Metal News for August 4, 2009
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35 news articles posted on this day.
Anger As Art Completes Recording of New Album
California's Anger As Art has issued the following studio update:
"Okay, so the tally is this - 7 sessions averaging 5 hours = 35 hours of tracking. Amazing drum and bass tones, Angelo and Rob really became the quintessential rhythm section for this kind of music. What is that? Speed? Thrash? Who cares? It is what it is. The boys are powerful. Gear? Angelo with a Rickenbacker 4001 fitted with a P-J pickup set through an Ampeg SVT3. What else you gotta know? Rob with a 5 piece Pacific/DW kit (single kick with cheater pedal to insure exact tone) with a variety of Zildjian and Paiste cymbals. Simply Monstrous performance and tone." More...
Nightrage Confirmed For Ilha do Ermal Festival
Nightrage has issued the following announcement about confirming their appearance at Portugal's Ilha do Ermal Festival:
"Hey metal bros
"We are now confirmed for the Ilha do Ermal Festival in Portugal on August 29.
"We are more than thrilled to share the stage with legendary bands like Sepultura and Pestilence. See u all there, Portugal rocks."
The festival will take place on August 27th, 28th, and 29th in Vieira do Minho, Braga. More information on the festival can be found here.
Revocation Streaming New Preview Song Online
Revocation have posted the second preview track, "Dismantle The Dictator," taken from their Relapse debut "Existence Is Futile" online now via the band's MySpace page, along with "The Brain Scramblers." The new album is set for a September 29th North American release date, October 5th internationally, and is available for pre-order here.
Vengeful Streaming Entire New Album Online
Montreal based death metal band Vengeful has issued the following update about streaming their entire new album "The Omnipresent Curse" online:
"Well here it is deatheads!!! The revamped look of our website has arrived and to celebrate this virtual event we want to inform you that The Omnipresent Curse is availble for streaming in it's entirety on our myspace page until August 16th. Go listen to it and drop us a line or two to let us know what you think. Mp3's aren't the best way to experience a band but it'll give you a good idea of the trip that's in store for those who will purchase a physical copy when the album is out. We believe that if you like your death metal with no breakdowns, no keyboards, no clean vocals, no proggy escapades with a bit of a doomy/sludgy feel you will enjoy this album. Our buddy Hugues Deslauriers (Augury, Clearwater Deathblow) has once again outdone himself mixing-wise on this one. The final result is just devastating!!!
"Until then drop something listen to The Omnipresent Curse as much as needed and keep an ear out for Nergal's baby!!!!...."
Lightning Swords Of Death Signs To Metal Blade
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of LA underground black metal act, Lightning Swords Of Death. Vocalist Farron comments on the signing, "Metal Blade has made a pact with the Devil. His knights, Lightning Swords of Death shall go forth to wreak torment upon man and all his works for conquer and the glory of Hell on Earth. We rejoice in this union, together we shall stack the souls of the weak and fill our chalice with the blood of martyrs." More...
Borgia Signs To Paradigms Recordings
Paradigms Recordings has announced the signing of French blackened death metal band BORGIA. An autumn release is planned for the band's debut album, "Ecclesia," which will be presented in a deluxe 6 panel digi-pak with 20 page booklet.
In the meantime, you can check out some of the band's music on their MySpace page.
Cormorant Posts New Album Artwork and Release Date
San Francisco Bay Area progressive extreme metallers, CORMORANT, have just unveiled the artwork for their upcoming full-length album, "Metazoa," which is due out on September 22, 2009. The album will initially be released as a six panel Digipack by Saturnine Media, while a vinyl version will be made available in the coming months. More...
Methods Of Mayhem Signs To Loud & Proud
Tommy Lee's other band, Methods of Mayhem has signed a record deal with Loud & Proud, the new Roadrunner Records imprint. The band is currently finishing album production with producer Scott Humphrey (Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, Motley Crüe). The new album will be Methods of Mayhem’s first release since their 1999 self-titled debut. The album is due out worldwide in early 2010.
Lee exclaimed, “I’m so f@&*ing pumped!! I’ve signed with my friends at Loud & Proud / Roadrunner…what a perfect home for my second Methods of Mayhem record. We’re about to do what no team has ever done before. Buckle up and hang on kids!”
“Some artists put it on cruise control once they achieve success. And then there are rock stars like Tommy Lee. He works hard, plays hard and always looks to challenge himself and his audience. His second Methods of Mayhem record is going to shake things up once again.” says Tom Lipsky, President of Loud & Proud Records.
Methods of Mayhem broke onto the scene in 1999 with their self-titled debut, which went on to become RIAA Gold certified. The album featured Snoop Dog, Kid Rock and Fred Durst among others. The band was a main force of Ozzfest 2000.
Lee is currently headlining Crüefest II with his band Motley Crüe.
Mortification Issues 20th Anniversary Album Update
Steve Rowe of Christian metal band Mortification has issued the following update about releasing a 20th anniversary album:
"I have had the opportunity this month to work with Warren Hammond at Penny Drop Studio mixing the Re-Recorded Mortification Classics for our upcoming 20th Anniversary CD 'Twenty Years In The Underground'. The result is very pleasing. We referenced some more modern Death Metal like Amon Amarth to find an up-to-date approach to our Old School Death Metal songs, especially Nocturnal, Grind Planetarium and Impulsation. Hammer Of God and The Majestic Infiltration Of Order (God Rulz) have also been Re-Recorded. Initially I was hesitant to Re-Record what was not broken but the end result sounds killer! The early songs obviously lend themselves well to the the more Brutal Death Metal vocal and Production. I think the Old School Mort fans will be stoked. But you will all need to wait until early next year. The 15 rare Live Tracks are yet to be added to the mix.
"The 20th Anniversary Album will initially be available for pay download in early February next year, hopefully along with The Jesus Rock Band. December/January is make or break time for Rowe Productions. Not only with the 2 planned releases but it is also the time in which I have to pay very high fees to my Accountant. At this stage we do not even have the finances to pay for The Mortification 20th Anniversary mix. But I am hoping we can cover that soon and move on to the next process with these projects."
Malfeitor Announces New Lineup
Italian black metal band, Malfeitor, has issued the following update regarding the band's lineup:
"While waiting for the release of their second album called 'Incubus' (digipak + gatefold LP, Agonia Records, due on August 31, 2009), Malfeitor announce two major new entries in the line-up."
"Goraath and Narchost become part of Malfeitor. Goraath on drums and Narchost on bass guitar, both from the bands Stormcrow and Demon's Shade." More...
Mnemic Announces Producer for New Album
Mircea Gabriel Eftemie, guitarist and songwriter for Denmark’s MNEMIC, has issued the following update:
“We have chosen Tue Madsen (Halford, Behemoth, Kataklysm, The Haunted) as the producer for the new album. He has been to our rehearsal space and we started talking about the direction and sound for the new album, Sons Of The System. We gave him half of the demo songs so far and now he is doing his evaluation of the 14 songs we have given him. There are 12 more. So far, the demos are ONLY working titles. The first song that is more or less finished title-wise is ‘March Of The Tripods.’ We are entering the studio in September, and the album will be released in January 2010.”
Agathodaimon Updates European Tour Schedule
German metal band, Agathodaimon, has issued the following update:
"This time, we've got some last minute-news: We’ll play at legendary Brutal Assault Festival (Czech Republic) near Jaromer (130km east of Prague) next Saturday. More info: http://brutalassault.cz/en"
"And we're especially happy to see our romanian fans soon again, at the biggest metal festival ever to take place in Romania: We'll participate along with approx. 100 bands during 4 days at Rock City Festival on Sunday, 23.08., check out http://www.myspace.com/rockcityf for more info!" More...
Lord Taps Dio and Megadeth Members For New Album
Aussie metallers LORD have revealed the guest musician list of their forthcoming album 'Set In Stone' features members of DIO, ANGRA, HAREM SCAREM, DRAGONLAND, ex-members of MEGADETH and KING DIAMOND and a host of other Australian and international guests.
Commented mainman Lord Tim, "We're absolutely thrilled to finally reveal the special guests we have on our new album. Of the international guests, we have Craig Goldy (DIO), Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH/ex-KING DIAMOND), Pete Lesperance (HAREM SCAREM/FAIRGROUND), Felipe Andreoli (ANGRA), Olof Morck (DRAGONLAND/AMARANTHE/NIGHTRAGE) and Yoshiyasu Maruyama (ARGUMENT SOUL). From Australia, we have Chris Brooks (solo artist who did guest guitars on our last album ‘Ascendence’), Stu Marshall (PAIN DIVISION/ex-DUNGEON), Chris Porcianko (VANISHING POINT), Juz (ex-DUNGEON), Richie Hausberger (ex-ENTER TWILIGHT), Tania Moran (solo pop artist), and Mark Furze (FALCON ROAD/well-known star of Australian television). Yep, that's a hell of a list! Don't worry, we still left some room on there for actual members of LORD too! The cover art once again was handled by Felipe Machado Franco who was behind the artwork for ICED EARTH, BLAZE BAYLEY, AXEL RUDI PELL, and many more." More...
Gwydion Announces European Tour Dates with Shining
Portugese viking/folk metal band, GWYDION, has announced a European tour with SHINING, FINSTERFORST, ASHAENA and SARKOM. The tour will take place from the 14th till the 30th of August 2009. the dates are as follows:
14 Aug 2009 - Paddys Irish Pub DE, Coburg
15 Aug 2009 - SkullCrusher DE, Dresden
16 Aug 2009 - Estrada Stage Bar PL, Bydgoszcz
17 Aug 2009 - Arlus Hall RO, Oradea
18 Aug 2009 - Alcatraz Pub RO, Baia Mare
19 Aug 2009 - Garabonczias HU, Szeged
21 Aug 2009 - Club Gepi BG, Plovdiv
22 Aug 2009 - Eightball Club GR, Thessaloniki
23 Aug 2009 - SKC RS, Belgrad
25 Aug 2009 - Positiva IT, Parma
26 Aug 2009 - Le local FR, Marseille
27 Aug 2009 - Wolfszeit Festival Location DE, Crispendorf, Thüringen
29 Aug 2009 - Gala Hala SI, Ljubljana
30 Aug 2009 - Randal Club SK, Bratislava
Cryogen Reveals New EP, "Despara," Details
Denver's Cryogen has issued the following update regarding their new EP:
"The new EP is comin along and we can't wait to finish up at Flatline Audio and get this thing out! In the meantime, we'd like to update everybody on the details. The EP will be titled 'Despara' and will clock in at more than 20 minutes. This is by far the heaviest, most technical album we've ever done. Expect a new level of vocal intensity from both Mike and Darkness!"
"As for album art, we've once again enlisted the talented Phil Fensterer. He did the art and layout for Psalms of Deceit and we know the new stuff will be brutal!" More...
Ex Dementia Posts New Song Online
NJ's Ex Dementia has posted a new song, entitled "Mud and Blood" on their MySpace page. The track comes off of their upcoming album, "The Red Mass," which will be released this October.
The band has announced the following guest appearances on the album: Chris Reifert (Autopsy/Abscess), Ross Sewage (Impaled), Parasitic Tim (Splatterhouse), and Admiral Nobeard (Swashbuckle). More...
Pelican Announces New Album Details
PELICAN are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on their fourth studio album, entitled "What We All Come To Need." Guitarist Laurent Lebec has commented on the new album saying it is “the most perfect synthesis of everything we've done to date, sonically.” The album features more guests than have ever appeared on a PELICAN album before including: Greg Anderson of sunn O))), Aaron Turner of Isis, Ben Verellen of Harkonen and Helms Alee and Allen Epley from The Life & Times and Shiner. More...
Detente Posts Live Video Clip Of "Holy War"
California metallers Détente have posted a live video clip online of their song "Holy War," which was performed in Germany at the Headbanger's Open Air 2008. The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Derelict Posts Band Biography Video Online
Derelict has posted a new video biography online that discusses the upcoming music video for the track "Machete." The video clip can be viewed below. Derelict also issued the following statement about the video:
"In our continuing fruitful collaboration with Frontline Pictures, we have a new video band bio available to view online. It previews the soon-to-be-released video for Machete, features some live footage, and shows us talking about our influences, the new album, touring, and the history of the band.
"Thanks for watching and thanks to Frontline Pictures!" More...
Dornenreich Posts "Nachtreisen" Teaser Trailer
Austrian metallers Dornenreich have posted a teaser trailer online for their upcoming DVD "Nachtreisen" ("Nocturnal Journeys"), which is expected to be released in September. The video clip can be viewed below. "Nachtreisen" will feature footage from the band's performance at Summer Breeze 2007 (metal gig) and live at Wave Gotik Treffen 2007 (acoustic performance), as well as photo galleries. More...
Vetus Obscurum Signs To Debemur Morti Productions
Debemur Morti Productions has issued the following announcement about signing Vetus Obscurum for the release of their upcoming EP:
"Although its genesis dates back to 1997, most of you probably never heard of VETUS OBSCURUM, another project emanating from Numinas' perverted mind. Exhumed from its quietus in 2008, VETUS OSCURUM, now composed of Numinas (KROHM, DRAWN AND QUARTERED), Death (DRAWN AND QUARTERED) and Nihilist (ex-ABAZAGORATH, IN MEMORIUM...), recorded their debut EP titled 'Blood Revelations' and recently joined the ranks of Debemur Morti Productions. The band is currently busy writing material for the first full lengther.
"For those curious enough, the old demo material, as well as one new track, has been uploaded on the band's Myspace page. 'Blood Revelations' is currently being mastered at German Clintworks Studio and will be unleashed at the end of September."
Secrets Of The Moon Streaming New Song Online
German metal band Secrets of the Moon has issued the following brief update about streaming a new song on their MySpace page:
"Check out 'Queen among rats' from the upcoming Secrets of the Moon album right here! 'Privilegivm' will see its worldwide release on September 14th!"
The "Privilegivm" track listing is as follows:
1. Privilegivm
2. Sulphur
3. Black Halo
4. I Maldoror
5. Harvest
Part I: I Forgive Myself
Part II: The Tree Of Life
Part III: Exsultet
6. For They Know Not
7. Queen Among Rats
8. Descent
9. Shepherd
Ghoul Patrol Streaming Entire New Album Online
Finnish death metallers Ghoul Patrol have issued the following announcement about streaming their entire new album online:
"Finally the 3rd Ghoul Patrol release is available! To celebrate that we've add all of the songs to our MySpace profile.
"You can also order 'The 3rd Death Manifest' from us by sending email to: band@ghoulpatrol.com
"The price is 5€ +postage fee. Enjoy the brutal death 'n' roll assault!"
Ninth Circle Announces L.A. Show With Primal Fear
L.A. metallers Ninth Circle have announced that they will be playing a live show alongside Primal Fear at the Key Club in Hollywood on September 8th. Ninth Circle bassist Frank issued the following statement about the show:
"We're ecstatic to be playing with Primal Fear in Los Angeles, there's no doubt about that! Personally, I'm beside myself given I truly love Primal Fear. They've been my favorite band for the last five years and they have really opened by eyes and ears in terms of playing great melodic German power metal. I've been a fan of Ralf since his days with Gamma Ray, and now to be sharing the stage with him and Primal Fear...it's incredible! It's going to be one hell of an evening filled with fantastic heavy metal. Our fans can't wait!"
The Absence Posts Guitar Finalists Video Clips
Florida metallers The Absence had previously announced that they are running a contest to let a fan make a guest guitar appearance on their upcoming album "Enemy Unbound." The band has posted several finalist guitar video clips online, which can be viewed below. More...
Mumakil Announces Fall Tour Dates
Grindcore band Mumakil has announced their fall show plans.
August 28 - Lausanne, Switzerland
August 29 - Le Locle, Switzerland
September 11 - Hüttikon, Switzerland
September 18 - Solothum, Switzerland
September 19 - Wermelskirchen, Germany
September 24 - Geneva, Switzerland
September 25 - Fribourg, Switzerland
September 26 - Chambéry, France
October 9 - Lyon, France
October 10 - Meyrin, Switzerland
Ape Seeking New Drummer, Cancels Canadian Tour
Ape has issued the following statement in regards to the cancellation of their planned Canadian tour:
"Unfortunatley APE are cancelling their 2009 across Canada tour. The band is in search of a new drummer and won't have a replacement in time for the tour. The members of APE are very dissapointed to not go on tour in support of their new album but will be looking to book another one as soon as the drummer position is filled."
Dethklok and Mastodon Announce Massive US Tour
This fall, two of the most popular bands in metal will co-headline a 34-city North American tour as the Grammy® Award-winning Mastodon hits the road with Dethklok, the world’s most brutal animated death metal band from Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse. In one of the most highly-anticipated tours of the year, the Adult Swim Presents Dethklok and Mastodon tour will kick off on October 2 in Portland, Ore. and bring mayhem and destruction to local venues throughout the nation. Adding even more layers to this fall’s top metal tour, Oakland’s High On Fire and Converge will open each show. There will be a ticket pre-sale that begins on Tuesday, August 4 at 10:00 AM EST, while the full allotment of tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Friday, August 7. For more information about the tour including the pre-sale ticket password, price ranges and how to order, please visit www.adultswimpresents.com.
As sponsor for the entire tour, Adult Swim will feature "Brütal Legend" gaming stations for fans to experience the videogame first-hand, while a two-minute animated content piece, created by Titmouse, will air during each show. Print ads, AdultSwim.com and on-site materials will also feature the videogame as the tour’s key sponsor. "Brütal Legend" is an epic action game from visionary developer Tim Schafer. Jack Black stars as Eddie Riggs, a legendary roadie summoned to a world of Heavy Metal where mountains are made of amplifiers, killer spiders spin guitar strings and Rock Legends roam the landscape. As Eddie, crush skulls with a battle axe, ravage the road in a super-charged Hot Rod and unleash the power of Rock to reign down fire from the sky – all to save humanity and become a Brütal Legend.
Nathan Explosion, William Murderface, Skwisgaar Swigelf, Toki Wartooth and Pickles – better known as Dethklok – will take to the road in support of the band’s latest CD release from Williams Street Records, "Dethklok: The Dethalbum II," which will be released as both a standard and deluxe edition on September 29 from Williams Street Records. A limited-edition vinyl of the album will also be released at local record shops starting November 24. Bringing the animated band to life on stage each night will be series co-creator and composer Brendon Small along with an all-star band including the legendary Gene Hoglan, Bryan Beller and Mike Keneally. These real life-musicians will perform live while dark-lit and playing underneath a giant projection screen featuring all-new animation and music videos from Dethklok to create a truly unique concert experience.
Sharing the bill with Dethklok on this seven-week tour is Grammy® Award-winning hard icons Mastodon, who are currently touring Europe and the UK with Metallica. The band’s groundbreaking new album Crack The Skye was released on March 24, debuting on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #11 to overwhelming international critical praise.
Also on the tour is High On Fire. Described as “a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume and sheer heaviness,” High On Fire has forged a style and sound that is both unique and absolutely crushing. The group features vocalist and cult guitar hero Matt Pike, a founding member of the famed underground band SLEEP. Pike was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of its “New Guitar Gods.”
Also on the tour, Converge will release their anticipated new album "Axe To Fall" on Epitaph on October 20th. The release is the follow up to their highly-acclaimed "No Heroes" album, released on Epitaph in 2006.
The tour schedule for Adult Swim Presents Metalocalypse’s Dethklok and Mastodon with High On Fire and Converge is as follows: More...
Dillinger Escape Plan Post New Teaser Online
New Jersey mathcore rockers DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have posted a 15 second video teaser online for streaming. No release date for the band's new album has been set, but the band speculates an early 2010 release will occur. More...
Atreyu Announces Release Date Of New Album
The long wait for Atreyu fans is over. The Orange County rock pioneers have completed the follow-up to 2007’s highly acclaimed "Lead Sails Paper Anchor." The album, titled "Congregation of the Damned", produced by Bob Marlette (Airborne, Ozzy Osbourne) and mixed by Rich Costey (Mars Volta, System of A Down, Rage Against the Machine), will be released October 27. A fall co-headlining tour with Hollywood Undead is set to kick off on October 16th at The Pavilion in Lubbock, TX.
“I wrote the line ‘congregation of the damned’ for one of the songs on the album and it got me thinking,” says vocalist Alex Varkatzas. “It kind of feels like in a lot of ways that we, as members of a society, are just gathering around and collectively getting fucked over. When you look at what’s going on in our economy and how other people treat each other, it’s kind of like we’re all just lemmings. We’re lined up blankly staring blindly at nothing and just going along with the flow like a congregation of the damned. So this record really reflects my thoughts and feelings about that in every possible way.”
While Congregation of the Damned addresses some dark, troubling subject matter, creating the album was far from a struggle. The band starting writing new material in January 2009 and by the time they entered Henson Studios in Los Angeles with producer Bob Marlette, they had 25 new songs.
“I think this is the longest our band has ever had laser-like focus on an album,” Varkatzas says. “We were all working together really well and we had a great time in the studio with Bob, who we called BeelzeBob. He’s this jovial cigar-smoking, goatee-sporting dude from Nebraska, and he really helped us fine tune the material and nail our best performances.”
While Congregation of the Damned features some of the band’s heaviest riffs ever on tracks like “You Were the King, Now You’re Unconscious” and “Bleeding Is A Luxury,” it also contains some of truly delicate and sentimental moments, including piano ballad “Wait For You.”
“That one’s just a beautiful song, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have a heart,” Varkatzas says. “I’d say that this album is a mix of everything we’ve ever done. For every song that’s more melodic or rock-driven there’s a total shitkicker, and I think that’s what makes us a well-rounded band.”
Atreyu will kick off a fall co-headlining tour with Hollywood Undead and will remain on the road throughout most of 2010.
“The new set is gonna feature a lot of songs from ‘Congregation’ plus a bunch of other stuff,” Varkatzas says. “We’re just really happy with the album and we can’t wait to play it for people live.”
AC/DC Adds New U.S. Tour Dates To "Black Ice" Tour
In addtion to the numerous dates already scheduled for AC/DC's "Black Ice" tour, the band has announced that they will be playing two additional shows in Florida, USA. The dates are as follows:
-October 30, 2009 at Jacksonville Arena in Jacksonville, FL
-November 19, 2009 at Amway Arena in Orlando, FL
Muslim Punk On The Rise
News21 wrote an interesting article about the rise of Muslim punk rock bands across the United States. They play a style of punk called Taqwacore, taqwa being the Arabic word for piety. Far from being pious in the way Americans understand it, these guys take a more personal rather than public display of their practice.
"With a rebellious attitude and unabashed criticism of both East and West, Muslim punk highlights the breadth of Islamic practice and piety. For this colorful crew, donning patchwork jackets and taking slow drags from hookah pipes, religion is more personal than institutional or dogmatic.
"For the most part, the bands drink and smoke, in excess, despite Islam’s prohibition of the two. When driving from coast to coast on tour, they’re not stopping to break out prayer mats for the obligatory five-times-a-day salat.
"But just because they aren’t doing Islamic practice in the traditional way, doesn’t mean they don’t still consider themselves religious Muslims."
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Tales From The Pit: Ravage Stops Moshing Kegs
We've been talking to bands around the world to get their best pit stories. This week's comes from Al, vocalist for Metal Blade band Ravage.
"Ravage was playing a thrash/ speed metal fest recently featuring Bonded By Blood, and some other touring and local bands at a place we call 'The Metal Hall' just outside of Boston - which was basically a glorified kegger party in a room with a stage. It ended up raining a lot before the show went on - and outside the hall is an unpaved road and industrial yard, so the crowd tracked a lot of mud onto the floor when they came in and the floor of the place became a slippery, muddy mess. When the bands went on, the pit became insane and people were sliding around like crazy, so it was a wonder no one got seriously hurt. The walls were padded with a lot of sound foam, so that probably helped.
"Toward the end of the show I was standing in the very back and filming the bands on a hand-held camera. All the kegs had been drained and a lot of people were completely blasted. I was standing next to the empty kegs and one particularly sloshed guy came up to me and slurred, "We need to inject a little CHAOS into this party!" He proceeded to pick one of the empty beer kegs up over his head and he tried to bring it down directly on the head of some little guy standing next to me. When I realized what he was doing, I grabbed his arm and was able to stop him from completely crushing the guy's skull (the shocked little guy escaped with just a glancing blow). I grabbed the keg from the crazy guy, put it down and pushed him back into the ongoing circle pit, where I thought he at least wouldn't be able to murder anyone. A few minutes pass and I'm still filming, not totally paying attention to the crowd, and from out of nowhere the same crazy guy comes back, grabs an empty keg from behind me and bowls it into the circle pit where it took down at least two unsuspecting moshers who fell backward onto the slippery floor and were covered in mud and beer. That was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen someone do in a pit."
Stay tuned for next week when we'll read about knocking out AFI vocalist Davey Havoc.
Armed For Apocalypse Signs To SOAR In Europe
Siege of Amida Records has announced the European signing of Armed For Apocalypse in collaboration with IRONCLAD RECORDINGS (North America)
Featuring members of WILL HAVEN, THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH and GHOSTRIDE, Armed For Apocalypse mixes the sludgy, downtuned heavy riffs of Crowbar and Eyehategod with the white noise assault of Cursed and the death metal groove of Entombed.
Guitarist Cayle Hunter commented: "We don't want to be faster or tougher than anybody else. We just want to make heavy music that is UNDENIABLE when you hear it."
Armed For Apocalypse new album, "Defeat," will be released September 14th, followed by a full touring schedule.
The song "We Fell From The Bottom" is up on the Siege of Amida Records MySpace player right now.
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Metalunderground.com Premieres New Behemoth Clip
Metal Underground.com has obtained an exclusive premiere of a short video clip from the bonus DVD from the digipack edition of Behemoth's upcoming new album, “Evangelion.”
“Evangelion” will be released in North America as a digi-pak containing the record as well as a bonus DVD that follows Behemoth throughout the recording process. The footage was shot while the band forged “Evangelion” between January and May of 2009. You can view a sneak preview of this footage below.
Evangelion was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast.
Behemoth is currently on tour with the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, featuring Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel. The remaining tour dates are as follows: More...
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