Sunday 26 July 2015

LAMB OF GOD Releases Groundbreaking New Album “VII: Sturm Und Drang” via Epic Records



Today, American heavy rock band LAMB OF GOD releases their vastly anticipated seventh full length album, VII: Sturm Und Drang, via Epic Records. Fans can purchase the album at physical retailers everywhere, or digitally via Lamb-of-God.com, iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play.

Vocalist Randy Blythe comments on the release of the new album: “Over twenty years ago this band started in the basement - we're still standing, and I'm still stoked to be putting out new music. As always, play it LOUD.”

Visit these upcoming record signings to get your copy of VII: Sturm Und Drang signed by the band at these locations:

7/26 - Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA 8/1 - Looney Tunes, Long Island, NY 8/5 - Vintage Vinyl, Fords, NJ 8/29 - Zia Records, Phoenix, AZ

Today also marks the kick-off of the “Summer’s Last Stand” tour, which also features headliners Slipknot, and special guests Bullet For My Valentine and Motionless In White. In a special streaming event, the July 28th Detroit, MI show will be aired live on Yahoo Screen for free! Make sure to tune in here on July 28th at 6:00pm ET to watch: screen.yahoo.com/live

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:

LAMB OF GOD W/ Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine & Motionless In White

7/24 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre 7/25 - Tampa, FL @ MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre 7/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood 7/28 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy MusicTheatre – streaming live, see above! 7/29 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 7/31 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center 8/1 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 8/2 - Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre 8/4 - Boston, MA @ XFINITY Center 8/5 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center 8/6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion 8/8 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 8/9 - Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau - Heavy Montreal 8/11 - Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live 8/12 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 8/14 - Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center 8/15 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 8/16 - St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 8/19 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre 8/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre 8/22 - Garden City, ID @ Revolution Center – NO SLIPKNOT 8/23 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheater 8/24 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 8/26 - Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion 8/28 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Resort Festival Grounds 8/29 - Phoenix, AZ @ AK-Chin Pavilion 8/30 - Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater 9/2 - Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater 9/4 - Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 9/5 - Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion

FEAR FACTORY - New track 'Dielectric' premieres online



Pioneers of industrial-tinged extreme metal FEAR FACTORY have premiered a new track online. 'Dielectric' is taken from the band's much anticipated metallic masterpiece, Genexus and can be heard here:



The album's title GENEXUS is a hybrid of two words: GENESIS and NEXUS. This word describes the next transition in human evolution as man moves forward to a 'mechanical' state of being. "The album is a record of thought patterns, psychology and struggles of the Genexus generation. The cognitive machine has arrived and it wants autonomy from the industry that created it. This machine struggles, like every other human has throughout the course of history. This is the story of every one of us", explains front man Burton C. Bell. Whereas the first two tracks on GENEXUS deal with themes of new machinery taking over the old and the enhancement of technology in the process, Dielectric deals with this new machinery learning about it's capabilities and the advantages. Burton describes this transition: "After it's enhancement the model learns that it's power is protected in many ways. It has the ability to withstand enormous amounts of energy flowing through it's form and has the ability to conduct the energy with it's own determination. It cannot be deterred by hate or violence. The model will withstand all attacks and remain intact."

FEAR FACTORY's 9th studio album and Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut will be in stores on August 7th worldwide.

Genexus was produced by vocalist Burton C. Bell & guitarist Dino Cazares and co-produced by long-time collaborator Rhys Fulber. The album was mixed by famed British producer and engineer, Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, MACHINE HEAD). Artwork was once again handled by artist Anthony Clarkson. Drums on Genexus were performed by Mike Heller (MALIGNANCY).

GENEXUS track list:

1. Autonomous Combat System 2. Anodized 3. Dielectric 4. Soul Hacker 5. Protomech 6. Genexus 7. Church Of Execution 8. Regenerate 9. Battle For Utopia 10. Expiration Date LIMITED DIGIPACK BONUS TRACKS: 11. Mandatory Sacrifice (Genexus Remix) 12. Enhanced Reality

Formed in Los Angeles back in 1989, FEAR FACTORY changed the world of metal and have become a huge influence on the genre ever since their inception. The band’s unique sound helped bridge the gap between death metal, grindcore, thrash and industrial on landmark releases like Soul Of A New Machine, Demanufacture and the gold-selling release, Obsolete.

ZARDONIC Produces Main Theme for NBC World Series of Fighting, "Bring It On"



International Electronic Metal Producer ZARDONIC has brought his signature aggressive bass to the the extreme sports and fighting world with his newest single "Bring It On (Feat. Mikey Rukus)", out now on legendary eOne Music. Not for the feint of heart, the now NBC MMA World Series of Fighting main theme is a hard-hitting, unapologetic electronic metal anthem with distorted extreme guitars and bellicose lyrics from MMA music legend Mikey Rukus.

This is an example of the direction we're taking for the new Zardonic album on eOne. Working with Mikey Rukus was an absolute pleasure and thanks to James Jeda CEO of Rocktagon Worldwide we put this insane collaboration together four months ago, and now it's the Main Theme of World Series Of Fighting and is being heard by millions all over the world on NBC. I'm yet to know what it means to be happier than this! - ZARDONIC Listen to ZARDONIC Feat. Mikey Rukus "Bring It On (NBC WSOF 2015 Theme)"



Despite minimal radio play and little to no coverage from mainstream outlets, ZARDONIC keeps making history by being the most renowned Venezuelan DJ in all categories, with a constant tour schedule of headlining shows and festivals in 31 countries, packing clubs and arenas up to 20.000 attendants, as well as garnering millions of plays on YouTube, topping Arca (the Venezuelan producer behind Björk's upcoming album) and even Grammy nominated bands like La Vida Bohéme, while still maintaining his unique Heavy EDM / Metal signature sound and cultivating a solid, hardcore fan base all over the world.

Buy ZARDONIC Feat. Mikey Rukus "Bring It On (NBC WSOF 2015 Theme)" on iTunes!

Catch ZARDONIC Live

August 1st Las Vegas, Nevada @ World Series Of Fighting
August 30th Colombo, Sri Lanka @ Maelstrom Festival
September 12th Vernon, NJ @ Elemental Fusion Festival
October US Tour TBA w/ Heavygrinder