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THE CRYSTAL METHOD’S NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘THE CRYSTAL METHOD’ –DUE OUT JANUARY 14–

Posted in New Music, News, Releases, Shows with tags , , , , , , , on January 8, 2014 by Randy

THE CRYSTAL METHOD have kicked off 2014 by offering an advance listen of their fifth studio album, titled The Crystal Method, via Hype Machine. Marking the iconic act’s 20th Anniversary, the album is set for releaseJanuary 14 and is available to hear now at Pandora or at HypeM.

Listen to THE CRYSTAL METHOD’s THE CRYSTAL METHOD now through January 14 at:

HYPEM: www.hypem.com/premieres

PANDORA: http://bit.ly/JOSMKX

On The Crystal Method, THE CRYSTAL METHOD’s KEN JORDAN and SCOTT KIRKLAND explore various directions of electronic music.  “While there’s plenty of hissing beats, belching production, squealing-breaks (and) keyboards for modern EDM heads to enjoy,” wrote Annie Zaleski of Alternative Press (Feb) in her review, “…the album is steeped in meticulous club music emphasizing silky grooves and sculptured adrenaline rushes.” Guests include LeAnn Rimes, Franky Perez (Scars On Broadway), Nick Thayer and mau5trap artist Le Castle Vania. “The Voice”’s season #2 contestant Dia Frampton (also known  as one half of indie duo Meg & Dia) is the featured vocalist on the album’s first single “Over It” impacting radio this month.

 

THE CRYSTAL METHOD’S NEW STUDIO ALBUM  ‘THE CRYSTAL METHOD’  –DUE OUT JANUARY 14–  STREAMING NOW ON HYPEM AND PANDORA

TUNE IN TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE  ON KCRW  LOS ANGELES’ “MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC”

View the video for “Over It” featuring Dia Frampton here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MpeKm-imE

Look for THE CRYSTAL METHOD to appear on Los Angeles tastemaker radio program KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on Tuesday, January 14. Meanwhile, the pair are gearing up for a major performance at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles with a full live band (a first for the platinum-selling EDM duo) on January 16.

Also this month, they have DJ dates lined up in Denver January 18 and New York City January 23 alongside a live set on SIRIUS XM’s Electric Area Electric Aquarium.  A full tour for the spring will be announced soon.

Pre-order THE CRYSTAL METHOD’s The Crystal Method now through January 14 at:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-crystal-method/id764089466

 

www.thecrystalmethod.com  www.facebook.com/thecrystalmethod  www.twitter.com/crystalmethod  www.soundcloud.com/the-crystal-method  www.youtube.com/thecrystalmethod

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ROTTING OUT ANNOUNCES U.S. HEADLINING TOUR

Posted in News, Shows with tags , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2014 by Randy
LA hardcore/punk band Rotting Out has announced they’ll be hitting the road this spring for their first ever headlining U.S. run, “The Wrong Way Tour 2014.”  The tour, which kicks off in Anaheim, CA on February 21st and wraps up at the Self Help Fest in San Bernardino, CA on March 22nd, will include supporting acts No Bragging Rights, The Beautiful Ones and Heart to Heart.  VIP pre-sale tickets will go on sale Friday, January 10th at Show Stubs and  tickets available to the general public go on sale Tuesday, January 14th.
Rotting Out  is currently on tour in support of their latest album The Wrong Way, which was released by Pure Noise Records in December.  The band’s new record recalls the youthful heyday of SoCal punk legends Suicidal Tendencies and Pennywise while giving a gritty shot of unadulterated angst and aggression to LA’s burgeoning hardcore scene with neck snapping speed and reckless abandon on tracks like “No Clue.”
The band will take their snarling skate punk to South America later this month for a headlining tour before returning to the U.S.  Follow Rotting Out now at https://www.facebook.com/RottingOutLA for news and updates.
Rotting Out Tour Dates:
2/21/14 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
2/22/14 San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
2/23/14 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Underground
2/24/14 El Paso, TX @ The Spot
2/25/14 San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
2/26/14 Ft Worth, TX @ Tomcats West
2/27/14 Houston, TX @ Walters Downtown
2/28/14 New Orleans, LA @ Cypress
3/1/14 Douglasville, GA @ Grind Skatepark
3/2/14 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
3/3/14 Pembroke Pines, FL @ The Talent Farm
3/4/14 Jacksonville, FL @ Atticus Bar
3/5/14 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
3/7/14 New York City, NY @ Santos Party House
3/8/14 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium Upstairs
3/9/14 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
3/10/14 Columbus, OH @ Kobo Live w/ Orthodox
3/11/14 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter w/ Orthodox
3/12/14 Darien, IL @ Q Bar
3/13/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ Orthodox
3/14/14 Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar w/ Orthodox
3/15/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater w/ Orthodox
3/16/14 Salt Lake City, UT @ Shred Shed w/ Orthodox
3/17/14 Boise, ID @ The Shredder w/o Heart To Heart w/ Orthodox
3/18/14 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project w/o Heart To Heart w/ Orthodox
3/19/14 Portland, OR @ Branx w/o Heart To Heart w/ Orthodox
3/20/14 Klamath Falls, OR @ Klamath County Fairground w/o Heart To Heart w/ Orthodox
3/21/14 Oakland, CA @ The Metro / Mixtape Fest
3/22/14 San Bernardino, CA @ NOS Events Center / Self Help Fest **Rotting Out Only
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Kirk Hammett Announces Encore Performance with EXODUS at the Upcoming FEAR FestEvil!

Posted in All Metal, New Music, News with tags , , , , , , , on January 8, 2014 by Randy

Just when you thought things couldn’t get more brutal…

Recently, Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS announced that they will perform at the very first FEAR FestEvil, taking place on February 7 at Regency Ballroom (located at 1300 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94108).

Today, new information has surfaced – FEAR FestEvil creator and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has announced that he will not only perform at the festival himself, but will also take part in a special encore performance with a blast from his past – that’s right,EXODUS! This is a can’t-miss event!

Guitarist Gary Holt adds, “EXODUS is stoked as fuck to announce that none other than Kirk Von Hammett himself will be jamming with us during our encore at FEAR FestEvil! What song? Hmm, that remains to be seen! I guess you will have to be there to find out!

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime moment! For more information about the fest and to buy tickets, visit http://www.fearfestevil.com/.

When it comes to thrash metal, in particular Bay Area thrash, EXODUS are one
of the true Godfathers. Formed in 1980 by guitarist Tim Agnello, drummer Tom
Hunting, bassist Carlton Melson and some other six-stringer called Kirk
Hammett, Agnello soon left, allowing Hammett’s guitar tech Gary Holt to step
up and in. Hammett then stumbled across Paul Baloff, a demo was recorded,
Hammett left to join some other upstarts, Rick Hunolt took the other guitar
and the rest became history. Their 1984 debut Bonded By Blood is a stonewall
genre classic, and with cranium crunching classics such as ‘”A Lesson In
Violence”, “Strike Of The Beast” and more.

EXODUS can promise that this show will not be a calm or gentle soiree… more than an aural beatdown.

 

 

The current line-up of Gary Holt on guitar, Lee Altus on guitar, Tom Hunting, on drums Jack Gibson on bass and Rob Dukes on vocals has been in place since 2005. EXODUS‘ last album was 2010’s Exhibit B: The Human Condition on Nuclear Blast Records, and the band have just started working on new material for a prospective release later in 2014.

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JAMES LABRIE – To release “I Will Not Break” Digital-EP in January

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Previews, Releases with tags , , , , , on January 8, 2014 by Randy
Following up on the success of his latest studio album, “Impermanent Resonance”, Dream Theater’s James LaBrie is set to release a new Digital EP entitled “I Will Not Break” on January 14th, 2014 in North America via InsideOutMusic.The “I Will Not Break” EP will include 9 (!) tracks and a total playing time of 38 minutes for a special low-price with the following tracklisting:

JAMES LABRIE – “I Will Not Break” Digital EP (38:03)
1. I Will Not Break (3:52)
2. Unraveling (3:31)
3. Why (3:45)
4. Coming Home (Alternate Mix) (4:23)
5. Jekyll Or Hyde (Demo) (3:48)
6. Just Watch Me (Demo) (4:17)
7. I Tried (Jason Miller Re-mix) (5:13)
8. Over The Edge (Mutrix Re-mix) (4:33)
9. Euphoric (NeonGenesis Re-mix) (4:41)

While the opening title track is the album version taken from the “Impermanent Resonance” release, the songs 2 and 3 were previously only released physically as Digipak bonus tracks. Song 4 is an alternate mix version and songs 5 as well as 6 are special demo versions, all previously only released physically as bonustracks on the Digipak and the Japanese edition for the “Static Impulse” album in 2010. Songs 7, 8 and 9 are special dub step / electronica re-mixes of “Static Impulse” songs, previously unreleased (Song 7 was only available physically in Japan before). The re-mixes were done by US-based DJ’s Jason Miller, Mutrix and NeonGenesis. The cover artwork for the EP was once again designed by Gustavo Sazes / abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Kamelot, etc.).

You can pre-order the “I Will Not Break” Digital EP here:
http://smarturl.it/jlb_iwillbreak

Check out the EP’s title-track “I Will Not Break” in a static video via the IOM YouTube channel here: http://youtu.be/Nj8aAo3O06E

James LaBrie checked in to comment about the upcoming EP release as follows:

“Hey Everyone! Matt, Marco, Peter, Ray and yours truly are very pleased to release this digital EP. It will show some of the songs with alternate mixes as well as letting you hear Matt’s exceptional voice with some of the songs in their demo versions. We also had 3 of the songs mixed in dub step stylings to give them a somewhat interesting flavour and twist. Hope you all enjoy this release, I personally think it is very cool. All the best in the New Year and see you out there….”
Most recently, the James LaBrie track “Lost In The Fire” was used by the Swedish sound library company Toontrack Music to promote the launch of one of their new products. Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPlAcqmqY3YJames LaBrie’s latest studio album “Impermanent Resonance” was, just like the previous “Static Impulse” album from 2010, mixed and mastered at Sweden’s Fascination Street recording studios (Kreator, Opeth, Paradise Lost, etc.) with Jens Bogren and this time also Tony Lindgren. Upon release, “Impermanent Resonance” managed to enter the the Billboard Heatseeker Charts at #5 and #156 on the Billboard 200 Charts!  In Europe the album saw succes on the sales charts in Germany at position # 48 and The Netherlands at position # 67 as well as UK’s Rock Album Chart at position # 22.

All available European physical formats of “Impermanent Resonance” can be purchased here:
http://www.insideoutshop.de/Search?q=impermanent

James LaBrie – “Impermanent Resonance” online action:
“Agony” static video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqOHNPdh1Pw
“Agony” free download: http://www.insideoutmusic.com/specials/agony
“Back On The Ground” lyric-video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ralb05GOLjA
“I Got You” static video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwl8nmPeHI
“Agony” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HglHt_IWO2o
“Letting Go” guitar play-through by Marco Sfogli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnA02SSLS30
“Agony” drum recordings by Peter Wildoer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILGw46EYzA
Diverse album songs by drummer Peter Wildoer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4lb_MPNRA

“Impermanent Resonance” Line-Up:
James LaBrie – Lead Vocals
Matt Guillory – Keyboards, Background Vocals
Marco Sfogli – Guitars
Ray Riendeau – Bass
Peter Wildoer – Drums, Screams

Selected James LaBrie Solo Discography:
Keep It To Yourself (MullMuzzler) – 1999
MullMuzzler 2 (MullMuzzler) – 2001
Elements Of Persuasion – 2005
Static Impulse – 2010
Impermanent Resonance – 2013

James LaBrie online:
www.jameslabrie.com
www.facebook.com/officialjameslabrie
www.myspace.com/officialjameslabrie

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