Category: Artist News

Posted on: March 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

New England Metal and Hardcore Festival & Mass Concerts Announce “MISSION QUEST TO METAL FEST” Tour

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival are proud to announce the second installment of their branded tour, “Mission Quest to Metal Fest.” The tour features The Mongoloids, Expire, and Wrong Answer. The tour was created to give bands the opportunity to tour to and make an appearance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Check out the bands at one of the dates listed below. The New England…

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Posted on: March 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CHERUB PLAY SXSW & ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES

Cherub is a progressive, avante garde, electro-pop duo that is the dance love-child of 80’s funk, and art house indie. The members of Cherub, Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber, share a love for honest original music and vibrant live performance, with a common goal to share a little bit of sex, a little bit of drugs, and a whole lot of love with people across the globe. Cherub’s music is a…

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Posted on: March 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Crystal Fighters – New ‘Plage’ Video

BRITISH/BASQUE BAND CRYSTAL FIGHTERS RELEASE NEW ‘PLAGE’ VIDEO TO ACCOMPANY “PLAGE” EP OUT MARCH 20TH ALONG WITH A STRING OF US TOUR DATES + SXSW!   Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eV_LTi4Haf4       TOUR DATES: 14th March @1AM – SXSW, Austin – Windish Agency @ 501 Studios 15th March @3:55PM – SXSW, Austin – Warner Sound Captured by Nikon @ La Zona Rosa 15th March @1AM – SXSW, Austin – The Agency…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HUNTRESS to tour with DRAGONFORCE in April and May

Swords won’t protect you. In fact, nothing will protect you from the onslaught HUNTRESS will unleash on North America beginning on April 21st. The Los Angeles-based metal band – whose debut album, Spell Eater, will be released by NAPALM RECORDS in North America on May 8th –  will join DragonForce for a 15-show tour of the United States and Canada from April 21st to May 11th. Here are the confirmed…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Peelander-Z reveals Zellner Brothers-directed video for “Star Bowling”

03/14 Austin, TX @ Elysium (705 Red River) Chicken Ranch Records Day Party, 445PM 03/15 Austin, TX @ Vagabond Collective (1504 E. 6th St.) 515PM 03/16 Austin, TX @ Threadgills (6416 North Lamar) Roky Erickson Ice Cream Social, 430PM 03/17 Austin, TX @ The Grackle (1700 E. 6th St.) Peelander-Fest, 12PM More Info 03/17 Austin, TX @ Treasure Island (413 East 6th St.) Nail Distribution/Chicken Ranch Records SXSW Showcase, 1AM…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SIX FEET UNDER To Return To European Stages This Summer

Death metal ministers SIX FEET UNDER return with their brand new studio long player Undead in May of 2012! In conjunction with the album release, the band will return to Europe in August to play some exclusive festival gigs as well as selected club shows. Support will come from label mates Dew-Scented. Comments singer Chris Barnes: “SIX FEET UNDER is not dead! We are Undead! With our return to the…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DREAMING DEAD Guitarist/Vocalist Elizabeth Schall Featured in LA Weekly

Elizabeth Schall, guitarist/vocalist for progressive/melodic death metal outfit DREAMING DEAD was recently featured in an interview with LA Weekly. In the interview, Schall discusses being a woman in a male-dominated metal scene, as well DREAMING DEAD’s forthcoming release, Midnightmares. To check out the interview, visit this location.  DREAMING DEAD has set April 20th as the release date for their highly anticipated sophomore effort, Midnightmares. The follow up to 2009’s Within…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

OTHERWISE to Join LACUNA COIL on the “Dark Legacy” Tour

Las Vegas rock sensation OTHERWISE will join Century Media label-mates LACUNA COIL on their 2012 North American “Dark Legacy” Tour. OTHERWISE has been confirmed as direct support for the tour, which will feature LACUNA COIL playing over two hours of material spanning their entire catalog. OTHERWISE are currently wrapping up a month on the road with POP EVIL, and following the “Dark Legacy” tour will play a number of radio…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT signs worldwide deal with Century Media Records

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of Dutch death metal doom mongers GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT! GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT was founded in 2011 by former ASPHYX guitar player Eric Daniels, who left behind the active death metal scene years ago after the release of ASPHYX’s studio album, On The Wings Of Inferno. But as one should never deny his roots, Daniels is now back to spread…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

KYNG CONFIRMED FOR METALLICA’S ORION FEST LINEUP

Southern California’s KYNG is excited to announce that they will join the lineup for Metallica’s Orionfest. The two day festival, created and curated by Metallica themselves, takes place on June 23-24 in Atlantic City. Metallica created this festival to give each band member a chance to showcase their diverse musical interests and lifestyle under one stage. Metallica frontman James Hetfield recently sung the band’s praises after discovering them through Sirius…

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Posted on: March 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bayside’s ANTHONY RANERI Constructs Tour for “New Cathedrals”

After wrapping up his annual solo outing on the Where’s The Band? Tour and a handful of dates with his band BAYSIDE including last weekend’s MUSINK festival in SoCal , ANTHONY RANERI, lead vocalist/guitarist, is ready to get back on the road in support of his debut solo EP New Cathedrals, which was self-released on his own Gumshoe Records earlier this year. Supporting him on his Northeast and Midwest headline…

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SVART CROWN Announce North American Tour With Ulcerate and Tombs

French black metal extremists SVART CROWN are invading North American soil for the first time this Spring. Starting on May 18th in Philadelphia, SVART CROWN will join forces with New Zealand’s unorthodox death metallers ULCERATE and Brooklyn’s boundary-smashing TOMBS for one of the most sonically intense tour packages of the year. The tour will be sponsored by Sickdrummer Magazine and MetalSucks.net. SVART CROWN w/ ULCERATE & TOMBS:   May 18 …

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Eternal Summers Announce US Tour Dates

Virginia based duo Eternal Summers has collected all their early EP, 7 inch, and cover recordings to put forth one reissue under the name The Dawn of Eternal Summers to be released on Record Store Day (April 21st) via Kanine Records. For the first time these twelve tracks will be released in digital format and available on all digital services. If you crave the physical product, colored vinyl with download…

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sarah Jaffe Releases New Single “Glorified High”

This week Sarah Jaffe released a sneak preview of her new album, The Body Wins, featuring the track “Talk“. Take a look. The album’s first single, “Glorified High” was released Tuesday and is now available for download from iTunes and Amazon. During the week of the singles’ release, Jaffe joined up with New Multitudes (Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Jim James, and Anders Parker) for a handful of West Coast dates…

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘I LOVE THIS CITY’ FESTIVAL

If Memorial Day Weekend represents the unofficial start to summer, then this summer will be kicking off in California in a BIG way as  I LOVE THIS CITY —a new Electronic Music festival event produced by Live Nation—will make its debut as a two-day festival in San Francisco.  The I LOVE THIS CITY festival will take place Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 at The Lot at AT&T Park…

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SINGLE BULLET THEORY Announce Live Dates; Including US Tour with INTO ETERNITY

Philadelphia’s resident rage-makers, Single Bullet Theory have announced a string of one-off dates that will see the band tearing up the Northeastern corner of the US throughout the spring, as well as a Summer tour with melodic progressive metallers Into Eternity that will see the band blaze a trail of destruction across the Midwest and into Canadian territory.   Upcoming Single Bullet Theory dates are as follows:   3/9/12  – …

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Posted on: March 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SLEEP: Southern Lord To Unleash Dopesmoker Deluxe Reissue

News of almighty proportions has landed as Southern Lord announce a deluxe reissue of one of the towering achievements in metal history, Dopesmoker by SLEEP. For the 2012 reissue, there are some very notable changes. The original studio tapes have been remastered presenting the album as the band had originally intended. The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of SLEEP’s hour-plus Weedian chronicle. Exclusive to…

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Posted on: March 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

A.Dd+ – “Can’t You See”

Dallas duo A.Dd+ are currently in the midst of their first national tour, opening up for indie favorite Black Milk, and although the guys will be out on the road until the end of March, Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy are keeping the music coming, this time with a song called “Can’t You See.” The song, produced by Nick Nack, will appear on the Austin DJ/producer’s forthcoming album, State Machine,…

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Posted on: March 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Primus Announces Spring Tour in Support of Green Naugahyde

Primus is excited to announce a spring tour in support of Green Naugahyde, out now on ATO Records and Prawn Songs. An evening with Primus, featuring two full sets, begins on May 3rd in Columbia, MO, and wraps up on June 24th in Modesto, CA.   In conjunction with the tour, ATO Records will release a limited edition 10″ single, with live versions of “Jilly’s On Smack” and “Eyes of…

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Posted on: March 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS

Lee Fields & The Expressions are set to release new album Faithful Man on March 13 via Truth & Soul Records. The album can be streamed now exclusively via RollingStone.com. First single “You’re The Kind of Girl” is available now and, over forty years into his career, has helped introduce soul vet Lee Fields to new fans. Stream the album here and single here.   The group has also announced…

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