Swedish metallers STEELWING has announced an European tour in the fall of 2015 with their Swedish mates of NOCTUM.
STEELWING states:
“Marauders! After spending the better part of a year writing and recording our third album, we are ready to dive down into the European trenches again for a true underground metal assault! Our new material marks a total reinvention of the Steelwing sound, and you will witness our live rebirth on this tour. Joining forces with our fellow Swedish metal patriots in Noctum, we will give you a lethal dose of underground metal and pure, untamed live energy. Get your tickets while they are still hot and brace for impact! Reset…reboot…redeem!”
Check out the tour dates:
31/08/15 – UK Newcastle, Head of Steam
01/09/15 – UK – Birmingham – Rainbow Courtyard
02/09/15 – UK – London – The Underworld
03/09/15 – NL – Tilburg – Little devil
04/09/15 – NL – Utrecht – dB’s
05/09/15 – DE – Uelsen – UJK
06/09/15 – DE – Kreuztal – Schloss Junkernhees
07/09/15 – DE – Kassel – Goldgrube
08/09/15 – DE – Hamburg – St. Pauli Rock Café
09/09/15 – CZ – Prague – Exit-Us
10/09/15 – AT – Wien – Escape Metalcorner
11/09/15 – DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser
12/09/15 – DE – Berlin – Bei Ruth
Rebooted UK thrash legends ACID REIGN are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Plan Of The Damned’, their first single in 25 years!
The release also features the image ‘Delusion Dwellers’ by acclaimed artist Laurie Lipton, ‘Plan Of The Damned’ will be launched worldwide as a digital single on July 17th 2015 on the same day the band will also launch their website http://www.acidreign.co.uk which will be the only place that will be streaming the song in its entirety.
Front man H had this to say about ‘Plan Of The Damned’;
“These are exciting times, the reaction from those who’ve heard “Plan” so far has been universally positive. I can’t wait for people to hear this, I think we’ve managed to take the traditional AR sound and bring it up to date whilst still retaining a “classic” thrash sound and style. Then again what do I know? I am too close to it to be objective, I fucking love it!”
‘Plan Of The Damned’ was recorded it in Wales at Not In Pill Studios with Martyn “Ginge” Ford and Matt Bond (Slipknot, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, Axewound etc…) The studio is under a boxing gym and the smell of sweat, aggression and metal is in the walls! We had a blast, it was a great experience.”
The band recently announced a UK tour with fellow UK thrashers Xentrix and Shrapnel, check out the dates below:
CROSSFAITH have today announced their forthcoming studio album “Xeno”, an album arguably unlike any other album to be released this year. “Xeno” is set for release via UNFD on September 18th.
For a taste of what’s to come, check out the title track ‘Xeno’ here:
This record has a story of hope, failure, love, betrayal and death woven into its fabric so skilfully it’s impossible to tell where truth ends and fiction begins. It’s both an escape from and examination of reality that reveals more and more truths the further it delves.
Produced by Josh Wilbur (Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb Of God, Hatebreed) and mastered by Ted Jensen, “Xeno” takes the groundwork laid by 2013’s ‘Apocalyze’ and 2012’s ‘Zion’ EP as well as the band’s vast touring history and catapults them into a whole new league.
“Xeno” is an artistic endeavour like few others, with roots in manga, anime and the furthest reaches of its creators’ minds. Frontman Kenta ‘Ken’ Koie, guitarist Kazuki Takemura, bassist Hiroki ‘Hiro’ Ikegawa, keyboardist Terufumi ‘Teru’ Tamano and drummer Tatsuya Amano are, quite simply, operating on a different level.
“This record is dedicated to everyone because we believe it will make a new phase in this music culture…
We had a bad time after we released the last album ‘APOCALYZE’. Our original guitarist Kazuki had to leave during a tour due to a cerebral haemorrhage, it was the worst thing to happen to us in our entire music career. Fortunately or unfortunately, it just affected his left hand. He is still alive, he never gave up as a musician and he wrote a couple songs for this record as well. It has bound us together as one.” Comments Ken.
He continues… “The experience of working with Josh Wilbur means a lot to us. He brought us fresh feelings and has helped us to create our best record to date. We put everything we’ve got into ‘Xeno’ and it is the most important and precious thing to us.We can’t wait to share the experience of ‘Xeno’. It is beating, it is alive! We are dedicating this record to everyone!”
Xeno is a character, two to be exact. This is an intricate story of artificial intelligence meets human desperation. The two combine to see the human Xeno, so distraught with the state of the world that he endeavours to bring creation through devastation.
“Everyone has a dark side,” says Ken. “Everybody is so hypocritical. And everything – our world – is being completely fucked up by so many people, especially the government. It’s easy to see what they do. So Xeno, the person, decides to do something big so he can hit reset and start again.”
Crossfaith will be touring the UK later this year as main support to Skindred. Full dates below:
04 NOV O2 Guildhall, Southampton
05 NOV UEA, Norwich
06 NOV Rock City, Nottingham
07 NOV Academy, Manchester
08 NOV O2 Academy, Newcastle
10 NOV O2 ABC, Glasgow
11 NOV Stylus, Leeds
12 NOV O2 Academy, Bristol
13 NOV O2 Institute, Birmingham
14 NOV O2 Brixton Academy, London
“Xeno” Track Listing:
1. System X
2. Xeno
3. Raise Your Voice
4. Devil’s Party
5. Ghost In The Mirror (feat. Caleb Shomo from Beartooth)
6. Dystopia
7. Wildfire (feat. Benji Webbe from Skindred)
8. Tears Fall
9. Paint It Black
10. Vanguard
11. Calm The Storm
12. Astral Heaven
FATangel and Fargo Events are proud to announce that Lifer, Obzidian, Pandemik and Firenado have been added to the line up for the inaugural MOSH AGAINST CANCER COVENTRY. They will be joining Cambion, Incinery, Gehtika, Resin, Ropewalk and OMV who have already been announced.
Coming to The Arches Venue Coventry April 1st – 3rd 2016 this three day extravaganza will bring more than twenty eight rock and metal acts from all over the UK to Coventry to perform in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.
Lots more exciting names in rock and metal are yet to be announced including headline acts, two of whom will be announced on September 29th, the day after Mosh Against Cancer makes it’s debut in Derby under the ‘Padfest’ flag.
HEAVIER THAN MOST and catchier than a truck full of bare breasted STD ridden nuns. LIFER exist because they do and dare you to fill your ears with downed tuned metalurgy – your ears have earned this.
No strangers to big events, LIFER have played Hevyfest, Hammerfest and Bloodstock Open Air, with the imminent release their second album which features recently released single ‘Year Of The Hog’ https://soundcloud.com/lifer-scriv/year-of-the-hog
Expect LIFER to take everything to the next level in 2016.
OBZIDIAN, groove death metallers from Stafford (UK), released their 3rd album “Concrete Psychosis” on Rocksector Records, 6th October 2014, the follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2012 album “Damned Eternal”. OBZIDIAN goes back to the founder’s high school days when Baz (guitars), Paul (drums) and Jeffsy (bass) formed the basis of the band in 2001. Having added a couple of further members in the formative years, by early 2005, the line-up was stripped back to just one guitarist, Baz, whilst Matty J was added as frontman and vocalist, and the band’s current groove-laden sound was conceived.
Bringing you their own trade-mark genre “Regressive Metal,” of groove blended 90s death thrash, this is PANDEMIK.
This 5-piece Liverpool band, except for the half that is Welsh, PANDEMIK consists of front man Marc M, whose charismatic enthusiasm is enjoyed on and off stage whether through his growling vocals, or to his witty jokes inbetween songs. Mike H on drums smash it, grabs it and does one at every gig, he gets the job done with ease. Chris H on lead guitar is not just the man to look to on stage as the composed one, he also has a wah pedal. Lee J on rhythm guitar adds to the sound on stage (because 5 is more than 4) and finally Alan N on bass, adds to the comedy as he does to the set (well, hes bald) providing a good indication on what type of night you will have with these lads.
Combining elements of old school and modern thrash and groove metal with a hint of death metal, FIRENADO thrive on an aggressive sound and an equally balls to the wall live show. Blending melodic harmonies with a fast paced groove to sludgy breakdowns that will tear you a new one. The visceral riffage is accompanied by harsh old school thrash vocals and even harsher growls provided by Adam and Matt. FIRENADO are blazing a trail of destruction through the UK music scene and are here to burn it down!
With many more bands yet to be announced along with other features to the show, MOSH AGAINST CANCER COVENTRY looks to be one of the must attend events of next year.
Progressive Rock icon Neal Morse, (also of Flying Colours and Transatlantic and ex-Spock’s Beard) is pleased to announce his new live album “Neal Morse – Morsefest 2014 Testimony And One Live”.
Released on Friday August 21, the live album is available as a 2-Blu-Ray or Special Edition 2 DVD/4 CD set, and will be up for pre-order from Tuesday July 21 from http://bit.ly/1J8EI6L.
The album was recorded live in Nashville on November 14 and 15, 2014. Long-time collaborators Mike Portnoy and Randy George, as well as Neal Morse Band anchors Bill Hubauer and Eric Gillette, joined Neal to perform his renowned classic albums Testimony and One. Complete with 4-piece horn section, 6-member female background vocal section, violin and cello, full orchestra percussion with timpani and chimes, dancers, special guests and special staging; this is the most elaborate live release of Neal’s career.
This stunning live album concert features over 5 hours of great performances including the entire Testimony and One albums, plus special encores of the Spock’s Beard classic “The Light” featuring Alan Morse, and the Transatlantic epic “Stranger In Your Soul.” Also included is a behind-the-scenes documentary with footage of Neal’s exclusive acoustic concert, the rehearsal footage, “Name That Prog Tune” game with Mike Portnoy, and lots more.
Richmond, VA based metallers LAMB OF GOD will release their highly-anticipated seventh full-length album, “VII: Sturm und Drang”, July 24, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment with whom the band signed a record deal for all territories outside of North America.
“VII: Sturm Und Drang” (as various CD and vinyl editions, also as exclusive bundle versions) which includes ‚Still Echoes‘, ‚512‘, ‚Overlord‘ and ‚Erase This‘, is available for pre-order now here.
“VII: Sturm Und Drang” is once again produced and mixed by Josh Wilbur with engineering by Wilbur, Nick Rowe, and Kyle McAulay, and was recorded at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, CA and Suburban Soul Studios in Torrance, CA.
Catch LAMB OF GOD on tour this summer:
24.09. BR Rio de Janeiro – Rock In Rio
25.09. AR Buenos Aires – Groove
27.09. CHI Santiago – SCL Festival
LAMB OF GOD is:
Randy Blythe – vocals Mark Morton – guitar Willie Adler – guitar John Campbell – bass Chris Adler – drums
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