Paul Romano Releases Originals For Sale

Known by many for his contribution to the music scene for creating amazing works of art for album packaging, fine artist, Paul Romano is now releasing a number of originals for sale to the public for the first time ever on Ebay. Within this first offering of originals, you will find original works of art pertaining to the following bands and their albums: Chiodos, Trivium, Mastodon, At All Cost, The Red Chord, High On Fire, Slayer and This Mourning After.

As the studio overflows with original work, Paul has made the choice to share his work with the public. Over the years many fans of Paul's work have asked for the opportunity to purchase original works and now that request is granted. Never before seen sketches and original works are now available for bidding.

Stay tuned in the coming months, as this will be an ongoing project offering various originals on Ebay.
Check out the various auctions on Ebay (most end late tomorrow, July 22):

This Mourning After - "The Sleep"
Mastodon/Remission Original Pen and Ink
The Red Chord - "Bird Bath"
Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" Booklet
Mastodon - "Colony Of Birchmen"-
High On Fire Original Pen and Ink
Chiodos - "Couple (un)connected"
Chiodos - "Bone Palace Ballet"
At All Cost - Original Pen and Ink
At All Cost - Original Graphite Drawing
Slayer/Decibel Mag
Trivium - "Becoming The Dragon"

View the artwork of Paul Romano at his official site and MySpace page.

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Demonizer Readies "Triumphator" For Release

Belgian Black/Thrash maniacs DEMONIZER will release their third album called "Triumphator" on Folter Records in August 2008. The material was recorded at Shumcot studio and mixed and mastered at NecroMorbus studio by NecroMorbus in October 2007. "Triumphator" also featured guest vocals by Noctiz (Paragon Impure, Lugubrum) and Nornagest (Enthroned).

Here is the tracklisting for "Triumphator":

1. Terror, Chaos, Bloodlust, Death (full track on MySpace)
2. Alcoholic
3. The Wolf Inside
4. Triumphator
5. Bright the Stars must shine tonight
6. Purity in Legacy
7. Into the Dark Void
8. Let Them Hate
9. Bestial Ejaculation

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"Rigor Mortis vs. The Earth" Digipak Planned

Metal Mind Productions has announced details of the forthcoming Rigor Mortis deluxe digipak remaster release.

According to the press release: Combining thrash with hardcore and punk influences, Rigor Mortis remains one of the most prominent representatives of the crossover genre. Their third and so far final album, "Rigor Mortis vs. The Earth" is a prime example of shredding guitars, light-speed drumming and angry vocals all mixed up in one devastating thrash/punk assault. The first thing that catches the listener's attention is the flawless production, a few steps ahead of the one heard in the debut. The album is also much more varied than the previous offerings – Rigor Mortis finally surfaced their punk influences, with tracks such as "Throwback," "The Rack" or "SOG" being the best examples, next to the surprising cover version of The Ramones' song "Psychotherapy." The band, however, didn't forget about their thrash origin – songs such as the outstanding "Mummified," "Asphyxia," "Contagious Contamination" or "City in Fear" deliver a heavy blow that will be instantly loved by any heavy music enthusiast. What is interesting, the vocal duties are split between Doyle Bright, who sings all the thrash metal tunes and Casey Orr, who takes up most of the punk-oriented tracks. Despite what the given song is, however, all lyrics are concentrated on the same themes of violence, mayhem and intestines – just as on all of Rigor Mortis' past releases.

The remastered version of "Rigor Mortis vs. The Earth" will be available in a new digipak edition limited to 2000 numerated copies. The release date is scheduled for August 18, 2008 in Europe and September 30, 2008 in the USA (via MVD).

Here is Rigor Mortis' "Rigor Mortis vs. The Earth" reissue tracklisting: More...

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Scars on Broadway Announces CD Release Party

Scars on Broadway will be playing a CD release show at Union Station next Monday, July 28th at 7pm. Pre-Purchase the new Scars on Broadway album at the show and you will gain entry to see the performance. If you are not in Los Angeles, and don’t want to miss the event, you can watch it live on scarsonbroadway.com.

Union Station is located at 800 N. Alameda in downtown Los Angeles, CA. You can view the event flyer here.

As previously reported, Scars on Broadway's upcoming album can currently be streamed in its entirety on NME.com.

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Marazene To Headline Cream Of The Crops Fest

Chicago-based metal band MARAZENE will headline the second annual CREAM OF THE CROPS Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend; Sunday, August 31st, 2008.

Held in the heart of the Mississippi Valley in Davenport, IA, The Cream of the Crops Heavy Metal Music Festival is dedicated to highlighting the wealth of talented local and regional acts in the Midwest.

Bands confirmed so far include:

Marazene (Chicago, IL)
Speedfinger (Rock Island, IL)
Mindset Evolution (Peoria, IL)
Lost Nation (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Mob Rules (Rock Island, IL)
Three Years Hollow (Moline, IL)
The System After (Peoria, IL)
Freaklabel (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Wastelander (Flint, MI)
Through Terror (Davenport, IA)
Blind The Sun (Rock Island, IL)
Left of Center (Moline, IL) More...

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Bleeding Through Sets Release Date For New Album

On September 30, Bleeding Through will unleash their latest album, "Declaration." According to the press release, "'Declaration' is heavier, darker, angrier, more pissed off, faster and more epic than anything in the band's already impressive catalog."

The followup to "The Truth" (2006) and "This is Love, This is Murderous" (2003), which have sold a combined quarter of a million albums worldwide, was produced by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Contrary to earlier reports of a conceptually driven album, Bleeding Through’s latest is their most diverse offering thematically, addressing a variety of topics on tracks like "There Was a Flood," "Germany" and "Death Anxiety."

Frontman and lyricist Brandan Scheippati has written one last song based on his angry heartbreaking muse, "Sister Charlatan," which closes the album and features the first ever vocal chorus contribution from virtuoso bass player Ryan Wombacher, who also co-wrote the experimental and dark "In Loving Memory of England." Keyboardist Marta is more present than ever throughout the music, including her directing of real strings and classical instrumentation.

"Declaration" is also the first album featuring guitarist Jona Weinhofen, who joined the band over a year ago after the breakup of his former group, I Killed The Prom Queen.

Bleeding Through is on tour with Bullet For My Valentine throughout the US and will support them in Europe through December as well.

Bleeding Through recently had a special edition of "The Truth" release, entitled "The Complete Truth." This deluxe version contains the full album "The Truth," plus unreleased bonus songs and a DVD of a full live show, professionally filmed on tour with Marilyn Manson and Slayer in the Summer of 2007.

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Cannibal Corpse Strikes Gold In Canada

Cannibal Corpse's latest release, the DVD "Centuries Of Torment", has been certified Gold in Canada, coming in at number 10 on the music DVD charts.

Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster states: "We are very excited to hear the news that our new DVD Centuries of Torment has already been certified Gold in Canada. We have always received incredible support from our fans in Canada, but to have the DVD go Gold immediately upon it's release is even more than we could have hoped for. We want to say a huge thank you to our Canadian fans for making this possible, you guys rule!"

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Ekotren Posts "Chupacabra" Video Online

Florida based act Ekotren have posted their new video online for the song "Chupacabra." You can check it out below. The song comes off the bands debut full length album "Light The Fire."

Says frontman John Sheldon: "Our manager Eddie has been talking about doing an animation video for a while, he has this friend who is just an amazing artist and he always wanted to work on a music video. We wanted to do something different and honestly to us ‘Chupacabra’ is one of those songs that only animation could pull it off. We really loved the way the video came out and hopefully so will our fans." More...

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Opeth And Cynic To Tour Europe

Progressive favourites Opeth and Cynic have announced that they will be joining forces this autumn for a lengthy European tour. Also on the bill will be The Ocean.

The tour dates are as follows:

November 17 - Glasgow, UK @ ABC
November 18 - Dublin, IRE @ St. Vicars
November 19 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy
November 20 - London, UK @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
November 21 - Bristol, UK @ Academy
November 22 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
November 23 - Manchester, UK @ Academy
November 25 - Amsterdam, NET @ Melkweg
November 26 - Brussels, BEL @ AB
November 27 - Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre
November 28 - Toulouse, FRA @ Havanna Cafe
November 29 - Bilbao, SPA @ Cafe Antzokia
November 30 - Madrid, SPA @ Heineken Club
December 2 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmattazz
December 3 - Lyon, FRA @ Transbourder
December 4 - Milan, ITA @ Alcatraz
December 5 - Zurich, SWI @ Rosthofflager
December 6 - Munich, GER @ Backstage Werk
December 7 - Vienna, AUT @ Arena
December 9 - Stuttgart, GER @ Longhorn
December 10 - Cologne, GER @ Live Music Hall
December 11 - Berlin, GER @ Postbahnhof
December 12 - Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
December 13 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Brew House
December 15 - Helsinki, FIN @ Cable Factory
December 17 - Stockholm, SWE @ Debaser Medis
December 18 - Stockholm, SWE @ Debaser Medis

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Motorhead Announces U.S. Tour

Rock legends Motorhead have announced a huge headlining U.S. tour scheduled to kick off in September. The rock gods will be joinined by a host of support acts including Misfits, Airbourne, Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster.

The tour dates are as follows:

September 3 - San Diego, California @ House of Blues
September 4 - Las Vegas, Nevada @ House of Blues
September 6 - Denver, Colorado @ The Fillmore Auditorium
September 7 - Kansas City, Missouri @ Harrah’s
September 9 - St. Louis, Missouri @ The Pageant
September 10 - Madison, Wisconsin @ Orpheum Theatre
September 12 - St. Paul, Minnesota @ Myth
September 13 - Grand Rapids, Michigan @ The Orbit Room
September 18 - Baltimore, Maryland @ Rams Head Live
September 19 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ The Electric Factory
September 20 - New York, New York @ Roseland Ballroom
September 21 - Asbury Park, New Jersey @ Stone Pony Parking Lot

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Scars On Broadway Posts Album Online For Streaming

Scars On Broadway, the new band featuring System Of A Down members Daron Malakian (guitars/vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums) have posted their entire debut album online for streaming at this location.

The album is scheduled to be released on July 29th.

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AC/DC Readies New Single, Album, and Tour?

Amid much contradictory and sketchy information found on the Internet, Billboard.com reports that AC/DC will embark on a world tour before the end of the year in support of its next studio album, according to authoritative fan site Electric Shock.

The album is likely to be titled "Black Ice" and will be released Oct. 28 in North America via Columbia, but will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores. A Columbia spokesperson was unavailable for comment at deadline.

The first single, "Runaway Train," will hit radio in late August (August 24 according to other reports), the site says. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien and is AC/DC's first since 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip."

Yesterday, it was announced that the band's "Let There Be Rock" will appear in the video game "Rock Band 2," which hits stores in September.

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Rise Against Readies New Album For Release

Rise Against has announced release plans for their forthcoming album. The record is titled "Appeal To Reason" and is due out October 7, 2008. It is the follow-up to "The Sufferer & the Witness," which was released in 2006.

The band teamed up with Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents) and Jason Livermore to record at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, CO - the same production team and studio used for "The Sufferer & the Witness" and "Revolutions Per Minute."

Along with the album news, the band announced plans for a headlining tour this Fall. The Live Nation-produced tour will include openers Alkaline Trio, Thrice and Gaslight Anthem. Official tour dates to be announced soon.

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Hear Songs From Black Sabbath's New Box Set Online

Spinner has posted a stream of a variety of songs from the Dio-era Black Sabbath box set, "The Rules of Hell." "The Rules of Hell" contains remastered versions of all three Dio-era Black Sabbath studio albums, "Heaven & Hell," "The Mob Rules," and "Dehumanizer" as well as two CDs of "Live Evil," totalling five CDs, and is due out tomorrow, June 22, 2008. The full tracklisting of the set follows: More...

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Ventflow Begins Recording New EP

Unsigned metallers Ventflow have began recording their brand new EP, which as of yet has no title confirmed. The band will be writing a diary of the recording process and has posted the first installment online which can be read below:

"Welcome to our recording diary. This will be a brief insight into the recording process of an unsigned band on a budget. Sorry, no record label to cover studio costs here! As a result, there will be no studio in sight! All the recording will take place in a hall where Steve and I normally do Martial Arts, and in my room.

"Hopefully the finished product will sound like a professional recording. Here's hoping………
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Bloodbath Reveals Tracklisting for New Album

Bloodbath's third full-length album, "The Fathomless Mastery," is currently being mixed due for release an October 6th through Peaceville records. The cover artwork was created by Dusty Peterson.

The track listing for "The Fathomless Mastery" is as follows:

1. At The Behest Of Their Death
2. Mock The Cross
3. Iesous
4. Wretched Human Mirror
5. Treasonous
6. Devouring The Feeble
7. Hades Rising
8. Slaughtering The Will To Live
9. Earthrot
10. Process Of Disillumination
11. Drink From The Cup Of Heresy

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Hearse Begins Work on New Album

Swedish melodic death metallers, Hearse, have issued the following update:

"The band has begun the recording of the fifth album. So far the drums has been recorded. 12 songs are planned to be recorded and most likely 10 of them will end up on the album. As soon as we get green light from our record label (depending on which one it´ll be) the recording will continue."

"More info on the recording to follow. In the meantime check out some pics from the recording here."

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All That Remains Posts Two New Tracks Online

Massachusetts’ ALL THAT REMAINS have posted two new tracks of music online at the band's MySpace page from the band’s eagerly-anticipated forthcoming album, "Overcome", which will see a Sept 16 release through Prosthetic Records. The two tracks, “Before The Damned” and “Relinquish,” appear on the 11-track album, which was produced and engineered by Jason Suecof (Trivium, Chimaira, The Black Dahlia Murder), mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound (Lamb of God, Annihilator), and features artwork by Carson Slovak (Century, Too Pure To Die, killwhitneydead.). More...

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UFO Begin Work on New Album

Legendary hard rockers UFO have announced plans to begin work on their twentieth studio album, which should be out next year. While no further more information is currently available, the band has just begun writing the material and plans to return to the studio in late 2008/early 2009 to start recording the new album.

Almost exactly two years has passed since UFO released their last studio album, "The Monkey Puzzle," on September 26, 2006.

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Biclops Posts New Music Online

Three new tracks from New Jersey's progressive metal band, Biclops (ex-Postman Syndrome/Day Without Dawn), have just been uploaded to their MySpace page. The tracks come from their summer 2008 4-song demo.

The band is in the process of completing the rest of their debut record, which they plan on releasing in 2009 through a to-be-determined label. Currently, the band is booking local shows, but a tour may follow in the winter of 2009.

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Black N Blue Reunion Moves Forward w/ Fest Dates

BLACK ‘N BLUE has launched a reunion in 2008 featuring four original members in Jaime St. James (vocals), Jef “Woop” Warner (guitar), Pete Holmes (drums), and Patrick Young (Bass). The four members are joined by second guitarist, Shawn Sonnenschein, who has been in the fold since 2003 when the band had played a few dates. Sonnenschein is the replacement for original guitarist, Thommy Thayer, who is currently in KISS.

The band was reactivated earlier this year after St. James departure from Warrant. “My 4 years in Warrant were awesome. I made some lifetime friends and will always cherish that time in my life. That being said, it feels so good to sing the great Black ‘N Blue tunes again,” St. James says.

The band played this year’s Rocklahoma Festival earlier this month. In addition, the band has also been added to the main stage at the Rock the Bayou Festival in Houston on Labor Day Weekend where they are scheduled to perform on Sunday, August 31. Further show announcements are expected in the coming weeks. There is also a plan to tour the UK and Europe in early November, with further information to be announced shortly.

In addition to the shows, Black 'N Blue will also hit the studio in the coming months to complete the long awaited released, "Hell Yeah!" Plans for its release will be announced later this year.

You can check out some of the band's material on their official MySpace page.

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Austrian Death Machine Posts Two New Tracks Online

As promised, Austrian Death Machine has posted two new tracks on their MySpace page: the song "Come With Me If You Want to Live" and the skit "What It's Like to be a Singer at Band Practice."

The band's debut album, "Total Brutal," will be available everywhere July 22nd and can be pre-ordered on metalbladestore.com here.

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