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HARM’S WAY Confirm European Winter Tour :::: U.S. God Damn Tour Begins In Two Weeks

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on October 14, 2011 by Randy

HARM’S WAY have confirmed a headlining European Winter tour, embarking in late December and crossing into the new year. The Chicago-based outfit will bring their mechanized brutality to frenzied pits throughout Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and the United Kingdom, bringing Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based Dead End Path and South Wales-based Brutality Will Prevail as support for the entire trek.

This newly-confirmed 17-date European assault will kick off just one month after HARM’S WAY finish storming the U.S. with The Acacia Strain, Terror and Stray From The Path on the27-date God Damn Tour, beginning in just two weeks in Albany, New York, hometown for the band’s label Closed Casket Activities.

The God Damn Tour:

w/ The Acacia Strain, Terror, Stray From The Path, Harm’s Way

10/26/2011 Northern Lights – Albany, NY

10/27/2011 Eleanor Rigby’s – Jermyn, PA

10/28/2011 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA

10/29/2011 The Outland – Columbus, OH

10/30/2011 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI

10/31/2011 Emerson Theatre – Indianapolis, IN

11/01/2011 Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA

11/03/2011 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

11/04/2011 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT

11/05/2011 The Venue – Boise, ID

11/06/2011 The A Club – Spokane, WA

11/07/2011 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

11/08/2011 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

11/10/2011 Oakland Metro – Oakland, CA

11/11/2011 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

11/12/2011 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

11/13/2011 Soma – San Diego, CA

11/14/2011 The Clubhouse Music Venue – Tempe, AZ

11/16/2011 Warehouse Live Studio – Houston, TX

11/17/2011 Emo’s Inside – Austin, TX

11/18/2011 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX

11/19/2011 The Door – Dallas, TX

11/20/2011 The Marquee – Tulsa, OK

11/21/2011 Pop’s – Sauget, IL

11/22/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL

11/25/2011 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH

11/26/2011 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY

HARM’S WAY European Winter Tour:

w/ Dead End Path, Brutality Will Prevail

12/30/2011 Hafenklang – Hamburg, Germany
12/31/2011 Radio Luxembourg – Warsaw, Poland

1/01/2012 Dürer Kert – Budapest, Hungary

1/02/2012 Aera – Wien, Austria

1/03/2011 Cassiopeia – Berlin, Germany
1/04/2011 München, Germany Feierwerk
1/05/2011 Juha Ost – Wolfsburg, Germany
1/06/2011 Juz – Aschaffenburg, Germany
1/07/2011 London Underworld – London, UK
1/08/2011 Outbreak Winterfest @ The Well – Leeds, UK
1/09/2011 The Flapper – Birmingham, UK
1/10/2011 Westcoast Bar – Margate, UK
1/11/2011 Star and Garter – Manchester, UK
1/12/2011 Joiners – Southampton, UK
1/13/2011 TBA – Brugge, Belgium
1/14/2011 Juz Riot – Lichtenstein, Germany
1/15/2011 Matrix – Bochum, Germany

Worldwide, contact an Earsplit PR operative for all coverage of HARM’S WAY.

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MOURNFUL CONGREGATION Premiere Hymn From Forthcoming Album :::: Additional West Coast Tour Info Confirmed

Posted in All Metal with tags , , , , on October 14, 2011 by Randy

Today extreme metal fans around the globe can sample the first publicly obtainable hymn from the forthcoming new opus from Australian funeral doom icons MOURNFUL CONGREGATIONThe Book Of Kings. The highly-anticipated fourth full-length from the celebrated act will be released in North America via 20 Buck Spin on November 8th, thundering with nearly eighty minutes of oppressive, beautiful, slow-motion magnificence.

As the release draws near, BrooklynVegan are hosting a stream of the second track from The Book Of Kings, entitled “The Waterless Streams.” With this track alone boasting over twelve minutes of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION‘s patented resonance, the importance of this album becomes immediately apparent. Dive into “The Waterless Streams” AT THIS LOCATION.

20 Buck Spin also recently posted a full album stream of the compilation of rare and out-of-print tracks from the band, The Unspoken Hymns, released on September 20th; listen HERE.

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will embark on their first trip to North America this Autumn in support of The Book Of Kings. This special, nine-date trek will take the band on a nine-show run down the West Coast U.S. with support from Vastum, Brainoil, Samothrace, Laudanum and more along the way. The venture includes a performance at December’s massive Rites Of Darkness III, with MOURNFUL CONGREGATION appearing as one of the festival’s headliners, joined by Zemial, Midnight, Loss, Mortuary Drape, Sargeist, Urfaust, Tribulation, Stargazer, Anteus and dozens of incredible, international extreme metal entities. Several of the venues and show lineups have changed since previous tour announcements.

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION West Coast U.S. Tour:

11/30/2011 Highline Bar – Seattle, WA w/ Samothrace

12/01/2011 Rotture – Portland, OR w/ Merkstave

12/02/2011 Alibi – Arcata, CA

12/03/2011 The Metro – Oakland, CA w/ Brainoil, Laudanum, Lycus

12/04/2011 Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco, CA w/ Vastum

12/05/2011 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ Destroy Judas, Harassor

12/06/2011 Yucca Taproom – Scottsdale, AZ w/ Rituals, Fanapth

12/07/2011 M’s Lips Lounge – El Paso, TX w/ Impetuous Ritual, Grave Upheaval, Ritual Necromancy, Satanik Goat Ritual

12/08-11/2011 Rites of Darkness Festival – San Antonio, TX [info]

11/12/2011 Mohawk – Austin, TX w/ Cruciamentum, Pallbearer, Ritual Necromancy

Promos of The Book Of Kings and interviews with MOURNFUL CONGREGATION are available to North/South American and Australian journalists via Earsplit now; In Europe and elsewhere contact Osmose Productions.

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COREY TAYLOR TO EMBARK ON SOLO TOUR :::: SHOWS WILL INCLUDE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES, BOOK READINGS, Q&As + MORE

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News with tags , , , , , on October 11, 2011 by Randy

New York, NY:  Corey Taylor, frontman for genre-defining rock bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, is embarking on a solo tour this fall.

The idea for the tour sprang from an intimate set of UK gigs that Taylor recently played to launch his bestselling book Seven Deadly Sins, as well as his speaking engagement at Oxford University this summer.  Taylor will perform originals and some choice covers acoustically; will read selections from the book; and take questions from the audience.  Billed as “An Evening With Corey Taylor,” these shows will be a rare opportunity for many fans to interact with Taylor in this intimate a setting, and vice versa.

“I had so much fun doing this type of show in England that I just HAD to bring it to the States,” said Taylor. “It’s gonna be one-part Henry Rollins, one-part Johnny Cash and probably a little heavy on the Monty Python. It’s everything I love to do: singing, comedy and talkin’ smack. Hopefully, the audience enjoys it as much as I do.”

Armed with an acoustic guitar, a copy of his book, a microphone and his unflinching worldview and lacerating wit, Corey Taylor is coming to your town to spread the gospel as only he can and it will be a night fans won’t soon forget. If you are looking to be fully entertained by one of the most gifted voices of the hard rock scene, this is a night you won’t dare miss.

Taylor’s book, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, is an outrageous manifesto on the nature of sin, offered in Taylor’s unique and informed voice. The tome is now available in audio form, read by Taylor himself, and it features an action-packed ending not included in the print version.  Seven Deadly Sins spent four weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and five weeks on the Times of London Best Seller list.

Corey Taylor solo dates are as follows:

10/22 Bee Cave, TX (Austin) La Grange Festival

11/14 Anaheim, CA House of Blues

11/15 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom

11/17 Houston, TX Bronze Peacock at HOB

11/19 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre

11/21 Omaha, NE Waiting Room

11/22 Minneapolis, MN Varsity

11/23 Milwaukee, WI Rave

11/25 Detroit, MI Eagle Theatre

11/26 Chicago, IL Double Door

12/1 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre

12/2 Toronto, ON Mod Club

12/4 Boston, MA Middle East

12/5 New York, NY Highline Ballroom

12/6 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live

12/7 Providence, RI The Met

12/9 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

12/10Baltimore, MD Sound Stage

12/12 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

12/13 Orlando, FL The Social

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DREAMING DEAD: California Death Metallers To Unleash New Full-Length Artwork And Track Listing Revealed

Posted in All Metal, News with tags , , , on October 7, 2011 by Randy

California death metal trio DREAMING DEAD are readying to unleash their long-awaited new full-length entitled Midnightmares. The follow-up to their 2009 Within One opus, was recorded from June through September of this year. All guitars and bass were tracked at the band’s own studio in downtown Los Angeles while the drums and vocals were tracked at Architeuthis Sound, (where Midnightmares was also mixed). The final product is nothing short of immense. Midnightmares offers up nine tracks of crushingly elaborate death metal anthems as led by band leader, vocalist and guitar priestess, Elizabeth Schall.
DREAMING DEAD have continued their ascent to the mightiest of metal’s ranks with their sophomore release, Midnightmares.  Retaining many of the extreme metal elements of Within One, Midnightmares showcases a more refinedDREAMING DEAD, playing with greater precision and offering an even deeper and more provocative musical experience. 
As an added bonus, Midnightmares features cover art by renown metal artists Travis Smith, known for his striking work on records from Death, Sadus, Katatonia, Opeth, King Diamond and so many others. Check it out HERE.
Commented Schall and Mike Caffell (drums, vocals), of the release: “With Midnightmares, we wanted to record an album based around the concepts of night and, obviously, nightmares. We shaped our lyrics as such, and wrote music to capture both the violent, chaotic nature of dreams and the quiet tranquility of the night. We also crafted the album to flow as a whole, symbolizing the progression of an evening into night, and then into dawn; as if the songs couldn’t exist without one another. And, yes, we’re still bringing the speed and brutality.”
Midnightmares Track Listing:
1. Wake
2. Corpse Mountain
3. Overlord
4. Exile
5. In Memoriam
6. Lapse
7. Into The Depths
8. Midnightmares
9. Departure

Members Schall, Caffell and bassist Juan Ramirez have honed their characteristic aural assault of black metal, death metal, and thrash on a nationwide basis for the last four years, sharing the stage with the likes of Morbid Angel, Nile, Immolation, Krisiun, Monstrosity, Master, and Dying Fetus.  This Midnightmares-era sees DREAMING DEAD sowing the seeds of such time spent on the road, and those picking up the new album or catching the band live will no doubt be struck at how much further DREAMING DEAD have taken their groundbreaking metal stylings. 

Midnightmares will be released on October 31, 2011 as a digital download via the band’s official WEB SITE. Stay tuned for further details. In the meantime, check out the demo version of the title track at THIS LOCATION.

In related news, Schall recently demoed Roland’s new CUBE-80XL amp. If you missed it the first time, check out the video HERE.

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