Archive for September, 2013

WARBRINGER launch first song off new album IV: Empires Collapse via Decibel

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Shows, Uncategorized with tags , , , , on September 19, 2013 by Randy

Following up on a successful appearance at Iron Maiden‘s “The Battle Of San Bernardino” event last weekend and in the light of the upcoming release of their fourth studio album, IV: Empires Collapse, on October 29 via Century Medias Records, Los Angeles based WARBRINGER are now debuting the first song from the album, “Hunter- Seeker.”

Check out “Hunter-Seeker” debut on Decibel Magazine‘s website:

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/exclusive-warbringer-hunter-seeker-lyric-video/

WARBRINGER had this to say about the the track: “Hunter-Seeker was the last song completed for the album, yet we feel is one of the strongest tracks to be presented to our fans as the first single. The music was composed and arranged by Carlos Cruz, and the lyrics were a collaboration between John Kevill and Cruz. Kevill had the title in mind before the lyrics were written, though the idea was to write about the instilled sense of fear and paranoia within humans with the recent leak in the mainstream media of the NSA’s operations of our surveillance. Since 2007, Operation PRISM has been in effect; without consent of the people, and those in compliance have been all major internet providers and social media networks who have allowed the NSA to collect everything a user does on the world-wide web. When structured into lyrics, the subject gelled well with the songs dynamic of relentless, yet bleak music.”

 

IV: Empires Collapse was recorded with producer Steve Evetts (Sepultura, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence), mixed by Brett Eliason (Pearl Jam, Heart, BoySetsFire) and mastered by Alan Douches / West West Side Music (Cannibal Corpse, Hatebreed, Converge). The album’s cover artwork was designed by Adrienne Rozzi.

The album’s complete tracklisting reads as follows:

 

WARBRINGER – IV: Empires Collapse

1. Horizon

2. The Turning Of The Gears

3. One Dimension

4. Hunter-Seeker

5. Black Sun, Black Moon

6. Scars Remain

7. Dying Light

8. Iron City

9. Leviathan

10. Off With Their Heads!

11. Towers Of The Serpent

 

WARBRINGER studio sessions can be seen here:

Episode #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMzz1PiX9VQ 
Episode #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRb7JOCCY8

Episode #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gguX72LRyxQ  

Upon release of IV: Empires Collapse, WARBRINGER will be touring North America with Kreator and Overkill.  Here are the dates:

10/30/2013 Soundstage Baltimore MD
10/31/2013 The Trocadero Philadelphia PA
11/1/2013 The Palladium Worcester MA
11/2/2013 Club Soda Montreal QC
11/3/2013 Opera House Toronto ON
11/4/2013 Altar Bar Pittsburgh PA
11/5/2013 Al Rosa Villa Columbus OH
11/6/2013 Mojoes Joliet IL
11/7/2013 Granada Lawrence KS
11/8/2013 Gothic Theater Englewood CO
11/9/2013 In The Venue Salt Lake City UT
11/11/2013 Rickshaw Theater Vancouver BC
11/12/2013 El Corazon Seattle WA
11/13/2013 Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR
11/14/2013 Fillmore San Francisco CA
11/15/2013 The Grove Anaheim CA
11/16/2013 Marquee Theatre Tempe AZ
11/17/2013 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque NM
11/18/2013 Trees Dallas TX
11/19/2013 Backstage Live San Antonio TX
11/21/2013 Diamond Pub & Billiards Louisville KY
11/22/2013 Empire West Springfield VA
11/23/2013 Stage 48 New York City NY
11/24/2013 Stage 48 New York City NY

STOLEN BABIES Take to the Road with OTEP and NEW YEARS DAY this Saturday in Fresno, CA

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Shows with tags , , , , on September 18, 2013 by Randy

Watch the Music Video for Second Sleep at Vice Noisey Now!

 

Experimental rock group STOLEN BABIES are gearing up to hit the road with fellow female vocalist-powered rock groups OTEP and NEW YEARS DAY this Saturday, September 20th in Fresno, CA. The 1½ month tour will hit several major and secondary U.S. cities before coming to a close in theSTOLEN BABIES’ stomping grounds of SoCal in Hollywood at the legendary Whisky-A-Go-Go on November 9th.

See below for all current tour dates and make sure to get tickets now before there are none left!

Bassist, guitarist and backing vocalist Rani Sharone says, “We are really looking forward to getting back on the road again being direct support for Otep! It’s a seven-week run and we’ll be covering a lot of ground playing a bunch of cities we’ve never played before which is very cool. At the very least our geography will be a little better!”

STOLEN BABIES

ON TOUR W/ OTEP, NEW YEAR’S DAY

9/20 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s

9/21 – Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory

9/22 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge

9/24 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven

9/25 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater

9/27 – Murray, UT @ Murray Theater

9/28 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre

9/29 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep

10/1 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s

10/2 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoes

10/3 – Rockford, IL @ District Bar & Grill

10/4 – Spring Lake Park, MN @ POV’s

10/5 – Racine, WI @ Route 20

10/6 – Waterloo, IA @ Spicoli’s Grill & The Reverb Rock Garden

10/7 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s

10/8 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre

10/9 – South Bend, IN @ Cheers Pub

10/10 – Dayton, OH @ McGuffy’s House of Rock

10/11 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s Downunder

10/12 – Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s

10/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar

10/15 – Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon

10/16 – Stanhope, NJ @ Stanhope House

10/17 – New York, NY @ Marlin Room at Webster Hall

10/18 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club

10/19 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium/Rock & Shock Festival

10/20 – White Marsh, MD @ House of Rock

10/21 – Knoxville, TN @ Blackstock

10/22 – Louisville, KY @ Diamond Pub & Billiards

10/23 – Fayetteville, NC @ The Drunk Horse Pub

10/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

10/25 – Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth

10/26 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre

10/27 – Jacksonville, FL @ Brewsters Roc Bar

10/29 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall

10/30 – New Orleans, LA @ The Parish at House of Blues

10/31 – Dallas, TX @ Trees

11/1 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar

11/2 – San Antonio, TX @ The Tequila Rock Bar

11/3 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma @ The Chameleon Club

11/4 – Wichita, KS @ Jerry’s Bar & Grill *Headline show, NO OTEP

11/5 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Cafe

11/6 – Farmington, NM @ Top Deck

11/7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Joe’s Grotto

11/9 – West Hollywood, CA @ Whisky A Go-Go

Earlier this summer, STOLEN BABIES teamed up with Vice’s Noisey channel to unveil their eerie, yet beautifully mesmerising new music video for the track ‘Second Sleep’. The video was directed by Ilan Sharone, well-known video director and brother of Rani and Gil, with visual FX and animation by Meats Meier. The track is cut from the band’s most recent full-length release, entitled Naught. The album is available at your local music retailer and through iTunes, Amazon and all other standard digital retailers.

For more information on STOLEN BABIES, please visit these websites:

www.stolenbabiestheband.com

www.facebook.com/stolenbabiesofficial

www.twitter.com/stolenbabies

www.myspace.com/stolenbabies

 

 

STOLEN BABIES is:

Dominique Lenore Persi – Lead Vocals/Accordion

Rani Sharone – Bass/Guitar/Vocals

Gil Sharone – Drums

 

Eyes Set To Kill streaming new album Masks on Purevolume

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases with tags , on September 13, 2013 by Randy
In stores next week!

Phoenix Arizona rockers Eyes Set To Killare streaming their entire new album, Maskstoday on Purevolume. Be sure to check out the bands Track-by-track descriptions of each song as you listen. This is your best chance to hear the new album before it comes out next week!

Check it out here:

http://www.purevolume.com/news/eyes-set-to-kill-masks-album-stream-track-commentary/

MOTÖRHEAD Announces North American Pre-Order Information for “Aftershock” – Hitting Stores on October 22, 2013 via UDR Music

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Releases, Shows with tags , on September 13, 2013 by Randy

The North American pre-order for MOTÖRHEAD’s Aftershock is live! That’s right, you can pre-order the next chapter of MOTÖRHEAD’s legendary catalog now in Limited Edition Digipack format via Amazon.com at this link. The album is also available now in regular CD format and vinyl (gatefold – 180-Gram Single LP) format (digital coming soon). Since the pre-order launch yesterday, Aftershock has already shot to #1 on Amazon’s Movers & Shakers chart and #3 on Amazon’s Hard Rock & Metal chart.

Aftershock, MOTÖRHEAD’s mammoth 21st studio album, hits stores in North America on October 22, 2013 via UDR Music. Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, Aftershock is a true leveler, a crushing confirmation of everything MOTÖRHEAD stands for, marching from the dust storm to deliver 14 belting statements which see MOTÖRHEAD in perhaps their best writing form for years.

 

Aftershock track listing:

Heartbreaker
Coup de Grace
Lost Woman Blues
End Of Time
Do You Believe
Death Machine
Dust And Glass
Going To Mexico
Silence When You Speak To Me
Crying Shame
Queen Of The Damned
Knife
Keep Your Powder Dry
Paralyzed

 

With Aftershock, there’s swagger, there’s punch, there’s speed and there’s dirty filthy grooves, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee showing clearly that MOTÖRHEAD is not simply a band, it’s a genre!

That genre, more than ever, resonates with hearty independence and swashbuckle. Whether it’s “Heartbreaker” throwing hooks and riffs into your head, the double-kick concussiveness of “Paralyzed” with Campbell’s fuelled attack, or the thunderous ride-off-the-Rickenbacker Motörcharge of “Going To Mexico”,Aftershock takes gleeful twists and turns which re-announce the Motörlegend. There’s the smoky biker bar blues in the shape of “Dust And Glass”, Lemmy’s late-night vocals evoking last-call and melancholy, the pogo-powered punk-spiked stab of “Queen Of The Damned” and the deliciously steamy, humid mournful “Lost Woman Blues” which midway through decides to kick over the stool and stomp out the saloon door.

 

MOTÖRHEAD are MOTÖRHEAD are MOTÖRHEAD…and their Aftershock will be felt worldwide…

 

 

Learn more about MOTÖRHEAD at these websites:

 

Official Lemmy Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialLemmy

Official MOTÖRHEAD Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialMotorhead

Official MOTÖRHEAD Twitter: @MyMotorhead

Official MOTÖRHEAD Website: www.imotorhead.com