Roadrunner Records have announced that Epiphone is giving away one of their Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom guitars, signed by Matt Heafy. This is the same model guitar he used to record TRIVIUM‘s new album, Vengeance Falls, and the model he plays on tour. Enter now!
Vengeance Falls is available everywhere now—grab a copy from the Roadrunner webstore!
Roadrunner‘s this week’s Spotify playlist features a bunch of tracks from Kvelertak, because their album Meir is picking up so much critical praise as 2013 winds down, but it’s also got killer songs from Airbourne, Gojira, Killswitch Engage, Scar The Martyr and Trivium. Enjoy!
Kvelertak live in Europe
Roadrunner Records have issued as follows:
Metal Injection recently asked a bunch of artists what they thought the future of music consumption would look like, and members of Dream Theater, The Devil Wears Prada and Trivium were among those who answered. Watch the video below to get their thoughts, and leave your own in comments!
Roadrunner Records have announced as follows:
Yahoo Music is giving away an ESP guitar signed by the members of Trivium and DevilDriver, and you can enter to win on Twitter!
It’s this easy:
Step 1. Follow @YahooMusic on Twitter
Step 2. Tweet this message: Hey @YahooMusic, I want to win an ESP guitar signed by @TriviumOfficial and #DevilDriver! http://yhoo.it/I1ykGN
Trivium and DevilDriver are on tour together until December 14—find a show near you! Get Trivium‘s latest single, “Strife,” on iTunes now!
According to Metal Blade Records, BATTLECROSS will finally be taking their critically-acclaimed live show to Europe in 2014 with Trivium! The Detroit, MI-based metal act will begin their conquest of Europe on January 29th in Dublin, Ireland. After leaving the UK, the tour will continue throughout the rest of the European continent with shows in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, before wrapping up the tour in Milan, Italy. This tour will be the inaugural European tour for Battlecross, who have already proven to be one of the most promising newcomers in the North American metal scene throughout the last four years.
Killswitch Engage + Trivium + Miss May I + BATTLECROSS
BATTLECROSS
w/ Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Miss May I
01/29 Dublin, IE The Academy
01/30 Belfast, IE The Limelight
02/01 Manchester, UK Academy
02/02 London, UK Brixton O2 Academy
02/03 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy
02/04 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy
02/06 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
02/07 Southampton, UK Guildhall
w/ Trivium, Miss May I
02/08 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
02/09 Cologne, DE Essigfabrik
02/10 Filderstadt, DE Filharmonie
02/12 Antwerp, BE Trix
02/13 Muenster, DE Skaters Palace
02/14 Berlin, DE Huxleys
02/15 Wuerzburg, DE Posthalle
02/16 Munich, DE Theaterfabrik
02/18 Milan, IT Live Club
BATTLECROSS’ latest album, “War of Will,” debuted at #134 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, #118 on the top current albums chart, #2 on the heatseeker chart, #15 on the current hard music chart, #16 on the hard music overall chart, and #32 on the independent albums chart. It didn’t stop here though, as the band also debuted in Canada’s Soundscan charts coming in at #178 Top 200 Current and #25 Hard Music Charts while also landing on the iTunes charts for release date at #103 Top 200, #10 on Rock, and #2 on Metal! This marks the band’s first ever Billboard chart debut! “War of Will” also peaked at #3 on the US iTunes metal chart on the day of release.
Check out the video for “Never Coming Back” from the album “War of Will.” The Roy Warner directed clip can be seen below:
“WAR OF WILL” is out now on Metal Blade Records
GET IT HERE: Amazon
http://www.battlecrossmetal.com
http://www.facebook.com/battlecrossmetal
http://twitter.com/battlecross
According to Metal Blade Records, BATTLECROSS have announced they will join Killswitch Engage, Trivium and Miss May I on a massive run through the UK and Ireland, which kicks off in Dublin on January 29, 2013.
It will be the Detroit outfit’s first outing here and the band are looking forward to it: “Battlecross is so stoked to hit the UK with Killswitch Engage, Trivium and Miss May I as our first overseas tour ever and thank them for having us on this awesome tour! What an honor it is to share our first UK experience with these bands and we’re ready to thrash with you, our new friends! Thank you all who have been waiting so patiently for Battlecross to come overseas, and we promise that it will be worth the wait!”
“Expect nothing less than swift hard kick in the arse from our live show and hope you like us enough to have us back very soon. Can’t wait to rage and have a pint or four with our UK fans! Until then, please hit up our website: www.battlecrossmetal.com and send us a message with your email address so we can stay in touch and meet up before, during and after the show AND We’ll write you back! Please keep checking the Metal Blade UK page for updates and giveaways until then!!”
-Hiran Deraniyagala, Battlecross
Killswitch Engage + Trivium + Miss May I + BATTLECROSS
January 2014
01/29 DUBLIN – The Academy
01/30 BELFAST – The Limelight
February 2013
02/01 MANCHESTER – Academy
02/02 LONDON – Brixton O2 Academy
02/03 NEWCASTLE – O2 Academy
02/04 GLASGOW – O2 Academy
02/06 BIRMINGHAM – O2 Academy
02/07 SOUTHAMPTON – Guildhall
BATTLECROSS triumphantly returned as one of the true champions of American Heavy Metal with their devastating release, “War of Will.” Co-produced at Audio Hammer Studios by famed producers Mark Lewis and Eyal Levi, the sophomore effort from Detroit’s newest soldiers of steel has proved to be one of the most impressive follow-up releases, destined to become a heavy metal classic for fans of all sub-genres.
Check out the video for “Never Coming Back” from the album “War of Will.” The Roy Warner directed clip can be seen here:
“WAR OF WILL” is out now on Metal Blade Records
GET IT HERE: Amazon
http://www.battlecrossmetal.com
http://www.facebook.com/battlecrossmetal
http://twitter.com/battlecross
http://www.youtube.com/battlecrossmetal
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Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 