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Job For A Cowboy “Ruination” premiere on myspace!

 

Check out Ruination in its entirety in advance of the record’s release as the album is available for online streaming its entirety today at http://www.myspace.com/jobforacowboy.

 

Ruination’s cover art and full color booklet have also been made available for viewing on metalblade.com HERE. The striking, quasi-conceptual, motif was designed by Brent Elliott White and takes its inspiration from JOB FOR A COWBOY front man Jonny Davy’s album lyrics and concepts. Topics addressed by the album’s schema revolve around modern day worldwide dilemmas and controversial issues including “Propaganda in the main stream media and television, humanitarian rights of Northern Korea, the modern genocidal government of Nubia, the use of torture in American military tactics, overruling by world governments and Police states / Martial law”.

 

JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Ruination is available for pre-order now.  A special JFAC “pre-order contest” has just been announced whereby fans can win tickets to see the band on tour with Slayer this summer as part of the “ROCKSTAR Energy Mayhem Festival”.  Fans will also have the chance to score signed JOB FOR A COWBOY musical equipment, merch and more.  There are two ways to enter: 1.) by providing proof of purchase of the new album from one of your favorite online media stores (i.e. iTunes, Hot Topic), or by mail. For full contest and entry details, simply visit metalblade.com HERE.

 

Valkyrja busy recording new album! Re-issue of debut out in just a few weeks!

On the 22nd of June, Swedish Black Metallers, Valkyrja, started recording their second album in Necromorbus Studios with studio owner, Tore Stjerna, at the helm.

Comments the band: “The procedure will span throughout the summer and be available in pressed form in late 2009 / early 2010 through Metal Blade Records - if no greater harm is done to the schedule. As for now there are no further details available. Nothing more will be written until everything is completed and an entry including all information and alike will follow.”

The band’s debut album, The Invocation Of Demise, will be re-issued with a new booklet and cover art through Metal Blade Records on July 21^st.

 

The Invocation Of Demise track listing:

1. Origin Reversed!

2. As Everything Rupture

3. Plague Death

4. The Vigil

5. Twilight Revelation

6. On Stillborn Wings

7. Sinister Obsession

8. Purification And Demise

9. Frostland

 

The Invocation Of Demise was recorded at Necromorbus Studios (Watain, Deströyer 666, RAZOR OF OCCAM) in March and April of 2007.

 

http://www.myspace.com/valkyrjaswe

 

 

Urungus grabs victory - chokes Tracy Smother the F out!

In an event asinine yet sublime, GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus has claimed victory over world-famous wrestler Tracy Smothers in a match held last week at Schoenbaum Amphitheater in Charleston, W. Virginia.

“It wasn't too hard...I just grabbed his neck, and choked. His eyeballs popped out of his skull. End of story,” said the well-hung shock-rocker.

Smothers corpse was quickly re-animated by the necrotic power of Oderus, and the two pledged to continue to wage their war as long as people “gave them money for it”.

“This is huge in Czechoslovakia,” said the still-bleeding Smothers.

There has been no word on the re-match.

Oderus also recently appeared on Fox News’ late-night show, “Red Eye,” as their “Interplanetary Correspondent.” The footage is available here: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/23172690/interplanetary-correspondent.htm#q=oderus.

The world continues to count down to the release of GWAR’s new album, Lust In Space, and the beginning of their 2-year long 25th Anniversary tour, both coming on August 18th!

http://www.gwar.net

http://www.myspace.com/gwarofficial

 

Mercyful Fate to release new versions of “Evil” and “Curse Of The Pharaohs” on iTunes!

As many of you already know, Mercyful Fate’s Evil is featured as a playable track on Guitar Hero: Metallica. Mercyful Fate re-recorded these two tracks specifically for the game because the original masters no longer exist. Now, the band is making both available to fans to purchase on iTunes! These versions were recorded at Earplug Studio in Copenhagen and Nomad Recording Studio in Dallas, Texas. They were both mastered by Andy LaRocque at his Sonic Train Studio in Sweden.

King Diamond comments: “It was a lot of fun to get a chance to re-record "Evil" and "Curse of the Pharaohs" from our 1983 "Melissa" album. It was cool to go into the studio and try to figure out all the various harmony vocals and see if I could still do them. The other guys had a lot of fun with this project too, and the whole thing turned out much better than we could have hoped for. Everyone nailed their performances and Hank’s solos were even slightly improved. Everything is right where it should be and with a much better sound! The “feel” was there and all of the guys - Hank, Denner, Timi and Bjarne are all naturals. The versions that will be up on iTunes were mastered by Andy LaRocque and even with a 2009 sound, there’s no doubt that these songs were recorded by Mercyful Fate!”

If you have yet to check out Guitar Hero: Metallica - make sure you do! King Diamond himself is a playable character in the game once you unlock the Evil track! Plus, a video of King Diamond’s on-stage performance with Metallica at Ozzfest 2008 in Dallas is included as a bonus feature in the game.

 

Evil and Curse Of The Pharaohs will be available for fans to purchase digitally on July 14^th. A special edition picture disc vinyl single will be available on September 1^st!

 

http://www.myspace.com/kingdiamond

http://www.covenworldwide.org

 

Ironclad Recordings Signs ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE: Set To Release Debut Album ‘Defeat’ in the US & Canada!

Los Angeles, CA – July 1, 2009 – Ironclad Recordings, founded by Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps, is pleased to announce the signing of Chico California’s ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE; a band featuring the talents of former members of Will Haven, The Abominable Iron Sloth, and Ghostride.  Ironclad Recordings is set to release ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE’s debut full-length studio album Defeat in the US and Canada on September 15^th, 2009 with SOAR releasing this behemoth of an album in Europe.  Defeat was recorded during two different sessions in late 2008 at the Pus Cavern in Sacramento, CA and Heirloom Studios in Chico, CA, with Matt Pedri engineering. Mixing and mastering for Defeat was handled by Eric Stenman (Saves The Day, Will Haven, Senses Fail, Far, Forever The Sickest Kids, Dashboard Confessional, Thrice) with cover art being tackled by renowned artist Matt Loomis, who has done cover art for Abominable Iron Sloth and the Makai in addition to merch designs for Mastodon and The Red Chord.

Trevor Phipps of Ironclad Recordings comments; "these guys are just ridiculously heavy with one of the darkest and meanest sounds in metal today. Get ready to be crushed."

"We couldn't be more excited as a band to sign with Ironclad Recording.  They have been loyal and honest with us from the very beginning, which is all too rare in this business. They are the only label that told us to keep getting heavier! What more can you ask for as a metal band?!" comments ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE

Derek Kerswill, drummer of Unearth, who recently played dates with ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE after his band finished their US tour with Testament, had this to say about the band; "ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE gave me this dirty, unsettling feeling... that was so emotionally dark that my insides were crawling out of me. I guess they stirred some genuine emotion in me because I FELT IT."

The musical talents of ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, featuring former members of Will Haven, The Abominable Iron Sloth, and Ghostride, can best be described as a racket akin to the gates of hell opening; mixing the sludgy, down-tuned heavy riffs of Crowbar and Eyehategod with the white noise assault of Cursed, and the death metal groove of Entombed. Guitarist/vocalist Cayle Hunter explains; “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’s, or A4A, monstrous new album Defeat will be released September 15^th, 2009 followed by a full touring schedule so be sure to keep up with the band on MySpace and Twitter for dates and other announcements.

To get a taste of what A4A’s album Defeat will sound like, check out the new song 'We Fell from the Bottom,' which is currently up on the band’s MySpace page HERE

 Current tour dates:

7/01       Seattle, WA        The Rendezvous/Jewelbox Theater w/ Heiress

7/02       Portland, OR      Tony V’s Garage

7/03       Eugene, OR        Epic Space w/ Necryptic Jean Grey

7/25       Chico, CA             The Senator 10 for $10 Tour w/ Poison the Well, Terror, Bane, and more

8/07       Chico, CA             La Salles

8/22       Eugene, OR        Epic Space w/ The Funeral Pyre

 

And so ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE could stay in constant communication with their fans, the band started up a Twitter account so make sure to follow the guys at www.twitter.com/AforA

 

ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE is:

Kirk Williams - vocals/guitar

Cayle Hunter - guitar/vocals

Corey Vaspra - bass/vocals

Nick Harris - drums

http://www.myspace.com/armedforapocalypsesludge

 

 

Anterior issues recording update!

”We have had lots of people asking about what we are doing and when you guys n girls will hear something new so here’s a quick update.

We are still writing for the forthcoming album, we will be releasing updates regarding the new album’s title, track listing, etc. over the coming months and we are hoping to record in September/October time with the beastly metal producer extraordinaire, Mr. Scott Atkins.

That’s about all we can reveal right now but rest assured we are working on some cool stuff and new things which can only mean greater things for Anterior in the future.

Thanks you for your patience and we will be updating this regularly over the coming months regarding the new album. Also, you can now follow us on twitter, facebook and last.fm, just click the links on the profile that the lovely people at rightclick studios built us.”

We love you all!”

AnterioR

 

Anterior’s 2007 release, This Age Of Silence is available on metalbladestore.com.

 

http://www.myspace.com/anterior

 

PunkNews.org, Shai Hulud and Metal Blade team up to give away free tickets!

Fans can enter to win two (2) guestlist spots on a show of their choice on The American Misanthropy Tour featuring Shai Hulud and Deathwish Inc. bands Reign Supreme and The Carrier. The tour kicks off on July 17^th, so head over to punknews.org or click HERE to enter!

Shai Hulud’s latest album, Misanthropy Pure, is available everywhere now.

“Misanthropy is one giant, brain-rattling testament to the genre-blurring finesse of bands masterminds Matt Fox (guitar) and Matt Fletcher (bass), who fuse good, old-fashioned circle-pit hardcore with hair-whipping shred-metal, leaving us all the merrier for it.” 4/5 stars, Alternative Press

“Misanthropy Pure is the sound of a band pushing the boundaries of what technical hardcore can be.” Ultimate-Guitar.com

“Shai Hulud has firestormed its way back into the hearts and minds of hardcore and metal fans with Misanthropy Pure.” 9/10 Outburn Magazine 

SHAI HULUD

The American Misanthropy Tour

Tour w/ Reign Supreme, The Carrier

07/17    Bucksport, ME                The Kave

07/18    Haverhill, MA                 Anchors Up

07/19    Holyoke, MA                   Waterfront Tavern

07/20    Poughkeepsie, NY           The Loft

07/21    Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church

07/22    Allentown, PA                Crocodile Rock

07/23    Erie, PA             Forward Hall

07/24    Blairsville, PA                 The Corner Pocket

07/25    Cleveland, OH                Peabody's

07/26    Indianapolis, IN  Studio 8

07/27    Wichita, KS                    Eagles Lodge

07/28    Denver, CO                    Marquee

07/30    Los Gatos, CA                The Venue

07/31    Oxnard, CA                    Sound & Fury*

08/01    Oxnard, CA                    Sound & Fury*

08/02    Oxnard, CA                    Sound & Fury*

08/03    Phoenix, AZ                   Phix Gallery

08/04    Albuquerque, NM            The Compound

08/05    Dallas, TX                      The Door

08/06    San Antonio, TX White Rabbit

08/07    New Orleans, LA            The High Ground

08/08    Jacksonville, FL  The Pit

08/09    Wilmington, NC  Lucky's Pub

08/10    Annapolis, MD                Knights of Columbus

08/11    Vineland, NJ                   Hangar 84

08/12    New York, NY                 Santos

 

*guestlist spots not available

 

http://www.myspace.com/profoundhatred

 

Behemoth’s “Ov Fire and the Void” to premiere on Sirius/XM’s Liquid Metal starting July 1st

Ov Fire and the Void, the first single from Evangelion, will hit the airwaves tomorrow on Liquid Metal. Behemoth is currently heading across Canada and playing a string of dates which includes headling three Summer Slaughter dates, before joining up with The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Behemoth will be conquering the Hot Topic stage alongside label mates Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy and Whitechapel, on over 25 dates this summer so make sure to catch the masters of blackened death metal live when they come to a city near you.

To request Behemoth on Liquid Metal, click HERE. Evangelion will be available everywhere on August 18th.

BEHEMOTH
06/29 Montreal, QC Le Medley w/ Aeternam
06/30 Toronto, ON Opera House
Summer Slaughter Tour
w/ Necrophagist, Suffocation, Ensiferum, Darkest Hour and More
07/05 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/06 Calgary, AB The Whiskey
07/07 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre not part of tour w/ Trivium, God Forbid
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/30 London, ON London Music Hall not part of tour w/ God Forbid
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

http://www.myspace.com/behemoth
http://www.behemoth.pl

Behemoth’s “Ov Fire and the Void” to premiere on Sirius/XM’s Liquid Metal starting July 1st

Ov Fire and the Void, the first single from Evangelion, will hit the airwaves tomorrow on Liquid Metal. Behemoth is currently heading across Canada and playing a string of dates which includes headling three Summer Slaughter dates, before joining up with The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Behemoth will be conquering the Hot Topic stage alongside label mates Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy and Whitechapel, on over 25 dates this summer so make sure to catch the masters of blackened death metal live when they come to a city near you.

To request Behemoth on Liquid Metal, click HERE. Evangelion will be available everywhere on August 18th.

BEHEMOTH
06/29 Montreal, QC Le Medley w/ Aeternam
06/30 Toronto, ON Opera House
Summer Slaughter Tour
w/ Necrophagist, Suffocation, Ensiferum, Darkest Hour and More
07/05 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/06 Calgary, AB The Whiskey
07/07 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/10 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/11 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
07/14 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
07/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre not part of tour w/ Trivium, God Forbid
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/30 London, ON London Music Hall not part of tour w/ God Forbid
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

http://www.myspace.com/behemoth
http://www.behemoth.pl

The Red Chord post studio update #4 - bass recording

The Red Chord has posted the fourth video installment for the making of Fed Through The Teeth Machine. In this episode, Johnny Fay tries to no avail to get Greg Weeks to successfully lay down his bass tracks. As always, hilarity ensues! Next episode: vocalist Guy Kozowyk tackles vocals! Stay tuned.

Watch episode #4, bass recording on metalinjection.net.

http://www.myspace.com/theredchord

 

Job For A Cowboy: new song “Regurgitated Disinformation” posted on-line; “Ruination” pre-order up now

The brand new JFAC song, Regurgitated Disinformation, has been posted online today and is available to stream now on the bands official myspace page. Ruination’s cover art and full color booklet have also been made available for viewing at this location. The striking, quasi-conceptual motif was designed by Brent Elliott White and takes its inspiration from JOB FOR A COWBOY front man Jonny Davy’s album lyrics and concepts. Topics addressed by the album’s schema revolve around modern day worldwide dilemmas and controversial issues including “Propaganda in the main stream media and television, humanitarian rights of Northern Korea, the modern genocidal government of Nubia, the use of torture in American military tactics, overruling by world governments and Police states / Martial law”.

JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Ruination is available for pre-order now. A special JFAC “pre-order contest” has just been announced whereby fans can win tickets to see the band on tour with Slayer this summer as part of the “ROCKSTAR Energy Mayhem Festival”. Fans will also have the chance to score signed JOB FOR A COWBOY musical equipment, merch and more. There are two ways to enter: 1.) by providing proof of purchase of the new album from one of your favorite online media stores (i.e. iTunes, Hot Topic), or by mail. For full contest and entry details, simply visit this location.

http://www.myspace.com/jobforacowboy

Metal Blade Records announces the signing of Aeternam!

Canada’s Aeternam has joined the Metal Blade roster! Formed in 2007 in Quebec City, Aeternam has been preparing to unleash their very own brand of epic death metal upon the world. Combining classic death metal songwriting with epic melodic soloing and middle-eastern influences, Aeternam has fine-tuned its craft and made it into a perfect blend of brutality and melody. Their first studio release, Disciples of the Unseen, was produced by mastermind JeF Fortin (Neuraxis, The Last Felony). The album contains 10 tracks of pure intensity, crushing riffs, pounding bass lines and brutal growls paving the way for epic solos, acoustic melodies, ambient keyboards and large vocal harmonies. Fans of Behemoth, Nile and Melechesh will most certainly find something about this band to enjoy. You can see the band lay down tracks for the album on youtube HERE.

Aeternam comments: ''We are very excited and proud to see our debut album come out on Metal Blade and what could be more fitting for us to be label mates with such bands as Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse. A lot of inspiration and work went into creating Disciples of the Unseen and we cannot wait to present it to the worldwide metal scene. We'll soon be on the road to promote the album and we can't wait to bring this monster to the stage.''

“This is one of those rare bands that was an absolute no brainer for us to bring on board and has everyone at Metal Blade unanimously excited about the possibilities. The sheer amount of talent and creativity inherent in this band is refreshing. We look forward to working together on this and many future albums!” Metal Blade Records

Aeternam will be supporting now label mates, Behemoth, at their June 29^th show in Montreal, QC at Le Medley.

 

Aeternam is:

Achraf Loudiy - Vocals & Guitar

Alex Loignon - Guitar

Jonas Lapointe - Bass & Vocals

Samuel Dubois - Keyboards

Antoine Guertin - Drums

 

http://www.aeternam.ca

http://www.myspace.com/aeternammetal

 

New song, “The River Under”, from celebrated San Diego prog rockers, Astra, posted online

San Diego based progressive rock band ASTRA has completed work on its hotly-anticipated debut album, entitled The Weirding. The record hits stores in North America today via Rise Above Records.

A taste of what The Weirding holds in store can be experienced now as the new ASTRA song The River Under been posted online at this location.

Originally formed in 2001 as SILVER SUNSHINE, ASTRA dubs its forward-thinking sound “freaked out prog rock”.  As ambitious a unit as you will find, the quintet (Richard Vaughan [guitar, mellotron, echoplex, vocals], Conor Riley [mellotron, arp odyssey synth, organ, guitar, vocals], Stuart Sclater [bass], David Hurley [drums, percussion, flute, various noisemakers] and Brian Ellis [guitar, moog, vocals]) will unveil The Weirding as the musical introduction to its self-proclaimed sound.  An eight song ‘Progressive Rock Concept Album’, the record is intricate and thoughtful in both concept and execution yet neither forced nor pretentious.  Beautifully surreal cover art by Arik Roper (High On Fire, SUNN O))), Boris) furthers the record’s ever-evolving mood.  View the album cover now at this location.

From the Mellotron-heavy title track to the ethereal strains of Broken Glass to the seventeen minute  instrumental leviathan Ouroboros and through to album closer Beyond to Slight the Maze (“for the contemplation of eternal solitude”), ASTRA’s The Weirding invokes a celestial ocean of wah wah waves crashing against a never ending shore of wonderment.  ASTRA’s arsenal of sunward-reaching sonic harmonies, spiraling synth-laden melodies and art-rock uplift calls for comparisons to Amon Düül II, Can, Guru Guru, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and Yes.  Already making a name for itself on the West Coast, ASTRA has shared the stage with such like-minded and diverse acts as Dungen, Earthless, Bigelf, Saint Etienne, The Black Keys and DMBQ.

The Weirding, like all great concept albums is initially rather vague in it’s er, concept.  As band founder Richard Vaughn explains; “The main themes are death, introspection and contemplating what lies beyond.  It's about pondering the rapidly deteriorating state of the world today and trying to find an escape.”

The track listing for ASTRA’s The Weirding is as follows:

1.) The Rising of the Black Sun (5:44)

2.) The Weirding (15:27)

3.) Silent Sleep (10:41)

4.) The River Under (8:41)

5.) Ouroborous (17:23)

6.) Broken Glass (3:45)

7.) The Dawning of Ophiuchus (5:29)

8.) Beyond to Slight the Maze (11:36)

 

“the missing link between Rubber Soul and Radiohead.” San Diego Reader

     

"soon-to-be-legendary...Are you ready for the SWOPP (Second Wave Of Psychedelic Prog)?" Classic Rock

 

"The Weirding’ is a predominantly a series of melancholy, end-of-days numbers that have as much in common with Jethro Tull and 60s folk as they do Yes, King Crimson, and the Book of Revelations...unadulterated rock goodness" StonerRock.com

 

"During the late '90s, it seemed like prog rock had finally achieved extinction. But fast forward ten years later and the genre was thriving once more -- as evidenced by the arrival of such groups as ASTRA and their 2009 full-length debut, ‘The Weirding’ (which includes some very Roger Dean-inspired cover artwork).  Unlike many other modern-day prog rock revivalists, ASTRA recall a day when the genre was more about creating sweeping mood shifts than mere mind-numbing instrumental acrobatics." AllMusic.com

 

http://www.astratheband.com

http://www.myspace.com/astrasound

http://www.riseaboverecords.com

 

Hail Of Bullets post cover art and audio preview of the “Warsaw Rising” EP!

Dutch death metallers, Hail Of Bullets, go to war again with Warsaw Rising, an EP featuring two brand new tracks, one cover and three live recordings!

The new songs are Liberators, a rumbling ode to one of the most magnificent bombers ever built, and the title track which tells the tragic tale of the bloody 1944 Warsaw uprising. A massive cover of the Twisted Sister classic, Destroyer, and 3 tracks from the Bullets' earth-shattering performance at last year's Party.San Open Air complete the searing sextet!

Warsaw Rising track listing:

1. Warsaw Rising

2. Liberators

3. Destroyer

4. Red Wolves Of Stalin *

5. Nachthexen *

6. The Crucial Offensive *

*live track

Check out a one-minute audio snippet of the title track, Warsaw Rising, at www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets. This will be available digitally only in the US. In Europe, it will be available in a strictly limited edition of 2,000 copies via various mail order companies only.

For you die hard death metal fans that absolutely need the limited digi-pak from Europe, you can pre-order the CD directly from Metal Blade Germany at THIS location.

http://www.hailofbullets.com

http://www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets

 

BEHEMOTH posts first single off of Evangelion!

 

BEHEMOTH, who have set Evangelion as the title of the band’s ninth hell-breaking opus, have just posted a brand new track and the first single off the band’s August release on their official MySpace page. Head over to www.MySpace.com/Behemoth now to listen to the track "Ov Fire and the Void" off Evangelion and while you’re there be sure to check out video footage of the band during the recording process as well as upcoming tour dates.

 

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 11^th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9^th via Nuclear blast.

 

In support of the band’s 9th full-length studio album Evangelion, BEHEMOTH will be touring on what is sure to be this summer’s largest and most bone crushing metal festival; The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with mighty Slayer and Marilyn Manson as co-headliners. BEHEMOTH will be conquering the Hot Topic stage alongside label mates Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy and Whitechapel, on over 25 dates this summer so make sure to catch the masters of blackened death metal live when they come to a city near you.

 

www.behemoth.pl | www.myspace.com/behemoth

 

Gwar celebrates 25^th anniversary and escape Earth with new album “Lust In Space” due August 18th

 

SINGER ODERUS ORUNGUS TO MAKE 2^ND APPEARANCE ON FOX NEWS’ “RED EYE”

 

Intergalactic shock rockers GWAR are back with a brand-new album, Lust In Space¸ just in time to celebrate their 25^th Anniversary as a band. The Scumdogs of the Universe are particularly thrilled this time around as they have finally escaped the seething, filthy mudball that is Earth! GWAR will also be triumphantly returning to Metal Blade Records for the release of Lust In Space, due August 18.

 

The band will also be terrorizing the airwaves once again, appearing on Fox News’ late-night show, “Red Eye,” on Monday, June 22.

 

Quoth GWAR's lead singer Oderus Urungus, “The lead-up to the release of Lust in Space, GWAR's return to Metal Blade, continues to grow in size and fury...on Monday, June 22, GWAR's lead singer, ME, Oderus Urungus, shall re-appear on Fox News’ late-night hit news show, RED EYE. My first time on the show was a great success. Millions of emails came in, and even though I wrote the great majority of them, they still asked me back! The fools! I am hoping to use my status as an intergalactic celebrity (and my ability to travel the cosmos) to turn a revealing light on some of our universe's more unsavory secrets...so tune in to Oderus and GWAR on Fox News’ RED EYE, hosted by the delightfully miniature Greg Gutfeld on Monday, June 22 at 3:00AM EST!”

 

Also, on Wednesday, June 24th, the Earth will tremble with the colossal forces to be unleashed when Oderus Urungus, lead singer of the galaxies’ most dangerous band, GWAR, meets Tracy Smothers of IWA East Coast Wrestling, known large and hairy person, in a no-holds-barred wrestling match of titanic proportion!

 

Quoteth Oderus, “I have no idea how I got roped into this one. I guess someone is making money off it. No matter! I will be there, with bells on, and this Tracy Smothers so-and-so is going to find out just what it's like to go toe-to toe with an intergalactic god! I just hope he shaves his armpits first.”

 

The “Loser Leaves Earth” match will be part of the IWA East Coast Wrestling Event, “Pondo’s Big Ass Birthday Bash” held at Schoenbaum Amphitheater in Coonskin Park, Charleston, WV, on June 24th

 

“Hell, that makes me want to lose!” said Oderus, right before burying his Cuttlefish in a jar of stewed bloodworms.

 

 

GWAR's two-year long 25th Anniversary starts August 18th, when their new album, Lust In Space, mother fucking drops!

 

http://www.gwar.net

 

http://www.myspace.com/gwarofficial

 

Woe Of Tyrants “Golgatha” video premiere on MetalSucks.net!

 

Woe Of Tyrants is set to unveil their latest video for the song Golgotha from their Metal Blade debut, Kingdom Of Might. The band once again worked with Siege Media in shooting the video. Check out the video tomorrow on MetalSucks.net at noon pacific, 3pm eastern!

 

Vocalist Chris Catanzaro comments: "We have worked with Jake and Siege Media twice now, and it's very exciting for us to see a young company develop between two videos shot in such a close proximity. We feel Jake and the crew captured the mood and excitement that we'd envisioned for this song and we're excited to premier it with our friends at MetalSucks for all of you to enjoy as well. Big thanks as always to our friends at Siege Media for tireless efforts and quick turnarounds and also the warehouse in Detroit, MI where the video was shot!"

 

Golgotha is the closing track on Kingdom Of Might and has become a favorite among fans in their live set. You’ll have a chance to see Woe Of Tyrants on the road this summer with Unearth, For the Fallen Dreams and Starring Janet Leigh before joining up with equally epic and shred-worthy label mates, Bison b.c. and Lazarus A.D., on the Baptized In Beer tour.

 

WOE OF TYRANTS

Tour w/ Unearth, For The Fallen Dreams, Starring Janet Leigh

07/10    Bucksport, ME                The Kave

07/11    Allentown, PA                Crocodile Rock

07/12    Buffalo, NY                     Mohawk Place

07/13    Farmingdale, NY             The Crazy Donkey

07/14    Toledo, OH                    Frankies

07/15    Evansville, IN                 Boney Junes

07/16    Columbus, OH               The Basement

07/17    Poughkeepsie, NY           The Chance

07/18    Providence, RI               Club Hell

Baptized In Beer

Tour w/ Bison b.c., Lazarus A.D.

07/21    Raleigh, NC                    Volume 11

07/22    Nashville, TN                  The Muse

07/23    Jackson, MS                   Club Fire

07/24    Fayetteville, AR              The Gypsy

07/25    Amarillo, TX                  War Legion Underground

07/26    Ft Worth, TX                  Ridglea Theater

07/27    Window Rock, AZ           Day Customs

07/28    Tempe, AZ                    Club 910

07/29    Las Vegas, NV                Cheyenne Saloon

07/30    Anaheim, CA                  Chain Reaction

07/31    San Jose, CA                 VooDoo Lounge

08/01    Portland, OR                  Ash St Saloon

08/02    Seattle, WA                   El Corazon

 

http://www.myspace.com/wot

 

Impious recording update!

 

Impious are back in the studio recording their new album due out later this year on Metal Blade!

 

”We've finally started to record our new album! Things are going really good right now.

 

Usually we get all kinds of problems when we record. Anything from broken soundboards to ghost attacks are regular to us. But this time everything's been great so far. But you never know…

 

We've been working on our new songs for a pretty long time and now we are very happy with how they all sound. We can't wait for this album to be done.

 

The drum tracks are all done and we've started working on the guitars. We are working on 12 songs, but every song might not end up on the album. We might save a song or two for b-sides or for other releases.

 

We will add some pictures from the recording as it progresses and we'll try to update you guys as often as we can.

 

Cheers!” - Impious

 

2004’s Hellucinate and 2007’s Holy Murder Masquerade are both available now on MetalBladeStore.com!

 

http://www.myspace.com/impiousofficial

http://www.impious.net

 

Enter for your chance to be on Goatwhore’s guestlist on the Conquer and Curse Tour!

See Goatwhore for FREE this summer! Enter to win on TheGauntlet.com or MetalSucks.net for your chance to be on Goatwhore’s own guestlist for a show of your choice on the Conquer and Curse Tour! One winner from each site will be randomly selected for selected dates on the tour. See each site for details on how to enter and what shows are available for this giveaway. Goatwhore will be hitting the road June-August with Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn and S.W.W.A.A.T.S.!

Click the links to enter: TheGauntlet.com or MetalSucks.net

Carving Out The Eyes Of God, what Blabbermouth.net is calling “one of 2009’s purest metal albums”, will be available EVERYWHERE on June 23^rd! You can still pre-order one of 666 signed and numbered copies at MetalBladeStore.com while supplies last.

 

GOATWHORE

Tour w/ Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S

06/24    Atlanta, GA                    The Masquerade

06/25    Jacksonville, FL              Jack Rabbits

06/26    St. Petersburg, FL          The Garage

06/27    Raleigh, NC                    Volume 11

06/28    Virginia Beach, VA          Peppermint Beach Club

06/29    Baltimore, MD                Sonar

06/30    Louisville, KY                  Uncle Pleasants

07/01    Waterloo, IA                  Spicoli's Grill

07/02    Minneapolis, MN 7th        Street Entry

07/03    Thunder Bay, ON            Black Pirate Pub

07/04    Winnipeg, MB                 Royal Albert Arms

07/05    Regina, SK                     Exchange

07/06    Saskatoon, SK               Walkers

07/07    Edmonton, AB                Starlite Room

07/08    Calgary, AB                    The Underground

07/10    Victoria, BC                    Sugar Nightclub

07/11    Vancouver, BC                The Biltmore

07/12    Seattle, WA                   El Corazon

07/13    Portland, OR                  Satyricon

07/14    San Francisco, CA          Thee Parkside

07/15    West Hollywood, CA       Whiskey

07/16    San Marcos, CA              Jumping Turtle

07/17    Las Vegas, NV               Cheyenne Saloon

07/18    Farmington, NM             Gators Bar Grill

07/19    Denver, CO                    Larimer Lounge

07/20    Kansas City, MO             The Riot Room

07/21    Nashville, TN                  The Muse

07/22    Danville, VA                   Plan B

07/23    New York, NY                 The Blender Theatre

07/24    West Springfield, VA       Jaxx Nightclub

07/25    Hartford, CT                  Webster Theater

07/26    Montreal, QC                 Foufounes Electriques

07/27    Toronto, ON                   Wreck Room

07/28    Rochester, NY                Penny Arcade

07/29    Cleveland, OH                Peabody's

07/30    Mokena, IL                     The Pearl Room

07/31    Urbana, IL                     Canopy Club

08/01    Milwaukee, WI                The Rave

08/02    Edelstein, IL                   The Hub

08/03    Tulsa, OK                      Marquee

08/04    Oklahoma City, OK          The Conservatory

08/05    Houston, TX                   Scout Bar

08/06    San Antonio, TX             Scout Bar

08/07    Ft Worth, TX                  Lola's

08/08    Austin, TX                     Red 7

08/09    Amarillo, TX                  The War Legion Underground

 

http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore

 

You can also purchase tickets for the Conquer & Curse Summer Tour at

http://www.enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=632

 

SOILENT GREEN records theme song for Fourth Season of Adult Swim series Squidbillies!

 

Los Angeles, CA – June 10^th, 2009 – New Orleans, Louisiana’s sons of Southern grindcore, SOILENT GREEN, are obviously making an impression over at Adult Swim. SOILENT GREEN has not only toured with the notorious masters of animated death metal, Dethklok, but have recently recorded the opening theme song to Squidbillies fourth season, which just kicked off on May 17^th on Adult Swim.

 

Vocalist Ben Falgoust comments; “Squidbillies is the best cartoon.....excuse me.....show on TV/Internet/Cable around!! I felt that way before we did the theme tracks and I feel even stronger about it since I've seen the new episodes, despite our involvement with the program, of course.

It was an awesome and strange experience to track these theme songs for the Squidbillies. It was pretty shocking when were contacted by them to be involved with this project. I give credit to the rest of the guys in the band for pulling it off from a strange but fun perspective in incorporating Soilent Green's style into the theme song for the show.”

 

New Episodes of Squidbillies Air Sunday nights at midnight (ET, PT), and don’t forget to check out SOILENT GREEN’s latest release Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction available as CD, limited special edition vinyl, and digital download. In other news, SOILENT GREEN are confirmed to play on the Terrorizer stage at this year’s Hellfest in France.

 

http://www.myspace.com/soilentgreen

 

About Squidbillies:

America’s favorite family of rural cephalopods is back for another season of hoopin’ and a hollerin’ fun in new episodes of Squidbillies airing on Sundays at midnight (ET, PT).  Thanks to years of refinement in the North Georgia Mountains, the squids of yesteryear have adapted into the polished gems known today as the Cuylers. Early and his youngin’ Rusty, Granny and their fellow inbreds pack in even more drinking, fighting and gunplay.   

 

Squidbillies premiered on Adult Swim in October 2006 and is from creators Dave Willis and Jim Fortier, both Georgia natives.  Willis and Fortier worked as writers and producers on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.  When Adult Swim launched in 2001, Jim Fortier wrote and produced for The Brak Show, and Dave Willis, co-created Aqua Teen Hunger Force. 

 

Soilent Green is available to speak with interested media now. Persons interested in speaking to the band should contact Kelli Malella at Metal Blade Records via any of the means below. Updated news and tour information can be found at www.metalblade.com and www.myspace.com/metalbladerecords