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JDEVIL JOINS ROB ZOMBIE AND MARILYN MANSON ON “TWINS OF EVIL” TOUR LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER 28 RELEASING DEBUT EP ON DIM MAK

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , , on August 1, 2012 by Randy

JDEVIL, the nefarious DJ alter ego of legendary KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, has joined forces with Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie on their co-headlining “Twins of Evil” U.S. tour launching September 28.  JDEVIL will perform DJ sets packed with his brand of chaotic electro-metal. This news comes on the heels of JDEVIL’s recent signing with cutting-edge label Dim Mak for the release of his debut EP (details TBA).

“I like to think of JDEVIL as the ‘anti-christ’ of EDM,” says Davis. ”To play alongside Zombie and Manson is going to be a f**king sinister night all around, and an unbelievable theatrical experience. I can’t wait.”

On August 7, prior to the kick off of the “Twins of Evil” tourMondo Sex Head, an album featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today’s top producers/DJs, will be released (Universal Music Enterprises/UMe) featuring JDEVIL’s remix of White Zombie’s “Thunder Kiss ‘65” (J-Devil Number of the Beast Remix). It is available now on iTuneshttp://bit.ly/MqcA3u.

DJing since Davis was 16 years old (years before he was to ever become one of the most notorious faces in rock),JDEVIL has created a sound that is a natural progression from KORN’s tenth offering, 2011’s The Path of Totality. The album saw the band collaborate with dubstep pioneers Skrillex, 12th Planet, Datsik, Excision, Downlink, Kill the Noise, Noisia and Feed Me. It yielded two hit singles with Skrillex“Get Up!” and “Narcissistic Cannibal,” along with Kill the Noise on the latter, and was met with critical and fan adoration.   In the meantime, he unleashed his first formal remix, a gut wrenchingly catchy take on Hollywood Undead’s “Hear Me Now,” released as part of American Tragedy Redux.

JDEVIL is another side of the enigmatic singer who thrives on chaos and contradictions. He may reside in the darkest corners of Davis’ psyche, but he’s always ready to party.  He may be spinning dance music on stage, but he lets out catastrophic screams at all the right moments. He may have black eyes and teeth, but he’s as close to Davis heart as it gets. His DJ sets opens up the door to the ultimate celebration inside of the inferno. Are you ready?

Catch JDEVIL on tour:

DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 9/28 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion – Desert Uprising Festival
Mon 10/1 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
Tue 10/2 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center
Thu 10/4 Topeka, KS Topeka Expo
Mon 10/8 Lincoln, NE Pershing Center
Tue 10/9 Mankato, MN Verizon Wireless Center
Thu 10/11 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
Fri 10/12 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
Sat 10/13 Bloomington, IL US Cellular Coliseum
Mon 10/15 Youngstown, OH Covelli Center
Tue 10/16 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
Wed 10/17 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Fri 10/19 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 10/20 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Sun 10/21 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
Tue 10/23 Glen Falls, NY Glen Falls Civic Center
Thu 10/25 Atlanta, GA Aarons Amphitheater at Lakewood
Tue 10/30 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
Wed 10/31 Dallas, TX TBD

 

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Hyro Da Hero’s “Birth, School. Work, Death” OUT NOW

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases, Reviews with tags , , , , , , on July 31, 2012 by Randy

HYRO!!!  Where the F have you been!  Finally.  Something refreshing…revitalizing the rap/rock game…and as referenced by Hyro Da Hero himself….its a new GANGSTA ROCK GENRE.

HDH can’t be compared to anyone else, he’s that original.  But…if you had to…it’s a blender full of Rage Against the Machine, Gorillaz, Incubus, and a touch of Lil Wayne’s Rebirth.  But fresh…whitty…true…and a slap in your face saying, “Get the fuck up!  Bounce!  Rock the fuck out!”  Oh yeah…Hyro is the first and only known artist to play 3 separate stages at the Download Festival in the same year (2011).   His first major debut, Birth, School, Work, Death is out now.  You’d be a damn fool not to get it (click on the image).  Also, you can catch Hyro Da Hero on the 2012 Vans Warped Tour at a City near you.

Key tracks:  The World’s Stage, Sleeping Giants, A Conversation with Hip Hop

– Randy Hall, TRT

http://www.hyrodahero.com

MARES OF THRACE Confirm Lineup Alterations Tour With Primitive Weapons, Pilgrim Begins This Week

Posted in All Metal, New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , on July 29, 2012 by Randy

This week, Calgary-based doom-core outfit MARES OF THRACE have made a major announcement about the band’s lineup. Since their 2009 inception the band has been comprised of longtime friends guitarist/vocalist Thérèse Lanz and drummer Stef MacKichan, but this week the band announced the departure of Stef and the induction of new drummer Rae Amitay. Rae was trained at the Berklee School of Music, has recently recorded with folk metal act Thrawsunblat (the new band formed by members of Woods of Ypres), and is a staff writer for MetalReview.com. The full statement welcoming Rae is posted on the MARES OF THRACE Facebook page.

Additionally, the band will become a three-piece for this tour, joined by a bass player for the first time. Scott Shellhammer (American Heritage) who played drums on the recent MARES OF THRACE tour through Canada and the U.S., as well as painted the cover art for their new albumThe Pilgrimage, will lay down the low-end on the forthcoming trek.

The first MARES OF THRACE performances with the new lineup will be on the pending tour where the band will join Providence’s epic doom trio Pilgrim and Brooklyn’s metallic hardcore quartet Primitive Weapons for a string of ten Northeastern U.S. shows, kicking off this week.

MARES OF THRACE‘s sophomore LP The Pilgrimage was released worldwide via Sonic Unyon Metal in April. Critics and fans alike have been blown away by the band’s dynamic, metallic hybrid of sludge and scathing metalcore tendencies, the album receiving rave reviews and major coverage from media outlets worldwide. The band will have the new limited edition vinyl version of the album with them on the forthcoming tour. Limited to 500 copies on red and black splattered wax, each LP includes a CD version of the album as well. 

MARES OF THRACEPRIMITIVE WEAPONS, PILGRIM Northeastern U.S. Tour:

7/31/2012 O’Briens – Boston, MA

8/01/2012 Columbus Club – North Providence, RI [*new show]

8/02/2012 Cherry St. Station – Wallingford, CT

8/03/2012 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

8/04/2012 Broadway Bar – Amityville, NY

8/05/2012 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD [*new venue]

8/06/2012 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA

8/07/2012 The Depot – York, PA

8/08/2012 Pirates Cove – Cleveland, OH

8/09/2012 Ruby Tuesday – Columbus, OH

8/10/2012 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL

http://maresofthrace.com

https://www.facebook.com/maresofthraceca

http://www.sonicunyon.com/metal

https://www.facebook.com/SonicUnyonMetal

FLEA TO RELEASE SOLO EP, HELEN BURNS, TODAY TO BENEFIT SILVERLAKE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Posted in New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , on July 20, 2012 by Randy

EP AVAILABLE AT “A NAME YOUR OWN PRICE”

FOR A LIMITED TIME AT SILVERLAKECONSERVATORY.COM/HELEN_BURNS

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea announced today he is releasing a solo EP today entitled Helen Burns to benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, the non-profit organization he created with friends in 2001.

“Hi people who like The Red Hot Chili Peppers! I love you a lot! Mucho!  Just wanted to give you a heads up about this little record ‘Helen Burns’ I am putting out on the Silverlake Conservatory website,” said Flea.  “Warning! It is not a Chili Pepper record. It does not have songs that are like the Chili Peppers at all. It is a mostly instrumental, weird and arty record, the music is mostly just me creating soundscapes that are very emotional for me, but certainly not for everyone!  Just me tripping out at home. I am putting it out to raise money for The Silverlake Conservatory of Music a community based non profit music school that I am an integral part of. There you have it. See you all soon I hope!”

Downloads of the EP are available at “a name your own price” HERE until August 9th when it becomes available be at all digital retailers.   Additionally, there will also be a limited edition 180-gram vinyl that Flea will personally sign andinclude a piece of one of the bass strings he used while touring.  The vinyl can also be ordered HERE.

HELEN BURNS TRACKLISTING

1.              333

2.              Pedestal of Infamy

3.              A Little Bit of Sanity

4.              HelenBurns

5.              333 revisited

6.              Lovelovelove

 

ABOUT THE SILVERLAKE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

The Silverlake Conservatory of Music is non-profit organization founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and acouple of friends in 2001 with the mission of facilitating basic music education.  Its primary focus is on the youth of the community, but all are welcome and encouraged to participate.   The Conservatory offers private music lessons at a reasonable cost and grants scholarships to children in need, providing free lessons and instruments.   The study of music enriches the life of the student as well as the community and society.

 

www.silverlakeconservatory.org

www.redhotchilipeppers.com