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LEFT FOR DEAD: Reunited Faction Confirms Upcoming Shows And First New Material In Nearly 20 Years

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Recently reunited hardcore faction LEFT FOR DEAD, having last year played their first show in many years, has not only confirmed more upcoming live appearances, but will also be releasing new material for the first time in nearly two decades.

In their brief but brutal two year existence, Hamilton, Ontario-based LEFT FOR DEAD would prove to bear one of the most aptly-chosen monikers ever, the hatred and energy of their live shows and string of iconic ‘90s punk/hardcore releases still to this day considered legendarily heavy in some circles. Raging with unrest and revenge upon political and governmental bodies as well as meaningless and apathetic members of society in general, the band’s unhinged, blasting anthems infected the scene through split releases with Chokehold, Acrid and Ochre, eventually contained on the Splitting Heads discography No Idea Records released in 1998 following the band’s demise the previous year. Members of the band would form countless bands following LFD, most notably Haymaker, The Swarm, the groundbreaking Cursed, and the still-active outfits Burning Love and Pick Your Side.

In January 2012, LEFT FOR DEAD played the A389 Recordings Bash in Baltimore surrounded by two hometown shows in Canada, their first live actions in over seventeen years. In conjunction with the reunion, A389 released Devoid of Everything, an all-inclusive discography of all LFD material, cut from the original 1/4″ multi-track reels and remixed at Developing Nations by Kevin Bernsten and mastered by James Plotkin. As to their philosophy, the only liner notes of the release pretty much sum it up: “Somehow, it’s been 17 years. Some of us are dead, some of us are lost, some of us still fight it out. Looking back, the rash and sleepless fog of paranoia and cynicism that we spat at our world through back then only gets more and more justified in hindsight. No regrets, no apologies. We are surrounded by liars, and we were right to be so hateful.”

Now in 2013, LEFT FOR DEAD confirms that they’ll be performing at this year’s Chaos In Tejas twice — first alongside Integrity on Saturday, June 1st, then with Infest the following day, Sunday, June 2nd — followed by a spot on this year’s RRROOOAAARRR Fest in Montreal this August. They will also release the first new material since the mid-90s this year through a limited edition “subscription series” of four 7” releases sold through A389 beginning later this Summer. Each of the four 7” releases will be limited to 400 copies, the pressing quantity chosen in tribute to local hardcore house 400 Upper Sherman, a long-defunct pivotal local venue for D.I.Y. bands during the formative years preceding LFD’s original rampage.

The first new song from the pending first 7” in this series has been released via the track “1946” which can be previewed HERE.

Stream the entire LEFT FOR DEAD Devoid of Everything discography via A389 RIGHT HERE.

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CALL OF THE VOID: New Video Premiere At MetalSucks

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Today MetalSucks wants to reposition your facial features with a video premiere of “Bottom Feeder” by Denver deviants CALL OF THE VOID. Directed and edited by Frank Huang the tune comes from the band’s recently dispersed Dragged Down A Dead End Path full-length and adds a flow of blinding hues to their menacing brand of confrontational audio hate.

Notes MetalSucks of the clip: “The video’s frenetic editing and chromacolour palette represent a fine approximation of what it’s like to get face-fucked by CALL OF THE VOID live.”

Grab a pair of shades and watch “Bottom Feeder” HERE.

Fittingly dubbed “powerful, harsh crust grind at its fucking finest,” by American Aftermath, and commended for their “legitimate, misanthropic emotion,” by Popmatters, CALL OF THE VOID’s filth-ridden rash of powerviolence-stained hardcore continues to earn critical hails and ruptured spleens nationwide with its 25+ minute display of soul-tearing disgust. Recorded at the Boar’s Nest in Salt Lake City, Utah by Andy Patterson, mastered by Chris Mcnaughton, Dragged Down A Dead End Path delivers a merciless fusion of grind, crust and broken spirits.

CALL OF THE VOID will rape the stages of this year’s Scion Rock Fest set to take place in Memphis, Tennessee June 1st. The band will be performing alongside an illustrious lineup that includes Arsis, Municipal Waste, Melvins, Royal Thunder, Pallbearer, Corrosion Of Conformity, Whitechapel, The Shrine, Six Feet Under, A Life Once Lost, The Casualties, The Gates of Slumber, Impaled, Vision of Disorder, Code Orange Kids, Subrosa, Ice Dragon, Indian Handcrafts, Anciients, Testament, Vektor, Gigan, Complete Failure, Inter Arma, Touché Amoré and Hot Lunch. For more info point your browser to THIS LOCATION. The band will then hit Salt Lake City and two shows on their home turf with additional shows to be announced in the coming weeks.

CALL OF THE VOID Tour Dates 2013:
6/01/2013 Scion Rock Fest – Memphis, TN
6/08/2013 Lucifest – Salt Lake City, UT
6/11/2013 7th Circle Music Collective – Denver, CO w/ Discourse, Orphans, Perspective
6/30/2013 Rhinoceropolis – Denver, CO w/ Burning Love, Reproacher, Of Feather & Bone, Catholic Girls

Dragged Down A Dead End Path was recorded at the Boar’s Nest in Salt Lake City, Utah by Andy Patterson and mastered by Chris Mcnaughton. Order a physical copy of Dragged Down A Dead End Path HERE or a digital version via iTunes HERE. Additionally, the record is streaming in full courtesy of Lambgoat.com at THIS LOCATION.

And don’t forget to check out CALL OF THE VOID’s Decibrity playlist compiled by guitarist Patrick Alberts HERE!

“With a raw, messy sound drenched in over-amped guitars and driven by pure bile, they channel grindcore and Iron Monkey-esque sludgy unpleasantness and with each track – the longest topping out at 3:44 – they go off in a half dozen directions without ever losing their focus on destroying everything close by.” – Outburn

“CALL OF THE VOID [are] proving that Denver is a hotbed of serious vitriol and passion.” – Pitchfork

“…one of the best aggressive releases of the year.” – Exclaim!

“…an intense and hard hitting CD, with some of the sickest guitar playing heard since Death’s Spiritual Healing…” – Wicked Channel


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KROMOSOM Nuclear Reich 2013 U.S. Tour Begins This Week

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Melbourne, Australia-based KROMOSOM is en-route to invade the U.S. once again, as their Nuclear Reich 2013 tour commences this week.

Beginning in Boston this Friday, May 17th, KROMOSOM will romp down the East Coast alongside Nomad for ten shows, including a stop at this year’s Maryland Deathfest, then continuing south through New Orleans. Then Nomad drops off the tour and Frenzy comes on board with KROMOSOM for an additional eight dates of rampaging live action, kicking off with two shows at this year’s Chaos In Tejas in Austin, the tour then wrapping clockwise up the West Coast.

This week Cvlt Nation posted a new “Sonic Cathedrals” mixtape curated by the KROMOSOM faction, HERE. BrooklynVegan is also still hosting a stream of Live Forever AT THIS LOCATION.

Born in the smoldering wake of defunct crust acts Schifosi and Pisschrist, and featuring current members of Leprosy, Bloody Hammer, Fuil Na Seanchoille and Nuclear Death Terror, KROMOSOM released Live Forever via Southern Lord in January. The fifteen-track assault — the band’s first CD release — captures all of KROMOSOM’s material previously only available on vinyl, with fifteen boasting fifteen entirely unhinged, filthy tracks, barely touching the twenty-three minute realm, all mastered for maximum pandemonium by Jack Control (World Burns to Death, Severed Head of State). If this doesn’t get you raging it’s time to hang up your boots and join the rest of the sheep.

KROMOSOM Nuclear Reich 2013:
w/ Nomad:
5/17/2013 Elk’s Lodge – Boston, MA w/ Aspects Of War, Blood Krow Butcher, Virginia Tech [info]
5/18/2013 1196 Myrtle Ave. – Brooklyn, NY w/ Sad Boys, (A) Truth, Primitive Pact [info]
5/19/2013 Jimmy’s house – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Wrathcobra, Liebestod, Ratface
5/20/2013 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Hysteria, Eel, Tresspasser [info]
5/21/2013 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA w/ Rotten Sound, Hellshock, Wake [info]
5/22/2013 The Acheron – Brooklyn, NY w/ Rotten Sound, Hellshock [info]
5/26/2013 Baltimore Soundstage @ Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD w/ Citizens Arrest, Iron Lung, Converge, Ilsa, Tinner, Magrudergrind
5/27/2013 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA w/ Terveet Kadet, Sete Star Sept, Lotus Fucker [info]
5/28/2013 529 Bar – Atlanta, GA w/ Rotten Sound, Abigail, Dead In The Dirt, Disabled, Mangled, Cruciamentum, Anhedonist, Sadistic Ritual, Disfigurement
5/29/2013 Siberia – New Orleans, LA w/ Abigail, Speedwolf, Cruciamentum, Anhedonist
w/ Frenzy:
6/01/2013 Chaos In Tejas – Austin, TX w/ Los Crudos, Framtid, Criminal Damage, No Tolerance, Sudor, Infernoh, Vaaska
6/02/2013 Chaos In Tejas – Austin, TX w/ Sudor, Nomad, Criaturas [info]
6/03/2013 Blue Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ Knifefight, Kruel, Generacion Sucida, Zoloa
6/04/2013 Di Piazza – Long Beach, CA w/ Knifefight, Drapetomania, Stoic Violence, Damages [info]
6/05/2013 Metro – Oakland, CA w/ Needles, Midnight Brain, Cruor, Coma [info]
6/06/2013 Knockout – San Francisco, CA w/ Kontrasekt, Condition [info]
6/07/2013 The Know – Portland, OR w/ Warcry, Reactor [info]
6/08/2013 Black Water – Portland, OR w/ Lebenden Toten

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ZOLLE Reaps Debut LP; Peruse The Duo’s Harvest At Altsounds

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Blazing out of the backwoods of Lodi, Italy, the ZOLLE duo this week harvest their belligerently unhinged self-titled, debut full-length of rural rampage!

The fully instrumental chaos ZOLLE drunkenly stumbles triumphantly through rages with lively off-kilter riff marches and schizokiller percussive thunder, distressed builds and healthy disharmony. Recorded with a nearly fully live performance by Michelangelo Roberti at Mizkey Studio (Morkobot) and mastered by Giovanni Versari (Zu, Morkobot, OvO, One Dimensional Man), utilizing a massive copper drum kit and an old digital 1950s amp coalescing into a mammoth, organic sound. The album also bears gifts of synth from Urlo (Ufomammut, Supernatural Cat) and Roberto Rizzo (Quasiviri, Runi). Zolle is out now on Supernatural Cat — the underground label run by Malleus Rock Art Lab, the artist collective featuring two members of the psychedelic doom trio Ufomammut. Order the hand-screened 180-gram LP with included CD limited Malleus edition of Zolle direct from the label here.

To celebrate the bountiful harvest, today ZOLLE shares their wares with all who care everywhere through Altsounds; STREAM IT HERE.

ZOLLE also recently released a massive video for their opus “Forko” from the album, an undertaking of monstrous proportions with a near major motion picture production budget.

The ZOLLE clan will venture across the their homeland performing throughout the Spring and Summer seasons, with several shows confirmed between May and August, followed by a European tour with Ufomammut in September and October, the full routing to be announced shortly.

ZOLLE Italian Live Itinerary:
5/17/2013 Club dell’Olmo – Santa Fiora, Grosseto w/ Autoblastindog
5/18/2013 Dal Verme – Roma w/ Lili Refrain
5/31/2013 Meltin Pop – Arona, Novara w/ Evolution ov Violence
6/26/2013 SoloMacello Fest – Segrate, Milano w/ Red Fang, Karma to Burn
6/29/2013 Sidro Club – Savignano sul Rubicone, Forlì-Cesena
7/20/2013 Rock Valley Festival – S. Maria della Versa, Pavia w/ Zeus, Toner Low, Town Portal, Kubark
8/23/2013 Casa della Grancetta – Senigallia, Ancona

“No vocalist needed for this aural assault…what you do get is instant head banging riffs driven by big drums and guitar rhythms that can’t decide if they’re mathy or sludgy, psychedelic, or doomy.” – Invisible Oranges

“Goddamn, this rocks. Yeah, this is off-kilter for sure but in a damn good way. The buzzsaw riffs are incredibly interesting and total headbangers. And other than the epic last track, everything is under three minutes long, so Zolle rips shit up and moves on. Killer. 9/10″ – Popdose

“It’s the subtle nature of arrangement that is the key to its success. It slowly insinuates itself in you and before you realize it your pulse is pounding and you start looking over your shoulder for some leather masked crazy in soft but deliberate pursuit. 8/10″ – This Is Not A Scene

“At the center of their sound is the guitar of Marcello Lan who clearly had visions of volcanoes, herds of rhinos, and everything else that makes the Earth shake and rumble when penning these riffs.  Hovering around him the whole time is the drumming of Stefano, who circles around those riffs like a celestial body waiting so patiently to crash and explode into something, anything, that comes into his orbit.” – Metal Insider

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DAMNATION ANGELS: Debut From UK Symphonic Metal Quintet Out Now In North America

Monday, May 13th, 2013

The debut full-length from Doncaster, England-based DAMNATION ANGELS is out now on Germany’s Massacre Records.

DAMNATION ANGELS have been taking the symphonic/power metal world by storm since their 2006 inception, with a reputation for huge drum beats, monstrous riffing, powerful and expertly performed vocals, all blended with the massive power of the orchestra. In February 2009 the band headed to the Grindstone Studio in Ipswich to create a new benchmark in symphonic metal with the aid of esteemed producer Scott Atkins (Sylosis, Cradle Of Filth). After many months of hard work, their first EP Shadow Symphony was born. The EP went on to sell well worldwide and after touring it extensively throughout the UK the band decided it was time to construct their debut album, Bringer Of Light.

After many negotiations with record labels worldwide, DAMNATION ANGELS struck a deal with Radtone Music (Japan) and released their debut album in Japan in March 2012 with the rest of the world to follow. Bringer Of Light was immediately greeted with rave reviews. Downloads and pre-orders were topping the Amazon Japan charts (over 500 sales in the first 2 weeks) and their video “Pride (The Warrior’s Way)” got over 100,000 views on YouTube. The band signed a multi-album deal with Germany’s Massacre Records, who released Bringer Of Light in Europe in February 2013 and has since released it in North America.

Once again produced by Scott Atkins, Bringer Of Light boasts just shy of an hour of epic metal DAMNATION ANGELS’ name has become synonymous with. Band main man Will Graney conducted and arranged the choirs on the album, with the amazing quality of the work he did pulling similar duties with the vocal arrangements on the latest Cradle Of Filth album, The Manticore and Other Horrors. The band brought Jan Yrlund of Darkgrove Design (Apocalyptica, Manowar, Impaled Nazarene, Stratovarius) back in to execute the album’s cover art as with their debut EP.

DAMNATION ANGELS are also scheduled to make their debut North American appearance at ProgPower USA on September 6th, 2013, where the outfit will that evening share the stage with Myrath, Xandria, Wolverine, Ashes of Ares, Soilwork and Shadow Gallery.

Bringer Of Light Track Listing:
1. Ad Finem
2. The Longest Day Of My Life
3. Reborn
4. I Hope
5. Pt 1 – Acerbus Inceptum
6. Pt 2 – Someone Else
7. Pt 3 – Bringer Of Light
8. Pt 4 – Shadow Symphony
9. No Leaf Clover
10. Pride (The Warrior‘s Way)

DAMNATION ANGELS:
William Graney – guitars, orchestration, backing vocals
Per Fredrik “Pelle K” Asly – vocals
John Graney – drums
Stephen Averill – bass
Dawn Trigg – piano

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EARTHLING: Debut LP Streaming Via Terroirzer; Midwestern U.S. Invasion Begins

Monday, May 13th, 2013

A furious and infectious maelstrom of doom-infused thrash mastery, Dark Path — the blazing debut LP from Harrisonburg, Virginia-based EARTHLING — is out now on Forcefield Records.

Through an organic, blackened, thrashing hybrid of metal drawing influences from across the spectrum of extreme music, EARTHLING has finally captured their corrosive sound on record. A diverse, premier debut offering, Dark Path is a coarse display of the band’s terrorizing spirit; a ravenous force that has guided the group through countless shows, relentless demo recordings, and over five years of sheer sacrifice. Recorded by Garret Morris (Windhand, Cough, Parasytic, Bastard Sapling) and mastered by Mikey Allred (Inter Arma, Hellbender, Across Tundras), one can rest assured that this album is well versed in sonic mayhem.

As Dark Path is now available on CD, LP and via digital delivery, Terrorizer Magazine is hosting a stream of the album. Have your face removed RIGHT HERE.

Following their recent Northeastern U.S. tour supporting Virginia brethren Inter Arma, EARTHLING is prepared to forge west this week. With shows booked in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and their home state of Virginia between this week and the end of the month EARTHLING will share stages with a plethora of rad acts including Zuul, Oblong Box, Across Tundras, Inter Arma, Cobalt and Lord Mantis. Additional tour dates are being devised which will take the band out on the road frequently through the remainder of 2013. Order Dark Path direct via Forcefield HERE.

EARTHLING May Tour Dates:
5/15/2013 Al’s Sidecar – Lexington, KY
5/16/2013 Casa Demise – Dayton, OH
5/17/2013 Livewire – Chicago, IL w/ Oblong Box
5/18/2013 Cusumano’s – Saint Louis, IL w/ Oblong Box
5/19/2013 Lost Cross – Carbondale, IL w/ Zuul
5/20/2013 Owl Farm – Nashville, TN w/ Across Tundras
5/28/2013 Blue Nile – Harrisonburg, VA w/ Cobalt, Lord Mantis, Inter Arma

“Earthling shifts between various speeds of thrash… Those changes in direction and speed allow Earthling to push each part of the song decisively into the red, so that, just when the whole thing starts to wobble, they transition and regain their footing. The instability breeds the same sort of excitement as a mosh pit, where the risk of wiping out only increases the thrill of serving as a standing pinball.” – Pitchfork

“…a ripping blend of crust and proto-black metal riffs that boil from a vast melting pot of extremity; their truly diverse extreme sound also brings with it the incessant need to thrash.” – Terrorizer

“…Earthling’s first full length album gallops at break-neck speed through a crusty, blackened, desolate musical landscape. 4/5″ – About.com

“Earthling is quite original. They basically play thrash metal but their take on it is completely different compared to the sound of most thrash metal bands you hear these days. The sound is heavier and contains numerous black and heavy metal influences.” – Lords of Metal

“…like bong ripping yourself into a black hole where the other side is the embodiment of Mob Rules era Sabbath with the addition of some major Mega Man shred duals.” – Mxdwn

“…a potent blend of Southern riffs and black metal atmospheres, casting off much of that genre’s pretentious silliness in favor of an earthier pummel.” – The Aquarian Weekly

“The urgent speed that the band goes at for the most part easily reminds one of the early days of Teutonic thrash, and bands such as Kreator and Destruction quickly come to mind with the extremity that is present on the record.” – Heavy Metal Tribune

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AMON AMARTH: Live Video Of “Cry Of The Black Birds” From 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival Posted

Monday, May 13th, 2013

Check out the live video of “Cry Of The Black Birds” from AMON AMARTH’s performance at 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany!

As previously announced, AMON AMARTH will release Deceiver of the Gods this coming June. The epic offering was recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, UK, and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (Opeth, Megadeth, Exodus, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage). The cover art was, once again, completed by Tom Thiel, and depicts a mythical battle between the Norse Gods Loki & Thor. Fans will also recognize a special appearance on this album with Messiah Marcolin (Candlemass) providing guest vocals for eighth song, “Hel.”Deceiver of the Gods will be released in North America via Metal Blade Records June 25th, in Europe June 21st/24th and Japan on June 26th.

Opening title track and first single, “Deceiver of the Gods” is currently streaming at the band’s official Metal Blade page: http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth where you’ll also find special preorder info.

A compelling synthesis of buzzsaw riff work, melodic harmonies and soul-severing rhythms punctuated by vocalist Johan Hegg’s callous Viking roar and gripping accounts of Norse battles and treachery, Deceiver of the Gods is the follow-up to the band’s critically lauded 2011 Surtur Rising full length. Finding placement on multiple charts worldwide the record is among the band’s fastest-selling albums to date. Surtur Rising sold approximately 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week landing the band at #34 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums. Around the world Surtur Rising also charted in Germany at #8 on the Top 100 chart, #19 on Canada’s Top 200 Chart, #12 on Austria’s Top 40 Chart and Switzerland’s Top 100 at #20.

Following a run of European festival dates, AMON AMARTH will be opening the mainstage of this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest set to commence June 29 in San Bernardino.

AMON AMARTH Summer 2013 European Festival Tour:
6/01/2013 Forta Rock Festival – Nijmegen, NL
6/06/2013 Sweden Rock Festival – Solvesborg, SE
6/07/2013 Rock Am Ring – Nurburgring, DE
6/08/2013 Sonisphere – Sonisphere, FR
6/09/2013 Rock Im Park – Nurenberg, DE
6/11/2013 MeetFactory – Prauge, CZ
6/12/2013 Eter Club – Wroclaw, PL
6/14/2013 Copenhell – Copenhagen, DK
6/15/2013 Noval Rock – Nickelsdorf, AT
6/16/2013 Download Festival – Donington, UK
6/21/2013 Nummirock – Nummijarvi, FI

AMON AMARTH
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest 2013
06/29/2013 San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA
6/30/2013 Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA
7/02/2013 Idaho Center Amphitheatre – Nampa, ID
7/03/2013 White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA
7/05/2013 Desert Sky Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
7/06/2013 Isleta Amphitheatre – Albuquerque, NM
7/07/2013 Fiddler’s Green Ampitheatre – Englewood, CO
7/09/2013 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/10/2013 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
7/12/2013 First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA
7/13/2013 Toyota Pavilion – Scranton, PA
7/14/2013 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Darien Center, NY
7/16/2013 Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA
7/17/2013 Bangor Waterfront – Bangor, ME
7/19/2013 Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
7/20/2013 Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY
7/21/2013 The Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT
7/23/2013 PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
7/24/2013 Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA
7/26/2013 Klipsch Music Center – Noblesville, IN
7/27/2013 First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre – Tinley Park, IL
7/28/2013 DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI
7/29/2013 Expo Five – Louisville, KY w/ Children of Bodom, Behemoth, Emmure, Motionless In White, Born of Osiris, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/30/2013 Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
7/31/2013 Live Nation Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
8/02/2013 Austin 360 Ampitheatre – Austin, TX
8/03/2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – The Woodlands, TX
8/04/2013 Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX
8/05/2013 Cricket Wireless Ampitheater – Kansas City, MO w/ Rob Zombie, Machine Head & Children Of Bodom
8/07/2013 Pop’s – Sauget, IL w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/08/2013 Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/09/2013 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/11/2013 Heavy MTL Festival – Montreal, QC

AMON AMARTH:
Johan Hegg-Vocals
Olavi Mikkonen-Guitars
Ted Lundström-Bass
Johan Söderberg-Guitars
Fredrik Andersson-Drums

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EARSPLIT PR – Roundup From The Compound: May 13, 2013

Monday, May 13th, 2013

EARSPLIT PR – Roundup From The Compound: May 13, 2013

Blow The Scene Hosts P.A.W.S. Benefit; Philly-Based Art Show & Music Festival Confirmed – This June, Philadelphia-based music/arts webzine Blow The Scene is co-hosting a massive benefit drive including both an underground art show and killer music fest to aid in funding a no-kill animal shelter and rescue for P.A.W.S. (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society). [More…]

WEEDEATER Drinking Cough Syrup With Heavy Dicks; Spring Tour Locked – Following a few months on a hi[gh]atus from tour, Cape Fear sludge-slingers WEEDEATER will hit the bong and the road once again later this month. The gravelly groove of the twisted trio will smoke-out nine East Coast cities between May 22nd and June 1st, the new rampage booked in conjunction with WEEDEATER’s trip up to blaze Baltimore at this year’s installment of the Maryland Deathfest. [More…]

VREID: Norwegian Black ‘N’ Roll Legion To Return To North America – Norwegian black ‘n’ roll legion VREID will take their hell hymns to the streets this June on a North American tour alongside headliners Melechesh. Set to commence June 16 in Los Angeles, California, the long-awaited trek includes over two weeks of live assaults and will come to a close in New York City on June 30th. .Additional support will come from Lightning Swords Of Death and Reign Of Lies. [More…]

HOWL: Exclusive Video Premiere Hosted By Metal Injection – Today Metal Injection offers up an exclusive video premiere of “Demonic” from Rhode Island riff manglers, HOWL. The tune comes by way of the band’s newest studio offering, Bloodlines, which officially dropped in North America last Tuesday via Relapse Records. [More…]

GRIMUS: New Jersey Brutal Death Metal Crew Drops Details Of Debut Full-Length – Almost three years after their pummeling Gutter Earth EP was inflicted upon the masses, cold-blooded Elizabeth, New Jersey-based death metal insurgents GRIMUS have completed their first proper full-length, Omnicide. [More…]

TARJA: Finnish Songstress Reveals Title + Street Date Of Forthcoming New Full-Length – Despite her light and airy character, the music of Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, TARJA has always been shrouded “in black” – the color of heavy rock, mystery and elegance. With her latest studio recording, fans will find that same darkness highlighted by an array of new emotions, multihued landscapes and musical atmospheres. [More…]

AMON AMARTH: Live Video Of “The Pursuit of Vikings” From 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival Posted – Check out the live video of “The Pursuit of Vikings” from AMON AMARTH’s performance at 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany! More footage from this show coming soon! [More…]

CHTHONIC: Taiwanese Metal Ensemble Releases New Video Single – Today, Taiwanese metal ensemble CHTHONIC reveals the first of a series of video singles from their forthcoming new full-length. “Defenders of Bú-Tik Palace” comes by way of the band’s seventh studio recording, Bú-Tik. With Bú-Tik, CHTHONIC continue their mission to build awareness of the myths of Taiwan and the tragic events in their country’s history. [More…]

SADGIQACEA: Invisible Oranges Now Playing Entire Debut LP – Philadelphia’s genre-morphing duo SADGIQACEA today celebrates the official North American release of their debut album, False Prism. Recorded by Chris Grigg (Woe), the sprawling forty-minute album projects the organic, monstrous tones and unified, distinctive style which has helped the two-piece act become one of Philly’s hottest live acts over the past two years. [More…]

GODHUNTER Drops Lyric Video For “Vultures’ Wake” – GODHUNTER has posted a new lyric video for their new track “Vultures’ Wake,” the first new material from they’ve recorded since their late 2011 Wolves EP. The track was recorded by Ryan Bram (Territory) at Homewrecker Studios in Tucson, and mastered by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise) at Audiosiege, and will be available on an upcoming split 7” with fellow Tucson act Anakim. [More…]

IN THE SILENCE: Debut From Dark/Prog Band Out Now; Full Album Streaming – Sacramento California-based quartet IN THE SILENCE this week proudly officially releases their debut full-length, A Fair Dream Gone Mad, the ominous but epic release out now worldwide via Sensory Records. With incredibly moving riffs and otherworldly atmospheres, boasting a huge mid-tone clean vocal performance atop a thunderous display of technical metal percussion, A Fair Dream Gone Mad’s forty-five minute lifespan possesses massive, pristine production, further magnifying the band’s skilled approach. [More…]

HAVOK’s Unnatural Selection Set For Release – Candlelight Records confirms June 25 as the North American release date for Unnatural Selection, the new studio recording from Denver thrashers HAVOK. The ten-song album was produced by David Sanchez with mixing handled by Terry Date (Pantera, Overkill, Deftones). Unnatural Selection features original artwork from Polish illustrator Rafal Wechterowicz (Slayer, Mastodon) and was mastered by James Murphy (Aborted, World Under Blood, Abigail Williams). [More…]

EXHUMED: European Takeover Commences Today – Following a maniacally successful run of US live assaults alongside Suffocation last month, West Coast road goliaths EXHUMED will take their hymns of repugnance overseas on an epic long storm through Europe. The journey deploys today in Bristol, UK and will soil nearly three dozen cities! No one is safe. [More…]

MAMMOTH GRINDER: Austin Crossover Crew Hooks Up With 20 Buck Spin For Third LP – It’s been nearly four years since the last MAMMOTH GRINDER full length Extinction Of Humanity was released via Relapse Records (CD) and Cyclopean Records (LP). That album showcased the band’s direction into a distinctly death metal permutation, full of aggression and punk rawness. [More…]

INTEGRITY: New Hymn From Pending Tenth LP Streaming At Pitchfork – As the villainous INTEGRITY prepares to release the band’s tenth LP, Suicide Black Snake, another new track has uncoiled today via Pitchfork. [More…]

ANTIGAMA: Polish Grind Purveyors Unload New Track From Upcoming Meteor LP – Polish blastmongers Selfmadegod Records have this week posted a brand new track from Meteor, the looming sixth full-length from Warsaw’s grindcore technicians, ANTIGAMA. The third of eleven new tracks that encompass the highly anticipated album, “Prophecy” is a punishing predictor of what the planet can expect when this album makes landfall on May 28th, as the full album will strike with ten times the strength of this one track. [More…]

SONS OF TONATIUH: Down-Tuned Sound Savages Announce Spring Tour Dates – Down-tuned sound savages SONS OF TONATIUH will bring their bottom heavy sludge back to the streets this Friday beginning with a show in Atlanta alongside Torche. The band will then writhe its way through the Southeast on a round of weekend shows through July with additional dates to be added in the coming weeks. [More…]

THE OCEAN: First Week Chart Numbers Revealed – Pelagial, the new maritime-themed studio offering from progressive metal revolutionists THE OCEAN, entered the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #10 upon its first week of release! In addition, Pelagial landed at #55 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #26 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Chart and #39 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Chart. In Canada, the record ranked in at #23 on the Hard Music Chart and #194 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart. Elsewhere, Pelagial hit #72 on the German Media Market Chart and #68 on the German Media Control Control Top 100 Chart. [More…]

KILLING JOKE: New Video Single Unveiled – In celebration of their astounding thirty-fifth anniversary, KILLING JOKE today unveils their latest video single in the form of “Corporate Elect.” The tune comes by way of the band’s critically-lauded MMXII full-length released last year via Spinefarm Records and serves as a taster of the band’s three-CD anthology — The Singles Collection 1979-2012. [More…]

HAUST: Backwoods Blackened Oslo Punks Drop Third LP Via Fysisk Format – Three years since their previous album, HAUST are back with their most raw and primitive release to date. A tirade of oxymorons in musical form, in the nine short tracks of NO the listener is pulled back into a time where rock and punk were synonymous with rawness and vulnerability; a worship of total humiliation, of the pleasure in realizing one’s own limitations. Like all outsider music, HAUST celebrates those who walk their own paths; who run away from Sunday School to go berserk in the woods. [More…]

CYNTHESIS: Visionary Prog Metal Troupe Releases Track From New Album Via Metal Underground – As Pleasanton, California-based prog metal superforce CYNTHESIS prepares to release ReEvolution — the second full-length in their ongoing trilogy of albums — today the first full single from the album has been released. [More…]

KAMIKABE: Bloodletting North America Tour 2013 Currently Underway – Pittsburgh technical death metal tyrants, KAMIKABE, are currently fracturing limbs and tearig ear drums on the Bloodletting North America Tour 2013 which commenced on May 3. Brought to fruition by Unique Leader, KAMIKABE are joined by headlining labelmates/French tech death metal masters, Gorod. Additional support is provided by Inanimate Existence (Unique Leader) and Vale of Pnath (Willowtip). [More…]

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ABIOTIC – AEON – AMON AMARTH – ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT CHOIR – BATTLECROSS – BEHEMOTH – BEYOND THE SHORE – BLACK BREATH – BLOOD CEREMONY – BONE SICKNESS – CANCER BATS – CATTLE DECAPITATION – DEAD IN THE DIRT – DEVOURMENT – EIGHT BELLS – ENABLER – FEAR FACTORY – FULL OF HELL – GLORIOR BELLI – GOATWHORE – GYPSYHAWK – HATE ETERNAL – HOD – IDES OF GEMINI – INTEGRITY – JOB FOR A COWBOY – KAMIKABE – KILLING JOKE – LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH –NIGHTBITCH – SIX FEET UNDER – SURGEON – THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – THE OCEAN – VISE MASSACRE – VREID – WARTORN – WHITE WIDOWS – WHITECHAPEL – WOE

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Blow The Scene Hosts P.A.W.S. Benefit; Philly-Based Art Show & Music Festival Confirmed

Friday, May 10th, 2013

This June, Philadelphia-based music/arts webzine Blow The Scene is co-hosting a massive benefit drive including both an underground art show and killer music fest to aid in funding a no-kill animal shelter and rescue for P.A.W.S. (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society).

Blow The Scene editor-in-chief Joshua T. Cohen and Richard Stockton College art professor Ryann Casey have teamed up to host both the Homeward Bounds Art Benefit Show as well as the first annual Blow The Scene Fest 2013: Artists For Animals, with Earsplit now the official sponsor of the two-part funds drive.

The Homeward Bounds Art Benefit Show portion features works by over 50 artists who have contributed mixed media pieces being sold for charity beginning TODAY, running through July 10th at Philadelphia vegan eatery and art gallery, Grindcore House. In addition to the art show, the volunteers are constructing an “adoption wall” that will chart the progress of the current animals up for adoption at P.A.W.S.

BLOW THE SCENE FEST 2013: Artists For Animals portion will take place on June 29th, 2013 at Philadelphia’s Broad Street Ministry, now with a confirmed lineup of motivated outfits including DROPDEAD, DEAD IN THE DIRT, IRON REAGAN, MASAKARI, HEARTLESS, BACKSLIDER, LESS LIFE and DYING. The gathering will also feature artist displays, non-profit information and tabling, monetary and physical item donations, information booths, and much more. Admission to the all-ages fest will be $15, or $10 with a donation of blankets or supplies for P.A.W.S.

100% of the proceeds from these fundraisers will go to P.A.W.S., and if you do not live in the area and plan on attending either Philly-based event donations can be made online now.

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Stay tuned for individual interviews with bands and artists involved with the event and more info to be released over the coming weeks.

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WEEDEATER Drinking Cough Syrup With Heavy Dicks; Spring Tour Locked

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Following a few months on a hi[gh]atus from tour, Cape Fear sludge-slingers WEEDEATER will hit the bong and the road once again later this month. The gravelly groove of the twisted trio will smoke-out nine East Coast cities between May 22nd and June 1st, the new rampage booked in conjunction with WEEDEATER’s trip up to blaze Baltimore at this year’s installment of the Maryland Deathfest.

Additionally, today Noisey/VICE whipped out the first episode of their new video series Heavy Dicks, which features WEEDEATER frontman and cough syrup aficionado Dixie Dave Collins. Dixie and the ‘Dicks crew put their fine appreciation for several varieties of cough suppressants to the test, pairing them with specifically-chosen varieties of fine cheese.

WEEDEATER Spring Fling:
5/22/2013 The Hideaway – Johnson City, TN
5/24/2013 El N Gee – New London, CT
5/25/2013 Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD
5/27/2013 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA
5/28/2013 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
5/29/2013 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY
5/30/2013 V Club – Huntington, WV
5/31/2013 Mojo 13 – Wilmington, DE
6/01/2013 Maywood – Raleigh, NC

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