Saturday 27 December 2014

Alternative Rockers An Old Friend Releases Music Video for New Single “Fragments & Blurs”

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Alternative Rockers An Old Friend Releases Music Video for New Single “Fragments & Blurs”




Long Island has given birth to most notable bands as Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, and An Old Friend? Well the four piece – Eddy Barrera (guitar/vocals), Joe Ciminello (bass/vocals), Cody Kohler (guitar/lead vocals), and Frank Facompre (drums) – sure hopes to one day be able to be as notable as the former two bands. In that quest the band has just released their brand new music video for their brand new song entitled “Fragments & Blurs.” The band will continue working on new material for a new release that is currently slated to be released in the latter half of 2015.

About An Old Friend: Prevailing from the same towns as national acts Taking Back Sunday and Brand New, Long Island, New York based Alternative Rock quartet An Old Friend is determined to follow the treads and have their music heard. Their sound is best described as various forms of rock blended together with the right amount of melodies, emotion, and rawness that will have you locked into their music, feeling every emotion portrayed.

SCARLET SOHO 'In Cold Blood' album tour Jan/Feb 2015

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SCARLET SOHO 'In Cold Blood' album tour Jan/Feb 2015




*In Cold Blood* is the follow up to *Scarlet Soho*'s 'Warpaint' album (2009). Produced by James Yuill, Graham Laybourne (Boytronic/Falco), Zanzibar Production, and the band themselves, this album is by far their strongest yet. In the coming weeks the band will be dripfeeding you more information about the tracks, artwork, and album launch shows via their website and facebook page. Cadiz Music will release the album worldwide on 13.02.15.

'In Cold Blood' album tour

22.01.2015 - Lennons - Southampton (UK) 23.01.2015 - The Brunswick - Gloucester (UK) 29.01.2015 - Le Pop In - Paris (FR) 31.01.2015 - Kavka - Antwerp (BE) 02.02.2015 - Prinz Willy - Kiel (DE) 03.02.2015 - Cafe Glocksee - Hannover (DE) 04.02.2015 - Kaffee Burger - Berlin (DE) 05.02.2015 - Chapeau Rouge - Prague (CZ) 06.02.2015 - Wakuum Club - Graz (AT) 07.02.2015 - Viper Room - Vienna (AT) 14.02.2015 - Jagerklause - Berlin (DE) 15.02.2015 - Blue Shell - Cologne (DE) 20.02.2015 - Railway - Winchester (UK) 26.02.2015 - The Islington - London (UK)

FINSTERFORST RELEASE ALBUM PREVIEW CLIP

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FINSTERFORST RELEASE ALBUM PREVIEW CLIP




Get ready for some Dark Forest Metal! The Germans FINSTERFORST are set to release their new album Mach Dich Frei on February 2nd in the UK & February 10th US/CAN on Napalm Records.FINSTERFORST boldly crosses all boundaries of the Pagan and Folk Metal genres, inviting the listener on a cinematic and epic journey. A monument full of nature and romanticism between wind, water, earth and bright burning fire.

Check out their brand new album preview clip

31.01.2015 DE - Freiburg / MensaBar 07.03.2015 CH - Bern / Grafitti

FINSTERFORST @ Paganfest
w/ Wintersun, Turisas, Heidevolk

20.03.2015 DE - Leipzig 21.03.2015 DE - Oberhausen 22.03.2015 NL - Tilburg 27.03.2015 DE - Munich 28.03.2015 AT - Vienna 29.03.2015 DE - Berlin

10.04.2015 DE - Lichtenfels/ Ragnarök Festival 15.05.2015 DE - Bornstedt/ Dark Troll Festival 03.06.2015 DE - Geiselwind/ Out and Loud, Napalm Records Label Night 04.07.2015 DE - Brande-Hörnerkirchen/ Hörnerfest 24.07.2015 UK - Carpathian Alliance Festival 20.09.2015 UK - Selby/ Warhorns Festival

HATE RELEASE ALBUM TEASER

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HATE RELEASE ALBUM TEASER




HATE from Poland stand for highly dramatic death and black metal soundscapes which see menacing blastbeats melt into pure elegance! Crusade: Zero is their upcoming record which will be released on February 2nd in the UK & February 10th US/CAN on Napalm Records. The Death / Black Metallers have now also released an album teaser to give a nice preview for Crusade: Zero.

HATE
mit SIX FEET UNDER, VADER, MARDUK
(+extended guests: Eisregen, Debauchery):

02.04.15 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser 03.04.15 AT – Wien / Gasometer *extended 04.04.15 CH – Pratteln / Z7 *extended 05.04.15 DE – Essen / Weststadthalle *extended 06.04.15 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage 07.04.15 DE – Lindau / Club Vaudeville 08.04.15 DE – Ludwigsburg / Rockfabrik 09.04.15 DE – Hamburg / Markthalle 10.04.15 DE – Geiselwind / Musicall *extended 11.04.15 DE – München / Backstage *extended 12.04.15 DE – Berlin / Postbahnhof *extended





XANDRIA ANNOUNCE UPCOMING TOUR DATES

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XANDRIA ANNOUNCE UPCOMING TOUR DATES!




After an intensive tour throughout Europe, the German Symphonic Metal sensation XANDRIA was unfortunately forced to cancel last shows of their Sacrificium Tour. But no worries, as new tour dates have been announced and all tickets already bought for the cancelled shows will stay valid for these dates!

XANDRIA live on tour:
* with AEVERIUM

23.01. RU - St. Petersburg / Zal Ozidania 24.01. RU - Moscow / Volta Club 27.03. DE – Nürnberg / Rockfabrik 07.04. DE - Frankfurt / Nachtleben * 08.04. DE - Augsburg / Spectrum * 09.04. DE - Heidelberg / Schwimmbad Club * 10.04. DE - Oberhausen / Zentrum Altenberg * 11.04. NL - Groningen / De Oosterpoort w/ EPICA 16.05. DE - Neumünster / Dark Nature Festival 09.07. CZ - Vizovice / Masters Of Rock 08.08. ES - Villena / Leyendas Del Rock

HEIDEVOLK – NEW ALBUM IN SPRING 2015

HEIDEVOLK – NEW ALBUM IN SPRING 2015




After more then a month of recording, mixing and mastering HEIDEVOLK has completed their fifth full-length album. The band describes their experiences in the following statement:

"This week we have finished the production of our fifth full length album. We look back at an intense yet satisfying studio session with a killer product as a result. Although we booked the studio for plenty of days it proved to be a tight schedule to record, mix and master 15 songs. However, with the help of Jochem and Bouke at SplitSecondSound we've managed to maintain our focus and keep the quality to the standard it deserves. We cannot wait to release the album and play the new songs live in March 2015!!!"

Details about the release, album cover, title and track list will be announced early next year. For now HEIDEVOLK posted their first webisode with a peak inside the production process of the new album and a sample of a new song here:

Skrillex and Diplo share remix of Beyonce’s '7/11'

Skrillex and Diplo share remix of Beyonce’s '7/11'




The pair posted the remix as Jack U, the collaborative name that the two producers previously released debut single 'Take U There (Featuring Kiesza)' under, in September.

As Pretty Much Amazing reports, Jack U’s remix came as part of a live set at OWSLA’s Christmas party - the record label founded by Skrillex in 2011. An official release for the remix is yet to be confirmed.

Source: www.nme.com

Inquisition announce dates in Baltic states and Russia

Inquisition announce dates in Baltic states and Russia




INQUISITION announce headlining shows in Latvia, Estonia and Russia in February 2015.

The black celebration will start in Latvia's capital Riga at Nabaklab on February 11th and continues to spread the dark gospel through Tallinn, Estonia, Saint Petersburg until a final performance at the Seven in Moscow on the 14th of February. See below for more details.

11 Feb 15 Riga (LV) Nabaklab 12 Feb 15 Tallinn (EE) Tapper 13 Feb 15 Saint Petersburg (RU) Phoenix 14 Feb 15 Moscow (RU) Seven

On further news INQUISITION have already announced headlining shows in Europe for January and February 2015. The black metal duo will be joined by Finland's ARCHGOAT, the Swedes ONDSKAPT and BLACKDEATH from Russia.

20/01/2015 DE Berlin K17 21/01/2015 PL Kraków Fabryka Club 22/01/2015 CZ Prague Nová Chmelnice 23/01/2015 DE Erfurt From Hell 24/01/2015 DE München Backstage 25/01/2015 CH Lausanne Le Romandie 26/01/2015 IT Brescia Circolo Colony 27/01/2015 LU Luxemburg KulturFabrik 28/01/2015 FR Paris Divan du Monde 29/01/2015 UK London Underworld 30/01/2015 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje 31/01/2015 DE Essen Turock 01/02/2015 DK Odense Posten 02/02/2015 DE Flensburg Roxy 03/02/2015 DE Kassel Rostlaube 04/02/2015 AU Wien Escape Club 05/02/2015 CH Zürich Alte Kaserne 06/02/2015 BE Huy Atelier Rock 07/02/2015 DE Weinheim Cafe Zentral

ESSENCE OF MIND - 'Wrong' EP

ESSENCE OF MIND - 'Wrong' EP




Building up on the success received by the new sound approach they revealed on their recent "Indifference" album, Norway's ESSENCE OF MIND announce «Wrong», the 3rd chapter in the EP-trilogy ahead of the hugely anticipated release of their 4th full length album, "The Break Up!", and this is all in the wake of their recent German tour with their neighbours, APOPTYGMA BERZERK. Powerful, melodic and electronic with a touch of industrial metal and other dance music elements such as drum’n’bass, this exciting new song confirms the band's unique sound and faultless production maturity. ESSENCE OF MIND selected 3 specific and very different remixers to give us the impression that each remix is an all new song standing on its own, let it be the drum'n'bass influenced tune from DISKONNEKTED, the powerful melodic and 80's tainted electro track from TECHNOMANCER or yet the very emotional and moody piano remix by XENTURION PRIME... As a last but not least bonus, you will also find the exclusive song "For Real" reminding us of the amazing diversity of sound of this talented Norwegian band...

Available via Bandcamp
Available via iTunes

WHYZDOM - "Symphony For A Hopeless God" to be released 17 February 2015 via Scarlet Records

WHYZDOM - "Symphony For A Hopeless God" to be released 17 February 2015 via Scarlet Records




‘Symphony For A Hopeless God’ is the third album for French Symphonic Metal band Whyzdom. After two successful albums relying on the power of Symphonic Orchestra and Metal riffing, as well as on the beauty of female voices, they push their own “Philharmonic Metal” concept one step further, adding an even more cinematic edge to their songs. Orchestra has never been so powerful. Choirs has never been so haunting. Riffs have never been so compelling. And vocals have never been so intense, ranging from pure and fragile melodies to harsh growls, all provided by mezzo-soprano Marie Rouyer. ‘Symphony For A Hopeless God’ depicts the constant need of humans to rely on the irrational to guide their life, and to give up their own freedom of thought, speech and action on behalf of what we know as “religion”. Slaughters, genocides, ethnic cleansings, have too often been committed in the name of religion. What would God think of that if he really existed? This is exactly what this album is all about. 'Symphony For A Hopeless God' was produced by Vynce Leff, recorded, mixed and mastered in Paris at Powermania Studio, assisted by Mathieu Gillon (120dB Studio).

Portrait Announce UK & Ireland Tour With Rabid Bitch Of The North

Portrait Announce UK & Ireland Tour With Rabid Bitch Of The North




Swedish heavy metal titans Portrait are pleased to announce a 7 date tour of the UK and Ireland in support of their recent and critically acclaimed third album 'Crossroads' which was released earlier this year via Metal Blade Records.

Commencing in early 2015, the band will lay waste to venues the length and breadth of the isles in a blaze of twin-guitar fuelled metal mayhem. Entitled 'Seven Ageless Rites UK & Ireland' these shows will see Portrait take their brand of glorious, galloping and honest heavy metal to new audiences and ensure that their reputation for delivering the goods in fine style will be cemented, and indeed enhanced, in the hearts and minds of UK and Irish metal fans nationwide.

The band have also just released a split album via Metal Blade with brothers-in-arms Ram on 5th December. Titled 'Under Command', the split consists of 6 songs (3 from each band), of which the 3 Portrait songs on offer feature an exclusive, brand-new tune entitled 'Martial Lead', a cover of the Ram song 'Blessed to be Cursed' and the bands unique take on the classic Exciter song 'Aggressor'.

Support on this tour comes in the form of Northern Ireland's Rabid Bitch Of The North. Fresh from annihilating Bloodstock Festival in August this year, the band will come armed with their own fiery brand of NWOBHM inspired, aggressive heavy metal. Don't get too close - the bitch is about to bite!

If you're a fan of Angel Witch, Motörhead, Danzig, Warfare and more then do not miss these guys when they hit your town!

Portrait 'The Seven Ageless Rites UK & Ireland Tour
w/ support from Rabid Bitch Of The North

30th Jan - Dolan's Warehouse - Limerick* 31st Jan - Gypsy Rose Rock and Blues Bar - Dublin 1st Feb - Belfast - Voodoo 3rd Feb - Glasgow - Ivory Blacks 4th Feb - Lancaster - The Yorkshire House 6th Feb - Birmingham - The Asylum 7th Feb - Black Heart Camden

*Portrait Only

LICH KING release 'Do-Over' EP - "Because thrash metal needed a Manowar"

LICH KING release 'Do-Over' EP - "Because thrash metal needed a Manowar"




Lich King just released their new 'Do-Over' EP. The EP consists of 5 re-recorded songs from the 'Necomantic Maelstrom' and 'Toxic Zombie Onslaught' albums. 'Do-Over' also features a cover version of Van Halen's track 'Hot For Teacher' and a demo version of 'Crossover Songs Are Too Damn Short' which will appear on the band's 5th full length album scheduled for a mid 2015 release. The EP was released worldwide on 25th December 2014 via Evil EyE Records.

Der Weg einer Freiheit present third teaser clip

Der Weg einer Freiheit present third teaser clip




DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT reveal a third teaser clip for their forthcoming new full-length 'Stellar', which has been scheduled for release on the 23rd of March 2015. Pre-sale will begin in late January. The video, which gives an impression of the bass tracking is streaming here.

The German black metal progenies have previously released footage of the guitar recording, which can be viewed here and another sneak preview showing a glimpse of the drum tracking for 'Stellar', which is still available to be seen on YouTube.

On further news, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT have already announced a string of European dates in March and April 2015. A full list of confirmed dates can be viewed below.

Tour with DOWNFALL OF GAIA

19 Mar 15 Berlin (DE) Bi Nuu 20 Mar 15 München (DE) Feierwerk 21 Mar 15 Osnabrück (DE) Bastard Club 22 Mar 15 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang 24 Mar 15 Oslo (NO) Blå 25 Mar 15 Lyngby (DK) Templet 26 Mar 15 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg 27 Mar 15 Köln (DE) MTC 28 Mar 15 Antwerp (BE) Kavka 29 Mar 15 Birmingham (UK) The Rainbow 30 Mar 15 Manchester (UK) Roadhouse 31 Mar 15 London (UK) Our Black Heart 01 Apr 15 Paris (FR) Covent Garden 03 Apr 15 Madrid (ES) Sala Barracudas 04 Apr 15 Barcelona (ES) Sala Begood 05 Apr 15 Luynes (FR) Le Korigan 06 Apr 15 Chambéry (FR) Le Brin de Zinc 07 Apr 15 Milano (IT) Lo Fi Club 08 Apr 15 Wien (AT) Arena 09 Apr 15 Stuttgart (DE) Juha West

Confirmed Festivals

10 Apr 15 Tilburg (NL) Roadburn Festival 11 Apr 15 Lichtenfels (DE) Ragnarök Festival 19 Jun 15 Dessel (BE) Graspop Metal Meeting 20 Jun 15 Clisson (FR) Hellfest 12 Jul 15 Kärnten (AT) Eine in Teich Open Air

The band comments: "We're very excited to announce our first extensive European tour in support of our new album 'Stellar' together with our German fellows DOWNFALL OF GAIA", write DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT. "We will visit new territories where we have never toured before and cannot wait to finally play our new songs live on stage. See you on the road!"

WOVENWAR will be hitting the road hard after the new year

WOVENWAR will be hitting the road hard after the new year




WOVENWAR will be hitting the road hard after the new year in support of their debut album!

Catch them with Periphery and Nothing More January and February and then with In Flames(Official) and All That Remains in February and March!

WOVENWAR

01/08 Little Rock, AR Juanita's *supporting Nothing More 01/09 Clarksville, TN The Warehouse *supporting Nothing More Tour w/Periphery, Nothing More, Thank You Scientist 01/10 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 01/11 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore 01/12 Atlanta, GA Masquerade 01/13 Tampa, FL Orpheum 01/14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live 01/16 New Orleans, LA House of Blues 01/17 Houston, TX House of Blues 01/18 Dallas, TX House of Blues 01/20 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater 01/21 Phoenix, AZ Club Red 01/22 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues 01/23 Anaheim, CA Yost Theater 01/26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 01/27 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater 01/28 Seattle, WA El Corazon 01/30 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue 01/31 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall 02/02 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater 02/03 Chicago, IL House of Blues 02/04 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall 02/06 Toronto, ON Opera House 02/07 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre 02/08 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall 02/09 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall 02/11 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club 02/12 New York, NY Irving Plaza 02/13 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore 02/14 Philadelphia, PA District N9NE END TOUR

Tour w/ In Flames, All That Remains

02/20 Agoura Hills, CA T he Canyon 02/21 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre 02/22 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues 02/23 San Diego, CA House of Blues 02/25 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex 02/27 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst 02/28 Chico, CA Senator Theatre 03/01 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades 03/03 Missoula, MT The Wilma Theatre 03/04 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House 03/05 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House 03/06 Portland, OR Roseland Theater 03/07 Seattle, WA Showbox SODO 03/09 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theater 03/10 Kelowna, BC Level Nightclub 03/12 Edmonton, AB Encore 03/13 Calgary, AB Flames Central 03/14 Saskatoon, SK O'Brians Event Centre 03/15 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre 03/16 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center 03/18 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

Allegaeon "Threshold of Perception"

Allegaeon "Threshold of Perception"




Check out Allegaeon's new video for "Threshold of Perception" from "Elements of the Infinite." Directed and edited by Ezra Haynes. Featuring Myles "the Merch God."

Huntress to join forces with the Vikings from Sweden, Amon Amarth, for a wintery tour in Europe/UK next month

Huntress to join forces with the Vikings from Sweden, Amon Amarth, for a wintery tour in Europe/UK next month




Jill Janus of Huntress is looking forward to these upcoming dates with Amon Amarth and Savage Messiah

"I'm so excited for Huntress to join forces with the Vikings from Sweden, Amon Amarth, for a wintery tour in Europe/UK next month. Meet us after the show every night."

Amon Amarth, Huntress & Savage Messiah:

15/01/15 FR – Lille – Le Splendid 16/01/15 UK – Brighton – Concorde 2 17/01/15 UK – Plymouth – The Hub 18/01/15 UK – Bristol – Thelka 19/01/15 UK – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms 21/01/15 UK – Norwich – Waterfront 22/01/15 UK – Colchester – Arts Center 23/01/15 UK – Oxford – Academy2 24/01/15 UK – Stoke – Sugarmill 25/01/15 UK – Manchester – Academy2 27/01/15 UK – Glasgow – Classic Grand 28/01/15 UK – Leeds – Stylus 29/01/15 UK – Newcastle – Uni 30/01/15 UK – Lemmington – Assembly 31/01/15 UK – Southampton – 1865 02/02/15 FR – Rouen – Le 106 03/02/15 FR – Reims – Le Cartonnerie 04/02/15 FR – Nancy – L ́Autre Canal 05/02/15 FR – Nimes – La Paloma 06/02/15 ES – Bilbao – Santana 27 07/02/15 ES – Barcelona – Razzmatazz1 08/02/15 ES – Madrid – La Riviera 10/02/15 PT – Lisboa – Paradise Garage 11/02/15 PT – Porto – Hard Club 12/02/15 ES – Santiago – Captol 14/02/15 FR – Clermont-Ferrand – Le Cooperative De Mai 15/02/15 FR – Strasbourg – Laiterie