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MATTHEW K. HEAFY’s KIICHI CHAOS Launch ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 5, 2022
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TRIVIUM frontman and guitarist Matthew K. Heafy, under the name “KIICHI CHAOS” and leading metal and hard rock label Nuclear Blast have teamed up with leading global esports organization Team Vitality for the launch of ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’.

Crafted by Heafy and mixed by prolific producer Josh Wilbur, ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’ demonstrates the growing parallels between competitive gaming and music. ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’ is the first project in what will be a long-term collaboration between Team Vitality and Nuclear Blast. 

Heafy worked to produce a song which was able to capture the power of esports with heavy metal providing the perfect backdrop. ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’ aims to be a mainstay for Team Vitality with the track being used during events and competitions. 

You can stream ‘Metality (The Vitality Anthem)’ by KIICHI CHAOS on YouTube, Spotify, and more. Listen here: https://bfan.link/metality.ema

“Metal and gaming are two constants in my life that I hold near and dear,” Heafy states. “I’ve always found that gaming and metal go so well together… it’s as if they BELONG together.”

He continues, “Vitality is an org I have been a longtime fan of — I love their players and I feel they are some of the best on the planet. I love that they have their Metality brand built inside the org as well!  When I was approached to create the theme song for their CS:GO team, I knew instantly what it needed to sound like. It was such a blast to create the piece in which I heard in my head when I think of Vitality and Metality.  Thank you so much to Vitality for allowing me to do this — the partnership between Vitality x Nuclear Blast x Kiichi Chaos is going to show the world how far ahead of the game Vitality is. I look forward to what the future holds for Vitality!”

“I am thrilled about this collaboration with both Matt Heafy and Vitality,” says Nuclear Blast Head of Marketing Tiffany Cantegrel. “Creating more synergies between metal and gaming has been on Nuclear Blast’s radar for a while, and we are proud to make a striking entrance into the esport space with those two heavyweights. It’s a project built from scratch in just one month thanks to the passion of all partners involved. Expect other exciting initiatives to follow!”

Cantegrel finishes, “As a metal fan, I am amazed this killer track will be the Vitality CS:GO anthem, and proud to release it on Nuclear Blast. Special kudos to Matt; his combination of talent, enthusiasm and kindness is unparalleled.”

Team Vitality is more than just an esports organization but a lifestyle brand that embraces the fashion, music, and entertainment worlds. For the Metality campaign, Team Vitality wanted to find a musical universe that matched the energy and style of the CS:GO competitive ecosystem. Spearheaded by Christophe Dureau, Head of Creation at Team Vitality, the theme of heavy metal was born with the campaign taking inspiration from touring metal bands, strong black and red colors and rock musical instruments. 

Since its inception in 2013, Team Vitality has grown into one of the biggest esports organizations in the world and is home to some of the industry’s best esports players who compete in the biggest global esports titles. Team Vitality’s CS:GO team includes world-renowned esports players Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Emil “Magisk” Reif, and Lotan “Spinx” Giladi. After winning ESL Pro League Season 16, Team Vitality’s CS:GO powerhouse team will be heading to one of this year’s biggest CS:GO events, the 2022 IEM Rio Major on October 31. The team is also currently ranked number one on the prestigious HLTV team ranking.  

As part of the collaboration with Nuclear Blast, Team Vitality will also host a special Danish Metality activation on Monday, November 21. Metal group MØL will hold a special concert for Team Vitality’s Danish fans and the wider esports community with more details coming soon. 

“Team Vitality is very proud to collaborate with Matt Heafy and metal label Nuclear Blast. The first result of this partnership is bringing one of the most respected frontman in the genre to create the hymn for Team Vitality! As a rock/metal enthusiast, I immediately connected with Matt and Nuclear Blast, on both the creative and human side. We love the anthem, it’s catchy, heavy and powerful, just like our CS:GO team! It was amazing that Metality was about to transcend esports frontiers and get noticed by the likes of Hellfest festival and Matt Heafy,” said Christophe Dureau, Head of Creation, Team Vitality.

ABOUT TEAM VITALITY:
A global esports organization, Team Vitality is dedicated to the development of excellence and forging a new generation of esports athletes. Home to the world’s best players competing across eight games, Team Vitality intends to dominate the European competition and become a serious contender for the most prestigious global tournaments. A worldwide recognised lifestyle and entertainment brand, Team Vitality and its athletes have over 14 million followers across social media and carry industry-leading partners including adidas and Tezos. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas Maurer and Fabien Devide, Team Vitality is headquartered in the heart of Paris in V.Hive, their state-of-the-art public esports complex, and its players train in V.Performance, a cutting edge facility in the iconic Stade de France. Team Vitality continues to expand beyond France and has athletes and coaching staff of 16 different nationalities.

ABOUT MATTHEW K. HEAFY:
Matthew K. Heafy is also an avid gamer who steadily built his Twitch profile to massive success in the past few years. His Twitch efforts have been featured by The New York Times, Microsoft, TechCrunch, Forbes, and beyond. He is also a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a food connoisseur. Heafy streams daily on his Twitch channel “matthewkheafy,” displaying the behind-the-scenes work it takes to stay in shape to play guitars and do vocals. He plays Trivium songs by request and every day is a new show made by the fans, for the fans.  Some of Heafy’s notable accomplishments include hosting the first-ever full metal gaming village at Wacken Open Air, competing against Ninja in the Twitch Rivals Summer Skirmish, competing and celebrating the opening of Full Sail’s esports arena, creating Shroud’s theme song, being Streamlab’s top streamer merch seller of all time, being in the top 100 most subscribed to channels on Twitch, leading the charge as the pioneer of music streaming on Twitch (also partnering with Twitch to make the official how-to guides on streaming music on Twitch’s help page), and co-founding the Metal & Honey Foundation, which supports the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for children. 100% of the proceeds directly benefit the music therapy program. Heafy also appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show, where he surprised a fan and gifted him with a guitar.

WHITECHAPEL to Join TRIVIUM on North American Fall Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 10, 2022
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WHITECHAPEL will support Trivium on their upcoming North American Fall tour. The Deadmen And Dragons trek begins on October 2nd in Boise, Idaho and runs through November 10th in Los Angeles, California. Additional support will be provided by Between The Buried And Me and Khemmis.

Comments WHITECHAPEL, “We are excited to be included as part of Trivium’s headliner the ‘Deadmen And Dragons Tour’ this fall. We have a lot of respect and appreciation for the other bands on the bill and are grateful to be a part of it.“

Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates now.

WHITECHAPEL w/ Trivium, Between The Buried And Me, Khemmis:
10/02/2022 Revolution Concert House + Event Center – Boise, ID
10/03/2022 Roseland – Portland, OR
10/04/2022 Vogue – Vancouver, BC
10/06/2022 MacHall – Calgary, AB
10/08/2022 Burton Cummings – Winnipeg, MB
10/09/2022 MYTH – St. Paul, MN
10/11/2022 The Sylvee – Madison, WI
10/12/2022 Radius – Chicago, IL
10/14/2022 Marathon Music Hall – Nashville, TN
10/15/2022 Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
10/16/2022 House Of Blues – Orlando, FL
10/18/2022 The Norva – Norfolk, VA
10/19/2022 Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA
10/21/2022 The Andrew J Brady Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
10/22/2022 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
10/23/2022 The Fillmore – Detroit, MI
10/25/2022 Rebel – Toronto, ON
10/26/2022 MTELUS – Montreal, QC
10/28/2022 House Of Blues – Boston, MA
10/29/2022 Palladium Times Square – New York, NY
10/30/2022 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD
10/31/2022 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
11/02/2022 The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
11/04/2022 House Of Blues – Houston, TX
11/05/2022 The Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
11/06/2022 South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX
11/08/2022 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
11/09/2022 The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ
11/10/2022 The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA

WHITECHAPEL released their eighth studio album, Kin, last Fall via Metal Blade Records. Already sitting on one of the most enviable catalogs in contemporary metal, Kin, was produced once again by Mark Lewis with David Castillo at Ghostward Studios in Sweden handling the mixing, then Ted Jensen mastering it in Nashville, Tennessee. The resulting album is a dynamic and diverse collection, further advancing the band’s sound into new territory without losing sight of what brought them to this point. Combined with the full-on death metal assault that kicks off both “Lost Boy” and “To The Wolves,” which is as brutal and serrated as extreme metal gets, vocalist Phil Bozeman also explores his wide-ranging singing voice more, while cutting loose with his trademark roar across Kin‘s eleven tracks which have stunned media worldwide.

Kin has gone on to hit #24 on the Current Albums Chart, peaking at #3 on Hard Music Albums, and #6 on the Independent Albums Chart.

Preview and purchase Kin at: metalblade.com/whitechapel

MEGADETH & LAMB OF GOD Co-Headline Tour Kicks Off Next Month With Special Guests TRIVIUM & HATEBREED

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 15, 2021
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In just over a month, the must-see Metal Tour Of The Year co-headlined by MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD will lay waste to cities across North America as the highly anticipated trek finally hits the road. Joining them as previously planned will be special guests TRIVIUM, however it has been announced today that due to international visa issues, special guests IN FLAMES will not be able to join the tour. Fans should not fear, joining the tour in their place will be none other than HATEBREED. Tickets and VIP packages for this most epic metal extravaganza are on-sale now from LiveNation.com.

MEGADETH, fueled by Dave Mustaine’s triumphant return to the stage following his diagnosis and recovery of throat cancer, will finally embark on their first North American tour since 2017. Speaking on the long-awaited announcement of the rescheduled run, MEGADETH’s leader and frontman, Dave Mustaine says,

“Can you hear that sound of armies on the march – of destruction on the horizon? That’s this tour, coming for you. We cannot wait to return to the stage and I promise you you do NOT want to miss these shows. You’re not going to know what hit you!”

LAMB OF GOD pressed ahead with the release of their crushing self-titled album, Lamb of God, which was one of the best- selling metal albums of 2020. The band now looks to take the show on the road as they return to the stage for the first time since the release of the record. Randy Blythe, inimitable frontman of LAMB OF GOD, adds,

“It’s been far too long since we got together to do our thing— by ‘we’ I mean bands, road crew, bus drivers, truck drivers, local venue staff, vendors, audience, parking lot attendants, the freaking janitors- the whole damn enchilada. ALL OF US. TOGETHER. Everyone has been waiting, but the time has come to put the puzzle back together— I honestly don’t think I’ve ever been more ready to hit the road with lamb of god. See y’all in a few months with Megadeth, Trivium, & now Hatebreed. Over a year with no live music? These shows are gonna be INSANE…”

Produced by Live Nation, the epic, rescheduled tour will now kick off on Friday, August 20th in Austin, TX and hit a further 27 cities before wrapping in Quebec City, QC on Saturday, October 2nd . Full tour itinerary below.

Megadeth and Lamb of God 2021 North American Tour Dates:

Fri Aug 20 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater Sat Aug 21 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sun Aug 22 Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman Tue Aug 24 El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center
Wed Aug 25 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater Fri Aug 27 Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Sun Aug 29 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre Tue Aug 31 Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
Wed Sep 01 Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre Thu Sep 02 Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion Sat Sep 04 Portland, OR – Moda Center
Sun Sep 05 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Thu Sep 09 Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago Sat Sep 11 Danville, VA – Blue Ridge Festival*
Sun Sep 12 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Mon Sep 13 Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion
Wed Sep 15 Camden, NJ – B&T Pavilion
Thu Sep 16 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center Sat Sep 18 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Sun Sep 19 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre Mon Sep 20 Cincinnati, ON – PNC Pavilion
Wed Sep 22 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Fri Sep 24 Mount Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino Amphitheatre Sat Sep 25 Indianola, IA – Knotfest Iowa**
Sun Sep 26 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis Tue Sep 28 Minneapolis, MN – Armory
Thu Sep 30 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage Fri Oct 01 Laval, QC – Place Bell
Sat Oct 02 Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron

*Festival Date featuring all 4 bands.

**Festival Date, Knotfest Iowa does not include Hatebreed

HEAVEN SHALL BURN Announce European Tour Dates For 2021 With TRIVIUM

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 16, 2020
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After a year full of privation and a lean period of live gigs, we can already look forward to Winter 2021: With HEAVEN SHALL BURN and TRIVIUM. Two metal bands are going on a European tour to heat up the cold months.

Heaven Shall Burn can’t wait to get back on stage. After a two year break from concerts, during which they released the epic double album Of Truth and Sacrifice, reaching number one on the German charts, they wanted to get started playing live again in 2020 but the Coronavirus had other plans. They haven’t been able to play their new songs live yet except for a special XR show at the online festival Wacken World Wide. One can assume that they will bring the big guns to present their ninth album live on stage in 2021 and to celebrate their 25th band anniversary.

Band leader Maik Weichert is pleased, “There has been a strong and special connection between Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn since the earliest days. When we met Trivium for the first time, they were very young but already highly talented youngsters, today they´re a global power of metal. Over the years Heaven Shall Burn and Trivium destroyed small clubs and demolished big arenas together, we had great times together in both Saalfeld and Sydney. We´re proud and touched, that our common history is now being continued and we finally tour Europe with the guys again.”

From the elaborate stage scenery to the unbelievable energy that Heaven Shall Burn displays again and again, every concert is an adventure. Hardly any other German band has impressively tied political and social topics, such as animal and human rights, into the metal scene known for it’s heavy riffs and circle pits. Successful albums such as the Iconoclast Trilogy  and  Wanderer as well as indomitable anthems like “Endzeit” and “Voice Of The Voiceless” have made Heaven Shall Burn one of the biggest international names in the scene for a long time.

Even their old friends Trivium, one of the most important metal bands of the 21st Century, explain their anticipation of touring together; “Heaven Shall Burn was one of Trivium’s earliest introductions to Hardcore/Metalcore mixed with Melodic Death and Death Metal; with very important lyrics that dealt with society and the world as a whole. We started off on the same record label back in the early 2000’s.”

Their appetite becomes ravenous as the Orlando, Florida natives are finally able to play their new songs. In Spring 2020 Trivium released their ninth album What The Dead Men Say, with the band’s typical mixture of devastating harshness, technical demands, great melodies and irresistible hooks, this new album once again promises great live moments. 

Heaven Shall Burn and Trivium will be supported by none other than Prog-Metal TesseracT and Deathcore power Fit For An Autopsy. “To top the line up off two exceptional bands, TesseracT and Fit for an Autopsy, have agreed to join us,” says Maik from Heaven Shall Burn. Trivium agree, “Fit For An Autopsy are some of our best friends on the planet and one of our favorite bands; and TesseracT is a band we’ve been dreaming of touring with. THIS is the tour to bring back touring in Europe.” 

Pre-sale start: 18th November 2020, 10:00 AM CET

HEAVEN SHALL BURN + TRIVIUM TOUR 2021

  • TesseracT, Fit For An Autopsy
    presented by Impericon and EMP

11/16/2021 DE Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken
11/18/2021 DE Haus Auensee, Leipzig
11/19/2021 DE Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Düsseldorf
11/20/2021 CH Halle 622, Zurich
11/21/2021 IT Alcatraz, Milan
11/23/2021 FR Le Transbordeur, Lyon
11/25/2021 ES Razzmatazz, Barcelona
11/26/2021 ES La Riviera, Madrid
11/27/2021 PT Sala Tejo, Lisbon
11/28/2021 ES Santana 27, Bilbao
11/30/2021 FR L’Olympia, Paris
12/02/2021 NL 013, Tilburg
12/03/2021 DE Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt
12/04/2021 DE Messe, Erfurt
12/05/2021 BE AB, Brussels
12/07/2021 DK Amager Bio, Copenhagen
12/08/2021 SE Fållan, Stockholm
12/10/2021 DE Sporthalle, Hamburg
12/11/2021 DE MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg
12/13/2021 PL Stodola, Warsaw
12/14/2021 HU Barba Negra, Budapest
12/15/2021 AT Gasometer, Vienna
12/17/2021 DE Verti Music Hall, Berlin
12/18/2021 DE Zenith, Munich
12/19/2021 CZ Forum Karlín, Prague

MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM, IN FLAMES To Be Part Of Massive ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ Streaming Event On June 12th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 10, 2020
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To celebrate what would have been the start of one of the most highly anticipated tours of the year, showcasing four of the world’s very best metal bands, The Metal Tour Of The Year will be broadcasting a mammoth streaming event this Friday, June 12th beginning at 2pm PST/5pm EST/10pm BST/11pm CEST. The stream will behosted by SiriusXM’s Jose Mangin and will feature full sets from MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES along with an exclusive interview with each band prior to the broadcast of their set.

MEGADETH will be streaming their 2016 secret show from St Vitus in Brooklyn.
LAMB OF GOD will be streaming their surprise show from House Of Vans in Chicago from February this year.

TRIVIUM will be streaming their 2019 performance from DreamHack Dallas.
IN FLAMES will be streaming their 2019 headline set from their own festival Borgholm Brinner in Sweden.

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In addition to the concert streams and exclusive interviews, The Metal Tour Of The Year will also launch a brand new merch store featuring new, exclusive tour items that will only be available for 72 hours. A portion of the proceeds from the merch store will go to Crew Nation, Live Nation’s fund to help support live music crews who have been directly impacted as shows are put on pause due to COVID-19.

The Metal Tour of The Year is also partnering with Spotify and taking over the Kickass Metal playlist beginning on June 12th. Listen to the playlist, exclusively on Spotify, to hear multiple songs from each band plus more of the biggest metal tracks of the moment. Visit each of the bands profiles on Spotify to donate to MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund which aids the music community during this crisis.

Be sure to tune into http://www.MetalTourOfTheYear.com on Friday June 12th to catch all four performances, exclusive interviews and to get your hands on some limited edition tour merch.

The Metal Tour Of The Year, co-headlined by MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD with TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES, was due to kick off the summer leg of it’s gargantuan, 55-city tour on June 12th in Bristow, VA before being postponed to 2021.The fall leg the trek is currently scheduled to start on October 2nd in West Palm Beach, FL. For full information, head to MetalTourOfTheYear.com

 

BLEED FROM WITHIN Release New Single “Night Crossing” Alongside Official Video Feat. MATT HEAFY

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2020
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photo by Randy Blythe

With “Night Crossing” metallic powerhouse BLEED FROM WITHIN is releasing another glimpse on their new album “Fracture”, which is going to be out on May 29th, 2020. For the single and official video they got support from Matt Heafy of legendary Trivium.

BLEED FROM WITHIN about the song and video:
“We’ve been eager to share this track since we finished it at the start of the year. This is classic BFW song structure and the groove is strong. Matt from Trivium chips in with such a tasty solo towards the end and he absolutely nails it. We’ve been chatting back and forth with him online for a while then after meeting at a show of theirs during Summer last year, the idea came around to get him involved on a new track. We created an opening and Matt’s part was decided. The video was inspired by the numerous video calls we’ve had amongst ourselves, friends and family since entering lockdown. Something fun during these crazy times. Enjoy!”

Watch the band performing “Night Crossing” under special circumstances, together with Matt Heafy, here:

“Fracture” is available in the following formats and can be pre-ordered here: https://BleedFromWithin.lnk.to/Fracture

BLEED FROM WITHIN also recently released a guitar playthrough video for “Into Nothing” via Guitar World. Watch Goonzi shredding here.

BLEED FROM WITHIN are putting the past behind them and positing an overhauled frame of mind on “Fracture”. A recent statement from the Glaswegians aimed to reshape the band’s heretofore struggles: “The doubt and fear that consumed us for years have been replaced with an insatiable hunger to grow as people. We’ve noticed this shift in energy and channeled it into our music. As a result, our new album is the strongest and most uplifting we have ever written.” BLEED FROM WITHIN embodied that statement during the writing and completion of early video single, “The End of All We Know.” For it was this very track that served as a lighthouse for the rest of “Fracture”. The album title may appear to have a negative connotation, but it serves a constructive purpose. The very definition of ‘fracture’ is a ‘break,’ ‘breach,’ or ‘split.’ BLEED FROM WITHIN are fracturing their relationship with “bad old days.” “Fracture” and the songs contained within are liberation vehicles; the album is ten ways BLEED FROM WITHIN are opening new doors.
Like “Era”, BLEED FROM WITHIN recorded “Fracture” at the band’s rehearsal/studio space in Glasgow and with Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood at Middle Farm Studios in South Devon.