GRIMUS today drops the second single to be released from the nearly thirty-six minute onslaught of Omnicide, with an exclusive stream of the album’s fifth hymn, “The Vulture” here.
Additionally, following the release of Omnicide’s first single, the album opener “Without Master“– initially premiered last month — this week a visual encounter with GRIMUS drummer JP Andrade (also of Winfaerer, Allegaeon) showcasing his blast patterns is up at SickDrummer
GRIMUS will self-release Omnicide on June 25 2013, preceded by a hometown record release show in Elizabeth just days before and another gig on Staten Island a week later, with new live performances to be announced in the coming weeks.
GRIMUS Live
6/22/2013 – E&A Entertainment and Hall – Elizabeth, NJ
6/28/2013 – The NYC Arts Cypher – Staten Island, NY
New Noise Magazine has debuted a new track, entitled “The Vulture,” from the New Jersey death metal band Grimus at this location. The song comes off their forthcoming full-length debut, “Omnicide.” The song was tracked and mixed by guitarist Marco Bobadilla at Crimson Recording and mastered by Alan Douches (Cannibal Corpse, Beneath the Massacre, Job For A Cowboy etc.) at West West Side Music. Grimus will release “Omnicide” on June 25th, 2013.
The band has announced the following upcoming shows:
6/22/2013 E&A Entertainment & Hall – Elizabeth, NJ
British thrashers EVILE have released their new album, Skull, today in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records! This highly anticipated follow-up to 2011′s Five Serpent’s Teeth was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England.
For a preview of the album, be sure to check out the lyric video for Underworld
EVILE live
Jun. 14 – Wervik, Belgium – SkullFest
Jun. 28 – Lesmahagow, UK – Les Fest
Aug. 24 – Werrington, UK – Scar Fest
Sep. 26 – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff University
Sep. 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
Sep. 28 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2
Sep. 29 – Glasgow, UK – Audio
? THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be appearing on Fuse News tonight at 8pm eastern/5pm pacific. Trevor Strnad and Brian Eschbach were recently interviewed by Fuse to discuss modifications in the music industry and how bands are adapting to make it through. Fuse Information airs weeknights at 8/7c on Fuse. Inspect your local profiles for the network number and visit fuse. tv for more details.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s“Everblack” was launched in North America today! The album has peaked at # 2 on the iTunes metal chart, second only to Black Sabbath. On the general iTunes songs graph, “Everblack” has come to a head at # 15. Pay attention to “Into the Everblack” and choose up the album now at metalblade.com/bdm.
“Everblack is fucking extraordinary. What TBDM has actually done is transform themselves without forgetting who they were: Straight-up, no compromise, and shockingly pure heavy music.”MetalSucks.net
“it’s a rager & hellip; high-impact rhythms, high-octane riffs, killer solos and daimons shouting from Trevor Strnad’s diaphragm/beer gut.”Decibel Magazine
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w / Vans Deformed Trip
06/15 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
06/16 Portland, OR Portland Exposition Center Parking Lot
06/19 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/21 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/22 Mountain View, CA Coastline Amphitheatre
06/23 Ventura, CA Ventura County Fairground At Seaside Park
06/26 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Industry
06/27 Mesa, AZ Quail Run Park
06/28 Las Vegas, NV Silverton Gambling enterprise Parking Lot
06/29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairpark
06/30 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High
07/03 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
07/05 Toronto, ON The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
07/06 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Carrying out Arts Center
07/07 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
07/09 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
07/10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Structure
07/11 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
07/12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
07/13 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
07/14 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
07/16 Scranton, PA Toyota Structure
07/17 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Structure
07/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
07/19 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/21 Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park
07/23 Kansas City, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
07/24 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
07/26 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
07/27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
07/28 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
07/29 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
07/31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
08/02 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/03 San Antonio, TX AT&& T Center
08/04 Houston, TX Reliant Center Parking area
The final segment of AMON AMARTH?s Forging Mjolnir mini documentary premieres today! The intimate three-part account comes in celebration of their forthcoming new studio offering Deceiver of the Gods set for worldwide release later this month. Directed by Luke Daley, the striking black and white film offers candid commentary with each member on a host of subjects.
Having blasted onto the Swedish melodic death metal scene with 1998′s Once Sent from the Golden Hall, every AMON AMARTH album has arrived bursting at the seams with power, melody and immersive storytelling centered around the richness of Norse mythology. Deceiver of the Gods captures the quintet at the peak of their powers.
Their ninth epic was recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, UK and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap, a man whose resumé includes seminal albums from the likes of Cathedral, Arch Enemy, and Cradle Of Filth. Vocalist Johan Hegg explains, “We wanted more of a live feeling to the recording and we felt that Andy’s style of producing could definitely help us with that. At the same time, knowing the records he worked on previously we felt he could probably help develop our sound so it became a little bit more angry and dangerous, without that polished sheen of our recent records.” Guitarist Olavi Mikkonen concurs, and credits Sneap with playing a pivotal role in just how aggressive the finished product is. “It’s rougher, and like a punch in the face, which is what we wanted it to be. Though adding more thrash elements into a few of the songs helps the whole album sound more hostile, it’s ultimately the production that makes them sound more aggressive. On the last few records it didn’t matter how aggressive the riffs we wrote were, whenever we went into the studio at the end they just didn’t sound as intense.” In tracking the record at Sneap’s UK studio, as much as possible the band recorded long takes rather than clinically piecing things together, determined to give the album as much life as they could. “Fredrik [Andersson] recorded all the drums live, with the guys playing guitars and bass along with him to get the groove of it, and that makes for the energy that you don’t get when everyone records separately, and I think that really comes across,” Hegg states. “I think that was a very good way to record for us, it gave everyone a better feel of each song, and it was a good time being in the studio and laying it all down.”
Deceiver of the Gods will be released in North America via Metal Blade Records June 25th,in Europe June 21st/24th and Japan on June 26th.
Additionally, you can still check out “Shape Shifter”
Following a run of European festival dates already underway, AMON AMARTH will be opening the main stage of this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest set to commence June 29 in San Bernardino. See confirmed dates below.
AMON AMARTH Summer 2013 European Festival Tour [remaining dates]
6/10/2013 MeetFactory Prauge, CZ
6/11/2013 Club Studio Krakòw, PL
6/14/2013 Copenhell Copenhagen, DK
6/15/2013 Noval Rock Nickelsdorf, AT
6/16/2013 Download Festival Donington, UK
6/21/2013 Nummirock Nummijarvi, FI
AMON AMARTH Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest 2013
6/29/2013 San Manuel Amphitheater San Bernardino, CA
6/30/2013 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
7/02/2013 Idaho Center Amphitheatre Nampa, ID
7/03/2013 White River Amphitheatre Auburn, WA
7/05/2013 Desert Sky Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
7/06/2013 Isleta Amphitheatre Albuquerque, NM
7/07/2013 Fiddler?s Green Amphitheatre Englewood, CO
7/09/2013 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI w/ Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/10/2013 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Toronto, ON
7/12/2013 First Niagara Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
7/13/2013 Toyota Pavilion Scranton, PA
7/14/2013 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien Center, NY
7/16/2013 Comcast Center Mansfield, MA
7/17/2013 Bangor Waterfront Bangor, ME
7/19/2013 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
7/20/2013 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY
7/21/2013 The Comcast Theatre Hartford, CT
7/23/2013 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
7/24/2013 Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, VA
7/26/2013 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville, IN
7/27/2013 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
7/28/2013 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
7/29/2013 Expo Five Louisville, KY w/ Children of Bodom, Behemoth, Emmure, Motionless In White, Born of Osiris, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/30/2013 Lakewood Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA
7/31/2013 Live Nation Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
8/02/2013 Austin 360 Amphitheatre Austin, TX
8/03/2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
8/04/2013 Gexa Energy Pavilion Dallas, TX
8/05/2013 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Kansas City, MO w/ Rob Zombie, Machine Head, Children Of Bodom
8/07/2013 Pop’s Sauget, IL w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/08/2013 Marathon Music Works Nashville, TN w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/09/2013 Peabody’s Cleveland, OH w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/11/2013 Heavy MTL Festival Montreal, QC
NEUROSIS‘ sprawling European tour in support of their tenth LP Honor Found In Decay draws near, set to bring on the most intense touring schedule the band has embarked on in years, beginning in less than two weeks at the annual Hellfest in Clisson, France. While this year?s massive festival includes gargantuan headlining acts Kiss, ZZ Top, Danzig, Down, Morbid Angel, Twisted Sister and hundreds more, NEUROSIS will headline “The Valley” stage, with support from Sleep, High On Fire, Black Cobra, Pallbearer, Black Breath, Eagle Twin and others.
In addition to the European tour, NEUROSIS has confirmed a new stateside performance following their U.S. live actions in support of Honor Found In Decay late last year and in the beginning of 2013. The new show has been booked on August 24th in Providence, Rhode Island with support from Lustmord, the concert just one element of the city-wide NecronomiCon — a four-day convention exploring the works of H.P. Lovecraft and other past and present writers as an exploration of the intersection of science and art that lays at the foundation of the “Cthulhu Mythos” genre.
NEUROSIS Confirmed Summer 2013 Tour
6/21/2013 Hellfest Clisson, France
6/22/2013 Trix Antwerp, Belgium w/ Syndrome
6/23/2013 Substage Karlsruhe, Germany w/ Amenra
6/24/2013 SO 36 Berlin, Germany w/ Dark Buddah Rising
6/25/2013 Den Grå Hal, Christiania Copenhagen, Denmark w/ Dark Buddah Rising
6/26/2013 Betong Oslo, Norway w/ Dark Buddah Rising
6/27/2013 Byscenen Trondheim, Norway w/ Dark Buddah Rising
6/28/2013 Bravalla Festival Norköpping, Sweden
6/30/2013 Palladium Warsaw, Poland w/ Terra Tenebrossa
7/01/2013 Lucerna Music Bar Prague, Czech Republic w/ Terra Tenebrossa
7/02/2013 UT Connewitz Leipzig, Germany w/ Terra Tenebrossa
7/03/2013 UT Connewitz Leipzig, Germany
7/04/2013 Magnolia Milano, Italy w/ Ufomammut
7/05/2013 L?Usine Genf, Switzerland w/ Zatokrev
7/06/2013 Rote Fabrik Zürich, Switzerland w/ Zatokrev
7/07/2013 Eurockeennes Festival Belfort, France
8/24/2013 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel Providence, RI w/ Lustmord
Sepultura guitarist, Andreas Kisser has posted a new message online confirming that the group’s forthcoming new studio album, their first with drummer Eloy Casagrande, is half way to completion. His message reads as follows:
“We are flowing with the recording now, things are going great and we are capturing an amazing performance from Eloy (Casagrande; drums). Ross is a master on motivating a musician in the studio, he can find the right words and the right manner to say things, the songs grow so much. Every time we prepare to record a song we, the band and Ross, spend about 30 to 40 minutes talking about the theme of the lyrics, why we wrote what we wrote? They are incredible conversations and doing this we know ourselves better we know and each other better, we build a stronger band, a real unity. When we are ready to record all the ideas are fresh in our heads, with full meaning and strength, a process that making not only a great album but is making this band stronger.
“We have six songs recorded, is going in a rate of two songs a day and Ross is also giving important suggestions on some arrangements and directions, he is so sensitive and very close to nature, philosophical but real, very real.
We are all together in a very small room playing our hearts out, Ross is jumping and screaming making us explode on the room. All is sweaty and full of energy that you almost can grab it, is amazing. Every time that Ross have an idea he stop everything to try out the changes, 95% of his input we use it, it?s a team effort for the better of the song.
“We have 12 songs to record and two bonus tracks (the previously announced covers of DEATH and Brazilian group CHICO SCIENCE E NAÇÃO ZUMBI) as I mentioned before, originally we had 13 songs but once we were here we decided to cut one and focus on the 12. I would like to share too some of the working titles for the songs we have. When we write the music, most of the time we don?t have a name for it so we create some nicknames to help us identify the songs, it can come from the style of the songs or anything else that will make us remind the riffs we are working on. For instance, the style of the music can help like ‘PUXADA (Pulling)’ that reminds the style of riffing I?m playing on the guitar or ‘PORRADA (Punch),’ which is the fastest song on the album. Other nicknames are: ‘Strangiatto,’ ‘Xisto Riff,’ ‘Fu Riff,’ ‘Levada Eloy,’ ‘Balada,’ ‘Tsunami’ and ‘The Vatican,’ which is the actual name for the song but started as a nickname cause we wrote the song the very day and time the Argentinian Cardinal Francis was chosen as the new Pope in Rome. It?s one of the most evil lyrics I ever wrote.
“As we decide the names of the songs I will let you all know here so you all have a feel how these things works.
“Paulo is cooking for us, he?s a very good cook and Eloy?s mom can be sure that he?s eating properly and healthy, all good with the kid but today a friend of Ross will prepare a barbecue for us, it will be cool to give a break to Paulo from the kitchen. At the living room there?s a pinball machine from the 70?s working perfectly, is our favorite pass time. Of course the house stays right at the beach and is always cool to walk around and enjoy the vibe from Venice beach, a nice way to recharge the energy for the recording.
In just a little over a week, Norwegian black n’ roll legion VREID will take their sonic mayhem to North America alongside headliners Melechesh. Set to commence June 16 in Los Angeles, California, the long-awaited roadside assault includes over two weeks of live devastation, concluding in Brooklyn, New York on June 30. Additional support will come from Lightning Swords Of Death and Reign Of Lies.
VREID will be touring in support of their punishing Welcome Farewell full-length released in North American via Indie Recordings on March 5, 2013. The opening track “The Ramble” can be heard below
VREID w/ Melechesh, Lightning Swords Of Death, Reign Of Lies
6/16/2013 The Joint Los Angeles, CA
6/17/2013 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA
6/18/2013 Hawthorne Portland, OR
6/19/2013 Studio Seven Seattle, WA
6/20/2013 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC
6/21/2013 Pawn Shop Edmonton, AB
6/22/2013 The Exchange Regina, SK
6/23/2013 The Zoo Winnipeg, MB
6/24/2013 Station 4 St. Paul, MN
6/25/2013 Mojoe?s Joliet, IL
6/26/2013 The Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, PA
6/27/2013 Wreck Room Toronto, ON
6/28/2013 Foufounes Electriques Montreal, QC
6/29/2013 Railroad Tavern Keene, NH
6/30/2013 Europa New York, NY
REVOCATION’s self-titled new album will be released in Europe on August 2nd, The UK August 5th and August 6th in North America via Relapse Records. The album will be available in a deluxe CD, standard CD, 2xLP and Digital Formats. The Deluxe CD and LP contain an exclusive bonus track, a cover of the Metallica classic “Dyers Eve”.
A trailer for the album can be seen below
REVOCATION will be taking part in this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, alongside the likes of Dillenger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation and others. The tour starts July 19th in San Francisco, CA and runs through August 20th in Portland, OR. In addition to the Summer Slaughter dates, the band has announced a handful of headline shows leading up to the Summer Slaughter and immediately following the tour. All dates are listed below.
REVOCATION Headline Dates
7/14 Reading, PA @ Reverb
7/15 Peoria, IL @ Brass Rail
7/18 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
***THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR. All Dates from July 19 – Aug 16 with/ 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-San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
7/20-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21-Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/24-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
7/25-Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
7/26-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/27-Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/29-Orlando, FL @ House of Blues (NO CATTLE DECAPITATION)
7/30-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/31-Knoxville, TN @ Old City Courtyard
8/01-Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
8/02-Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/03-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (NO NORMA JEAN)
8/04-Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
8/07-New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
8/08-Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
8/09-Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL
8/10-Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
8/11-Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre (NO DEP)
8/12-Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
8/13-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/14-Minneapolis, MN @ Station 4
8/16-Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
8/17-Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
8/18-Caldwell, ID @ The Venue *Headline Show*
8/19-Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
8/20-Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
REVOCATION Headline Dates
8/21 Richland, WA @ Ray’s Golden Lion
8/22 Spokane, WA @ The Center
8/23 Billings, MT @ Railyard
8/24 Cheyenne, WY @ Ernie November Record Store
8/25 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
8/26 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
? THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will be releasing their 6 full-length cd, Everblack, in North America on June 11th. In party of the cd’s release, and the start of the Van’s Warped Tour next Saturday, the band will be streaming Everblack in its totality tomorrow for 24 hours! The stream will begin at metalblade.com/bdm at 9am eastern.
Just recently, brief clips of each track were posted on DecibelMagazine.com. Together with the previews, fans can read descriptions of each track from among metal’s finest storytellers, Trevor Strnad. Review Strnad’s thoughts and concepts behind each track at DecibelMagazine.com while you stream the album tomorrow.
The cover art for Everblack was painted by prominent artist Nick Keller with Weta Workshop (nickkellerart.com), whose recent projects include: The Hobbit, Avatar, Chronicles of Narnia, and more. Recording was completed at Audiohammer Studios (lead guitars and vocals), Rustbelt Studios (drums), and Regal Fecal (guitar and bass). Blending was taken care of by Jason Suecof and Ryan Williams, mastering was completed by Alan Douches at West Westside. Trevor Strnad’s horror-inspired lyrics continue on Everblack, starting with In Hell is Where She Awaits Me, a reference to the murder from which the band took for their moniker.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER w / Vans Contorted Tour
06/15 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
06/16 Portland, OR Portland Expo Center Parking area
06/19 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/21 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/22 Mountain View, CA Coastline Amphitheatre
06/23 Ventura, CA Ventura County Fairground At Seaside Park
06/26 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
06/27 Mesa, AZ Quail Run Park
06/28 Las Vegas, NV Silverton Gambling establishment Parking Lot
06/29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairpark
06/30 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High
07/03 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Songs Center
07/05 Toronto, ON The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
07/06 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Carrying out Arts Center
07/07 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
07/09 Virginia Beach, VA Ranch Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
07/10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Structure
07/11 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
07/12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
07/13 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
07/14 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
07/16 Scranton, PA Toyota Structure
07/17 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
07/19 Auburn Hills, MI The Royal residence of Auburn Hills
07/20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/21 Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park
07/23 Kansas City, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
07/24 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
07/26 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
07/27 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
07/28 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
07/29 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Songs Center
07/31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
08/02 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/03 San Antonio, TX AT&& T Center
08/04 Houston, TX Reliant Center Parking Lot
The brand-new 9 Inch Nails single, “Came Back Haunted”, can now be streamed below. The track is from their new “Hesitation Marks” album which is due September 3rd.
A supporting tour will start on September 28th. Current dates are:
September 28th in St, Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
September 30th in Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
October 1st in St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Field
October 3rd in Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell
October 4th in Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
October 5th in Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center
October 7th in Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace Of Auburn Hills
October 8th in Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Occasions Center
October 11th in Boston, MA @ TD Yard
October 14th in Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
October 15th in Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
October 18th in Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
October 19th in College Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
October 21st in Raleigh, NC @ PNC Field
October 22nd in Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Sector
October 24th in Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
October 30th in Sunrise, FL @ BB&& T Center
October 31st in Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
November 5th in San Antonio, TX @ AT&& T Center
November 8th in Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
November 9th in Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
November 11th in El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center
November 13th in Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
November 15th in Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
November 16th in Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
November 18th in Portland, OR @ Rose Yard Arena
November 19th in Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
November 21st in Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
November 22nd in Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
November 24th in Edmonton, ABDOMINAL @ Rexall Place
November 25th in Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
Today is the seventh annual International Day of Slayer, the day when metal fans around the world are encouraged to skip school, blow off work, and spend the day listening to Slayer, at full blast in your car, at full blast in your home, at full blast at any public place you prefer.
Slayer is currently on tour in Europe, but Kerry King recorded this special Int’l Day of Slayer message:
South Florida technical death metallers ABIOTIC have a busy summer schedule ahead. In addition to dates with The Faceless, as well as being confirmed to open the July 29th Summer Slaughter show, ABIOTIC will join up with Within The Ruins for a string of dates this June. Fans can catch the bands together June 21-29 beginning in Henderson, Nevada and wrapping up at the Pennsylvania Deathbed Festival.
ABIOTIC’sSymbiosis is available now. Check out their video for “Facades”
ABIOTIC
6/08/2013 Summer Side Show Festival – Columbus, GA
6/09/2013 Mecca – Johnson City, TN
6/11/2013 Another Hole In The Wall – Steger, IL w/ The Faceless, Within the Ruins, Rings of Saturn
6/12/2013 Kobo Live – Columbus, OH *no Within the Ruins
6/13/2013 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
6/15/2013 The Brass Rail – Peoria, IL
6/16/2013 The Chameleon – Oklahoma City, OK
6/17/2013 Far West Event Center – Odessa, TX
6/19/2013 The Rock – Tucson, AZ w/ Within the Ruins
6/21/2013 Eagle Aerie Hall – Henderson, NV
6/22/2013 The Nile Theatre – Mesa, AZ
6/23/2013 The Wreckroom – Amarillo, TX
6/24/2013 The Backroom – Abilene, TX w/ Impending Doom
6/25/2013 Walters – Houston, TX
6/26 /2013 Good Time Charlies – Tupelo, MS
6/29/2013 Maingate Nightclub – Allentown, PA – Pennsylvania Deathbed Festival w/ Impending Doom, Texas In July, Within The Ruins, I Am King, Fit For An Autopsy, Rivers Of Nihil, Existence, In Dying Arms, Life As A Ghost, My Heart To Fear, Sicker Than Most, The Merciless Concept
7/29/2013 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues – The Summer Slaughter Tour special appearance w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Aeon, The Ocean, Revocation, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder
Mesopotamian thrashing black metal pioneers MELECHESH have announced that guitaristRalph Santolla (DEATH, DEICIDE, OBITUARY, ICEDEARTH), will be temporarily filling the second guitarist slot on their upcoming North American headlining tour. The trek will be in support of their fifth studio album The Epigenesis,and will also feature Norway?s VREID, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, and REIGN OF LIES. This will mark MELECHESH first ever appearance in Mexico as well.
“I’m psyched to be doing the MELECHESH tour,” commented Santola. “We’ve been talking about it for a while, and this was the perfect time. Ashmedi and I are good friends, and I love the music . Looking forward to seeing all of my friends in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada soon!”
MELECHESH frontman & guitarist Ashmedi shared the following: “We are looking forward to touring North America and this time as headliners. The crowd made us feel very welcome on previous occasions. It will be a great tour with special and talented guests playing with us. Naturally, this time we will have the chance to extend our live set offering Sumerian sonic magick. Last but not least it will be our first time playing Mexico; about time! Having Ralph on board will positively add to the MELECHESH dynamics as he is a very talented guitar player.”
Shot at the cisterns in Istanbul, Turkey with Canadian director Rouzbeh Heydari, ”Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin” is MELECHESH’s latest video:
MELECHESH
06/15/13 Mexico City, MEX – Circo Volador
MELCHESH, VREID, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, REIGN OF LIES
06/16/13 The Joint Los Angeles, CA
06/17/13 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA
06/18/13 Hawthorne Portland, OR
06/19/13 Studio Seven Seattle, WA
06/20/13 Rickshaw Theater Vancouver, B.C. ? CANADA
06/21/13 Pawn Shop Edmonton, AB CANADA
06/22/13 The Exchange Regina, SK CANADA
06/23/13 The Zoo Winnipeg, MB
06/24/13 Station 4 St. Paul, MN
06/25/13 Mojoe?s Joliet, IL
06/26/13 The Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, PA
06/27/13 WreckRoom Toronto, ON CANADA
06/28/13 Foufounes Electriques Montreal, QC CANADA
06/29/13 Railroad Tavern Keene, NH
06/30/13 Europa Brooklyn, NY
Old Morning’s Dawn Available June 11th on Napalm Records
Seven long and agonizing years have finally come to an end as Old Mornings Dawn - the highly anticipated new album by the cult band SUMMONING – is about to be released! Check out the title track “Old Morning’s Dawn“.
Despite the long break, the congenial duo Silenius and Protector did not stray an inch from their path. SUMMONING‘s Epic Black Metal is the perfect soundtrack for a world filled with legendary characters, massive strongholds and breathtaking landscapes. Old Mornings Dawn marks the glorious return of a band.
Five Finger Death Punch?s ?The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume 1? has been delayed one week and will now be released on July 30th. A deluxe edition of the album will include a fifteen track live album, ?Purgatory [Tales From the Pit?.
? Drummer Inferno undergoes surgical treatment and not able to perform while he recuperates
Poland’s blackened death metal outfit BEHEMOTH have been required to cancel their approaching look on the Rockstar Energy Beverage Mayhem Festival due to their drummer Inferno taking ill and requiring surgical treatment.
The band’s front-man Nergal remarks; “This need to have been the most difficult choice we were forced to make recently. Leviathan is known for not canceling any programs or tours. However this is not something we can do when we are missing our driving force, the guy behind the drums ? ? Inferno. Unfortunately, he was hospitalized due to appendix surgery and it’s gonna take him few months to completely recover and get back to shape. We are trying to preserve selected European Festivals with a fill in drummer (Krimh, ex-Decapitated), but we won’t be running the risk of doing a full-on prominent tour like the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Celebration without Inferno. Behemoth is a strong space and any component of this unit missing out on makes us weaker, and that is not how we desire to provide our new product to our fans. Please, accept our apologies and be patient, we shall return to Europe (this fall) and US (early 2014) empowered and encouraged as never ever prior to!”
The Rockstar Energy Beverage Chaos Festival is set to kick off on Saturday, June 29 in San Bernardino, CA and functions bands such as Rob Zombie, 5 Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, label mates Amon Amarth, Device Head, label friends Job For a Cowboy and Battlecross, Kid of Bodom, and lots of more. For tickets, dates, contests, and more, go to the Rockstar Energy Beverage Mayhem Celebration Authorities Site and follow the tour on Twitter and facebook.
After several sold-out shows last year on their inaugural North American co-headlining tour with ELUVEITIE, Finnish epic metallersWINTERSUN will return to our shores once again for a headlining tour this August/September sponsored by MetalSucks! Joining them are Italian symphonic death metal champions FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, melodic tech-death kings ARSIS and up-and-comers STARKILL.
Commented the band: “We’re thrilled to return to North America for a full-scale headliner tour in August and September! It will be our first headlining tour ever and this time, without any setlist length limitations, we’ll be able to offer the North American crowds a special show – representing both the Wintersun and TIME I albums. There might also be some surprises in the setlist as well…We are really looking forward to sharing the live magic with YOU, all the fans out there!”
WINTERSUN, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, ARSIS, STARKILL
8/06 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
8/07 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
8/08 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
8/09 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
8/10 Montreal, QC – HEAVY MTL FESTIVAL
8/11 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
8/13 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
8/14 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
8/15 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
8/16 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
8/17 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
8/18 Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
8/19 Regina, SK – Riddel Center @ UoR
8/20 Edmonton, AB – Starlight Room
8/21 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
8/23 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
8/24 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
8/25 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
8/26 West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
8/27 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
8/28 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
8/29 Tempe, AZ – Joe’s Grotto
8/31 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
9/01 Houston, TX – House of Blues
9/03 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
9/04 Orlando, FL – House of Blues
9/05 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
9/06 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Tickets will go on-sale on Wednesday, June 5th at 10:00 am local time via TicketMaster, Live-Nation, and venue ticketing services. Additional tickets will be available via any other outlets on Friday, June 7th at 10:00 am local time.
Legendary Florida death metal behemoths OBITUARY, in cooperation with UNATION, will be offering up a pay-per-view live stream this weekend! Set to take place Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 8:30 EST at The Orpheum in their hometown of Tampa, Florida, the show will feature a mammoth all classics setlist and include professional multi camera footage and sound of the band onstage.
The cost for viewing is $4.99 (see info below). In addition to the stream, participants will also be given a chance to win a pair of all access passes to the next OBITUARY show in their area. The band will be picking a new winner daily for up to 30 days so get your tickets and become a subscriber today.
Comments the band in a collective statement: “We couldn’t be more excited about streaming live from Florida. The band just performed this classic set list on every corner of the planet, so for us to have the chance to come back and play a home-town show and stream it live for the world to watch is amazing. We will be performing songs only off the first three albums! We are celebrating 25 years since the release of Slowly We Rot and we want you to be a part of it with us, so we are giving away VIP passes to your next OBITUARY show!”
OBITUARY Live On-Stage From Florida Date: Saturday – June 8, 2013 Time: Web-Cast kick off – 8:30pm EST /OBITUARY hits the stage at 9:30pm EST Cost: $4.99; You can pay via Paypal, Google Checkout, or any major credit/debit card. CLICK HERE Sign Up for the Live Stream: http://www.obituarynation.comClick “Click Here To See It” Subscribe to OBITUARY: http://www.obituarynation.com Click “Join Us”
It is with excitement and zero negativity that Massachusetts’ based, The Acacia Strain announce the addition of two new full time members, Devin Shidaker and Richard Gomez, both on guitar. After many years of service, Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz will no longer be writing music for The Acacia Strain and we wish him the best in all of his future endeavors.
As a band who tours, it is very unfair to have people who have stuck by us and tell them that they have no say or can’t be an active participant. (Thank you for life Tony Diaz).
As a band, our perspective is for all of us to be involved and be a team, not only on the road but for every aspect of the band and all be a part of it. Richie and Devin bring experience and passion to the table and offer a forward thinking perspective to this band which has been wanted and needed for some time. We plan on getting started right away with the writing process to give you some new songs soon, and of course a new album. We are excited to start this new chapter of The Acacia Strain and look forward to seeing you all on tour!
Tour Dates
Jun 12 Piere’s Fort Wayne, IN (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 13 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 14 House of Blues Atlantic City, NJ (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 15 D-TOX ROCK FEST Montebello, Canada
Jun 16 State Theatre Portland, ME (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 18 The Palladium Downstairs Worcester, MA (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 19 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Jun 20 The Norva Norfolk, VA (with Lamb of God, Decapitated)
Aug 10 PARC JEAN-DRAPEAU Montreal, Canada (w/ Avenged Sevenfold)
Autopsy and Peaceville Records have released a Soundcloud stream of the new cut, “Arch Cadaver” from their new album The Headless Ritual.
Among the early breed of U.S. death metal pioneers, Autopsy formed in 1987 in the San Francisco Bay Area and released four albums on Peaceville Records. Beginning with the classic debut Severed Survival in 1989, the group disbanded in 1995 with members going on to form Abscess. Autopsy triumphantly and officially returned from the grave after a 15 year hiatus with the 2010 EP, ‘The Tomb Within,’ followed by the release of the band’s widely acclaimed fifth studio album, Macabre Eternal in 2011.
Stay tuned for more information on Autopsy and The Headless Ritual.
The first single from WATAIN’s new album, The Wild Hunt, will be released on June 25th in North America as a limited 7″ and digital download. A trailer for this new single, “All That May Bleed,” can be viewed below
DYING FETUS have confirmed that they will be heading back to Europe this summer on a headlining tour. The tour begins July 24th in Slovenia and runs through August 18th in France. The tour includes appearances at numerous festivals including Brutal Assault, Party San, Bloodstock, Summer Breeze and many more. A complete list of dates can be found below.
Last week the band confirmed a string of Canadian tour dates for later this summer. This run also includes select dates in the US. A full North American headline tour will be announced shortly. The tour is set to kick off August 23rd in Clifton Park, NY and will run through September 3rd in Providence, RI.
DYING FETUS European Tour
7/24: Slovenia Tolmin @ Metaldays Fest
7/25: Italy Point @ Neumarkt
7/27: Holland Steenwijk @ Stonehenge Fest
7/30: Russia Moscow @ Plan B
8/1: Ukraine Evpatoriya @ Metal Heads Mission Fest
8/3: France Albi Carmaux @ Xtreme Fest
8/5: Germany München @ Free & Easy Fest
8/6: Austria Dornbirn @ Schlachthof
8/7: Austria Wien @ Viper Room
8/8: Czech Rep Jaromer @ Brutal Assault Fest
8/9: Germany Schlotheim @ Party San Fest
8/10: Switzerland Hüttikon @ Meh Suff! Metal-Fest
8/11: UK Catton Hall @ Bloodstock Fest
8/12: UK London @ Barfly
8/13: France Paris @ Nouveau Casino
8/14: Germany Trier @ Exhaus
8/15: Germany Dinkelsbühl @ Summer Breeze Fest
8/16: Germany Oberhausen @ Helvete
8/17: Belgium Méan @ Metal Méan Fest
8/18: France Saint Nolff @ Motocultor Fest
DYING FETUS North American Dates
8/23: Clifton Park, NY @ Trick Shot
8/24: Hamilton, ON @ @ Club Absinthe
8/25: Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques
8/26: Rimouski, QC @ Le Cactus
8/27: Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
8/29: Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Magog
8/30: Jonquiere, QC @ Place Nikitoutagan
9/2: Ottawa, ON @ Maverick’s
9/3: Providence, RI @ King of Clubs
