CANNABIS CORPSE have announced a December tour. The tour kicks off on December 8 in West Virginia, and continues throughout the month. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
CANNABIS CORPSE have released a special video announcing the tour, which can be found below:
CANNABIS CORPSE are touring in support of their new album, ‘Left Hand Pass’. The album sees the band, led by the imitable Phil “LandPhil” Hall (MUNICIPAL WASTE) and his twin brother Josh “Hallhammer” Hall joined by SIX FEET UNDER guitarist Ray Suhy and his prodigious six-string talents.
Under the influence of the genre legends who preceded them, the trio give rise to unrelenting piece of crushing, weed-themed death replete with their signature, THC-fueled, horror fiction lyrics. As tracks such as “The 420th Crusade”, “Chronic Breed”, and the title track illustrate, ‘Left Hand Pass’ is another massive step-forward for the band and a monumental piece of U.S. Death Metal.
Track list
1. The 420th Crusade
2. In Dank Purity
3. Final Exhalation
4. Chronic Breed
5. In Battle There Is No Pot
6. Grass Obliteration
7. Left Hand Pass
8. Effigy of the Forgetful
9. Papyrus Containing the Spell to Protect Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In the Bong Water
10. The Fiends That Come To Steal the Weed of the Deceased
CANNABIS CORPSE December Tour
Dec. 8 Huntington, WV @ V Club w/CROWBAR, BYZANTINE (tickets)
Dec. 9 Dayton, OH @ Oddbody’s (tickets)
Dec. 10 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s (tickets)
Dec. 11 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle (tickets)
Dec. Dec. 2018 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar (tickets)
Dec. 13 Memphis, TN @ Growlers (tickets)
Dec. 14 Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard (tickets)
Dec. 15 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada (tickets)
Dec. 16 Austin, TX @ The Lost Well w/THE ACCUSED, ANGKOR WAT (tickets)
Dec. 17 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (tickets)
Dec. 18 New Orleans, LA @ Santos (tickets)
Dec. 19 Atlanta, GA @ 529 (tickets)
Dec. 20 Raleigh, NC @ Maywood (tickets)
With their sixth full-length album “Villa Carlotta 5959” set to hit the streets on Karisma Records on the 2nd November, Norwegian Alternative Rockers LJUNGBLUT have released a second single from the album. The track “235” can be streamed or downloaded at http://phonofile.link/ljungblut-235
Commenting on the track, and its rather unusual name of “235”, LJUNGBLUT founder Kim Ljung had this to say:
Why 235?A Manchester casino goes by this name. Lorry (ZEROMANCER band member and LJUNGBLUT sound engineer) and I were there some years ago. Lorry was doing well with the chips up until the point where I convinced him to head for the Roulette wheel.All on red.Broke in no time.Inspiration.
Sindre (bass) wrote this one. He sent me a demo and asked me if it had the the right feel to make it a LJUNGBLUT track. Of course it had.I loved it instantly! Its stomping beat and the blend of both laid back and feisty guitars, triggered off a wave of words and ideas for vocals.
His way of thinking about music is different to mine. Which is great and refreshing. Same goes for Dan (guitars) who has also written several songs on the upcoming album “Villa Carlotta 5959”. The guys have really cracked the code on how to compose songs in real Blut-fashion. I believe “235” was the very last song on the album that we rehearsed together, and made ready for live-recording, with some twists regarding notes, and re-arranging. Plus lifting the track up one key, meant that I had to push it vocally a bit more. It definitely suited the lyrics and the energy of “235”.
For the mix, Alex (SEIGMEN/ZEROMANCER bandmember and LJUNGBLUT co-producer/mixer) and I decided to keep the room alive. We pushed up all faders for mono and stereo-room to get the live-feel even more present in the track.
The lyrics are quite easy. It has obsessive-compulsive disorder written all over it. I think everyone in the band can relate to these words to a certain extent!
Formed in 2005 by Ljung as a vehicle for material he didn’t think would be suitable for either SEIGMEN or ZEROMANCER , bands for whom he is both the bassist and main songwriter, LJUNGBLUT eventually expanded from a solo project, which saw the release of three albums, into a fully fledged band. Dan Heide (ZEROMANCER, RED7) on guitars, Ted Skogmann (APOPTYGMA BERZERK) on drums , Joakim Brendsrød on keys and Sindre Pedersen on bass, joined Ljung (keys and vocals), and, as a quintet, the band released two independent albums with Norwegian lyrics.
“Villa Carlotta 5959” is, in fact, the last in the trilogy of the Norwegian language albums and in it Ljung creates smorgasbord filled with fascinating subjects ranging from the historical and factual, such as the tracks “Hasselblad”, which is about the 12 Hasselblad cameras left behind on the surface of the Moon, and “Superga”, which refers to the province of Turin, Italy, best known for its Cathedral and the plane crash that killed the Torino football team in 1949, to the personal , with tracks like “Min Krig” (My war) and “Aldri helt stille” (Never completely quiet), which address the subject of Ljung’s chronic migraines.
Encompassing a wide range of tempos and dynamics, “Villa Carlotta 5959” presents the listeners with a cohesive sound and a melancholy mood, swathing Ljung’s characteristic vocals in vintage synths and instruments . Recorded live in the studio and mixed by Alex Møklebust (SEIGMEN / ZEROMANCER) and Terje Johannesen, guest artists on “Villa Carlotta 5959” include Ljunggren (A-HA, ZEROMANCER), Ginge Anvik (SUBGUD, soundtrack composer) and Terje Johannesen.
“Villa Carlotta 5959” will be released in CD, Digital and Vinyl formats, as well as a Limited Edition Turquoise LP. Artwork is by Hanne-Christine Flåten, and track listing is as follows:
01. Hasselblad
02. Oktober
03. Til Warszawa
04. 235
05. Superga
06. Diamant
07. Himmelen som vet
08. Ohnesorg
09. Aldri helt stille
10. Min Krig
Internationally acclaimed 7 string guitar virtuoso/singer/songwriter THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF (Berit) has released the teaser video for her new album: “Berit – Vol. 1.” The album will be released on November 22nd 2018.
The album features 11 hauntingly beautiful and catchy songs, with Berit playing both lead guitar, acoustic guitar and piano, while delivering a truly stunning vocal performance. All vocals were, as usual, recorded with no auto tune or other studio tricks. This is Berit performing. Nothing else.
It is the first of four albums with new, original music. This time she is showing off a very different and much more personal side of herself, adding yet another genre to her list. She is also adding another instrument on this album; piano, although she insists that she is not a pianist at all. See for yourself in the teaser video, which contains clips from four of the new songs here:
Is she the most versatile artist right now?
In 2015 and 2017 she was an expert judge and vocal coach on Norway’s biggest TV show; “Battle of the Stars.” The show has almost a million viewers, and see 10 stars compete to be the ultimate entertainer.
Her 2014 classical crossover album charted at #1 on Amazon.com and two of the videos from the album were featured on the “top 10 viral videos of the year” in the biggest guitar magazine in the world; Guitar World, in 2013 and 2014. Her Paganini guitar duel with world leading classical guitarist Craig Ogden was also on the “top 10 metal meets classical” list in The Guardian.
Before she crossed over to classical music in 2013, she had smashed her way through the heavy metal scene and was featured as “1 of 10 modern guitar gods” by the leading magazine of the genre, Metal Hammer UK, Revolver Magazine called her “ he hottest chick in hard rock” and Total Guitar called her “The new queen of shred.” She has been a guest on numerous talk shows, radio shows and has performed on major festivals in many countries.
Born in Norway, the family moved to Verona, Italy, when she was six years old, where her mother trained as an opera singer. When she started junior high school, they moved to France and later USA, where they lived for many years. Since 2011, she has lived in England with her family, where she is based in the Cotswolds.
She is the author and illustrator of the children’s book “The Freezing Snowman” – also an Amazon bestseller, on Kindle.
Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member ACE FREHLEY has released the music video for “Rockin’ With The Boys” Filmed live in Detroit Rock City, this is the first music video we’ve seen from The Spaceman since he released the video for “Fire and Water”.
Watch the video here:
This is the second song Frehley has released this year, from his forthcoming all-new Spaceman album, due October 19, 2018, via eOne/SPV. Frehley previously released the track “Bronx Boy” in April.
Spaceman, Frehley’s eighth solo LP, features nine new original tracks, plus a cover of Eddie Money’s “I Wanna Go Back,” a ripping power pop makeover of the original.
“No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys,” Frehley sings on “Rockin’ With the Boys,” which tells the tale of life on the road. Ace says he wrote the original version of the song back in KISS’s heyday in the ’70s. Both “Rockin With The Boys” and “Bronx Boy” are available on all streaming platforms today, and are iTunes instant grat tracks for fans who preorder the album.
In addition to Ace’s distinctive guitar sound on each track, Ace played bass on all of the songs on Spaceman except for two. The listener might recognize the mighty dinosaur growl of a bass tone belonging to Gene Simmons on the album opener, “Without You I’m Nothing,” which Gene also co-wrote, and “Your Wish Is My Command.” Both songs were recorded at Frehley’s home studio in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Ace’s reconnection with Simmons and fellow KISS vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley (who joined Ace on a cover of Free’s “Fire and Water” for 2016’s covers LP Origins, Vol. 1) might be chalked up to the fact that Frehley has been sober for more than a decade (he celebrates 12 years of sobriety in September). Ace’s clean living no doubt has a lot to do with his productive streak, which began with the release of his Anomaly album in 2009.
Spaceman (a title suggested by Simmons, himself) serves as the first collection of all new Frehley-penned material since 2014’s Space Invader.
Widely known as the original “Space Ace” and founding guitarist for 16 cumulative years (over 2 tenures) of the multi-platinum selling rock band KISS, Frehley is demonstrably the most popular original member. In addition to having the best-selling solo album career (vintage or current) among the original foursome, Frehley’s self-titled Ace Frehley, released in 1978, went on to sell over one million copies, producing the only Top 40 single, “New York Groove,” from any of the legendary KISS solo albums (peaking at #13).
Spaceman will be released in Europe through Entertainment One (eOne)/SPV with an exclusive European cover artwork on October 19th, 2018 as CD DigiPak and LP version: https://acefrehley.lnk.to/Spaceman
Tracklisting:
1. Without You I’m Nothing 4:07
2. Rockin’ With The Boys 4:15
3. Your Wish Is My Command 3:38
4. Bronx Boy 2:51
5. Pursuit Of Rock N’ Roll 4:32
6. I Wanna Go Back 4:01
7. Mission To Mars 3:39
8. Off My Back 3:37
9. Quantum Flux 6:30
Described by one writer as “the perfect love song for that special demon in your life,” the new music video for GHOST’s track “Dance Macabre”, released today, is just that. Two party crashers talk their way into a surreal bash that one will never remember and one will never forget. The video was directed by Zev Deans (Ghost’s “Square Hammer” video) and is erotic and romantic as only Ghost can do it. Check it out below:
“Dance Macabre,” already with 15-million Spotify streams, is the second music video and radio single from the Grammy-winning rock/pop band’s most recent album Prequelle (6/1/18 Loma Vista Recordings /Concord Records). Simultaneously apocalyptic with catchy, contagious hooks, the song tells of how some people coped with the devastation of 14th century Europe’s Black Plague that wiped out millions – by dancing and partying and seducing until they dropped. The music video puts its own twist on the celebration of the End of Days and beyond.
Twenty-eighteen has been a good year for Ghost. “Rats,” the first single from Prequelle, held the #1 spot at Rock Radio for a record-setting nine consecutive weeks. In North America alone, “Rats” has been streamed more than 14-million times, its companion music video has racked up more than 13-million YouTube views, and Prequelle has accumulated nearly 49-million streams. Ghost recently sold out the very prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London, and Metallica just announced the band will be Special Guest on its 25-date European stadium tour next summer. Ghost will headline its two-act “A Pale Tour Named Death” Fall North American tour that starts in Dallas on October 25. The North American trek includes two headline arena shows, The Forum in Los Angeles, and New York City’s Barclays Center.
Ghost will play Twickenham Stadium, London, on June 20th 2019 as special guests to Metallica.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have revealed an official video for ‘Not Dead Yet’; the song features on their current studio album, Gravity, out now via Search & Destroy/ Spinefarm Records.
BFMV frontman, Matt Tuck, says; “We shot our latest video for ‘Not Dead Yet’ in Japan after our Summersonic 2018 performances. We’ve never done a video there before so thought, ‘why not?!’ Visually it’s stunning thanks to the amazing work by Japanese filmmakers Maxilla. We love this track and can’t wait for you all to see the new video.”
The video’s director, Takahito Matsuno, of Maxilla Inc. adds; “It is such an honour to shoot BFMV, especially in Tokyo! Thank you for everyone involved in this project and I hope the people reading this like it, ARIGATO!”
Check out the video for ‘Not Dead Yet’ here:
Additionally, BFMV will release a digital deluxe version of current studio album, Gravity, on October 26th. Pre-orders are live now.
This deluxe offering includes the standard 11 Gravity album tracks plus original songs, ‘Breaking Out’ & ‘Crawling’; a spectacular cover of Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive’; ‘Letting You Go’ (Zardonic Remix); in addition to three piano versions of new fan favourites, ‘Breathe Underwater’, ‘The Very Last Time’ and ‘Under Again’. This very special format is finished with a live version of ‘Don’t Need You’, recorded at their legendary headlining performance at Brixton Academy in 2016.
Tuck elaborates; “We’re stoked to announce that we’re about to release a deluxe version of our latest album Gravity!! It features many new tracks not on the original release and a crushing version of The Imagine Dragons’ anthem ‘Radioactive’. Make sure you pre-order your copy now!! Thank you.”
Leap Of Faith
Over It
Letting You Go
Not Dead Yet
The Very Last Time
Piece of Me
Under Again
Gravity
Coma
Don’t Need You
Breathe Underwater
Breaking Out
Crawling
Radioactive (Imagine Dragons cover)
Letting You Go (Zardonic Remix)
Breathe Underwater -Piano Version
The Very Last Time -Piano Version
Under Again-Piano Version
Don’t Need You -Live From Brixton Academy / 10th December 2016
BFMV will soon embark on their Oct / Nov 2018 UK and Euro tour, including two arena slots for the UK, taking place on November 10th at Alexandra Palace, London, and on November 11th at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
Of Mice & Men, Nothing More and SHVPES will appear as support on all shows.
‘GRAVITY’ EURO & UK TOUR DATES
OCTOBER
24 Columbiahalle Berlin, DE
26 Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, DE
27 Palladium Cologne, DE
28 Zenith Munich, DE
30 Samsung Hall Zurich, CH
31 Estragon Bologna, IT
NOVEMBER
03 Haus Auensee Leipzig, DE
06 Casino de Paris Paris, FR
07 Rockhal Esch-sur-Alzette, LX
08 013 Tilburg, NL
10 Alexandra Palace London, UK
11 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, UK
