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Orbweaver Recruits New Drummer

Mar 12, 2015 at 7:33 PM by xFiruath.

Miami's hallucinatory metal collective Orbweaver is pleased to welcome Nick Augusto (ex-Trivium/Maruta) to the drum stool.

Currently immersed in the pre-production stages for a next album at Shadowlit Studios, Augusto's authoritative drum style and sense of musical adventure adds a new creative dimension to Orbweaver's already eclectic brand of pummeling.

Comments Augusto of uniting with band: "I'm happy to have been asked to be a part Orbweaver. We have all played shows with each other's bands in the past and have been friends in this scene for quite some time now. I've jammed with [guitarist/vocalist] Randy [Piro] before, so the timing was right when we got a hold of each other to join forces and write new material. Looking forward to what this new CD and the future holds for Orbweaver!"

"Hexagram 23" is the working title of Orbweaver's forthcoming full-length. The record follows debut EP, "Strange Transmissions From The Neuralnomicon." See the band live on these dates:

3/26/2015 Churchill's Pub - Miami, FL w /Mutilation Rites, Mantar
4/03/2015 Churchill's Pub - Miami, FL w/ Insatanity, Koroidia
5/08/2015 Churchill's Pub - Miami, FL w/ Cave Of Swimmers (CD release), Shroud Eater

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America's Secret Metal Paradise

Nov 21, 2014 at 4:57 PM by OverkillExposure.

Most of us in metal love to complain about trolling, irrational vitriol, subgenre tribalism, and elitism online. Not to mention the fact that most of said complaining also takes place online.

It’s like plugging the cord of a power strip into the strip itself and expecting it to produce juice. No wonder nothing positive ever seems to get accomplished.

So how do we fix this?

Well, we can’t. At least we can’t fix others. We can, however, control ourselves and try new things from time to time. And when considering just how ridiculously much time we spend drooling in front of our screens, the simple act of attending live music concerts is indeed a “new thing,” or at least a relatively seldom thing. Sort of like shutting off Facebook and actually writing your best friend a letter.

But don’t the same issues manifest in our local clubs? A package tour comes to town, containing bands with separate (or, at best, overlapping) fanbases, which promptly begin to work against each other. Show me such a concert that isn’t brimming with guys judging each other’s perceived tastes, putting on airs by boasting “I’m only here for [insert obscure opener],” and I’ll show you my fourth nipple.

How about major European-style summer festivals? Don’t get me started. Don’t get me wrong, either; they’re ten tons of fun. But often the numbers are too immense for any type of bonding to occur on a mass scale. Crowds usually just devolve into cliques, all corresponding to their chosen favorite acts.

So there needs to be a middle ground. A unique event, rare and special enough to draw the enthusiastic, but familiar enough to include the curious. Small and precarious enough to forestall any jaded complacency, and large enough to foster a carnival atmosphere.

The musical equivalent of a big group of friends around a campfire, bonded not only by the fun they’re sharing, but also by the knowledge that one bad attitude will douse the good time in cold water.

For me, the DeLand Rock & Metal Festival was that event. And for the moment, it has alleviated some of my cynicism over the much-ballyhooed “brotherhood and sisterhood” concepts thrown around in metal.

Here, in central Florida, from November 7th through the 9th, these bonds were very much alive.

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Metalunderground.com Official Podcast, Episode 38

Nov 14, 2014 at 4:54 PM by OverkillExposure.

This week, co-host Kevin Perez (n0thinghead) announces several upcoming concerts at Fort Lauderdale’s Revolution Live - stretching well into next year - and would like to know who’d be interested in some more ticket giveaway contests.

Performances include: Crowbar and Unearth on Tuesday, December 2nd; August Burns Red, Miss May I, and Northlane on Tuesday, March 3rd; Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, and Aeon on Saturday, March 7th; and Nightwish, Sabaton, and Delain on Saturday, May 9th.

Any Floridians interested should let us know, so we can launch more contests and make the trip worth your while. Contact us at podcast@metalunderground.com.

Our Band of the Week is Pacto, a Spanish-speaking doom/black metal lot from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2007. After several years of work, they released the full-length album “El Reino De Los Hechiceros” earlier this year. We introduce and discuss the song “Senda Sin Fin” at the start, and stay tuned for the title track at our sign-off.

Then co-host Mike Smith (OverkillExposure) recaps, with a scratchy voice, an intense weekend he spent recently in central Florida for the DeLand Rock & Metal Festival (co-sponsored by none other than MetalUnderground.com). He considers it an overall success, and wishes to say a few words on some of his favorite acts of the event, including Everthrone, Orbweaver, and Seven Kingdoms.

Listen in here, enjoy, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed.

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Orbweaver Posts Gear Demo Video

Oct 6, 2014 at 4:17 PM by xFiruath.

Orange Amplifiers has featured a special gear interview and demonstration video featuring Orbweaver guitarist Sally Gates. Check out the gear demo video below, and you can read the interview at this location.

Orbweaver released the "Strange Transmissions From The Neuralnomicon" full-length last Summer, which was produced by Jonathan Nunez of Torche. The album was also recently unleashed in wax form via Corpse Flower Records. Catch the band live on either of these two dates:

11/08/2014 Deland Rock & Metal Fest @ Ob's Lounge - Deland, FL
11/15/2014 Destroyer Fest @ State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL More...

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