In lieu of recent events at the CRO-MAGS show this past weekend at Webster Hall, the family of Mike “The Gook” Couls has set up a donation fund via PayPal to help absorb the extraordinary expenses accrued from having been stabbed multiple times and hospitalized – with no insurance.
Mike is a recent parent of a beautiful baby girl who could have very easily been left fatherless due to the erratic and callous actions of the perpetrator, Harley Flanagan. It is with great fortune that the aforementioned possibility is not the reality, however, the enormous bills from the hospital are.
A lifetime of commitment is what Mike “The Gook” has offered the greater Hardcore community. We ask that you please donate in honor of his dedication to this community we are all a part of and also in support of his family.
www.paypal.com
mikeandkriscouls@gmail.com
(please mark payment as “donation”)
As previously announced on the Black N Blue Takeover radio show (which can be re-streamed here for anyone who missed it live), the complete line-up for the upcoming Rev 25 NYC shows are as followed. Pre-sale tickets will be available on Friday, July 13th through Ticketmaster at 10pmET.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Texas Is The Reason
Underdog
Shades Apart
Gameface
On The Might Of Princes
Friday, October 12, 2012
Chain Of Strength
Mouthpiece
Damnation A.D.
Curl Up And Die
Shook Ones
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Chain Of Strength
Bold
Battery
Shai Hulud
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Into Another
Youth Of Today
Supertouch
Iceburn
Pretty in Noise interviewed Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson backstage at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany last month; you can watch the 10-minute conversation below. Fredrik talks about the decision-making process within Opeth, his own thoughts about why bands break up, how to choose bandmembers (talent vs. personality), watching comedies and horror movies on the tour bus, and much more.
Slipknot has announced they’ll broadcast their final live performance of 2012, at Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, WI/Minneapolis, MN, worldwide via pay-per-view, during the group’s first-ever KnotFest, an extraordinary two-date/two-state metal and hard rock festival. The KnotFest pay-per-view event is a partnership between Todocast and Event View Live. The official broadcast site will launch today, July 11 at EventViewLive.com.
“One of our longtime dreams is finally coming to fruition with the creation of KnotFest,” says M. Shawn Crahan, aka Clown of Slipknot. “Our goal was to create a festival experience which screamed our vision. It means everything for everyone to see the live spectacle we’re creating in the flesh, but we understand some fans around the world can’t be at the show. We’ve now made it possible for you to be there in spirit – so join us live on August 18.”
Guaranteed to make your blood pump and your ears bleed, Slipknot‘s powerful and sinister final performance of the year will be emanating from your computer screen in streaming bandwidth. The Slipknot Live at KnotFest event can be accessed from any internet device at $14.95 for early bird fans starting today, July 11, through August 11. The week before the event, the price will rise to $19.95. Fans who purchase early will receive full access to “Slipknot Saturdays” which begin Saturday, July 14 and continue each Saturday until the event, and feature exclusive Slipknot performances and video footage documenting the road to KnotFest. The Slipknot Live at KnotFest event will include all the insanity that goes on backstage. Fans can pause it. Rewind it. Re-watch it. Day-of-show footage will include a behind-the-scenes tour of the festival grounds, pre-show interviews with KnotFest artists and Mistress Juliya, the stunning high-definition main stage performance by Slipknot, as well as exclusive post-show interviews with the band. The entire Slipknot Live at KnotFest package will be available to purchasers for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the event.
To celebrate the North American release of their debut album, “This Might Hurt”, on July 17, U.K. rockers THE TREATMENT will make an exclusive iTunes bundle available — a five-song covers EP originally released exclusively in the U.K. as a 300-copy limited edition.
The covers EP features THE TREATMENT’s interpretations of:
* Run Run Run (JO JO GUNNE)
* Take Me Bake ‘Ome (SLADE)
* Evil Woman (ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA)
* Motorbikin’ (CHRIS SPEDDING)
* Let’s Work Together (CANNED HEAT
The covers EP was produced by Laurie Mansworth, who also helmed “This Might Hurt”.
Since the release of the album outside of North America, THE TREATMENT has done extensive touring in Europe — supporting ALICE COOPER, MOTÖRHEAD, STEEL PANTHER and THIN LIZZY.
THE TREATMENT will support KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE on their upcoming North American co-headlining tour, simply dubbed “The Tour”, which will kick off on July 20 in Bristow, Virginia and run through September 23 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Metal Army America recently conducted an interview with Michael Gilbert, guitarist and songwriter for American thrash metal legends FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM has set “Ugly Noise” as the title of its new album, which the band is currently writing for a tentative late 2012/early 2013 release.
When asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the new CD, Gilbert said, “I worked with [former METALLICA and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist] Jason Newsted on a few songs, and he’s given me some tips about some things and opened my view up towards how I look at my music and how I want the listeners to perceive the points I’m trying to make.”
He added, “[Jason] is really passionate about music, so when I called him and talked to him, I just wanted him to help out with some lyrical stuff and hear some of the music I was writing. He’s a great songwriter, too. I’m not sure if everything that he got to do in METALLICA, if he was restrained a little bit, I’m not sure about all that sort of stuff, but as far as with me, anytime he wants to write with me, he’s got full rein and he’s got absolute say-so in everything that happens. It’s a 50-50 relationship, as it would be with Eric [‘A.K.’ Knutson], our singer, writing music with us, or Kelly [David Smith], our drummer.”
Regarding the musical direction of the new FLOTSAM AND JETSAM material, Gilbert said, “It’s probably the most mature it’s ever been, but if you wanna classify it as close to any other record that we’ve done, it’s probably gonna be close to [1995’s] ‘Drift’. If we were gonna make a record right after ‘Drift’, which was out fifth record, ‘Ugly Noise’ would be the next one — with this lineup, you know.”
Funding for the next FLOTSAM AND JETSAM album is being aided by the PledgeMusic.com project, which encourages fans to contribute funds to the recording of albums and the artists themselves to donate to charity as a part of their fundraising.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM last summer parted ways with drummer Craig Nielsen and was rejoined by Kelly David Smith.
The band’s current lineup is the same as the one that recorded the “Cuatro” (1992), “Drift” (1995) and “High” (1997) albums:
Eric “A.K.” Knutson – Vocals Ed Carlson – Guitar Michael Gilbert – Guitar Jason Ward – Bass Kelly David Smith – Drums
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM‘s latest album, “The Cold”, was released in Europe in February 2011 via Nuclear Blast. The CD’s cover artwork was created by Travis Smith, who has previously worked with OPETH, NEVERMORE, AMORPHIS and KING DIAMOND, among others.
“The Cold” was released in North America on September 14, 2010.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 