH ? Solothurn ? Kofmehl
30/04/13 DE ? Giessen ? MUK
01/05/13 DE ? Bielefeld ? AJZ
02/05/13 DE ? Gotha ? Juwel
03/05/13 PL ? Szczecin ? DK Slowianin
04/05/13 DE ? Leipzig ? Conne Island
05/05/13 AT ? Gleisdorf ? Kulturkeller
06/05/13 SK ? Kosice ? Collosseum Club
07/05/13 HU ? Budapest ? Dürer Kert
09/05/13 RU ? Moscow ? Plan B
10/05/13 RU ? St. Petersburg ? MOD

The vinyl version of Reach Beyond The Sun will be out right in time for the start of the tour. Make sure to pick up your copy quick HERE, the vinyl is limited to 500 copies!

Failed States European Tour 2013
PROPAGANHDI
+ COMEBACK KID (UK only!)
+ SHAI HULUD
+ WAR ON WOMEN
12/04/13 ? DE ? Berlin ? SO36
13/04/13 ? DE ? Hamburg ? Grünspan
14/04/13 ? NL ? Amsterdam ? Melkweg
15/04/13 ? UK ? Nottingham ? Rock City
17/04/13 ? UK ? London ? The Electric Ballroom
18/04/13 ? UK ? Glasgow ? Garage
19/04/13 ? UK ? Sheffield ? Corporation
20/04/13 ? BE ? Hasselt ? Muziekodroom
21/04/13 ? DE ? Köln ? Essigfabrik
23/04/13 ? DE ? München ? Backstage
24/04/13 ? CH ? Zürich ? Komplex
25/04/13 ? AT ? Wien ? Arena
26/04/13 ? IT ? Milano ? Officina Creative Ansaldo
27/04/13 ? DE ? Stuttgart ? LKA

http://www.hulud.com

https://www.facebook.com/shaihuludofficial

www.metalblade.com/shaihulud

Cascio Interstate Music Offers Meinl Cymbals Giveaway

Musical instrument retailer Cascio Interstate Music and Meinl Cymbals offer a spectacular cymbal giveaway on Cascio’s website one giant prize package of the fourteen cymbals that Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler uses in his setup, along with a cymbal bag and a stick bag. “Chris Adler’s Complete Cymbal Prize Package” includes the following Meinl Cymbals:
SC14MSW-B (X2) – Soundcaster Custom 14 Medium Soundwave Hi-hats (quantity – two)
GX-14FCH – Generation X 14 Filter China
SC12DS -B – Soundcaster Custom 12 Distortion Splash
B8S (X2) – Byzance 8 Traditional Splash (quantity – two)
SC14MC-B (X2) – Soundcaster Custom 14 Medium Crash
MB8-16MC-B – Mb8 16 Medium Crash
B18MTC-B – Byzance 18 Brilliant Medium Thin Crash
MB20-24PMR-B – Mb20 24 Pure Metal Ride
Includes MCB24-CA – Chris Adler Signature Cymbal Bag
B18CH – Byzance 18 Traditional China
GX-16FCH – Generation X 16 Filter China
MSB-1-CA – Chris Adler Signature Stick Bag
C8BH – Classics Bell, High

Enter to win at Cascio Interstate’s website. Entry deadline is October 26, 2013.

Drummer Chris Adler, Meinl artist, was born in Washington, DC on November 23, 1972. After a childhood filled with music, Adler began playing bass in multiple bands throughout high school and college. In 1994 Adler switched from bass to drums and joined Burn the Priest, a band that would soon evolve into groove metal band Lamb of God. For Adler, the success of Lamb of God lead to a Drummer of the Year award from Modern Drummer, as well as Grammy nominations for the band. In 2012, the band released their latest effort, Resolution, and is currently on tour throughout 2013.

Meinl Cymbals is based in Germany under parent company Roland Meinl Percussion, manufacturing cymbals with a “European sound” (instead of Chinese designs) that offer a crisp sound. Cascio Interstate carries many different varieties of Meinl Cymbals.

Cascio Interstate Music is among the nations top independent musical instrument retailers, and is the 12th largest musical instrument dealer in the United States. Cascio will celebrate 67 years as a music retailer in 2013, and is headquartered in New Berlin in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which houses its call center, web center and corporate offices. Its distribution center in Waukesha, Wisconsin handles over 75,000 items, including consumer electronics items, available online only.

Latest Killswitch Engage News

Killswitch Engage ? Disarm The Descent
Review: Killswitch Engage ? Disarm The Descent. Review: Killswitch Engage ? Disarm The Descent Johnnie Ardolino. Overall. Summary: Killswitch Engage come back with their original singer Jesse with their first album together since 2002. Explosive heavy …
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POZ Review: Killswitch Engage ? Disarm the Descent
Let me first say that, regardless of how you feel about the aforementioned ?f word,? you will immediately notice that this album continues the trademark sound that has made Killswitch Engage one of the leaders in the current metalcore movement …
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Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach on the 10 year break before ?Disarm the Descent?
The last time Jesse Leach released an album with Killswitch Engage was more than a decade ago. Leach’s return to KSE in 2012 had fans wondering how the original frontman would stack up after the 10-year departure ? especially after growing so …
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In This Moment Posts “Adrenalize” Music Video

In This Moment has released a video for “Adrenalize,” which can be viewed below. The band also comments:

“We are thrilled to finally unleash the ‘Adrenalize’ video on the masses, we created something that surpasses our highly successful video for ‘Blood’ and now that we have your attention we are going to make you feel filthy, captivated and at the same time disturbingly aroused, love or hate us we guarantee you will keep coming back for more.”

My City, My Secret Debut New Single ‘Xenophobia’ Produced by ex-Attack Attack!’s Caleb Shomo

My City, My Secret debuted their new single “Xenophobia.”

HRVRD Revise Spring Tour Dates with Daylight & Junior Astronomers

A few revisions have been made to HRVRD’s headlining tour with Daylight, Junior Astronomers, and Little Bull Lee, set to kick off on Sunday in Charlotte, NC.

Pyrithion (As I Lay Dying) Post Studio Video

Pyrithion, featuring As I Lay Dying’s Tim Lambesis, have posted a studio video in support of their upcoming EP.

Closure in Moscow Recording New Album ‘Pink Lemonade’

Closure in Moscow are recording a new album titled Pink Lemonade.

WATCH: My Epic’s New Album & Documentary Teaser

My Epic have been working on a new album as well as a documentary.

Norma Jean Teasing New Album with Six Second Lyric Video

Norma Jean continue teasing their new album — this time with a six second lyric video for “AHH! SHARK BITE! AHH!”

Junius Planning New EP

Junius have plans to release a new EP later this year.

Enter Shikari Debut Video for New Single ‘The Paddington Frisk’

Enter Shikari released a video for their new single “The Paddington Frisk.”

North Korea Change Name to NK; Tease New Single ‘Kings’

North Korea have changed their name to NK.

For The Fallen Dreams, Hundredth, Upon This Dawning, Gideon, Wolves at the Gate Tour Dates

For The Fallen Dreams, Hundredth, Upon This Dawning, Gideon (5/16-5/26), Wolves At The Gate (5/30-6/13), and Sworn In will team up for the “Some Things Never Change Tour.”

Departures to Support Shai Hulud European Tour Dates

Departures will support Shai Hulud on a run of European dates later this month.