Indie-alt-folk band von Grey will kick off a tour with Company of Thieves on January 23, 2013 at The Bishop in Bloomington, IN. The run will include shows at World Café in Philadelphia (1/29), New York City’s Highline Ballroom (1/31) and Jammin Java in Vienna, VA (2/4). The band, which recently wrapped up a West Coast tour with Lindsey Stirling, is currently on tour in the South and will…
GLAMOUR OF THE KILL has issued a studio update surrounding their new record due out next year. Click HERE or the image above to view! GLAMOUR OF THE KILL is currently tucked away in Rochester, Michigan with producer Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack) working on their follow up to “The Summing” which came out last year. “The Summoning” release in the US was followed by a successful run on the…
Do we really have to worry? Is our civilization standing right on the edge of the abyss? Is the Maya calendar actually right, predicting the end of the world on December 21, 2012? New age circles are convinced that the apocalyptic prophecy can be derived from the Mesoamerican civilization’s calendar. “Complete bullshit”, reckons Andi Deris, singer of German melodic metal band Helloween. “We will all survive the year 2012 and…
Challenger began out of desperation. Desperate to feel better, desperate to escape, desperate for something more. Challenger is that cry. Alone, or together, the cry that sounds like a plea but builds momentum and becomes a force of change, of light, of positivity, of love; a change you can dance to. Additionally – the members are all from Florida (the best state, they agree). John Ross sings, plays guitar, and…
Legendary German power metallers GAMMA RAY will unleash Skeletons & Majesties Live as a two-CD set next month via Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records. Set for North American release on December 4, 2012, Skeletons & Majesties Live is a near two-hour magnum opus spanning the band’s history and includes classics as well as tracks which were under-represented to date. A DVD version will be released stateside in January. Skeletons & Majesties Live was recorded and filmed during the band’s 2011 European tour at…
Las Vegas, NV punk rock band Last Call are streaming their long-awaited new LP Dog Yearson Punktastic.com. To listen to the album, which will be released on November 27 via their own imprint Broken Arrow Collective, head over to: http://punktastic.com/radar/stream-stream-of-dog-years-last-call. Dog Years was produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Paul Miner (New Found Glory, Fireworks, Thrice, Death By Stereo) at Buzzbomb Sound Labs in Orange, CA between March and November 2012. Last Call has spent the last year…
The Northwinds Rend Flesh EP from Minot, ND’s FROSTHELM is a self-released slab of thrash with tinges of black metal mayhem that is brought to you from the middle of fucking nowhere. And it is available for purchase as a digital download now at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/frosthelm2. The CD version will be available in the coming weeks. The Northwinds Rend Flesh EP comes highly recommended for fans of Dissection, Goatwhore, Old Metallica (1981-1986), Skeletonwitch,…
Flyleaf recently celebrated the release of their latest album, New Horizons, with a secret performance during a Signal Rising show at Grand Stafford Theatre in Bryan, TX for close friends & family. This was the band’s first performance with newest member and lead vocalist, Kristen May (formerly of Vedera). Fans can now watch the explosive live performance of “Fire, Fire,” the first track from New Horizons. Kristen also has released a statement to the fans of…
Fates‘ second full-length, “Serious German Polka” is out now. The 15 minute title track is only available if you downoad the entire album (and it’s well worth it!). Available at iTunes, Amazon, the 100m Record Store and most other retail outlets. Fates are American composer Django Voris and British-born artist PJ Norman. They met in New York City in early 2009. Their shared passion for electronic experimentation led to a set of improvisation sessions with Swiss electronic artist Moritz Wettstein. The sessions were…
Releases video to the first single off The First Agreement EP Funk Volume’s Dizzy Wright just released the video to Fly High, produced by SupaHotBeats. It is his first single off his upcoming EP, The First Agreement. VIDEO LINK: http://youtu.be/nz0P3gnSafo The First Agreement is Dizzy’s third Funk Volume project. Its release concludes a breakout year for the Las Vegas emcee: SmokeOut Conversations album reached #2 on the iTunes hip hop chart Free SmokeOut Conversations mixtape has…
The self-titled debut full-length from London-based cinematic metal sextet THE DEVIL is out now worldwide via Candlelight Records. Recently underworld music portal The Obelisk hosted an exclusive stream of a new track fromThe Devil, the ominous “Alternative Dimensions.” Listen in AT THIS LOCATION. Earlier this year, THE DEVIL launched the the album campaign via two select videos, which have received over a half a million hits via YouTube thus far. View the visual depictions…
Dallas, TX-based extreme music purveyors Tofu Carnage Records recently released their most ambitious project yet: a self-titled double LP from their hometown’s own ritualistic improv metal/jazz/rock trio, UNCONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE. Lauded metal web portal Invisible Oranges is currently streaming the record in full, and said of the record,”Unconscious Collective steps over the blurry metal/jazz line drawn by Akkolyte into hazy fusion territory. This material isn’t broken up into ‘songs’ as much as it’s divvied up…
Metal Blade/Rise Above has released the re-issue of Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats debut, Blood Lust, today in North America. The album has rocked an unsuspecting underground metal community in Europe for the past two years and the psychedelic sounds are beginning to ooze into North America. To help North Americans catch with an album that’s been fermenting for some time across the Atlantic, Metal Blade has teamed up with…
The Long Wives today announced the release of “Dark Horse,” the self-released debut single on Renee Marie Records. “Dark Horse” is produced by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner and Karen O and will be accompanied by two more songs – “La Vengenista” and the “Dark Horse Zinner and KO Remix” – and is available via The Long Wives Bandcamp page http://thelongwives.bandcamp.com/album/dark-horse-la-vengenista-single for $3. Proceeds will be donated to Hurricane…
A Tomb for the Haunted, the long awaited new album from Mexico’s legendary AGONY LORDS, will be released November 26th on Chaos Records. After a decade in the shadows the band returns with their most fully realized effort, one anchored in dark ‘n powerful melodies and a mighty melo-death punch that in combination can only be termed Graveyard Occult Metal. A Tomb for the Haunted is a concept album consisting…
1. Black; noting the black numbers in roulette. 2. Relating to the film noir genre and or of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters in dark settings. 3. Suggestive of danger or violence. New York City is a world of shadows, thieves and con men, its chilling concrete landscapes are a fitting filmic backdrop for the aural futuristic pleasures of NOIR, a band whose deep electronic rhythms fuel darkened beats…
Puscifer, the Northern Arizona-based band helmed by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle), will release an eight-song EP titled Donkey Punch The Night on Feb. 19 via Puscifer Entertainment. “While continuing our tradition of releasing a few new songs at a time,” explained Keenan. “I also had an itch that needed scratching, and that it was ‘Balls To The Wall.’ Which was followed by an even harder to reach…
oday, HELLS HEADBANGERS announces the signing of Singapore’s legendary IMPIETY for a new single and full-length album, both to come in 2013. IMPIETY have just returned from an eight-date Asian tour and are now ready to ravage & conquer yet another European tour later this month with Enthroned and Forgotten Tomb. IMPIETY have worked with such labels as Osmose Productions, Agonia Records, and most recently had their crushing eigth album,…
The Austin Psych Fest is excited to announce its initial lineup. The sixth annual festival will be held April 26 – 28, 2013 at Carson Creek Ranch, a scenic 58-acre ranch on the banks of the Colorado River, just five minutes from downtown Austin, TX, and minutes from the airport. Discounted weekend passes are on sale now. The initial line up for the festival is below. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club…
A main focus of StompTown Revival’s music ministry is about reaching non-Christians and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. The duo answered that call on a recent 7-day missions trip to Thailand where the band played numerous concerts in churches, nightclubs, and Buddhist schools, and where Gabe Martinez’s and Brandon Bee’s music and testimonies touched the lives of thousands and led to 20 people converting to Christianity. The Christian…