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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Announce Australian + Asian Tour Dates; Band Checks In From Europe

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011


Portland, Oregon punk metal miscreants TOXIC HOLOCAUST are pleased to announce a short run of Australian and Asian dates to kick off 2012. The nine-date trek will commence on January 6 in Melbourne and serve as a precursor to the band’s previously announced February tour with English Dogs, The Casualties and Havok.

Commented band leader Joel Grind: “Some big news for our fans Down Under! We are finally coming back to Australia! I’m really looking forward to this as I’ve been trying to get my ass back down there for the past six years! Expect no less than a total onslaught, with a live set that includes tracks from all of our albums.”

TOXIC HOLOCAUST Australian/Asian Tour 2012
1/06/2012 The Bendigo Hotel – Melbourne, Australia
1/07/2012 The Zoo – Brisbane, Australia
1/08/2012 Fowlers – Adelaide, Australia
1/11/2012 The Nash – Geelong, Australia
1/13/2012 ANU Refectory – Canberra, Australia
1/14/2012 The Wall – Sydney, Australia
1/15/2012 The Hi Fi Bar – Melbourne, Australia
1/18/2012 Mario’s Place – Jakarta, Indonesia
1/20/2012 Barbie’s Pub – Bangkok, Thailand

TOXIC HOLOCAUST
w/ English Dogs, The Casualties, Havok
2/10/2012 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD Tickets
2/11/2012 The Middle East – Boston, MA Tickets
2/12/2012 Europa – Brooklyn, NY Tickets
2/13/2012 Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC Tickets
2/14/2012 The Opera House – Toronto, ON Tickets
2/15/2012 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH Tickets
2/16/2012 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL Tickets
2/17/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN Tickets
2/19/2012 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO Tickets
2/21/2012 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA Tickets
2/22/2012 Branx – Portland, OR Tickets
2/23/2012 The Pound – Oakland, CA Tickets
2/24/2012 Key Club – West Hollywood, CA Tickets
2/25/2012 Galaxy Theater – Santa Ana, CA Tickets

TOXIC HOLOCAUST will be touring in support of their explosive Conjure And Command full-length released via Relapse Records earlier this year. The full-length is out now internationally and available across several formats including a limited edition, deluxe CD and DVD set that includes a full TOXIC HOLOCAUST live show. The album is available for purchase through Relapse HERE and iTunes HERE. In addition, Conjure And Command is streaming in its entirety at THIS LOCATION.

In related news, the band is currently dismantling Europe on a five-week journey with Kvelertak, Trap Them and Wolves Like Us. Said Grind from Germany earlier today: “We’re about three-and-a-half weeks into our tour with Kvelertak and so far the shows have been amazing! Thanks to all the TOXIC fans who have been showing their support and to all the new fans we’ve made on this tour. Also a big thanks to our new friends and tour brothers Wolves Like Us, Doomriders, The Secret and of course Kvelertak. Got a few weeks still left on this tour; make sure you buy your tickets early. Almost all of these shows have been sold out!”

TOXIC HOLOCAUST
w/ Kvelertak, The Secret, Wolves Like Us [remaining dates]:
11/30/2011 Substage – Karlsruhe, Germany Tickets
12/01/2011 Abart – Zurich, Switzerland Tickets
12/02/2011 New Age Club – Roncade, Italy Tickets
12/03/2011 Szene – Wien, Austria Tickets
12/04/2011 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany Tickets
12/05/2011 Exit Chmelnice – Prague, Czech Rep. Tickets
12/06/2011 Festsaal Xberg – Berlin, Germany Tickets
12/07/2011 Colos Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany Tickets
12/08/2011 Backstage – Munchen, Germany Tickets
12/09/2011 Hirsch – Nurnberg, Germany Tickets
12/10/2011 Sputnikhalle – Munster, Germany Tickets
12/11/2011 Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark Tickets
12/12/2011 Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark Tickets
12/13/2011 Kulturbolaget – Malmo, Sweden Tickets

“Masters of the hook and the earworm, TOXIC HOLOCAUST will have Conjure And Command playing in my head for a long time.” — About.com

“TOXIC HOLOCAUST have given fans a record that they will be able to devour now and for fucking years to come…” — Cvlt Nation

“….sweetly redolent of thrash, d-beat, and raw sewage, the album simmers with tar-thick riffage, staggering breakdowns, and a corroded dose of self-loathing. If this is what TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s next decade is going to look like, bring it on.” — The Onion’s A.V. Club

“…it’s refreshing to hear a thrash band that is so single-minded about its whirlwind riffs and pastor-baiting lyrics.” — The Washington City Paper

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Announce One-Off Show This January

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Following the previously announced run of shows with Clutch in late December, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be playing a one-off show at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on January 22. The special performance will coincide with a screening of Slow Southern Steel, the long-anticipated southern metal documentary produced by Rwake vocalist, CT. Hail! Hornet will also appear on the bill.

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Tour Dates
12/27/2011 House of Blues – Boston, MA w/ Clutch
12/28/2011 State Theater – Portland, ME w/ Clutch
12/29/2011 Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY w/ Clutch
12/30/2011 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ w/ Clutch
12/31/2011 Trocadero Theater – Philadelphia, PA w/ Clutch
1/22/2012 The Orange Peel – Ashevilla, NC w/ Hail!Hornet

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – featuring the esteemed Animosity line-up of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin — have been working diligently with long-time producer John Custer and will unleash their eighth studio album via Candlelight Records on February 28, 2012. The record will be self-titled.

Formed in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY quickly transformed heavy music. Politically charged and socially aware, the band has influenced countless others and today remains humble about their accomplishments. With over 1.1 million albums sold in the United States alone, the new album will be their first since 2005’s In The Arms Of God. On release, Billboard Magazine called the album a “riff-fueled set that ranks with (the band’s) best work.”

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THE DEVIL’S BLOOD To Unveil The Thousandfold Epicentre Video Teaser Series

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Occult rock legion THE DEVIL’S BLOOD will be releasing a series of video teasers leading up to the release of their upcoming full-length, The Thousandfold Epicentre. Each week a new teaser will be viewable via the band’s official Metal Blade landing page. To start, check out the art teaser clip for the title track at THIS LOCATION.

Metal Blade Records recently announced its union with the eclectic rock ensemble and will unleash The Thousandfold Epicentre in North America on January 17, 2012. The record offers up 11 tracks produced with the help of Pieter Kloos at Void Studios (Eindhoven, The Netherlands).

The myriad of influences, both artistically and spiritually, that creates the overall aesthetic of THE DEVIL’S BLOOD takes the listener into a labyrinth of wondrous amazement and dark realization, using the tradition of rock ‘n’ roll music as being a mouthpiece for the influence of The Devil to evoke a powerful, sensual and energetic mixture of Musical Theatre and Ritual Practice. Using the power of their written material, which traditionally holds common ground with, for example, ’70s hard rock and 60s psychedelia, as a stepping stone, the band moves into complex improvisational drifts that drive, clash, shake and force their way into the subconscious of the listeners while at the same time opening up their senses with the use of fire, blood, incense and other ritualistic ingredients.

Further info on THE DEVIL’S BLOOD to come. Stay tuned….

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HEIRS: Somber Post-Doom Unit Releases New EP And Video

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Melbourne, Australia’s avant-garde post-doom quartet HEIRS will unleash their newest release stateside next week, in the form of the Hunter EP. Picking up where their 2010-released Fowl full-length left off, the new three-song mini-release takes it’s time permeating your psyche with nearly 25 minutes of even more mellow and somber passages, leading off with two original tracks and closing out the release with an extensive Sisters of Mercy cover track.

Hunter will be officially released on CD, 10″ wax and digital download in North America on Tuesday, December 6th via HEIRS‘ own Denovali Records, bearing new stateside distro via Nail Distribution.

This week the band have posted a brand new video for the title track to the EP. Check out “Hunter” here:

Heirs – Hunter from Heirs on Vimeo.

Hunter EP Track Listing:
1. Hunter
2. Symptom
3. Never Land (originally recorded by Sisters of Mercy)

Stay tuned for more updates on the band as they plan more live actions and more throughout the new year.

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MOURNFUL CONGREGATION’s First Ever American Tour Begins Today

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Australian funeral doom deities MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will embark on their first American tour today in Seattle, with support from Aldebaran and Anhedonist on all dates! The tour will wind down the West Coast over the next two weeks, making stops in Oregon, California, Arizona and Texas, including a headlining performance at the upcoming Rites Of Darkness III festival alongside Zemial, Stargazer, Cruciamentum, Pallbearer, Pagan Altar, Weapon and many more. Check out a new feature in Seattle’s weekly rag The Stranger to hear the band’s thoughts on the tour at this location.

In addition to the major festival appearance for MOURNFUL CONGREGATION the band are also presently riding high on playlists from the incredible response from both fans and media worldwide on their recently released fourth full-length, The Book of Kings, which just claimed spots on year-end/best of 2011 lists for both Decibel Magazine and Pitchfork.com this week! Serving not only as a pinnacle release for MOURNFUL CONGREGATION dating back through their nearly 20 year history, the album can be considered a landmark release in the extreme doom subgenre as a whole. Consuming nearly 80 minutes of material, The Book of Kings takes the listener on a turbulent journey through both imperial nobility and crestfallen, tarnished hope. The entire opus is presently still streaming at 20 Buck Spin’s website here.

Interviews with MOURNFUL CONGREGATION are available at the shows. Please send all live coverage requests to Earsplit right away if you plan on checking out this mammoth tour, which is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated American underground metal tours of the entire year!

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION West Coast U.S. Tour w/ Aldebaran, Anhedonist:
11/30/2011 Highline Bar – Seattle, WA w/ Samothrace
12/01/2011 Rotture – Portland, OR w/ Merkstave
12/02/2011 Alibi – Arcata, CA
12/03/2011 The Metro – Oakland, CA w/ Laudanum, Lycus
12/04/2011 Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco, CA w/ Vastum
12/05/2011 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ Destroy Judas, Harassor, Pendulous
12/06/2011 Yucca Taproom – Tempe, AZ w/ Rituals, Fanapth
12/07/2011 M’s Lips Lounge – El Paso, TX w/ Impetuous Ritual, Grave Upheaval, Ritual Necromancy, Satanik Goat Ritual
12/08-11/2011 Rites of Darkness III Festival – San Antonio, TX [info]
12/12/2011 Mohawk – Austin, TX w/ Cruciamentum, Pallbearer, Ritual Necromancy [no Aldebaran]

“In time for 2012, the soundtrack to the apocalypse has been released.” – Decibel

“Funeral doom services are meant to provide comfort: a suitable ambiance for morose contemplation, a perfect cathedral in which to worship.” – Chronicles Of Chaos

“Their Chopin-meets-Wagner sense of harmonic construction and melodrama sets them apart from the rest of the normally dull and uninspired genre of funeral doom metal.” – The Inarguable

“…over 70 minutes of majestically depressive music that is perfectly composed to transmit depressive emotions into the listener.” – Infernal Masquerade

“…the perfect soundtrack for the depressive autumn season this time of year; this is really music you can lose yourself in.” – Sea Of Tranquility

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BRUTAL TRUTH: Digital Single Released

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Today, Relapse Records officially releases a digital-only single for grind overlords BRUTAL TRUTH. Dubbed the Walking Corpse 2112 EP, the mini release contains the two tracks initially unleashed on the first installment of Decibel Magazine’s Flexi-Disc Series in late 2010 — “Walking Corpse 2112 ” and “You Should Know Better”.

Throw a wrench into your Tuesday afternoon and jack-in to Gunshy Assassin, now streaming both tracks RIGHT HERE.

The EP can be purchased now via iTunes. Additionally, Relapse just hooked up a brand new glow-in-the-dark T-Shirt specific to this release which you can order here.

Walking Corpse 2112 EP sees release just a few weeks after the band’s freshly-baked full-length, End Time, which was released at the end of September on CD, Deluxe CD, LP and digital via Relapse Records. The album is available for purchase here.

Stay tuned for updates on all of these new BRUTAL TRUTH joints over the weeks ahead.

“Everything Brutal Truth have touched is absolutely essential.” – Decibel

“It’s like listening to a hurricane. With blastbeats.” – Kerrang

“a brilliant and destructive effort that sounds as though the band never went away.” – Outburn

“…a title like End Time couldn’t be more appropriate to the 23 tracks of what may seem like chaos until one realizes the diabolical purposefulness of Brutal Truth’s design.” – Blabbermouth

“Brutal Truth refuse to let their approach become predictable, as End Time keeps you on your toes with quirky changes and variation 4/5″ – About.com

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ABNORMAL THOUGHT PATTERNS: Debut EP Out Today; Stream Available

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The blistering self-titled debut EP from technical progressive metal outfit ABNORMAL THOUGHT PATTERNS is now officially available! Officially released today on the band’s own recently formed Cynnormal Lab Recordings, Abnormal Thought Patterns is now available to the public via CD and high-quality digital download through several major online spots as well as from the band directly.

In celebration of the release, ABNORMAL THOUGHT PATTERNS have reached out to the brethren at Metal Underground to host a stream of the entire EP for the coming weeks. Stop by and have your face removed by the seven tracks harnessed on the scorching Abnormal Thought Patterns RIGHT HERE.

Multiple ordering options are available as well at this location.

Formed by Northern California-based brothers Jasun and Troy Tipton (both of Zero Hour, Cynthesis) and Mike Guy (Zero Hour), the instrumental act is arguably the most mind-melting display of technical proficiency from this closely-knit trio to date. Having performed together for over eight years in a variety of well-known progressive metal acts, ABNORMAL THOUGHT PATTERNS fuse angular riffs, intricate time signatures and intense solos, generally at a very high velocity, constantly creating highly intense and invigorating song structures. In order to complete the live sound, the trio recruited longtime friend and talented guitarist Richard Sharman; a student of Jasun’s for many years and a great addition to the group. Five of the EP’s tracks were mixed by Dino Alden (Marty Friedman, Zero Hour), and the other two by Matt LaPlant (Sikth, Nonpoint), with mastering duties handled by Alan Douches (Between The Buried and Me, The Dillinger Escape Plan) and cover artwork by Erick “Wurm” Pollard.

“Between the impressive guitar work, controlled drumming, and dominant bass presence, this instrumental group is easily one to keep an eye on regardless of your taste in Progressive material. 8.5/10″ – Apoch’s Metal Review

“…a crazy 20-minute face melting technical shred-a-thon and by far the best work out of all 3 members of the band.” – The Inarguable

“…they are just too damn good on their instruments and must practice 25 hours a day. The opening track, “The Machine Within”, is sick. I have never heard a bass guitar played so fast of so clearly in my life… I suddenly have a clear understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem. 4/5″ – MusikReviews

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SEVEN WITCHES: To Play Three Special Shows With Armored Saint This Week

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

As previously announced, SEVEN WITCHES will be supporting legendary metallers Armored Saint on three special East Coast dates beginning tomorrow at Ollie’s Point Bar in Amityville, New York. The band will be supporting their Call Upon the Wicked full-length released in North America earlier this year by FrostByte Records.

Call Upon The Wicked was recorded at Lickman Studios by Frost with co-producers Mike LePond and Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning), who also mixed the record. Noted Metal Underground of the offering: “Call Upon The Wicked is solid, especially if you’re looking for potent prog-power metal.” Sea Of Tranquility called it “a keeper for those who appreciate classic metal,” while Hails & Horns praised the production’s sonic mesh of “in-your-face thrash riffs and classic US power metal.” If you’re in the area, don’t miss this rare event!

SEVEN WITCHES w/ Armored Saint:
11/30/2011 Ollie’s Point Bar – Amityville, NY
12/02/2011 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA
12/03/2011 The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY

SEVEN WITCHES Touring Lineup (for AS dates)
Alan Tecchio (Hades , Non Fiction, Autumn Hour ) – Vocals
Paul Marciano (Die Hard Till Death, ex- Belladonna ) – Drums
Mike Lepond (Symphony X) – Bass
Jack Frost (Bronx Casket Co., ex-Savatage, Lizzy Borden, Belladonna ) – Guitar

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KING GIANT: Dark Southern Rock Outfit To Self-Release Sophomore Album In January

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Taking the dark tales of their Appalachian folk forefathers to contemporary Southern doom territory, Northern Virgina-based quintet KING GIANT have wrapped up the final details on their sophomore full-length release, Dismal Hollow, and are preparing to self-release it just after the kickoff of the new year.

Brooding even darker and more sinister homage to their rock and metal forefathers than their heralded self-released 2009 debut album, Southern Darkness, this new album sets a new par for KING GIANT, further developing their hard but harmonized style, as always chock full of well-written hooks and deep grooving thunder. Recorded at Inner Ear Studio (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Avail, Jawbox, Dave Grohl), and inherently boasting full-on Americana both musically and conceptually, the eight tracks harnessed on Dismal Hollow are easily KING GIANT’s most well-written and monstrous anthems captured to date.

Dismal Hollow will be available worldwide on January 31, 2012 — a split release between KING GIANT’s band-operated imprint Graveyard Hill Records and The Path Less Traveled Records, part of the MRI Group, with distribution by RED, Code 7 and Plastichead — and will be available in CD, LP and digital download formats.

Dismal Hollow Track Listing:
1. Appomattox
2. Tale Of Mathias
3. A Steward’s Prayer
4. Pistols And Penance
5. 6 O’Clock Swill
6. The Fog
7. Road To Eleusis
8. O’ Drifter

A video for the album’s opening track, “Appomattox,” will debut in December 2011, along with more tunes from Dismal Hollow, as well as new live dates and much more for KING GIANT throughout 2012.

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BURNING LOVE Sign To Southern Lord Recordings; New Album In Final Stages

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Southern Lord Recordings proudly announce the signing of Ontario-based BURNING LOVE, as the label prepared for the release of the unit’s anticipated upcoming sophomore full-length in early 2012.

Following their previous full-length, in addition to a multitude of EPs and split releases and more since their 2008 inception, the title of the forthcoming BURNING LOVE album has been confirmed as Rotten Thing To Say, and was recently recorded by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou at his infamous Salem, Massachusetts-based Godcity Studio. Set to be mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side in the coming weeks as the album art is completed and final release details are confirmed, Rotten Thing To Say will see release in late March or early April of 2012, with final details to be confirmed by the beginning of the year.

To the uninitiated, BURNING LOVE is a group from Toronto with a chip on their shoulder and electric blood in their veins; their output a desperate, venomous and informed rock n’ roll fury that sways and swaggers somewhere between hardcore punk and the darker side of blues gone wrong. After the sudden demise of the now legendary Cursed, enigmatic frontman Chris Colohan picked right back up where he the band last left us, but this time collaborating with the members of Our Father, comes back to the table with a band that had a decidedly different musical approach and direction. While Cursed was intent on quickly ripping your face off, BURNING LOVE takes that similar approach to new levels, luring you in with infectious hooks and full throttle blues before going in for the kill. Merging the darkness of Poison Idea, the melodic aspects of Queens of the Stone Age and the inspired high energy of the MC5, the attack of BURNING LOVE begins to come into focus.

BURNING LOVE:
Chris Colohan – vocals
Alex Goodall – bass
Easton Lannaman – drums
Pat Marshall – guitar
Andrus Meret – guitar

Stay tuned for more info on BURNING LOVE to be announce over the coming weeks and all through 2012 as this raging act’s new album nears release and the band takes to the road in support of the beast.

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