Shawn James & The Shapeshifters Launch Campaign

Fayetteville, AR's Shawn James & The Shapeshifters has launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of upcoming album "The Gospel According to Shawn James & The Shapeshifters." Please pledge your support by visiting this site. Check out "Chapter II: Hunger" from "The Bear" EP below.

Shawn James & The Shapeshifters have been wowing fans with their swamp-born, high energy rock 'n roll since releasing "The Wolf" in early 2013. The debut was the first in a trilogy and was followed by "The Bear" (June 2013) and "The Hawk" (January 2014). An album of cover songs recorded live, aptly titled "The Covers," was released in May 2014.

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Barishi Posts Tour Dates

Barishi is supporting Prosthetic Records recording artist Felix Martin on the 14-string guitar prodigy's North American Tour, which is sponsored by Metal Injection and launched a couple of nights ago in Los Angeles, CA. Check out Barishi's new video "Smoke from the Earth" below the tour dates.

Barishi will appear with Martin for the remainder of February before wrapping up its portion of the tour with dates in Winooski, VT (3/1) and Boston, MA (3/2). Stinking Lizaveta and Dyse will also be performing on select dates. Check out the complete tour itinerary at this location.

2/07 PACIFICA, CA @ WINTERS TAVERN *
2/08 SANTA CRUZ, CA @ CATALYST *
2/11 SEATTLE, WA @ HIGHLINE *
2/12 VANCOUVER, BC @ THE ASTORIA *
2/13 SPOKANE, WA @ THE HOP *
2/14 PORTLAND, OR @ HIGH WATER MARK *
2/15 BELLINGHAM, WA @ SHAKEDOWN *
2/17 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ URBAN LOUNGE *
2/18 DENVER, CO @ LOST LAKE *
2/19 KANSAS CITY, MO @ MINIBAR *
2/20 ST LOUIS, MO @ FUBAR *
2/23 CHICAGO, IL @ REGGIES *
2/24 CLEVELAND, OH @ NOW THAT’S CLASS *
2/25 PITTSBURGH, PA @ 31ST ST PUB *
2/26 ROCHESTER, NY @ BUTAPUB *
2/27 TORONTO, ON @ HARD LUCK *
2/28 ITHACA, NY @ JUST BE CAUSE *
3/01 WINOOSKI, VT @ MONKEY HOUSE *
3/02 BOSTON, MA @ O’BRIENS *
3/03 YORK, PA @ THE DEPOT ^
3/04 BALTIMORE, MD @ METRO GALLERY ^
3/05 NEW YORK, NY @ SAINT VITUS ^
3/06 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ KUNG FU NECKTIE ^
3/07 RICHMOND, VA @ STRANGE MATTER ^
3/08 CHARLOTTE, NC @ TREMONT MUSIC HALL ^
3/10 ATLANTA, GA @ THE EARL ^
3/11 COLUMBIA, SC @ NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN ^
3/14 ORLANDO, FL @ THE HAVEN ^
3/16 NEW ORLEANS, LA @ SIBERIA ^
3/17 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW
3/18 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW
3/19 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW
3/20 LITTLE ROCK, AR @ WHITE WATER TAVERN ^
3/21 NORMAN, OK @ ACROPOLIS

* = With BARISHI
^ = With STINKING LIZAVETA + DYSE

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Waking The Cadaver Calls It Quits

New Jersey slam outfit Waking The Cadaver has checked in with the following announcement about deciding to call it quits:

"It is with sad news that WTC will have to announce that we are no longer a band. Truth be told, we haven't been a band since our last show we played in Seattle October 2013 on the Dying Fetus/Exhumed tour.

"We were never sure what the status of the band was going to be all this time, that's why there hasn't been an announcement, but some of you have figured it out and it's only right to let everyone know the truth.

"There's no bad blood with members or anything, we are all just living busy lives and are unable to commit to the demands of being in this band. Who knows, maybe in a couple years we'll jam again.

"We want to thanks all our fans world wide...it's so amazing how you people have made this band able to do things other slam bands would dream of doing. We sincerely love you all from the bottom of our cold dead hearts!!! Stay brutal."

The band also comments on other projects from its members: "Mike Mayo is currently jamming in the grindcore outfit Ground and John Hartman is continuing his legacy in the legendary Mortal Decay. Support these awesome bands."

Waking The Cadaver released three full-length albums in its lifetime, capping with 2013's "Real-Life Death." More...

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Zex Embarking On New Tour Dates

The members of Ottawa, Ontario-based Zex are currently on their way around the globe, set to begin the Wanderlust Tour 2015 this Saturday in Penang, Malaysia.

The month-long trek sees the ambitious quartet taking slick and infectious punk rock and an energetic live show to nineteen venues throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from February 7th through March 2nd.

Zex will also tour throughout North America heavily this Spring, with the tentative routing, which is set to consume May and the first half of June, available at this location (full confirmed routing to be announced soon). More...

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Murg Releasing New Album

Murg is a duo hailing from the rural mining areas of Bergslagen, Sweden. Murg's harsh sound is affected by the deep, rocky forests of the band's native homeland and the abandoned, centuries-old mines that are scattered among them. That, in combination with a misanthropic and deeply ecological ideology, makes up the foundation of Murg.

Their first release ”Varg & Björn” is a concept album that conveys the notion of humankinds' total uselessness and its cyclical attempts - and constant failure - at achieving co-existence with anything on this earth. The album is due out March 30th via Nordvis and features the following track listing:

1. Vindarna luktar rök
2. Nejderna brinner
3. Grannen är din fiende
4. Massvandring & blodbad
5. Den starkes rätt
6. Farsoternas afton
7. Varg & Björn
8. Ett slut, ingen början More...

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Pombagira Streaming "Endless" Track

U.K. doom monolith Pombagira has premiered the new track "Endless" online, which can be heard below courtesy of Noisey.Vice.com.

The track hails from Pombagira's new album, "Flesh Throne Press," set for international release on March 27th via Svart Records. The band's sixth album since its inception in 2007, "Flesh Throne Press" sees Pombagira expanding on themes in previous release, "Maleficia Lamiah." The "Flesh Throne Press" track listing is as follows: More...

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Dreamer/Deceiver Announces Live Shows

Dreamer/Deceiver will be touring with Texas hardcore outfit Everyone Dies In Utah and post-hardcore band One Year Later as part of the "As Seasons Change Tour" this Spring.

Organized by the Diamond Mine Agency promotional company based out of Ottawa, the package has dates all over central Ontario starting in Toronto on April 29th and finishing up in Sherbrooke, QC on May 6th.

Toronto, ON // April 29th // Smiling Buddha
Guelph, ON // April 30th // District
St. Catharines, ON // May 1st // Detour Music Hall
Hamilton, ON // May 2nd // Club Absinthe
Kingston, ON // May 3rd // Overtime Sports Bar
Ottawa, ON // May 4th // Mavericks
Montreal, QC // May 5th // Pirhana Bar
Sherbrooke, QC // May 6th // Le Saloon More...

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Revolution Saints Releases New Music Video

Rock outfit Revolution Saints has released a music video for "Back On My Trail" from the band's upcoming debut self-titled album, due out February 23rd in the U.K. and 24th in North America via Frontiers Music SRL.

Revolution Saints is Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake) on guitars, Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw/Blades) on bass and co-lead vocals, and Deen Castronovo (Journey, Bad English) on drums and lead vocals. The track listing is as follows:

1. Back On My Trail
2. Turn Back Time
3. You're Not Alone (Feat. Arnel Pineda)
4. Locked Out Of Paradise
5. Way To The Sun (Feat. Neal Schon)
6. Dream On
7. Don't Walk Away
8. Here Forever
9. Strangers To This Life
10. Better World
11. How To Mend A Broken Heart
12. In The Name Of The Father (Fernando's Song) More...

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Napalm Death Checks In From The Road

"Apex Predator - Easy Meat," the 15th studio album by the restless and unrelenting U.K. grind squadron Napalm Death was recently released by Century Media Records.

The album has managed to enter the national sales charts in several countries with some of the best positions the band has ever achieved:

Germany: #36
Switzerland: #64
France: #69
Belgium (Flemish): #103
Belgium (Wallonia): #117
UK: #120
UK Rock Chart: #15
US Top 200: #113
US New Artist Top 50: #2

Napalm Death vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway checked in during the band's current North American tour to say:

"We are pinching ourselves yet again, especially considering the ongoing noise quotient of our output. Thank you and thank you. From the other side of the pond, our ND / Voivod / Exhumed / Iron Reagan / Black Crown Initiate tour is making some nice waves.

"There's something for everybody in this buffet of many extreme flavours, and people are chewing it up. There are old friends, very drunk friends and everybody is indeed happy. Back to Europe, we're giving you all a little time away (though we miss you dearly), but in the meantime we have a tasty little trip planned with Carcass in Australia and New Zealand, with maybe some extra Asia dates sandwiching the whole thing.

"I am looking forward to seeing Shane dressed as an Orc when he finally lives his dream of taking in the Hobbit set down New Zealand way - not to be missed at any costs. All the best for now." More...

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Monolith Posts Entire New Album Online

Monolith has teamed up with Decibel Magazine to stream the entire impending album "Against The Wall Of Forever." Turn the volume up to 11, and let the new Monolith album rip below.

Set for an official release date of February 10th through Funeral Noise Records, pre-order bundles are still available at this location.

"Against The Wall Of Forever" is catchy, thrashy, punky southern fried heavy metal goodness that's angry, assaultive heavy rock, bursting with effective and pointed songwriting. The track listing is as follows:

1. The Emperor (The Suffering of Fools)
2. Against The Wall of Forever
3. Die with your Master
4. Kindly Dr. Jest (The Interrogator)
5. Caravan
6. The Prophet
7. Elusive Prey (The Hunter)
8. The All-Father and the Chaos Lords More...

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Vardan Streaming Full New Album

Today solo black metal outfit Vardan streams the entirety of "The Night, The Loneliness" - his latest album for Moribund Records, set for release on February 17th. Listen in below, thanks to Decibel Magazine.

Chronologically the 23rd album in the one-man band's vast discography, Vardan's latest "The Night, The Loneliness" sees the selfsame mainman master the art of melancholy. Down-tempo and downtrodden, forlorn and fatalistic, "The Night, The Loneliness" pulses its way into the soul, twisting and turning the knife with bittersweetness and even a bit of beauty. More...

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Stages Of Decomposition Posts Video Teaser

Stages Of Decomposition today premieres an official teaser trailer for the "Cadaveric Molestation" video, which can be seen below. Stay tuned for the full video release.

The clip was directed by Leno Jacobo and Oscar Lomeli and comes from the band's 2014 debut album "Piles of Rotting Flesh."

Featuring album cover by Tony Cosgrove, "Piles of Rotting Flesh" was recorded at The Morgue Music Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The track listing is as follows:

1. Genital Adipocere
2. Cadaveric Molestation
3. Chainsaw Disembowled Cadaver
4. Acid Bath Orgy
5. Piles Of Rotting Flesh
6. Devoured And Defecated By Swine
7. The Butcher Of Plainfield
8. The Burning
9. Schizophrenic Nympho More...

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Whitechapel Gearing Up For New Touring

Whitechapel will be back on the road beginning February 28th. The tour will take the Tennessee natives from Memphis through the Midwest on their way to Self Help Fest in San Bernardino, CA.

Self Help Fest is scheduled for March 7th at the Nos Event Center and features The Devil Wears Prada, Pierce the Veil, Stick to Your Guns, The Ghost Inside, and more. The full list of confirmed dates is below, as well as at Whitechapel's Facebook profile.

Brotherhood of the Blade Tour
02/28 Memphis, TN Hi Tone Cafe
03/01 St. Louis, MO Firebird
03/02 Merriam, KS Aftershock
03/03 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
03/05 Murray, UT Murray Theater
03/07 San Bernardino, CA NOS Events Center (Self Help Fest)
03/08 Mesa, AZ Nile Theatre
03/09 Tucson, AZ The Rock
03/10 Lubbock, TX Jake's Sports Cafe
03/11 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
03/12 Little Rock, AR Juanita's More...

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The Vomiting Dinosaurs Posts Full New Album Stream

The Vomiting Dinosaurs offer a full stream of the album in advance of its February 10 release (on CD, cassette, and as a digital download) via Baltimore’s Grimoire Records. Worship the Porcelain God is available for pre-order now at Grimoire’s Bandcamp page linked HERE.

You can now stream the entire album below.

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Oblivionized Posts New Song

Oblivionized a deathgrind trio from London are nearing the release of their debut album "Life Is A Struggle, Give Up" and premieres an official music video for one of the new songs titled "Cry Yourself To Ash".

"Life Is A Struggle, Give Up" is scheduled for release in April on Secret Law Records (vinyl, CD, digital download).

Check out the new clip below.

Before the album’s launch, Oblivionized will embark on an 8-date UK tour next month. For the full list of shows, see below: More...

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