Reverence Announces New Album Release Date

France's Reverence has issued the following update about releasing a new album titled "Inactive Theocracy:"

"The official release date of the new album INACTIVE THEOCRACY is set the 1 of October in CD, by Osmose Productions, the double LP will be available at the end for this years, by DUKE (under license). Of course, mp3 will be uploaded in mi-September."

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Threat Signal Posts New Music Video Online

"Through My Eyes," the new video from Canadian metallers Threat Signal, can be viewed below.

Threat Signal's new album "Vigilance" is due in North America on September 8 and in Europe on September 11 via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was produced by the singer Jon Howard (who also sings in ARKAEA with Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera) and was mixed and mastered by Greg Reely (Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly).

The "Vigilance" track list will be as follows:

01. Afterlife
02. Through My Eyes
03. The Beginning Of The End
04. United We Stand
05. Beyond Recognition
06. Another Source Of Light
07. Hate Machine
08. Severed
09. Lost
10. Revision
11. In Repair
12. Escape From Reality
13. To Remember More...

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Tales From The Pit: Joey Vera's Mosh Pit Flips

We've been talking to bands to get their best mosh pit stories. This one is from Joey Vera when he was on tour in 1986 with Armored Saint, opening for Metallica and WASP.

"Just about every night, whoever happened to be watching Metallica's set from side stage, got invited out to sing the 'DIE!' part at the end of Creeping Death. One night in Texas, there I was, hammered and waiting for my nightly invitation. Sure enough, I get the wink from my gracious host, Cliff Burton.

"On I go and give my best beer soaked "DIE!". After my part is played, I walk to the edge of the stage in front of Cliff's floor monitor, turn around to face him, and with all my strength I hurl myself in a back flip into the audience. Luckily the crowd takes pity on my poor aerial form and catches me. Then I find myself in a flurry of sweaty limbs as I begin to surf towards the front of the stage. Metallica's crew pulls my sorry ass out and back onto stage while Mr. Burton tops my score with a thumbs 'way' up. Good times."

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Totalt Javla Morker Announces Tour Dates

Swedish hardcore/metal band TOTALT JÄVLA MÖRKER has announced tour dates for this fall. Here are the latest "Söndra & Härska tour" dates:

2009.09.04 Eskilstuna - Raw
2009.09.05 Västerås - Sigurdsgatan 25
2009.09.06 tba
2009.09.07 tba
2009.09.08 Stockholm - Debaser slussen
2009.09.09 Linköping - L..Orient
2009.09.10 Trollhättan - M15
2009.09.11 Göteborg - Sticky Fingers
2009.09.12 Oslo (N) - Funhouse
2009.09.13 Stavanger (N) -
2009.09.14 Bergen (N) - Hulen
2009.09.15 tba
2009.09.16 Sandviken - Kungen
2009.09.17 Hudiksvall - Brandgaraget
2009.09.18 Sundsvall - Klubb destroyer
2009.09.19 Umeå - Scharinska

In the meantime, you can check out some of the band's music on their MySpace player.

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Planet Caravan Line-up Solidified

The Planet Caravan line-up has been solidified and tickets are on sale now.

FRIDAY - Buy Tickets Here
SATURDAY - Buy Tickets Here

Here's the line-up:

Friday, September 18
Clutch
Kylesa
Burst
Wino
Lionize
Tombs
Bison b.c.
Zoroaster
Sourvein
Pick Up The Snake

Saturday, September 19
Pentagram
Orange Goblin
YOB
Astra
Taddy Porter
The Gates of Slumber
Orchid
Hull
Salome
Batillus

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Archaic Eclipse Parts Ways With Guitarist

New Hamphsire's Archaic Eclipse have issued the following update about parting ways with their guitarist:

"Unfortunately, do to personal differences in the band, we have had to let Randy (our second guitarist) go. We have no hard feelings toward Randy and wish him the best in all of his future endeavors. Unfortunately, over the past 6 months we have just noticed that the motivation and dedication was just not there. So never the less we will be searching for another guitarist as the remaining members of Archaic Eclipse regroup."

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Gaia Epicus Seeking Session Bassist

Gaia Epicus has issued the following announcement about seeking a session bassist for their upcoming U.K. tour dates:

"Gaia Epicus starts their second UK tour in october. At the moment the band has only 1 member so Gaia uses
session musicians until they find the right lineup. There is no bass player confirmed for the UK tour so we are doing some searching to get as many options as possible. We have some bassists that we are already checking out."

The currently confirmed tour dates are as follows:

10/19 - Bannermans - Edinburgh
10/20 - Ivory Blacks - Glasgow
10/21 - Hark 2 Towler - Manchester
10/22 - The Snooty Fox - Wakefield
10/23 - The Riverside Bar - Selby
10/24 - The Sal Rock - Nottingham
10/25 - Now booking
10/26 - Now booking
10/27 - Eddie’s - Birmingham
10/28 - The Underworld - London
10/29 - The Red Lion - Stevenage

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Gorgoroth Announces Norwegian Tour Date

Gorgoroth has issued the following update about a live performance in Norway:

"Following the now sold out headlining concert at the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen on August 29, 2009, Gorgoroth will also perform live in Trondheim, Norway, on October 19, 2009, at UKA 2009. This concert will coincide with the European release of the new Gorgoroth album, 'Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt', on October 21. More info on tickets etc. can be found here.

"In other news, there will be a new press listening of the upcoming Gorgoroth album 'Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt' in Bergen, Norway, on August 28, 2009, at 01:30 PM. Interested parties should contact Jarne Brauns at jarne@regainrecords.com to make arrangements. The album will also receive a limited edition picture disc vinyl release on Infernus' own label Forces of Satan Records. More info on this will be posted at a later time at the label's website."

The finalized track order for the album is:

1. Aneuthanasia
2. Prayer
3. Rebirth
4. Building a Man
5. New Breed
6. Cleansing Fire
7. Human Sacrifice
8. Satan-Prometheus
9. Introibo ad Alatare Satanas

A sample of the song "Prayer" is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

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Lacuna Coil Posts Performance Video Online

Lacuna Coil has posted a video clip online of their performance of the song "I Won't Tell You" on The Daily Habit. The video clip can be viewed below. More...

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Cormorant Posts New Song Online

San Francisco Bay Area progressive extreme metallers CORMORANT have unveiled a new song off their upcoming full-length, "Metazoa." The album was recorded with and produced by Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, MELVINS, SLEEP, PRIMORDIAL), mixed by Anderson, and mastered by Justin Weis (HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, LUDICRA, SLOUGH FEG) and is slated for a September 22, 2009 release by Saturnine Media. The new song, entitled “Uneasy Lies the Head,” is now streaming on the band’s Myspace. The band have also announced a CD release show on September 24th at Thee Parkside in San Francisco, CA with Velnias, Elm and Fell Voices. More...

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Mastic Scum Announces New Album Release Date

Mastic Scum has issued the following update about the release of their new album:

"Our upcoming album will be entitled 'dust' and released on Nov. 13th by Twilight Distribution! After intense weeks in the studio we ended up recording 12 songs - the result is fucking exciting and will be a blast for your speakers!

"The album will be mixed at Grindlab Studio and mastered by Jacob Hansen Heaven Shall Burn, Aborted, Hatesphere) in September. Artwork will be designed by Killustrations (Six Feet Under, Kataklysm, Amon Amarth). We're pretty fuckin' psyched about it and can't wait to hear/see the final product. Stay tuned!

"We are also happy to announce that our future home is now with Germanys label Twilight-Distribution (Disparaged, Koldbrann, Grind Inc., Requiem, Hatred). We needed a new record label and in the end Twilight won us over with their integrity as we already had a good cooperation with our last 2 albums."

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Megadeth Issues Radio Show Update

Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine has issued the following update about starting a radio show:

"Droogies!

"Recently I made a post about my new radio show and that I was blessed to be able to be working with Clear Channel with my own Channel, like the Christina Agulara and the Eagle's Channels. I am unaware of if their Channels are accesable yet, but I know mine will be in just a few weeks. Here is an update:

"I talked to the Clear Channel people again last week and we are ready to go. We are going to do the first show from the Clear Channel station in San Diego, and I will hopefully be able to do an interview for the local San Diego Clear Channel Rock Channel. After that, I will determine what I need to make my studio ready to do the show.

"I am going to play music I like, music that influenced me, and ‘zingers’ - which are songs that you would never know that I liked (like the Beatles, or stuff like the Dead Kennedy's).

"I am going to collect all of your suggestions for some bands and songs, and we are going to start the show before I leave for New Zealand. More...

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Meliah Rage Postpones New Album Release Date

Meliah Rage has issued the following announcement about postponing the release of their new album "Masquerade" again:

"No panic but it will be another week or two until our new record 'Masquerade' is released. For a sneak peak we've added 2 new songs to our player. The first song is called 'Chosen' and the second one is the video song 'Hour Glass.'

"You can pre-order a copy and get in sooner at: Metro City Records (603) 629-9102 or here."

The video for "Hour Glass" can be viewed below. More...

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Mower Seeking Fan Tattoo Photos

Mower has issued the following brief statement about seeking fan tattoos:

"Started a Mower Tattoo photo album, send your photos in now and we'll add them to our album."

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Neuraxis Posts Live Video Clip Online

Neuraxis has posted a live video clip online from their performance in Montreal on April 22nd alongside Cannibal Corpse. The video clip can be viewed below. More...

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Oh, Sleeper Streaming Entire Album Online

Christian metallers Oh, Sleeper have issued the following update about streaming their entire new album "Son of the Morning" online:

"Son Of The Morning is out now! We're really stoked for you guys to hear it. You can pick it up at your local Best Buy, Hot Topic, FYE or online at iTunes and Amazon MP3. You can also listen to a new song, 'The Finisher' now on our page or stream the entire album over at AOL Music.

"That should be it! Lots going on today but mainly we hope you are into the album!"

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Power Quest Recruits New Singer And Guitar Player

Power Quest has issued the following brief statement about recruiting a new vocalist and guitar player:

"New singer and guitarist found!

"The 2 guys (vocals and guitar) have now been recruited and we'll be making an announcement about this during the course of September!"

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Shadowside Replaces Bass Player

Brazil's Shadowside has issued the following update about replacing their bassist and upcoming tour dates:

"So THIS is what the sun looks like during the day!! Hello, my babies in the dark! It is about 9:00am and I am putting the finishing touches on packing for the fun that waits in the States! We are all very excited about this first leg of the tour!

"Of course this tour hasn’t been without its bumps along the way. That’s what happens sometimes with venues, promoters, etc. They put a hold on a date, they send in their offers and contracts only to bail on them late in the game. Unfortunately it has happened on several shows thus far. Of course our manager, Sweet Lou. dove in and replaced most of the dates. One that concerns us is our ....Michigan.... date at TNT’S. It looks as if this show is going to be cancelled. We’ve already done some press for that show, but it seems our agent hasn’t been able to get an answer of whether or not the venue or promoter is going to stand behind his contract. Frankly, it is probably better that it happened BEFORE we showed up at the venue. *laughs* So is ANY OF YOU know of a venue CLOSE to the show in ....Michigan...., PLEASE contact 'Sweet Lou.' at GlamSLAMinc@aol.com , perhaps he can get another date RE-scheduled somewhere in the area…

"Now some other EXCITING news! Unfortunately things always change within a band and we are no different. Edu our bass player is no longer with us. On this leg of the tour we are proud to welcome NICK IX! You can check out Nicky at this location. Nick is a rhythm guitarist by trade (endorsed by Jackson Guitars), but when we needed a bass player, Nick didn’t even think twice…he offered and we gladly accepted. Nick is true metal in the purest sense of the word! At this time, Nick is a 'touring member' of SHADOWSIDE…we want to hear from YOU the fans when we’re out there what you think of the line up! Also, Nick will most likely be playing acoustic rhythm guitar with Rapha at our Hot Topic appearances…you didn’t FORGET about coming out to see us at the Mall have you???? More...

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Theatre Of Tragedy Announces New Album Release

Theatre of Tragedy has issued the following announcement about the release dates for their upcoming album "Forever is the World:"

"Official release dates for 'Forever is the World':

"Germany, Switzerland and Austria: September 18th, Rest of Europe: September 21st, Japan: October 21st (Through Marquee/Avalon), North America: October 27st, Russia: during October.

"The special limited edition digisleeve edition will only be available in Europe. The vinyl edition looks like it will be the ultimate Theatre of Tragedy collectors item with a strictly limited run of 500 copies printed."

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Paradise Lost Announces Supporting Acts

Paradise Lost has issued the following announcement about supporting acts for their upcoming European tour dates:

"Support bands for our European Tour this winter are as follows:

"Ghost Brigade (opening act) - Nov 8th to Nov 25th, Samael (main support) - Nov 8th to Nov 25th, Katatonia (Main support for all UK dates) October 30th - Nov 5th."

Paradise Lost's upcoming tour dates are as follows: More...

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The Black Dahlia Murder Comments On Tour

As was previously reported, Slipknot has canceled all of their remaining October and September tour dates. The Black Dahlia Murder, who were to support Slipknot on those dates, have issued the following statement about the cancellation:

"We are sorry to those who were looking to see us in the next few weeks with Slipknot. Unfortunately Slipknot has cancelled the tour. This has forced us to cancel our headlining shows in Pocatello, ID and Sioux Falls, SD as well. We hope to make up the dates as soon as our touring schedule allows. We will still be playing tonight in Spokane, WA at the Big Dipper. Again we apologize to anyone who was planning on coming out, its completely out of our control. Hopefully we will see some of you when we're out with Children Of Bodom and Skeletonwitch in Sept/Oct or on our headlining tour with Skeletonwitch, Toxic Holocaust and Trap Them in Oct/Nov. Thanks for understanding."

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Dillinger Escape Plan Issues Recording Update

The Dillinger Escape Plan has posted two short teaser clips for their upcoming album, which can be viewed below. The band has also issued the following recording update:

"Ok....sorry for the lack of recent updates, but we've had our noses to the grind lately getting this record written, and haven't seen the light of day much. If you've been paying attention to our twitter accounts, you know that we've leaked TWO demo snippets so far. We usually demo the entire record pretty extensively before we enter the studio, so that we don't waste too time fiddling around once we get in there.

"We'll be using this myspace as well as our twitters to update you throughout the recording process, so stay tuned.

"Latest BIG news though, is that we are playing a show in Los Angeles to kick off the whole recording process. September 5th, we've been added to FYF Fest(formerly Fuck Yeah Fest!....but I guess the new abbreviation now makes it...Fuck Yeah Fest...Fest?). Get PSYCHED if you live around here. This means that for the first time in a long time...DEP and CONVERGE are gonna be playing together!!!! Other killer bands playing include Torche, Lightning Bolt, Fucked Up, and more. Don't miss out. It's only a $20 ticket, at the Los Angeles State Park in Downtown LA, and it's for a good cause! The fest aims to raise awareness of the possible closure of up to 100 State Parks due to recent California budget cuts. It's gonna be nice to play and have fun before the pure torture of recording starts. More...

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These Are They Announces New Guitarist

These Are They, the Chicago-based death metal band featuring vocalist Paul Kuhr (Novembers Doom, guitarist Steve Nicholson (ex-Novembers Doom), bassist Wiley Wells (Earthen) and drummer Sasha Horn (Trials), has announced the addition of guitarist Justin Jurgevich (Hurtlocker) to the group's ranks.

These Are They will release its full-length debut, "Who Linger," on November 10 via Unruly Sounds/The End Records.

The track listing is as follows:

1. Ascension
2. the Voices Sound Deadly
3. Upon the Doors of Oblivion
4. In the Halls of Waverly
5. Blood Vengeance
6. Eclipse Abysmal
7. The Indweller
8. The Midnight Hour
9. Resurrection in White
10. 4th of July (Soundgarden cover)

Their "4th of July" Soundgarden cover is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

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Tim "Ripper" Owens To Appear On Avantasia Album

Tim "Ripper" Owens, vocalist of Yngwie Malmsteen's band and former Judas Priest voice, has recently been in the studio to sing his parts for the forthcoming Avantasia album, whose title is yet to be announced.

Tobias Sammet of Avantasia issued the following statement about the colloboration:

"I had this pretty heavy riff monster and I remembered a Judas Priest live-album with 'the new singer' on vocals. I listened again and when I heard him sing 'Metal Gods' and 'Painkiller' I knew that this was the voice I so desperately needed for the song. Tim is a cool guy and a scream machine. He makes his voice spit out the most aggressive high notes I have ever heard, while fully controlling it. I am so proud of the heaviest Metal tune I have written so far, and Tim has turned a good Heavy Metal song into the ultimate Heavy Metal Monster!"

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Vader Posts Music Video Trailer Online

Vader has posted a teaser trailer online for the upcoming music video of their song "Never Say My Name," which can be viewed below. Vader also issued the following statement about the video clip:

"We started the video shooting on August 15, at about noon. That day we were in for the Last Supper and the slaughter of the Messiah's followers shots, while during the night we were to take some bluebox and Janus shots. It was quite an unusual date, as the same day in Wroclaw the masses came to see a light-and-water show taking place just 200 meters from the place of our shooting the 'Bible scenes'. Lots of people were wondering 'What's being shot here? A new TV series? The Bible stories? ...or maybe a Discovery program?' Despite 12 hours of hard work and constant stage make-up changes we managed to finish before 1 a.m. We went through it without a bloodshed - well, despite the Last Supper scene ...but the blood was a fake ;-) The next day we took the martyr shots and the Romans' armament ones, which were crucial for 'Necropolis'. Sunday. The unbearable heat and another couple of hours in the nearby gravel pit. It wasn't so easy that day... The owner of the place, who at first was eager to rent it to the Inbornmedia crew, found it enough when it came to the crucifixion, burning and the transformation of the Messiah into Janus. My roars and the burying crucifix brought about an immediate response of the security guards. They called the police and we were supposed to leave the gravel pit at once... Fortunately, we managed to 'steal' one more hour before the cops arrived. There only remained ashes. And we, together with the Romans, came back to the hotel at about....2 a.m. And there were still the final scenes left. These we're going to finish on tomorrow....but in a different place."

The track is from their upcoming album "Necropolis," which will be released in North America on September 22. More...

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Alice Cooper Sony TV Commercial Posted Online

A brand new television commercial from Sony featuring shock rock legend Alice Cooper is now available for viewing. You can check it out below. The commercial is to help inform viewers about the switch to digital-only broadcasting which will happen in 2012. The campaign promotes Sony's offer of up to £150 to spend on a new Bravia TV in return for consumers' old sets. More...

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Judas Priest Posts U.S. Tour Report

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest has recently completed their headlining tour of the United States, during which they performed their classic album, "British Steel" from start to finish. A message from the band reads as follows:

"Just finished our US Tour - we're all going to take a short rest now before we head off to Japan!! The US shows were fabulous and the audience reaction was fantastic!! A big thank you to everyone who came to the shows - we had a great time - our only sorrow was that WHITESNAKE were not able to finish the last few shows with us due to David's very bad throat infection. He's getting better now so hopefully we'll all be working together again sometime in the not too distant future! See you next time round!!"

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Mokshya Writing New Material

Arizona progressive metal/rock band Mokshya has issued the following update announcing that they are writing new material again:

"Well, it’s been an amazingly crazy year and a half, and now its time to climb back into the heart cave and recreate ourselves. The lovelution is all about the evolution of both our individual and collective consciousness. Life and art are synonymous, and like a river must stay in constant motion to stay alive. Stagnant water can support no life, and the stagnant soul can support no creativity. It is because of this that we have vowed as musicians to push ourselves to evolve our sound with every new album. It’s time now to shed our skin, step back out into the void, and rediscover mokshya. See you on the other side! VIVA LA LOVELUTION!!!"

You can check out some of the band's older material on their MySpace player.

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arte TV Documentary Featuring Tom Gabriel Fischer

As part of an a new six-episode documentary series about the evolution of the music scene in the 1980s, German/French TV station arte is set to broadcast episode 5, titled: "Gothic, Industrial & Black Metal," on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10.55pm CET. This episode features new interviews with bands such as Killing Joke or Cabaret Voltaire as well as clips from an interview conducted with Triptykon's Tom Gabriel Fischer about the emergence of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost.

Further information can be found on arte's website.

Welcome to the 80's - Episode 5: Gothic, Industrial & Black Metal
Written and directed by Tom Theunissen, 2009.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10.55pm CET. The broadcast will be repeated by arte on Saturday, August 29, at 03.00am CET, and by German TV station ZDF on Thursday, September 3, at 06.05pm CET.

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Ravage Explains Canadian Tour Date Cancellations

Boston metal band Ravage has issued the following message regarding the cancellation of their Montreal show on August 23rd:

"Ravage regretfully had to cancel last night's appearance in Montreal due to our not being able to obtain a work visa in time - we will still be making an appearance at The Reverb in Toronto, but all other Canadian appearances will have to be canceled. The Montreal show will be rescheduled for later in the year when we can obtain the proper documentation. All of the previouly scheduled shows will still happen but Ravage will not be appearing. We appologize to the fans in all these areas and hope to make it there soon."

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SFM Guitarist's Skydiving Tattoo Video Available

On August 11th, Zeke Galt of Canada's Surefire Machine took his band's motto - "Have a good time, All the time" - to a whole new level by getting tattooed while plummeting to the Earth from 11,000 feet in the air. The stunt, aimed at promoting his band took place at the Edmonton Sky Dive Center and witnessed the thrill seeker jumping out of an airplane and getting the initials of his band - SFM - tattooed on his forearm. Adding to the adrenaline, the 'artist' was a professional skydiver and not a professional tattoo artist.

"Everyone's been asking me what could possibly drive someone to jump out of a plane and get tattooed, and the answer is simple: How many people can say they've done something like this? Apparently none in North America, and that feels unbelievable - every time I look at the initials I can't help but be stoked," commented the guitarist and added, " Only problem now is, I don't know what to follow it up with!"

Watch the video below.

Successfully completing the feat, Zeke has set a North American record for the first tandem free fall tattoo as well as a World Record.

Surefire Machine is on their third cross-Canada escapade, titled the "Sinnin’ & Grinnin’" tour, to promote their self titled EP. Dates are as follows, with more to be announced.
Sept. 03 Toronto, ON - The Hide Out
Sept. 05 New Minas, NS - West Side Charlies w/ Disasterman
Sept. 06 Digby, NS - Wharf Rat Biker Rally
Sept. 23 Toronto, ON - The Central - Toronto Independent Music Awards Live Showcase
Oct. 7-10 Toronto, ON - Indie Week (www.indieweek.com)

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