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EXHUMED: Legendary Goregrinders To Kick Off North American Tour Later This Month

Posted in All Metal with tags , , , , on October 5, 2011 by Randy
Goregrinding metal gods EXHUMED are readying to kick off the second leg of their Back From The Dead And Ready To Party North American Tour later this month. Set to commence on October 27 in Amarillo, Texas, the band will be touring in support of their All Guts, No Glory full-length released in July via Relapse Records.
Commented vocalist/guitarist Matt Harvey of the oncoming trek: “We’re fully chuffed to hit the road with Goatwhore and Havok on the second leg of our Back From The Dead And Ready To Party North American tour. It’s been way too long since we’ve played out on the East Coast. I can promise you a full-on autopsy holocaust doss of epic proportions! We’ll be playing a ton of stuff from the new record, as well as all the moldy oldies the slaughtercult has come to expect, so come on out, grab a beer, and get ready to rage! See you there!”
EXHUMED All Guts, No Glory North American Tour 2011
w/ Goatwhore, Havok
10/27/2011  Sorority House – Amarillo, TX * w/ Death Angel
10/28/2011 The Roxy – Oklahoma City, OK
10/29/2011 FuBbar – St Louis, MO
10/30/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
10/31/2011 I-Rock Nightclub – Detroit
11/01/2011 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH
11/02/2011 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
11/03/2011 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON
11/04/2011 Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
11/05/2011 Rock Cafe Le Stage – Trois-Rivieres, QC
11/06/2011 L’Agitee – Quebec City, QC
11/08/2011 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/09/2011 Europa – Brooklyn, NY
11/10/2011 Championships – Trenton, NJ
11/11/2011 Mojo 13 – Wilmington, DE
11/12/2011 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
11/13/2011 The Casbah at Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
11/14/2011 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/15/2011 The Brass Mug – Tampa, FL
11/16/2011 The Engine Room – Tallahassee, FL
11/17/2011 Siberia – New Orleans, LA
11/18/2011 Korova/Goregrowler’s Ball – San Antonio, TX w/ Suffocation
11/19/2011 The Juggernaut – Gallup, NM *
11/20/2011  Orpheum Theatre – Flagstaff, AZ *
* = no Goatwhore

All Guts, No Glory marks EXHUMED‘s first new record in almost eight years and offers up 11 choice cuts of grinding death metal combined the raw ferocity of their legendary Slaughtercult album with the wild ambition of 2003’sAnatomy Is Destiny. As crimson concertos such as “Dis-assembly Line,” “As Hammer To Anvil,” and “Funereality” illustrate, All Guts, No Glory is EXHUMED‘s finest moment to date.
Check out “I Rot Within” HERE.

ANTHRAX’S “WORSHIP MUSIC” DEBUTS ON BILLBOARDS TOP 20!

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on September 22, 2011 by Randy

LOS ANGELES, CA – Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – “Worship Music“, (Megaforce) Anthrax’sfirst studio album in eight years and its first with vocalist Joey Belladonna since 1990’s “Persistence of Time,” blasts onto next week’s Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #12, the band’s highest chart debut in two decades, and second-highest in its career, selling 28,500 copies.

And if that’s not enough, Worship Music” debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Chart, #3 on the Hard Music Core Chart, and #2 at both the Indie and Indie Core Stores charts.

“I am most proud of our fans who came out and gave us the amazing support they did,” saidAnthrax’s Charlie Benante. “To have our record debut at #12 is a great accomplishment.”

Added the band’s Scott Ian, “I’m absolutely thrilled with the fact that our Anthrax Army came out in force this week to show the world that good music matters. Thank you to all our friends, old and new! It’s a privilege to do this for you.”

While the recording of Worship Music was challenging and at some times difficult, it was at the core of an extraordinary experience for a band that had questioned its very future. Anthrax’s turning point took place in 2009 at a Cleveland hotel bar with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich when he first brought up the idea of The Big Four. That led to Anthrax’s decision to get Belladonna back in the band on a permanent basis, and to the complete refashioning of the previously-recorded tracks for “Worship Music” with Belladonna’s inimitable vocal stamp. Pre-release reviews of “Worship Music” hailed the album as not only a career-best for Anthrax, but “the metal album of the year,” and last week’s New York homecoming concert at Yankee Stadium as one of the original architects of speed and thrash metal with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth – The Big Four – only added to Anthrax’sremarkable renewal.

Anthrax hits the road beginning October 14 on a five-week, coast-to-coast tour with Testament andDeath Angel.

Dates are listed below.

10/14 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room

10/15 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater

10/16 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

10/18 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion

10/19 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theater

10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

10/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

10/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

10/28 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall

10/29 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East

10/30 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

11/1 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

11/2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

11/4 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues

11/5 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

11/6 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/8 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

11/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

11/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

11/12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * NEW

11/13 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount * NEW

11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

11/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

11/18 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues * NEW

11/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom

Anthrax – “Worship Music” out now! CD/LP [Best Buy]

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ANTHRAX’S “WORSHIP MUSIC” DEBUTS ON BILLBOARDS TOP 20!

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on September 22, 2011 by Randy

LOS ANGELES, CA – Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – “Worship Music“, (Megaforce) Anthrax’sfirst studio album in eight years and its first with vocalist Joey Belladonna since 1990’s “Persistence of Time,” blasts onto next week’s Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #12, the band’s highest chart debut in two decades, and second-highest in its career, selling 28,500 copies.

And if that’s not enough, Worship Music” debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Chart, #3 on the Hard Music Core Chart, and #2 at both the Indie and Indie Core Stores charts.

“I am most proud of our fans who came out and gave us the amazing support they did,” saidAnthrax’s Charlie Benante. “To have our record debut at #12 is a great accomplishment.”

Added the band’s Scott Ian, “I’m absolutely thrilled with the fact that our Anthrax Army came out in force this week to show the world that good music matters. Thank you to all our friends, old and new! It’s a privilege to do this for you.”

While the recording of Worship Music was challenging and at some times difficult, it was at the core of an extraordinary experience for a band that had questioned its very future. Anthrax’s turning point took place in 2009 at a Cleveland hotel bar with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich when he first brought up the idea of The Big Four. That led to Anthrax’s decision to get Belladonna back in the band on a permanent basis, and to the complete refashioning of the previously-recorded tracks for “Worship Music” with Belladonna’s inimitable vocal stamp. Pre-release reviews of “Worship Music” hailed the album as not only a career-best for Anthrax, but “the metal album of the year,” and last week’s New York homecoming concert at Yankee Stadium as one of the original architects of speed and thrash metal with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth – The Big Four – only added to Anthrax’sremarkable renewal.

Anthrax hits the road beginning October 14 on a five-week, coast-to-coast tour with Testament andDeath Angel.

Dates are listed below.

10/14 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room

10/15 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater

10/16 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

10/18 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion

10/19 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theater

10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

10/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

10/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

10/28 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall

10/29 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East

10/30 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

11/1 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

11/2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

11/4 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues

11/5 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

11/6 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/8 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

11/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

11/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

11/12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * NEW

11/13 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount * NEW

11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

11/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

11/18 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues * NEW

11/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom

Anthrax – “Worship Music” out now! CD/LP [Best Buy]

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST To Release Benefit Split 7” With Midnight

Posted in All Metal, News with tags , , , on September 21, 2011 by Randy

Portland, Oregon’s metal-punk warriors TOXIC HOLOCAUST have teamed up with Cleveland, Ohio’s Midnight for a split 7” to benefit the victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster.

The 7” is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag colored heavy-weight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands (“A.T.O.M.I.C.” by TOXIC HOLOCAUST, “Destroy Tsunami’s Power” by Midnight) exclusive to this release. The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel “Sawblade” Shaw (TOXIC HOLOCAUST, Insect Warfare, Coffins). All proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster. The 7” can be ordered HERE.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST recently released the first video from their brand new album, Conjure And Command. The video, for the track “Judgment Awaits You,” can be viewed at THIS LOCATION.


Additionally, TOXIC HOLOCAUST heads to Europe for a five-week winter tour alongside Kvelertak, Trap Them and Wolves Like Us. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST
w/ Kvelertak, Trap Them, Wolves Like Us:
11/08/2011 Ole Bull Scene – Bergen, Norway
11/09/2011 Stavanger – Folken, Norway
11/10/2011 Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway
11/11/2011 Samfundet – Trondheim, Norway
11/12/2011 Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
11/14/2011 Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland
11/15/2011 Pakkahuone – Tampere, Finland
11/17/2011 Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden
11/18/2011 Logo – Hamburg, Germany
11/19/2011 Underground – Koln, Germany
11/20/2011 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Holland
11/21/2011 02 Academy 2 – Oxford, UK
11/22/2011 02 Academy 3 – Birmingham, UK
11/23/2011 The Speakeasy at Queens – Belfast, Ireland
11/24/2011 ABC – Glasgow, UK
11/25/2011 Roadhouse – Manchester, UK

11/26/2011 Underworld – London, UK
11/27/2011 Muziekodroom – Hasselt, Belgium
11/28/2011 Le Ferraileur – Nantes, France
11/29/2011 Le Nouveau Casino – Paris, France
11/30/2011 Substage – Karlsruhe, Germany
12/01/2011 Abart – Zurich, Switzerland
12/02/2011 New Age Club – Roncade, Italy
12/03/2011 Szene – Wien, Austria
12/04/2011 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany
12/05/2011 Exit Chmelnice – Prague, Czech Rep.
12/06/2011 Festsaal Xberg – Berlin, Germany
12/07/2011 Colos Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
12/08/2011 Backstage – Munchen, Germany
12/09/2011 Hirsch – Nurnberg, Germany
12/10/2011 Sputnikhalle – Munster, Germany
12/11/2011 Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark
12/12/2011 Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
12/13/2011 Kulturbolaget – Malmo, Sweden
 
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