DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara has recorded a benefit song for his sister Kerri, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Entitled “Dark Meadowlark”, the track was produced by Greg Weiss (DEVILDRIVER) and is currently being mixed by Logan Mader (SOULFLY, GOJIRA, DEVILDRIVER). “[It] sounds badass,” says Dez.
Even with insurance, Kerri‘s family can’t cover the costs of her surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for the upcoming year. “We have two daughters still at home, we’ve relocated from Boise to Irvine (really close to UCLA/UCI treatment center — what good fortune!), but the cost of two years of what’s called ‘out of pocket maximum costs’ are definitely a burden,” she says.
To help Kerri with the costs associated with her breast cancer treatment and follow-up care, you can make a donation via the online fundraising web site Microgiving at this location.
Just back home from a 5-week European tour in support of their new album Torture and on the jump again for another five weeks of touring through North America, CANNIBAL CORPSE have now confirmed their return to Europe for February 2013!
CANNIBAL CORPSE will be co-headlining with DEVILDRIVER with CANNIBAL CORPSE finishing all mainland European shows while DEVILDRIVER will finish the UK dates. Support acts will be announced shortly.
CANNIBAL CORPSE + DEVILDRIVER + t.b.a.
09/02/13 ˆ FI ˆ Oulu ˆ Teatrie Oulu
10/02/13 ˆ FI ˆ Tampere ˆ Pakkahuone
11/02/13 ˆ FI ˆ Helsinki ˆ Nosturi
13/02/13 ˆ SE ˆ Stockholm ˆ Göta Källare
14/02/13 ˆ SE ˆ Gothenburg ˆ Brewhouse
15/02/13 ˆ DK ˆ Copenhagen ˆ Amager bio
16/02/13 ˆ DK ˆ Aarhus ˆ Train
17/02/13 ˆ DE ˆ Hamburg ˆ Grünspan
19/02/13 ˆ NL ˆ Tilburg ˆ 013
20/02/13 ˆ DE ˆ Köln ˆ Essigfabrik
21/02/13 ˆ DE ˆ Karlsruhe ˆ Substage
22/02/13 ˆ DE ˆ Geiselwind ˆ Music Hall
23/02/13 ˆ BE ˆ Antwerp ˆ Trix
24/02/13 ˆ FR ˆ Paris ˆ Le Bataclan
26/02/13 ˆ IT ˆ Milan ˆ Alcatraz
27/02/13 ˆ CH ˆ Lausanne ˆ Les Docks
28/02/13 ˆ CH ˆ Zurich ˆ Komplex 457
01/03/13 ˆ DE ˆ Chemnitz – Südbahnhof
02/03/13 ˆ CZ ˆ Ostrava ˆ Garage Club
03/03/13 ˆ DE ˆ Berlin ˆ Columbia Club
05/03/13 ˆ DE ˆ München ˆ Backstage
06/03/13 ˆ DE ˆ Saarbrücken ˆ Garage
07/03/13 ˆ UK ˆ London ˆ The Forum
08/03/13 ˆ UK ˆ Nottingham ˆ Rock City
09/03/13 ˆ UK ˆ Manchester ˆ HMV Ritz
10/03/13 ˆ UK ˆ Glasgow – ABC
The latest studio album from American death metal icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE sold approximately 9,594 copies in the United States in its first week landing the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, making it the highest debut inCANNIBAL CORPSE history! Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart.
In Canada, Torture ranked in at #29 on the Top 200 Current chart, #2 on the Hard Music chart and #90 on the Digital Album chart.
The record also slayed all in its path overseas, entering the German and Austrian Top 100 charts at #40, the German MSH charts (Media Markt and Saturn stores) at #33, Switzerland’s Top 100 chart at #72, Sweden’s Top 100 chart at #37, and Denmark’s Top 100 chart at #84. The album also entered the national album charts in Finland at # 35 and the independent record store charts at # 7.
Torture sold 1,215 units in its first week in the UK and ranked an astounding #5 on the UK Metal chart, #18 on the UK Indie chart and #126 on the UK Top 200 chart. Torture pummeled Benelux and France as well entering their Top 200 charts at #157 and #129 respectively.
Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving death metal madness.
CANNIBAL CORPSE:
Alex Webster – Bass
Paul Mazurkiewicz – Drums
Rob Barrett – Guitar
Patrick O’Brien – Guitar
George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher ˆ Vocals
CANNIBAL CORPSE, are pleased to unveil the official new video for Encased In Concrete. The video was directed by David Brodsky of MyGoodEye (Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Municipal Waste, Suffocation etc.) and is available below.
DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara has announced plans to record a benefit song for his sister Kerri, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. He writes on Twitter, “[I’m] not gonna sit and do nothing while my sister faces down cancer… [I’m going to] record a song and put it on iTunes to help her kids.” He later added in another tweet, “Within three hours, I’ve got a pro producer, a pro mixer and a handful of musicians willing to contribute to my sister’s song!”
As previously reported, DEVILDRIVER bassist Aaron “Bubble” Patrick has been sitting out the band’s recent tour dates after being diagnosed with Streptococcus pneumonia, an inflammation and swelling of the lung, caused by an infection with the bacteria. Filling in for Patrick has been his former BURY YOUR DEAD bandmate Chris Towning.
The Finns are in for an extra-special metal treat as CANNIBAL CORPSE and DEVILDRIVER team up for 3 shows in Finland. The tour starts at Teatria in Oulu on February 9th, rolling to Pakkahuone at Tampere the next day, before terminating at Nosturi in Helsinki on the 11th.
CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEVILDRIVER + SPECIAL GUESTS -SHOWS:
Sat 9.2.2013, Teatria, Oulu
Tickets: 29 e / 35 e, K-15/18
Advance: http://www.lippupalvelu.fi
California metallers DEVILDRIVER have inked a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. The band’s next album is tentatively scheduled for a release in 2013.
Commented DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara: “I am proud to announce DEVILDRIVER‘s new partnership with Napalm Records! They have the passion and the drive we as a band were looking for! I’m looking forward to working together on DEVILDRIVER‘s next release! Hail the groove!”
Added Markus Riedler, Napalm Records CEO: “We are extremely excited to have this outstanding band on our label roster. DEVILDRIVER are a true metal monster full of primal energy and more than ready to conquer the world with their upcoming album that will be released in the fall of 2013. Join the metal brotherhood and get ready for the world’s largest circle pit!”
In a March 2012 interview with Horns Up Rocks!, Fafara was asked what caused DEVILDRIVER‘s split with longtime label Roadrunner Records. “A lot of things, I think — [depending on] if you talk to them or you talk to us,” he replied. “[At the recent show in] New York City, at least ten labels [were there to check us out], and it’s good to see them coming out for us. I think it shows what we’ve done in the past. Roadrunner has been my home since ’96 [when Dez was still a member of COAL CHAMBER. — Ed.]. We’ll really see what happens. For us, it’s not about where to go for the money or any of that right now, it’s where do we go for the passion? We’re all remaining on good terms [with Roadrunner], so that’s a good thing, and we’re just moving forward.”
When asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for DEVILDRIVER‘s sixth album, Fafara told Peek From The Pit in a March 2012 interview, “We used to put a record every two years. It’s gonna be a very critical record for us, when it does come out, and we’re gonna take time to write it. I actually heard one track the other night that is incredible. We all started writing vocals to it right when we were sitting in the back [of the bus], so if it’s gonna stay on that route, I think it’s gonna be an incredible record.”
Dez also spoke about the the musical direction of DEVILDRIVER‘s new material and whether the band will attempt to make the next record even more “brutal” than “Beast”. “We continue to make our records diverse, which is cool,” he said. “Every record is different with DEVILDRIVER, so I think we’re gonna surpass what we’ve done in the past. And then going into the ‘brutal’ question, it’s like, man, everybody is as brutal as everybody now. So we wanna have some diversity and we wanna have some moments and some clarity within the songs. I think the thing we’re really focused on is songwriting. We don’t have a producer chosen, we don’t have the [studio] time [booked]. We don’t even know if we’re gonna release a record in 2013, maybe 2014, or maybe fall of 2013; we’re not sure. So there’s all this stuff up in the air. But what we do know is we’re having a good time writing and exchanging feelings on the songs. . . Like I said, it’s gonna be a very important record in our career, so we’re gonna take time and we’re gonna craft it.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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