Los Angeles based Extreme Metallers P.D.P. (Ex-Meshuggah, Ex-Hed PE) have unleashed their sophomore full-length album entitled ‘The Arcane Ascent’. The group pulls heavy influence from bands such as Pantera, Meshuggah, Decapitated, and Despised Icon.
P.D.P. features Peter Nordin (ex-Meshuggah) on bass and Greg Harrison (Ex-Hed PE) on guitar. Harrison and guitarist, Josh Seguin, are both instructors at the legendary Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, California. The band is rounded out by members Seth Detrick on vocals and Stephan Seguin on drums.
Watch the album preview/video here:
Singer Seth Detrick states, “Five years in the making, we are finally done with this long-awaited release. We put all of our blood, sweat and beers into the creation of this record. There is no happiness and there is no holding back.”
‘The Arcane Ascent‘ Track List:
1. The Taste of Obliteration
2. The Soul Devourment
3. The Arcane Ascent
4. The Consumption of Kin
5. The Pious Mind
6. The Expurgation
7. The Automatic Worship of the Anti-God
8. The Absorbed
P.D.P. is:
Greg Harrison – Guitar
Josh Seguin – Guitar
Stephan Seguin – Drums
Seth Detrick – Vocals
Peter Nordin – Bass
PARKWAY DRIVE are taking a night out of their packed summer schedule to bring their full live production to the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards 2018 in association with Monster Energy, taking place at the Indigo at The O2, London, on Monday, June 11. Playing a half-hour set, the band will be joining the loudest party in town following a headline performance at Download Festival on the Zippo Encore stage on Saturday, June 9. This will be the only non-festival UK show the band will play for the rest of 2018.
Alongside PARKWAY DRIVE, at Metal Hammer Golden God Awards 2018 also performing live are BARONESS, MESHUGGAH, MYRKUR and CARPENTER BRUT.
PARKWAY DRIVE are one of the most exciting live bands on the planet. They headlined the prestigious, 5,000-capacity Brixton Academy venue twice on their last world tour, and are currently playing around the globe in support of their latest album, ‘Reverence’, which landed in May. For the first time, they’ll be bringing their full festival production to the Indigo.
PARKWAY DRIVE’s career has seen an incredible trajectory since the release of their fifth album, ’Ire’, in 2015. Their first Number One in their homeland of Australia, it saw the band propelled into larger venues, picking up scores of fans along the way, with a new direction in sound taking them away from their metalcore roots. Now, in 2018, they are selling out venues, playing to thousands of fans a night around the world and headlining major festivals.
“When you already have a bill this stacked, you need something very special to close out the show – and special this will be,” says Metal Hammer Editor, Merlin Alderslade. “Parkway Drive have long been rightly regarded as one of the best live bands on planet Earth, and witnessing them cramming their full production into the confines of the Indigo will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Do not miss it. We’ll see you down the front.”
This exclusive, intimate performance for Metal Hammer is an opportunity not to be missed. Tickets for this show are priced at just £11.25 and are available from https://goldengods.eventbrite. co.uk.
As previously announced, Ozzy Osbourne – The Prince Of Darkness and one of the most iconic names in rock music – is to be honoured as 2018’s Golden God. This is the evening’s most prestigious accolade that honours the most inspirational, important and groundbreaking artists in rock and metal history. Ozzy will be collecting the accolade on the night and previous recipients include Motörhead legend Lemmy, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and Rob Zombie amongst others.
As ever, the Golden God Awards will be one of the best line-ups of the year. Synthwave sensation Carpenter Brut will be opening the show and will be playing alongside Baroness, Myrkur and Meshuggah. In previous years, there have been headline sets from Motörhead, Mastodon, Anthrax, Steel Panther and many more.
Metal Hammer is the biggest and best heavy metal magazine on the planet, and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta will host this year’s ceremony. This is the 16th annual Metal Hammer Golden God Awards.
Grammy nominated extreme tech-metal messiahs MESHUGGAH have announced a European tour for summer 2018. After the release of their highly successful, eighth studio album, “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”, which hit the world sales charts at #19, and an extensive tour in 2016, the band will return to Europe in June 2018 to play some select club shows. Check out below the tour dates, on the poster.
MEGADETH is excited to announce their North American Summer Tour with MESHUGGAH, TESSERACT And LILLAKE. Ticket sales are available.
Tour dates are:
June 23rd – Big Flats, NY – Tags Summerstage
June 25th – Boston, MA – House of Blues
June 27th – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
June 28th – Portsmouth, VA – Portsmouth Pavilion
June 29th – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
June 30th – Columbus, OH – Express Live
July 05th – Windsor, ON – Colosseum at Caesars Windsor *
July 07th – Sait Charles, MO – Family Arena
July 08th – Oklahoma City, OK – The Zoo Amphitheatre
July 09th – Houston, TX – Revention Music Center
July 11th – Pittsburgh PA – Stage AE
* Megadeth & Meshuggah only
Check out the full list of upcoming shows and tours, at this location.
With work underway for a new studio album release in 2017, Swedish Thrash Metallers THE HAUNTED have extended their long-standing co-operation with Century Media Records by signing a new worldwide deal with the label. Additionally, several new tour dates with MESHUGGAH in the UK & Ireland in January as well as with label-mates ARCH ENEMY and Lacuna Coil in Central Europe in March/April have recently been announced.
THE HAUNTED checked in with the following comment: “We are very pleased to announce that THE HAUNTED has re-signed with CMR, expecting a new album in 2017. Right now we’re in pre-production mode and the material we have now sounds really heavy and thrashing.”
Here is a list of all upcoming shows already announced, with further dates coming up soon…
THE HAUNTED live 2017
12.01.2017 Bristol (UK) – O2 Academy + Meshuggah
13.01.2017 Birmingham (UK) – O2 Institute + Meshuggah
14.01.2017 Nottingham (UK) – Rock City + Meshuggah
15.01.2017 Glasgow (UK) – O2 ABC + Meshuggah
17.01.2017 Belfast (UK) – Limelight + Meshuggah
18.01.2017 Dublin (Ireland) – Vicar Street + Meshuggah
19.01.2017 Manchester (UK) – O2 Ritz + Meshuggah
20.01.2017 London (UK) – O2 Forum Kentish Town + Meshuggah
30.03.2017 Bochum (Germany) – Zeche + Arch Enemy
31.03.2017 Leipzig (Germany) – Hellraiser + Arch enemy
01.04.2017 Colmar (France) – Rock In Hell Festival + Arch Enemy
04.04.2017 Langen/Hessen (Germany) – Neue Stadthalle + Arch Enemy & Lacuna Coil
05.04.2017 München (Germany) – Backstage Werk + Arch Enemy & Lacuna Coil
06.04.2017 Saarbrücken (Germany) – Garage + Arch Enemy & Lacuna Coil
07.04.2017 Durbuy (Belgium) – Durbuy Rock Festival + Arch Enemy & Lacuna Coil
08.04.2017 Cambrai (France) – Betiz Fest + Arch enemy
09.04.2017 Ludwigsburg (Germany) – Rockfabrik + Arch Enemy & Lacuna Coil
THE HAUNTED’s latest album “Exit Wounds” from 2015 was highly praised as a return to form and managed to enter international sales charts as follows: Germany # 64, Finland # 15, Switzerland # 100, Sweden # 32, USA # 151 Top Current Albums, USA # 5 Heatseekers.
Nuclear Blast is pleased to announce that Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH hit #19 in the world sales charts with their new album “The Violent Sleep Of Reason” which is a huge accomplishment for a metal band!
The Album took the worldwide charts by storm with the following entries:
# 2 Sweden (Rock/Metal)
# 3 USA (Hard Music)
# 5 USA (Rock Charts)
# 7 USA (current Album)
# 9 Australia
# 11 Finland
# 17 Sweden
# 17 USA (Top 200)
# 18 Germany
#19 World Top 50
# 21 Switzerland
# 31 Austria
# 32 Belgium (Wallonie)
# 32 UK
# 34 Hungary
# 46 Belgium
# 47 Belgium (Vlanderen)
# 56 France
# 57 Italy
# 60 Netherlands
“A huge thanks to all our fans for the support and for buying the album,” comments MESHUGGAH.
